USPS on 17 May 2001 issued a series of first cover stamps dedicated to the cartoon strip Peanuts. Shown in this cachet is Snoopy as a WWI fighter ace in a dogfight with Imperial German ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen aka The Red Baron. 125,000,000 lithographed stamps were printed by Ashton-Potter (USA) Ltd. Cancellation of this 34 cent stamp was in Santa Rosa, California. The die cut measured 11 ¼ x 11 ½ perforations.
Cartoonist Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz (1922-2000) created the comic strip and it appeared in newspapers for fifty years. Readers identified with Schulz's pint-sized characters, who became part of modern American culture. In the 1960s, the beagle -- Snoopy -- featured on the stamp climbed on top of his dog house and into his own fantasy. Snoopy became a World War I pilot pursuing the infamous enemy flyer, the Red Baron.
HERE'S a video clip of Snoopy in aerial combat.
HERE'S a video clip of Snoopy in aerial combat.
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