WASHINGTON – Good grief, has it really been 65 years?

Oct. 2 marks 65 years since the introduction of the “Peanuts” comic strip, and December will be the 50th anniversary of the first broadcast of the iconic holiday classic.

The U.S. Postal Service is releasing 10 Charlie Brown Christmas Forever stamps,  with a variety of images from the Charles M. Schulz television show.

“’A Charlie Brown Christmas’ continues to resonate with fans because everyone can relate to Charlie Brown and his quest to find the true meaning of Christmas,” says Schulz’s widow, Jean, who will participate in the launch at the Charles M. Schulz Museum, in Santa Rosa, California.

Forever stamps will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail one-ounce price.

This is not the first time Peanuts has been celebrated on a stamp – an 34-cent stamp featuring Snoopy as the Red Baron was released in 2001.

“A Charlie Brown Christmas,” the first animated special featuring “Peanuts” characters initially aired Dec. 9, 1965, on CBS.