Peanuts by Charles Schulz for July 23, 1965
July 22, 1965
July 24, 1965
Transcript:
Linus shouts, "No mail?"<BR><BR> Linus shouts, "My blanket didn't come again?!"<BR><BR> Linus runs and says, "I'm going to write a letter to the postmaster general . . ."<BR><BR> Linus writes, "Dear general,"<BR><BR>
At the time this strip was published, the Postmaster General was John A. Gronouski (Sept. 30, 1963-Nov. 2, 1965). It was he who promoted the five-numbered zip code system. Almost three weeks after Gronouski took the job, Peanuts introduced a new character, 5, into the strip. 5’s last name is five numbers (95472).