{"product_id":"2021-1-12-colorado-hairstreak-forever-stamps","title":"Colorado Hairstreak Stamps -","description":"\u003cp class=\"ai-optimize-39 ai-optimize-introduction\"\u003eThese colorful square non-machineable surcharge colorado hairstreak stamps were developed in collaboration with the greeting card industry. Its uses are on irregular-size envelopes. Such as square greeting cards, RSVP envelopes often enclosed with wedding invitations, party invitations, thank-you notes, announcements, or any other irregularly sized correspondence. So the Colorado hairstreak butterfly graces the eighth non-machineable butterfly stamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ai-optimize-40\"\u003eThe stamp art was digitally created using images of preserved butterflies as a starting point. The result is a highly stylized, simplified image of a Colorado hairstreak rather than an exact replica.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ai-optimize-41\"\u003eThe shimmering purple Colorado hairstreak butterfly dwells in the forest canopy of that state and much of the Southwest. Never venturing far from its host plant, the Gambel oak, it feeds on tree sap and fallen raindrops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ai-optimize-42\"\u003eThe Colorado hairstreak – Colorado’s official state insect – has slender, hair-like, hind-wing appendages that resemble antennae. Nearby, on the underside of the wings, are spots that look like eyes and the thin streaks that give the hairstreak its name. Pointing its abdomen upward with false antennae held high, the butterfly’s evolutionary decoys fool predators into attacking the false head on the wing. A hungry bird ends up with an unsatisfying beakful of the scaly wing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ai-optimize-43\"\u003eIn autumn, after mating, the female lays her eggs. The plump, green caterpillar hatches in spring and feeds on tender new oak leaves. After metamorphosis, the Colorado hairstreak butterfly, with a wingspan of about 1 inch, darts in and out of the tree branches in quick, erratic flight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ai-optimize-44\"\u003eThese envelopes cannot pass through the automated Postal processing system and have to be hand-canceled. They are charged a non-machineable surcharge even if they weigh less than one ounce. Greeting card envelopes printed with a silhouette of a butterfly indicate the need for the use of a butterfly stamp. Any non-machineable envelope, like oddly shaped or vertical envelopes, as well as lumpy envelopes, rigid envelopes, or mail with clasps, ribbons, or buttons, may use this stamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ai-optimize-45\"\u003eColorado Hairstreak stamps is available in sheets of twenty. The words “NON-MACHINEABLE SURCHARGE” on the stamp indicate its usage value.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ai-optimize-46\"\u003eNationally known artist Tom Engeman created the stamp art. Art director Derry Noyes designed the stamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"605\" data-end=\"695\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"618\" data-end=\"621\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFree standard shipping with delivery typically within 3-8 business days.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"697\" data-end=\"778\"\u003eOrder now to add elegance and natural charm to your mailings or collection!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Homeverr","offers":[{"title":"100 Stamps 5 Sheets","offer_id":45558707191865,"sku":"ST21-25S-5","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300 Stamps 15 Sheets","offer_id":45558707224633,"sku":"ST21-25S-15","price":79.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500 Stamps 25 Sheets","offer_id":45558707257401,"sku":"ST21-25S-25","price":99.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000 Stamps 50 Sheets","offer_id":45558707290169,"sku":"ST21-25S-50","price":179.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5000 Stamps 250 Sheets","offer_id":45558707322937,"sku":"ST21-25S-250","price":850.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/5095\/3273\/files\/acz1.webp?v=1772524279","url":"https:\/\/homeverr.com\/products\/2021-1-12-colorado-hairstreak-forever-stamps","provider":"Homeverr","version":"1.0","type":"link"}