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A Colorful Streak for Non-Machineable Mail

Share this article Share this article ESTES PARK, Colo., March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ With rich purples, browns, reds and black on a square field, the cleverness of the Colorado hairstreak butterfly is featured by the U.S. Postal Service on a stamp dedicated today during a virtual ceremony. The new stamp is now being sold at Post Office locations nationwide and online at A New Stamp for Square Cards: the Colorado Hairstreak The Colorado hairstreak butterfly is not only a beautiful creature, it is the state insect for Colorado, said dedicating official, William D. Zollars, a member of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors. This stamp is the eighth in the butterfly series, developed in partnership with the greeting card industry specifically for oversize or square envelopes and other mail of nonstandard shapes and sizes.

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Postal Service Announces Hairstreak Butterfly Featured on New Stamp for Irregularly Shaped Cards

Postal Service Announces Hairstreak Butterfly Featured on New Stamp for Irregularly Shaped Cards Published: Tuesday, 02 March 2021 06:00 March 2, 2021 - The shimmering purple of the Colorado hairstreak butterfly will be commemorated by the U.S. Postal Service as the eighth stamp in the non-machineable butterfly stamp series. The virtual dedication event for the Colorado Hairstreak stamp is free and open to the public. News of the stamp is being shared with the hashtag #ColoradoHairstreakstamps. Dr. Paul A. Opler, Professor, Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University When: a.m. EST Background: Colorado’s state insect, the vibrant Colorado hairstreak, lives among oak trees in that state and the rest of the Four Corners states Arizona, New Mexico and Utah as well as eastern Nevada, southern Wyoming and northern Mexico.

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