United States, Scott #5568. used(o), 2021, Colorado Butterfly, (75¢)

Item Specifics

Country

United States

Catalog Number

5568

Stamp Type

General Issue

Condition

Used

Centering

Superb

Stamp Format

Single

Topic

Animals - Insects & Spiders

Year of Issue

2021

Item Description

United States, Scott #5568, used(o), 2021, Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly, non-machinable surcharge stamp; the surcharge represents an additional postage charge by USPS on letters that do not fit through the automated postal service processing system and need be hand-canceled by USPS staff; the Non-Machinable Butterfly stamp series began in 2010, with the issue of the 64¢ Monarch Butterfly design; the series was created to be used on greeting cards or other envelopes that required additional postage and/or could not be sorted on the USPS’s automated equipment (known as 'non-machinables'); this stamp is the eighth in the series; the Colorado hairstreak is a vibrant purple butterfly native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico; they live in mountainous shrubland and are highly dependent on the Gambel scrub oak for survival; this tree is an important food source for the hairstreak caterpillars; the hairstreak lays its eggs in late summer with caterpillars hatching the following spring; adult hairstreaks have a wingspan of one to one and a half inches with a thin tail on each back wing; this tail is what gives the species its name; issued as a forever (75¢) stamp; serpentine die cut simulated perforations: 10½, offset lithography printed by the Banknote Corporation of America (BCA), issued with non-water soluble self adhesive gum on sheets of 120 in panes of 20; multicolored, forever stamp (55 cents), Scott 2025 catalog value: 25¢, nicely centered (superb), nicely centered, double strike cancels, both very light, double-rimmed, red-inked, half circular, socked-on-the-nose cancellations, one on the left border of the stamp, the second on the right border, the lightness of the cancels and their locations on left and right borders leave the main image essentially clear, good perforations, stamp was soaked from the mailing envelope using the Bestine solvent and placed on a piece of black trimmed card stock for an attractive album mounting; centering, mounting, and clear image cancels warrant a selling price premium. This is not a 'bait-and-switch;' the stamp you see will be the one you receive..

Please review my terms of sale. If you are not ordering from the United States, there is a $US1.65 additional postage expense that needs to be added to the price of the stamp. If you are ordering from the United States, there is only a $US0.73 added postage expense. Also, if you make additional purchases from my offerings, they can all go in one mailing at no extra shipping expense for the added purchases. I will send the purchase by US first class mail, since the relatively low value of the stamp does not warrant signature or tracking mail. Hence the buyer assumes risk of loss or non-delivery. I will keep a scan of my mailing to verify that the correct mailing address was used. 

By way of reference, I am an American Philatelic Society member (195176) and an American Stamp Dealers Association (ASDA) member. Thank you for looking, and I hope this is the perfect stamp to fill that gap in your collection.

Seller Information

Seller

JDumville (4092)

Registered Since

06/10/2018

Feedback

100%

Store

Worldwide Used Stamps

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Item Location

Virginia, United States

Ships To

Worldwide

Returns Accepted

Yes

Returns Policy

If not satisfied, return the stamp to me at your own expense, and I will refund the cost, but not my postage to you. If the stamp is not as described, I will refund the cost and reimburse you for postage both ways.