2023 Red Fox Forever First Class Postage Stamps

This 40-cent stamp features a red fox, Sold in panes of 20 and in self-adhesive colls of 3,000 and 10,000, the stamp is intended foruse by bulk mallers for items such as circulars, newsletters, and catalogs. lt can also be used by customers who enjoy using avariety of stamps on their envelopes and packages.
The stamp at features a pencil-and-watercolor illustration-the handsome face of a red fox from preexisting artwork by wildlifeilustrator Dugald Stermer (1936-2011). His penciled caligraphy on the stamp indicates the animal’s common name and itsscientific classification, Vulpes vulpes.
Intelligent and highly adaptable, the red fox is well known to Americans coast to coast, including much of Alaska-absent onlyirom Hawal’i and palts of the Southwest, Foxes are found not only in woodlands and open country, but also in suburbs and ciiesVersatile omnivores, they hunt rodents, birds, fish, insects, and invertebrates, and also eat nuts, roots, berries, and more. The fox’slarge ears and keen senses are invaluable for pursuing prey.
The red fox is named for its most common rusty coloration, which includes darker forelegs and white fur both on the animal’sunderside and on the tip of its bushy tail. Some individuals are gray or white.
The fox vixen gives birth to several helpless young as winter turns to spring. The kits emerge from their underground den afterseveral weeks of parental care. By autumn, the kits will be fully grown.
Red foxes are versatile omnivores, hunting rodents, birds, fish, insects and invertebrates. They also eat nuts, roots, berries, andmore. The fox’s large ears and keen senses are invaluable for pursuing prey.
Art director Ethel Kessler designed the stamp.
Made in the USA.