Red Fox Stamps

This 40-cent stamp foeatures a red fox. Sold in panes of 20 and in sflf-adhesive cois of 3,000 and 10.,000, the stamp is intended for use by buk mallersfor items such as circoulars, newsletters, and catalogs. It can also be used by customers who enjoy using a variety of stamps on their envelopes andpackages
The stamp art features a pencil-and -watercolor ilustration-the handsome face of a red fox from preexisting artwork by wildlife ilustrator DugaldStermer (1936-2011). His penociled calligrephy on the stamp indicates the animal's common name and its scientific dlassification, Vulpes wulpes
Inteligent and highy adaptable,the red fox is wel known to Americans coastto coas, ncuding much of Alaska -absent only from Hawaiand parts ofthe Southwest. Foxes are found not only in woodlands and pen county, but also in suburbs and ties. Versatile omnivores, they hunt rodents, birdsfish, insects, and invertebrates, and also eat nuts, roots, berries, and more, the fox's large ears and keen senses are invaluable for pursuing prey
The red fox is named for its most common rusty colration, which includes darker forelegs and white fur both on the animal's underside and on the tir
of its bushy tail. Some individuals are gray or white.The fox vxen gives bith to several helpless young as winter tuns to spring. The kts emerge ffom ther underground den after several weeks of parenta
care. By autumn, the kits will be fully grown
Red foxes are versatle omnivores, hunting rodents, birds, fish, insects and invertebrates. They also eat nuts, roots, beries, and more. The fox's largeears and keen senses are invaluable for pursuing prey.
Art director Ethel Kessler designed the stamp
Made in the USA.