Collectibles
US Department of Interior Bird Hunting Stamps -- Two (2)
- Item Number
- 118
- Estimated Value
- Priceless
- Sold
- 19 USD to lsd5e29f3
- Number of Bids
- 2 - Bid History
Item Description
Watercolor painting of a hooded merganser by Albert Earl Gilbert, an internationally known wildlife artist.
Plates Issued: Intaglio - (front - black) #173331, #173333; Offset - #62882 - Yellow, #62883 - Brown, #62884 - Orange, #62885 - Blue, #59742 - Black (back). Colors: Front - Black, Yellow, Orange, Brown, and Blue; Back - Black. Designer/Modeler: Clarence Holbert. Engravers: Vignette - John S. Wallace, Jr.; Frame - John C. Masure; Letters - John C. Masure; Numerals - John C. Masure. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1978. Issue: 1978 - Forty-fifth Duck Stamp (seventh $5 stamp). Quantity Sold: 2,206,421
Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1979. Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp. $5. Hooded Merganser." Back - "Buy Duck Stamps. Save wetlands. Send in all bird bands. Sign your Duck Stamp. It is unlawful to hunt waterfowl unless you sign your name in ink on the face of this stamp."
Watercolor of a weathered canvasback decoy by James P. Fisher of Pennsylvania. This was his first and only entry in the annual Federal Duck Stamp Contest.
Plates Issued: Intaglio - (front, 3-color giori, light brown - dark brown - black) #172775, #172777; Offset - #61293 - Orange, #61294 - Yellow, #61295 - Green, #61296 - Brown, #61297 - Gray, #59742 - Black (back). Colors: Front - Yellow, Orange, Green, Gray, Brown, and Black; Back - Black. Designer/Modeler: V. Jack Ruther. Engravers: Vignette - Joseph J. Creamer, Jr.; Frame - Robert G. Culin, Sr.; Letters - Robert G. Culin, Sr.; Numerals - Robert G. Culin, Sr. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1975. Issue: 1975 - Forty-second Duck Stamp (fourth $5 stamp). Quantity Sold: 2,237,126.
Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1976. Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp. $5. Canvasback." Back - "Buy Duck Stamps. Save wetlands. Send in all bird bands. Sign your Duck Stamp. It is unlawful to hunt waterfowl unless you sign your name in ink on the face of this stamp."
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