Photo By/Credit
Jay N. "Ding" Darling/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
08/14/1934Media Usage Rights/License
Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved - Used by Permission
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Jay N. "Ding" Darling (1876-1962)
Brush and ink drawings of Mallards by Jay N. "Ding" Darling, a famous cartoonist and noted conservationist. The artist was chief of the Biological Survey, a precursor of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, from 1934 to 1936. "Ding" conceived the idea of using duck stamps to raise money for the purchase of wetlands.
Plates Issued: Intaglio - #129199, #129200, #129201, #129202. Color: Blue. Designer/Modeler: Alvin R. Meissner. Engravers: Vignette - Carl T. Arlt; Letters - Frank Lamasure; Numerals - Frank Lamasure. First Day of Sale: August 14, 1934 Issue: 1934 - First Duck Stamp Quantity sold: 635,001
Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of Agriculture. Void after June 30, 1935. Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp. One Dollar, 1."
Images of the stamp are copyrighted. To use the image on a product that will be produced and sold, you must apply for, and be accepted as, a Licensee. <https://www.fws.gov/service/license-duck-stamps-or-junior-duck-stamp-imagery>
Brush and ink drawings of Mallards by Jay N. "Ding" Darling, a famous cartoonist and noted conservationist. The artist was chief of the Biological Survey, a precursor of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, from 1934 to 1936. "Ding" conceived the idea of using duck stamps to raise money for the purchase of wetlands.
Plates Issued: Intaglio - #129199, #129200, #129201, #129202. Color: Blue. Designer/Modeler: Alvin R. Meissner. Engravers: Vignette - Carl T. Arlt; Letters - Frank Lamasure; Numerals - Frank Lamasure. First Day of Sale: August 14, 1934 Issue: 1934 - First Duck Stamp Quantity sold: 635,001
Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of Agriculture. Void after June 30, 1935. Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp. One Dollar, 1."
Images of the stamp are copyrighted. To use the image on a product that will be produced and sold, you must apply for, and be accepted as, a Licensee. <https://www.fws.gov/service/license-duck-stamps-or-junior-duck-stamp-imagery>
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