Duck Stamp 1959-1960
Maynard Reece (1920-2020)
Black and white wash and tempera drawing of a Labrador retriever carrying a mallard by Maynard Reece, the first artist to win the competition three times.
Plates Issued: Beginning with this (1959-1960) stamp all printing plates, offset and intaglio, have been enlarged to include 120 individual subjects. Intaglio (front) - #167109, #167120; Offset - #54204 (design change on back). Colors: Front - Black, Blue, and Yellow (First in series to have multi-color); Back - Black. Designers/Modelers: Bob Hines and Victor S. McCloskey, Jr. Engravers: Vignette - Arthur W. Dintaman; Frame - Howard F. Sharpless; Letters - Howard F. Sharpless; Numerals - Howard F. Sharpless. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1959. Issue: 1959 - Twenty-sixth Duck Stamp (first $3 stamp). Quantity Sold: 1,626,115
Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1960. Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp. $3. Retrievers Save Game." Back - "Duck Stamps dollars buy wetlands to perpetuate waterfowl. It is unlawful to hunt waterfowl unless you sign your name in ink on the face of this stamp."
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>
Black and white wash and tempera drawing of a Labrador retriever carrying a mallard by Maynard Reece, the first artist to win the competition three times.
Plates Issued: Beginning with this (1959-1960) stamp all printing plates, offset and intaglio, have been enlarged to include 120 individual subjects. Intaglio (front) - #167109, #167120; Offset - #54204 (design change on back). Colors: Front - Black, Blue, and Yellow (First in series to have multi-color); Back - Black. Designers/Modelers: Bob Hines and Victor S. McCloskey, Jr. Engravers: Vignette - Arthur W. Dintaman; Frame - Howard F. Sharpless; Letters - Howard F. Sharpless; Numerals - Howard F. Sharpless. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1959. Issue: 1959 - Twenty-sixth Duck Stamp (first $3 stamp). Quantity Sold: 1,626,115
Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1960. Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp. $3. Retrievers Save Game." Back - "Duck Stamps dollars buy wetlands to perpetuate waterfowl. It is unlawful to hunt waterfowl unless you sign your name in ink on the face of this stamp."
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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