Photo By/Credit
James P. Fisher/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
07/11/1975Media Usage Rights/License
Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved - Used by Permission
Image
James P. Fisher (1912-1990)
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."
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>
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."
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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