Duck Stamp 1947-1948

Photo By/Credit

Jack Murray/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
07/01/1947
Media Usage Rights/License
Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved - Used by Permission
Image
Jack Murray (1889-1965)
Wash and tempera painting of snow geese by Jack Murray, formerly art director for Outdoors Magazine, Saltwater Sportsman, Child Life and Open Road for Boys.

Plates Issued: Intaglio (front)- #159461, #159462, #159463, #159464; Offset (back) - #47510. Colors: Front - Black; Back - Black. Designer/Modeler: Victor S. McCloskey, Jr. Engravers: Vignette - Arthur W. Dintaman; Frame - Axel W. Christensen; Letters - Axel W. Christensen; Numerals - Axel W. Christensen. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1947. Issue: 1947 - Fourteenth Duck Stamp. Quantity Sold: 1,722,677.

Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1948. Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp. $1." Back - "It is unlawful to hunt waterfowl unless you sign your name in ink on the face of the 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>
Recreational Activity
Subject tags
Art
Birds
Hunting
Waterfowl