Photo By/Credit
Maynard Reece/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
07/01/1948Media Usage Rights/License
Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved - Used by Permission
Image
Maynard Reece (1920-2020)
Wash and tempera painting of buffleheads by Maynard Reece of Des Moines, Iowa, a popular freelance wildlife artist. Reece has five Federal duck stamps to his credit with this design as the first.
Plates Issued: Intaglio (front) - #160099, #160100, #160101, #160102; Offset (back) - #47510. Colors: Front - Blue; Back - Black. Designer/Modeler: Robert L. Miller, Jr. Engravers: Vignette - Arthur W. Dintaman; Frame - Axel W. Christensen; Letters - Axel W. Christensen; Numerals - Axel W. Christensen. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1948. Issue: 1948 - Fifteenth Duck Stamp. Quantity Sold: 2,127,603.
Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1949. Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp. 1 Dollar." Back - "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>
Wash and tempera painting of buffleheads by Maynard Reece of Des Moines, Iowa, a popular freelance wildlife artist. Reece has five Federal duck stamps to his credit with this design as the first.
Plates Issued: Intaglio (front) - #160099, #160100, #160101, #160102; Offset (back) - #47510. Colors: Front - Blue; Back - Black. Designer/Modeler: Robert L. Miller, Jr. Engravers: Vignette - Arthur W. Dintaman; Frame - Axel W. Christensen; Letters - Axel W. Christensen; Numerals - Axel W. Christensen. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1948. Issue: 1948 - Fifteenth Duck Stamp. Quantity Sold: 2,127,603.
Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1949. Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp. 1 Dollar." Back - "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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