Photo By/Credit
Roger E. Preuss/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
10/04/2021Media Usage Rights/License
Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved - Used by Permission
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Roger E. Preuss (1922-2007)
Black and white wash drawing of American goldeneyes (now known as common goldeneye) by Roger E. Preuss of Minnesota, a freelance artist and decoy designer.
Plates Issued: Intaglio (front) - #160790, #160791, #160792, #160793; Offset (back) - #47510. Colors: Front - Green; Back - Black. Designer/Modeler: Robert L. Miller. Engravers: Vignette - Richard M. Bower; Frame - John S. Edmondson; Letters - John S. Edmondson, Numerals - John S. Edmondson. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1949. Issue: 1949 - Sixteenth Duck Stamp (first $2 stamp). Quantity Sold: 1,954,734.
Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1950. Migratory Bird hunting Stamp. $2." 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>
Black and white wash drawing of American goldeneyes (now known as common goldeneye) by Roger E. Preuss of Minnesota, a freelance artist and decoy designer.
Plates Issued: Intaglio (front) - #160790, #160791, #160792, #160793; Offset (back) - #47510. Colors: Front - Green; Back - Black. Designer/Modeler: Robert L. Miller. Engravers: Vignette - Richard M. Bower; Frame - John S. Edmondson; Letters - John S. Edmondson, Numerals - John S. Edmondson. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1949. Issue: 1949 - Sixteenth Duck Stamp (first $2 stamp). Quantity Sold: 1,954,734.
Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1950. Migratory Bird hunting Stamp. $2." 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>
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