Duck Stamp 1953-1954

Photo By/Credit

Clayton B. Seagears/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
07/01/1953
Media Usage Rights/License
Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved - Used by Permission
Image
Clayton B. Seagears (1897-1983)
India ink wash drawing of blue-winged teal by Clayton B. Seagears, former director of Conservation Education for the New York Department of Environmental Conservation.

Plates Issued: Intaglio (front) - #163622, #163623, #163624, #163625; Offset (back) - #47510. Colors: Front - Maroon; Back - Black. Designer/Modeler: William K. Schrage. Engravers: Vignette - Arthur W. Dintaman; Frame - Robert J. Jones; Letters - Robert J. Jones; Numerals - Robert J. Jones. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1953. Issue: 1953 - Twentieth Duck Stamp (fifth $2 stamp). Quantity Sold: 2,268,446.

Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1954. Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp. $2. Blue-winged Teal." 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>
Recreational Activity
Subject tags
Art
Birds
Hunting
Waterfowl