Photo By/Credit
Edward J. Bierly /USFWS
Date Shot/Created
07/01/1956Media Usage Rights/License
Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved - Used by Permission
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Edward J. Bierly (1920-2004)
Black and white watercolor of American mergansers (now known as common mergansers) by Edward J. Bierly, also known for his paintings of African wildlife.
Plates Issued: Intaglio (front) - #165826, #165827, #165829, #165860; Offset (back) - 52412. Colors: Front - Black; Back - Black. Designer/Modeler: William K. Schrage. Engravers: Vignette - Richard M. Bower; Frame - George A. Payne; Letters - George A. Payne; Numerals - George A. Payne. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1956. Issue: 1956 - Twenty-third Duck Stamp (eighth $2 stamp). Quantity Sold: 2,332,014.
Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1957. Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp. $2. American Merganser." 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 watercolor of American mergansers (now known as common mergansers) by Edward J. Bierly, also known for his paintings of African wildlife.
Plates Issued: Intaglio (front) - #165826, #165827, #165829, #165860; Offset (back) - 52412. Colors: Front - Black; Back - Black. Designer/Modeler: William K. Schrage. Engravers: Vignette - Richard M. Bower; Frame - George A. Payne; Letters - George A. Payne; Numerals - George A. Payne. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1956. Issue: 1956 - Twenty-third Duck Stamp (eighth $2 stamp). Quantity Sold: 2,332,014.
Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1957. Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp. $2. American Merganser." 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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