Photo By/Credit
Jackson Miles Abbott/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
07/01/1957Media Usage Rights/License
Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved - Used by Permission
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Jackson Miles Abbott (1920-1988)
Black and white watercolor painting of American eiders (now known as common eiders) by Jackson Miles Abbott of Alexandria, Va. The artist was also a talented writer and noted ornithologist. In 1998, the U.S. Army at Fort Belvoir established the Jackson Miles Abbott Wetland Refuge to protect sensitive wetlands and to provide opportunities for wildlife watching.
Plates Issued: Intaglio (front) - #166256, #166257, #166258, #166259; Offset (back) - #52412. Colors: Front - Green; Back - Black. Designer/Modeler: Victor S. McCloskey, Jr. Engravers: Vignette - Arthur W. Dintaman; Frame - Howard F. Sharpless; Letters - Howard F. Sharpless; Numerals - Howard F. Sharpless. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1957. Issue: 1957 - Twenty-fourth Duck Stamp (ninth $2 stamp). Quantity Sold: 2,355,353.
Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1958. Migratory Bird hunting Stamp. $2. American Eider." 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>
Black and white watercolor painting of American eiders (now known as common eiders) by Jackson Miles Abbott of Alexandria, Va. The artist was also a talented writer and noted ornithologist. In 1998, the U.S. Army at Fort Belvoir established the Jackson Miles Abbott Wetland Refuge to protect sensitive wetlands and to provide opportunities for wildlife watching.
Plates Issued: Intaglio (front) - #166256, #166257, #166258, #166259; Offset (back) - #52412. Colors: Front - Green; Back - Black. Designer/Modeler: Victor S. McCloskey, Jr. Engravers: Vignette - Arthur W. Dintaman; Frame - Howard F. Sharpless; Letters - Howard F. Sharpless; Numerals - Howard F. Sharpless. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1957. Issue: 1957 - Twenty-fourth Duck Stamp (ninth $2 stamp). Quantity Sold: 2,355,353.
Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1958. Migratory Bird hunting Stamp. $2. American Eider." 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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