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John A. Ruthven/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
10/06/2021Media Usage Rights/License
Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved - Used by Permission
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John A. Ruthven (1927-2020)
Black and white watercolor drawing of redheads by John A. Ruthven, of Georgetown, Ohio, winner of several lithographers awards.
Plates Issued: Intaglio - #167498, #167503; Offset (back) - #54204. Color: Front - Yellow, Brown, and Blue; Back - Black. Designer/Modeler: Robert L. Miller. Engravers: Vignette - Charles A. Brooks; Frame - N/A; Letters - George A. Payne; Numerals - George A. Payne. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1960. Issue: 1960 - Twenty-seventh Stamp (second $3 stamp). Quantity Sold: 1,725,634
Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1961. Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp $3. Wildlife Needs Water: Preserve Wetlands. Redhead Ducks." Back - "Duck Stamps dollars buy wetlands to perpetuate waterfowl. 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 drawing of redheads by John A. Ruthven, of Georgetown, Ohio, winner of several lithographers awards.
Plates Issued: Intaglio - #167498, #167503; Offset (back) - #54204. Color: Front - Yellow, Brown, and Blue; Back - Black. Designer/Modeler: Robert L. Miller. Engravers: Vignette - Charles A. Brooks; Frame - N/A; Letters - George A. Payne; Numerals - George A. Payne. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1960. Issue: 1960 - Twenty-seventh Stamp (second $3 stamp). Quantity Sold: 1,725,634
Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1961. Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp $3. Wildlife Needs Water: Preserve Wetlands. Redhead Ducks." Back - "Duck Stamps dollars buy wetlands to perpetuate waterfowl. 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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