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Claremont Gale Pritchard (1910-1975) Black and white wash drawing of hooded mergansers by Claremont Gale Pritchard, who joined the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission in 1948 as a staff illustrator.
Plates Issued: Intaglio (front) - #170436, #170443; Offset - #57501(back, new design). Color: Front - Black, Brown, and Green; Back - Black. Designer/Modeler: Leonard E. Buckley. Engravers: Vignette - Arthur W. Dintaman; Frame - Robert G. Culin, Letters - Robert G. Culin; Numerals - Robert G. Culin. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1968. Issue: 1968 - Thirty-fifth duck Stamp (tenth $3 stamp). Quantity Sold: 1,837,139.
Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1969. Migratory Bird hunting Stamp. $3. Hooded Mergansers." Back - "Buy Duck Stamps. Save Wetlands. Send in all bird bands. Sign your duck stamp."
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