Duck Stamp 1971-1972

Photo By/Credit

Maynard Reece/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
07/01/1971
Media Usage Rights/License
Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved - Used by Permission
Image
Maynard Reece (1920-2020)
Full-color wash painting of cinnamon teal by Maynard Reece, his fifth win. Reece was named Artist of the Year in 1973 by Ducks Unlimited.

Plates Issued: Intaglio - (front, 3-color giori, light brown - dark brown - blue) #171586, #171587; Offset - #59321 - Yellow, #59322 - Blue, #59323 - Brown, #59324 - Green, #59742 - Black (back). Colors: Front - Yellow, Blue, Brown, and Green; Back - Black. Designer/Modeler: Leonard E. Buckley. Engravers: Vignette - Edward R. Felver; Frame - Robert G. Culin; Letters - Robert G. Culin; Numerals - Robert G. Culin. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1971. Issue: 1971 - Thirty-eighth Duck Stamp (thirteenth $3 stamp). Quantity Sold: 2,445,977.

Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1972. Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp. $3. Cinnamon Teal." Back - "Buy Duck Stamps. Save wetlands. Send in all bird bands. Sign your Duck Stamp. 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