Photo By/Credit
Arthur M. Cook/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
07/01/1972Media Usage Rights/License
Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved - Used by Permission
Image
Arthur M. Cook (1931-1993)
Watercolor painting of emperor geese by Arthur M. Cook, a Minnesota freelance artist.
Plates Issued: Intaglio -(front, 3-color giori, orange - black over brown) #171862, #171864; Offset - #59878 - Yellow, #59879 - Orange, #59742 - Black (back). Colors: Front - Yellow, Orange, Black, and Brown; Back - Black. Designer/Modeler: Leonard E. Buckley. Engravers: Vignette - Joseph S. Creamer, Jr.; Frame - Howard F. Sharpless; Letters - Howard F. Sharpless; Numerals - Howard F. Sharpless. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1972. Issue: 1972 - Thirty-ninth Duck Stamp (first $5 stamp).Quantity Sold: 2,184,343.
Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1973. Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp. $5. Emperor Geese." 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>
Watercolor painting of emperor geese by Arthur M. Cook, a Minnesota freelance artist.
Plates Issued: Intaglio -(front, 3-color giori, orange - black over brown) #171862, #171864; Offset - #59878 - Yellow, #59879 - Orange, #59742 - Black (back). Colors: Front - Yellow, Orange, Black, and Brown; Back - Black. Designer/Modeler: Leonard E. Buckley. Engravers: Vignette - Joseph S. Creamer, Jr.; Frame - Howard F. Sharpless; Letters - Howard F. Sharpless; Numerals - Howard F. Sharpless. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1972. Issue: 1972 - Thirty-ninth Duck Stamp (first $5 stamp).Quantity Sold: 2,184,343.
Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1973. Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp. $5. Emperor Geese." 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>
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