Photo By/Credit
Martin R. Murk
Date Shot/Created
07/01/1977Media Usage Rights/License
Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved - Used by Permission
Image
Martin R. Murk (1928-2020)
Acrylic painting of a pair of Ross' geese in flight by Martin R. Murk of Wisconsin, a freelance commercial and wildlife artist.
Plates Issued: Intaglio - (front, 3-color giori, gray - blue - black) #173205, #173206; Offset - #62453 - Yellow; #62454 - Red; #62455 - Gray; #62456 - Light blue; #62457 - Brown; #62458 - Dark brown; #59742 - Black (back). Colors: Front - Yellow, Blue, Red, Gray, Brown, and Black; Back - Black. Designer/Modeler: Esther Porter. Engravers: Vignette - John S. Wallace, Jr.; Frame - Albert Saavedra; Letters - Albert Saavedra; Numerals - Albert Saavedra. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1977. Issue: 1977 - Forty-fourth Duck Stamp (sixth $5 stamp). Quantity Sold: 2,196,774.
Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1978. Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp. $5. Ross' 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>
Acrylic painting of a pair of Ross' geese in flight by Martin R. Murk of Wisconsin, a freelance commercial and wildlife artist.
Plates Issued: Intaglio - (front, 3-color giori, gray - blue - black) #173205, #173206; Offset - #62453 - Yellow; #62454 - Red; #62455 - Gray; #62456 - Light blue; #62457 - Brown; #62458 - Dark brown; #59742 - Black (back). Colors: Front - Yellow, Blue, Red, Gray, Brown, and Black; Back - Black. Designer/Modeler: Esther Porter. Engravers: Vignette - John S. Wallace, Jr.; Frame - Albert Saavedra; Letters - Albert Saavedra; Numerals - Albert Saavedra. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1977. Issue: 1977 - Forty-fourth Duck Stamp (sixth $5 stamp). Quantity Sold: 2,196,774.
Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1978. Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp. $5. Ross' 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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