Photo By/Credit
John S. Wilson/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
07/01/1981Media Usage Rights/License
Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved - Used by Permission
Image
John S. Wilson (1939-2011)
Gouache painting of a pair of ruddy ducks on the water by John S. Wilson of Watertown, South Dakota. Wilson also won the 1979 and 1981 South Dakota pheasant stamp contests.
Plates Issued: Intaglio - (front, 3-color giori, light brown - dark brown - black) #173572, #173573; Offset - #63912 - Yellow, #63913 - Orange, #63914 - Blue, #63915 - Gray, #63916 - Brown, #60439 - black (back). Colors: Front - Yellow, Orange, Blue, Gray, Brown, and Black; Back - Black. Designer/Modeler: Frank J. Waslick. Engravers: Vignette - John S. Wallace, Jr.; Frame - N/A; Letters - Robert G. Culin, Sr; Numerals - Robert G. Culin, Sr. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1981. Issue: 1981 - Forty-eighth Duck Stamp. Quantity Sold: 1,907,120
Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1982. Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp. $7.50. Ruddy Ducks." Back - "Buy Duck Stamps. Save wetlands. Send in all bird bands. Sing 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>
Gouache painting of a pair of ruddy ducks on the water by John S. Wilson of Watertown, South Dakota. Wilson also won the 1979 and 1981 South Dakota pheasant stamp contests.
Plates Issued: Intaglio - (front, 3-color giori, light brown - dark brown - black) #173572, #173573; Offset - #63912 - Yellow, #63913 - Orange, #63914 - Blue, #63915 - Gray, #63916 - Brown, #60439 - black (back). Colors: Front - Yellow, Orange, Blue, Gray, Brown, and Black; Back - Black. Designer/Modeler: Frank J. Waslick. Engravers: Vignette - John S. Wallace, Jr.; Frame - N/A; Letters - Robert G. Culin, Sr; Numerals - Robert G. Culin, Sr. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1981. Issue: 1981 - Forty-eighth Duck Stamp. Quantity Sold: 1,907,120
Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1982. Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp. $7.50. Ruddy Ducks." Back - "Buy Duck Stamps. Save wetlands. Send in all bird bands. Sing 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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