Duck Stamp 1983-1984

Photo By/Credit

Phil V. Scholer/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
07/01/1983
Media Usage Rights/License
Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved - Used by Permission
Image
Phil V. Scholer (1951- )
Acrylic painting of a pair of pintail ducks (now known as Northern pintails) on water by Phil V. Scholer of Minnesota, a freelance wildlife artist.

Plates Issued: Intaglio - (front - black) #173765, #173767 ; Offset - #64566 - Orange, #64567 - Gray, #64568 - Blue, #64569 - Brown, # 60439 - Black (back). Colors: Front - Orange, Gray, Blue, Brown, and Black; Back - Black. Designer/Modeler: Clarence Holbert. Engravers: Vignette - Kenneth Kipperman; Frame - N/A; Letters - Robert G. Culin, Sr.; Numerals - Robert G. Culin, Sr. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1983. Issue: 1983 - Fiftieth Duck Stamp (fifth $7.50 stamp). Quantity Sold: 1,867,998

Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1984. Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp. $7.50. Pintails." 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