When the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. Fish and Wildlife Service, launched 

 a special campaign in March 1960 to raise funds for the purchase of wetlands for migra- 

 tory waterfowl by a post season sale of the 1959-60 issue of Federal "duck stamps." this 

 series of annual revenue stamps was brought into national focus. 



."Mthough the 4-month campaign, designed to bolster sales that had declined during the 

 regular hunting season, was aimed primarily at duck hunters and conservationists, it 

 aroused widespread interest among stamp collectors, many of whom had not previously 

 collected duck stamps. Numerous requests have been received from collectors for back- 

 ground information on these stamps. This booklet has been prepared to answer such 

 inquiries as well as the many received from regular collectors for philatelic data. 



For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D.C. - Price 30 cents 



