Mallards dropping in. 



1934-35 Duck Stamp Design 



species of waterfowl featured: Mallard. 



Design: Two mallards — a hen and a drake — dropping to a landing in a windy marsh. 

 Artist: ]a\ N. (Ding) Darling, famous cartoonist and noted conservationist, head of the Bureau 

 of Biological Survey (one of the predecessors of the Fish and Wildlife Service) fittingly de- 

 signed the first of the annual series of migratory waterfowl hunting stamps issued by the 

 Federal Government. 



Philatelic Data 



Color: Blue. 



Designer: Alvin R. Meissner. 



Engravers: Vignette, Carl T. Arlt; frame, lettering, and numerals, Frank Lamasure. 



Plates issued: 129199, 129200, 129201, 129202. 



Inscribed: "U.S. Department of Agriculture. Void after June 30, 1935." 



First day of sale: August 14, 1934. 



Qiiantity sold: 635,001. 



First Duck Stamp. 



