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Green-winged teal. 



1939-40 Duck Stamp Design 



species of waterfowl featured: Green-winged teal. 



Design: A male and female green-winged teal standing at a marsh edge, with five teals 



descending for a landing in the background. 



Artist: Lynn Bogue Hunt, one of America's foremost wildlife artists. 



Philatelic Data 



Color: Chocolate. 



Designer: William K. Schrage. 



Engravers: Vignette, Matthew D. Fenton; frame, Wm. B. Wells; lettering and numerals, George 



L. Huber. 



Plate issued: 141428. 



Inscribed: "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1940." (Note: The Bureau 



of Biological Survey of the U.S. Department of Agriculture was transferred by Presidential 



order to the Department of the Interior on July 1, 1939. On July 1, 1940, the Bureau of 



Biological Survey and the Bureau of Fisheries were merged in the Department of the Interior 



to form the Fish and Wildlife Service.) 



First day of sale: ]\i\y 1, 1939. 



Qiiantity sold: 1,111 ,56 1 . 



Sixth Duck Stamp. 



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