A pair of black ducks. 



1940-41 Duck Stamp Design 



species of waterfowl featured: Black duck. 



Design: This design shows a pair of black ducks flying down wind over a marsh area. Wild 



rice is shown in the background. 



Artist: Francis L. Jacques, whose illustrations appear in Birds of Minnesota, Florida Bird Life, 



and other books, and who has painted many backgrounds for habitat groups in natural 



history museums in New York City and Minneapolis. 



Philatelic Data 



Color: Sepia. 



Designer: Victor S. McCloskey, Jr. 



Engravers: Vignette, Matthew D. Fenton; frame, lettering, and numerals, James T. Vail. 



Plates issued: 143743, 143776. 



Inscribed: "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1941." 



First day of sale: }u\\ 1, 1940. 



Qiiantity sold: 1,260,810. 



Seventh Duck Stamp. 



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