Wood ducks. 



1943-44 Duck Stamp Design 



species of waterfowl featured: Wood duck. 



Design: Two wood ducks in flight. 



Artist: Walter E. Bohl of Wisconsin. Several of Mr. Bohl's etchings are now in a permanent 



collection in the National Gallery of Art at Washington, D.C. 



Philatelic Data 



Color: Indian red. 



Designer: Victor S. McCloskey, Jr. 



Engravers: Vignette, Charles A. Brooks; outline frame, lettering, and numerals, John S. 



Edmondson. 



Plates issued: 152826, 152827. 



Inscribed "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1944." 



First day of sale: July 1, 1943. 



Quantity sold: 1,169,352. 



Tenth Duck Stamp. 



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