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White-fronted geese. 



1944-45 Duck Stamp Design 



species of waterfowl featured: White-fronted goose. 



Design: Three white-fronted geese, part of a flock coming in. 



Artist: Waker A. Weber, of Vienna, Va., well-known wildlife artist, formerly Chief Scientific 



Illustrator with the National Park Service, has done considerable art work for the National 



Geographic Magazine. Birds of Minnesota, Fading Trails, Meeting the Mammals, and 



Wolves of North America, contain his illustrations. Many of the Wildlife Conservation 



Stamps issued annually by the National Wildlife Federation are the work of Mr. Weber. 



Philatelic Data 



Color: Red-orange. 



Designer: William K. Schrage. 



Engravers: Vignette, Matthew D. Fenton; frame, lettering, and numerals, George L. Huber. 



Plates issued: 155590, 155603. 



Inscribed: "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1945." 



First daj of sale: July 1, 1944. 



Quantity sold- 1,487,029. 



Eleventh Duck Stamp. 



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