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Shovelers. 



1945-46 Duck Stamp Design 



species of waterfowl featured: Shoveler. 



Design: a female and two male shovelers in flight. 



Artist: Owen J. Gromme, curator of birds and mammals at the Milwaukee Public Museum in 



Milwaukee, Wis. 



Philatelic Data 



Color: Black and white. 



Designer: Victor S. McCloskey, Jr. 



Engravers: Vignette, Matthew D. Fenton; outline frame, lettering, and numerals. John S. 



Edmondson. 



Plates issued: 157248, 157249. 



Inscribed: "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1946." 



First day of sale: ]u\y 1, 1945. 



Qiumtity sold: 1,725,505. 



Twelfth Duck Stamp. 



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