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Redheads. 



1946-47 Duck Stamp Design 



species of waterfowl featured: Redhead. 



Design: Four redheads — a female and three males — riding the water with another male alighting. 

 Artist: Robert W. Hines, of Columbus, Ohio, formerly with the Ohio Division of Conservation 

 and Natural Resources, now staff artist of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 



Philatelic Data 



Color: Medium dark maroon-brown. 



Designer: William K. Schrage. 



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



Plates issued: 158448, 158449, 158456, 158457; back plate 47510 (Offset). 



Inscribed: "U.S. Department of the Interior. \'oid after June 30, 1947." 



First day of sale: ]u\y 1, 1946. 



Qiiantity sold: 2,016,819. 



Thirteenth Duck Stamp. 



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