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Two gadwalls. 



1951-52 Duck Stamp Design 



species of waterfowl featured: Gadwall. 



Design: The original slcetch, a black and white drawing, shows two gadwalls jumping from a 



pond. 



Artist: Maynard Reece, staff artist and museum assistant for the Iowa State Department of 



History and Archives, Des Moines, Iowa. (Mr. Reece is the second former duck stamp artist 



to win the competition a second time. His design of three buffleheads was used on the 



1948-49 stamp.) 



Philatelic Data 



Color: A dark or smoke gray. 



Designers: Central design by Maynard A. Reece; frame and lettering by William K. Schrage. 



Engravers: Vignette, Richard M. Bower; outline, frame, lettering, and numerals, Reuben K. 



Barrick. 



Plates issued: 162125, 162126, 162127, 162128. 



Inscribed: "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1952. $2." 



First day of sale: }\i\y 1, 1951. 



Quantity sold: 2,167,767. 



Eighteenth Duck Stamp; third $2 stamp. 



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