Harlequins. 



1952-53 Duck Stamp Design 



species of waterfowl featured: Harlequin duck. 



Design: The original sketch, a black and white wash drawing, shows two harlequin ducks — a 



drake and a hen — flying against high waves. 



Artist: John H. Dick, of Di.xie Plantation, Mesa;ett. S.C. 



Philatelic Data 



Color: A reduced red shade of blue, sometimes referred to in the stamp collecting field as a 



Lilac Blue. 



Designers: Central design by John H. Dick; frame and lettering by Robert L. Miller who 



also added necessary detail to the central design to make it suitable for bank note engraving. 



Engravers: Vignette, George A. Gundersen; frame, lettering, and numerals, John S. Edmondson. 



Plate Number's: 162602 162603, 162604, 162605. 



Inscribed: "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1952. S2. Harlequin 



Ducks." (This is the first duck stamp to have the name of the species imprinted on it.) 



First day of sale: July 1, 1952. 



Qitanti{y sold: 2,296,628. 



Nineteenth Duck Stamp; fourth S2 stamp. 



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