



Blue geese. 



1955-56 Duck Stamp Design 



species of waterfowl featured: Blue geese. 



Design: The original sketch, a black and white opaque watercolor, features three blue geese in 



flight, passing over a cattail marsh. 



Artist: Stanley Stearns, 16 Cedar Street, Binghamton, N.Y. 



Philatelic Data 



Color: A warm blue of a medium dark shade. 



Designers: Central design by Stanley Stearns; frame and lettering by Robert L. Miller. 



Engravers: Vignette, Richard M. Bower; frame, lettering, and numerals, Robert J. Jones. 



Plate Numbers: 165282, 165283, 165284, 165285. 



Inscribed: "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1956. $2. Blue Geese." 



First day of sale: ]\i\y 1, 1955. 



Quantity sold: 2,369,940. 



Twenty-second Duck Stamp; seventh $2 stamp. 



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