Canada geese. 



1958-59 Duck Stamp Design 



species of waterfowl featured: Canada goose. 



Design: The original sketcti, a black and white wash drawing, features several Canada geese 



feeding in a picked cornfield in the upper Midwest country. 



Artist: Leslie C. Kouba, 5418 Washburn Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minn. 



Philatelic Data 



Color: "Midnight Black." 



Designers: Central design by Leslie C. Kouba; frame and lettering by Robert L. Miller. 



Engravers: Vignette, Matthew D. Fenton; frame, lettering, and numerals, George L. Huber. 



Plate Numbers: 166753, 166754, 166755, and 166756 for face printing. Offset plate No. 53752 



for back printing. 



Inscribed: "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1959. $2. Canada Geese." 



First day of sale: July 1, 1958. 



Quantity sold: 2,165,562. 



Twenty-fifth Duck Stamp; tenth $2 stamp. 



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