Labrador retriever with mallard. 



1959-60 Duck Stamp Design 



species of waterfowl featured: Mallard. 



Design: The original sketch, a black and white wash drawing, features a Labrador retriever 



carrying a mallard drake. 



Artist: Maynard Reece, 3405 Fiftieth Street, Des Moines, Iowa. 



Philatelic Data 



Color: Black, blue, and yellow. 



Designers: Central design by Maynard Reece; frame and lettering by Bob Hines. Modeled 



by Victor S. McCloskey, Jr. 



Engravers: Vignette, Arthur W. Dintaman; frame, lettering, and numerals, Howard F. Sharpless. 



Plate Numbers: 167109 and 167120 for face printing. Offset plate 54204 for back printing. 



Each of these plates contains 120 individual subjects. The two face plates were made by the 



electrolytic process for use on the sheet-fed, multicolor, rotary press (Giori). They originated 



from flat master plate No. 167097. 



Inscribed: "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1960. $3. Retrievers Save 



Game." 



First day of sale: }u\y 1, 1959. 



Quantity sold: 1,630,311. 



Twenty-sixth Duck Stamp; first $3 stamp. 



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