World Stamp Show NY 2016 a Smashing Success!

The highly anticipated World Stamp Show NY 2016 has come and gone and it was an exhilarating experience! The show was held in the Jacob K. Javits Center and the scale of the event was mind boggling (see Figures 1, 2 and 3). I don’t know if the expected 250,000 showed up, but attendance was strong on…

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Angelo J. Torre, Jr. 1934 – 2016

    Welcome to the new website/blog/forum, Waterfowl Stamps and More. This website is the culmination of nine months of work on the part of myself and many talented people, especially my son, Eric and my website developer, Kaiya Kramer. In a broader sense, it it the culmination of over 50 years of stamp collecting,…

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Collecting Waterfowl Stamps

  160.3MB   Definition Fish and game license stamps, as defined here, are those stamps required by federal, state, local or tribal law to be purchased by sportsmen and affixed to a license prior to fishing or hunting for various wildlife in the U.S. In most instances, such stamps convey additional rights that are not…

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Killer Five

1915-16 White Pine County, Nevada NR Hunting and Fishing License

All Categories Articles Blog Posts Catalogs Exhibits Federal Galleries Hall of Fame Killer Marketplace Society Uncategorized Wanted Killer One Killer Two Killer Three Killer Four Killer Five Killer Six Killer Seven Killer Eight Killer Nine Killer Ten Killer Eleven Killer Twelve Killer Thirteen Killer Five The First Marion County Waterfowl Stamp Sold – To Jerry…

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Killer Six

All Categories Articles Blog Posts Catalogs Exhibits Federal Galleries Hall of Fame Killer Marketplace Society Uncategorized Wanted Killer One Killer Two Killer Three Killer Four Killer Five Killer Six Killer Seven Killer Eight Killer Nine Killer Ten Killer Eleven Killer Twelve Killer Thirteen Killer Six 1939 Pymatuning Waterfowl On license George Lawyer’s 1919 Louisiana Complimentary…

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Killer Eight

All Categories Articles Blog Posts Catalogs Exhibits Federal Galleries Hall of Fame Killer Marketplace Society Uncategorized Wanted Killer One Killer Two Killer Three Killer Four Killer Five Killer Six Killer Seven Killer Eight Killer Nine Killer Ten Killer Eleven Killer Twelve Killer Thirteen Killer Eight 1931 Michigan NR Small Game License Button 1944 Marion County…

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Killer Seven

All Categories Articles Blog Posts Catalogs Exhibits Federal Galleries Hall of Fame Killer Marketplace Society Uncategorized Wanted Killer One Killer Two Killer Three Killer Four Killer Five Killer Six Killer Seven Killer Eight Killer Nine Killer Ten Killer Eleven Killer Twelve Killer Thirteen Killer Seven RW1 on First Day of Issue Form 3333 1941 Pymatuning…

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Morton Dean Joyce: Fish and Game Hall of Famer – Part Five

For today’s conclusion to the series about Morton Dean Joyce, I have chosen to highlight two short-lived series of fish and game stamps that were issued by West Virginia in 1960 and 1961. I wanted to pick stamps that most collectors were already familiar with and perhaps own. West Virginia has a diverse licensing history, a sampling of which I thought would make for a compelling introduction.…

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Morton Dean Joyce: Fish and Game Hall of Famer – Part Two

In todays post, I will focus on highlights from the state fish and game portions of the Morton Dean Joyce revenue stamp collection. It is fair to say that Mort never met a revenue stamp he did not like. He not only collected all revenue stamps but collateral material as well and he amassed copious documentation that was…

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John Olin, Ding Darling, Maynard Reece & King Buck: The Making of an Icon – Part Four

Today I will talk about King Buck, arguably one the most famous sporting dogs that ever lived and certainly the most important dog in the fish and game hobby. Then, in the culmination of our story, we will see how the iconic 1959-60 federal waterfowl stamp came into being. In a surprising narrative – and perhaps for the first time – Maynard Reece…

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