Remembering Harry Foglietta – Part Ten

By David Torre | September 2, 2018 |

In the series finale on Harry Foglietta and his favorite Hawaiian postcard collecting interests, we shall look at the advertising materials produced for the 1917 Mid Pacific Carnival. This was the last year a grandiose Carnival took place and the last time the Hawaii Promotion Committee employed an extensive advertising campaign to promote it. As…

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Proofs and Essays

By kaiya | October 21, 2015

All Categories Articles Blog Posts Catalogs Exhibits Federal Galleries Hall of Fame Killer Marketplace Society Uncategorized Wanted Proofs and Essays After the artwork was either selected by the committee or chosen by the judges, it was turned over to a stamp designer at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The stamp designer takes the original art…

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From Girlie Pulps to Trout Stamps – Part Three

By David Torre | January 24, 2017 |

In today’s post, we follow the Carnahan family to Nashville. It is in Nashville, while working for the Tennessee Game and Fish Commission, that Worth finally realizes his childhood dream and he becomes a real stamp designer. Unlike other staff artists, Worth B. Carnahan does not design your typical fish and game stamps – his stamps are special.  …

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About

By kaiya | September 20, 2015

All CategoriesArticlesBlog PostsCatalogsExhibitsFederalGalleriesHall of FameKillerMarketplaceSocietyUncategorizedWanted About My name is David Torre. I am at the right in the photo above with fellow collector Will Csaplar. I have a wonderful and supportive wife, Kay and a very talented son, Eric. I am a lifelong collector, dealer and exhibitor who specializes in waterfowl stamps. My wife has…

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Forum

By kaiya | September 20, 2015

All CategoriesArticlesBlog PostsCatalogsExhibitsFederalGalleriesHall of FameKillerMarketplaceSocietyUncategorizedWanted Forum If you are currently registered to the forums, please visit: https://waterfowlstamps.slack.com/ Welcome to the Waterfowl Stamps and More forum! We are currently using a service called Slack. With this new forum technology we’re able to facilitate and foster a community for all members of our community in real time. …

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Prints

By kaiya | October 21, 2015

All CategoriesArticlesBlog PostsCatalogsExhibitsFederalGalleriesHall of FameKillerMarketplaceSocietyUncategorizedWanted Prints While the artist does not receive any direct compensation from the federal government for creating artwork for the stamps, they are permitted to produce what have become known as limited edition prints from their original designs and market them to wildlife art enthusiasts and stamp and print collectors. It may…

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Blog Index

By kaiya | November 28, 2021

All CategoriesArticlesBlog PostsCatalogsExhibitsFederalGalleriesHall of FameKillerMarketplaceSocietyUncategorizedWanted A Pymatuning Scare California Hunting & Fishing Licenses From Girlie Pulps to Trout Stamps Garage Sale Gold Missouri’s Audobon My Favorite Federal Duck Stamp Remembering Harry Foglietta The First Fish and Game Stamp The Making of an Icon Blog Index A B C D E F G H I J…

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Gallery 9

By kaiya | April 9, 2017

All CategoriesArticlesBlog PostsCatalogsExhibitsFederalGalleriesHall of FameKillerMarketplaceSocietyUncategorizedWanted Gallery Index Gallery One Gallery Two Gallery Three Gallery Four Gallery Five Gallery Six Gallery Seven Gallery Eight Gallery Nine Gallery Ten Gallery Eleven Gallery Twelve Gallery Nine – Federal Prager Original Waterfowl Stamp Art The first step in producing a federal waterfowl stamp is to have an artist create original artwork for…

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The Illinois Daily Usage Stamps

By David Torre | October 14, 2015 |

by David R. Torre, ARA   198.4 MB   Introduction   The purpose of this article, the second of two discussing the stamps used on waterfowl management areas in California and Illinois, is to tell the story of the Illinois Daily Usage stamps. In Illinois, as in California, a number of such areas were developed…

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