Kansas Marion County Duck Stamps

By kaiya | February 28, 2016

Previous Series Back to Table of Contents Next Series Kansas Marion County Duck Stamps Marion County is located in central Kansas, with the county seat of Marion located approximately 43 miles northeast of Wichita. A recreational park, featuring a lake, was built 3 1/2 miles southeast of Marion in the late 1930s. These stamps were required to…

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Illinois Daily Usage Stamps

By kaiya | February 28, 2016

Previous Series Back to Table of Contents Next Series Illinois Dally Usage Stamps Illinois required daily usage stamps to hunt ducks and geese on various state-owned and operated public waterfowl hunting grounds starting in the early 1950s. Prior to 1959, separate daily usage stamps were used on public pheasant hunting grounds. From 1959 through 1972,…

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Errors and Unusual

By kaiya | October 21, 2015

All Categories Articles Blog Posts Catalogs Exhibits Federal Galleries Hall of Fame Killer Marketplace Society Uncategorized Wanted Errors and Unusual Federal waterfowl errors, freaks and oddities (EFOs) are very popular with collectors of all levels. There are many to choose from in all price ranges. While these pieces often have tremendous eye appeal and “buy me” written…

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There’s More to Ducks Than Pretty Pictures

By Eric Torre | January 28, 2016 |

By Frank Correl   96.4MB   Thanks to an inspired collaboration at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum, the world is finding out that there is much more to duck stamp collecting than just the federal stamps. The Feds had their day in the sun at the Postal Museum at the 1998-99 Federal duck stamp first…

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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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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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F&G Exhibit Has an Important Story to Tell – Part One

By David Torre | February 4, 2024 |

For philatelists, exhibiting portions of their collections at stamp shows can be a fun and rewarding experience. If you desire, you can travel to the shows, see new places, meet new friends, eat at the great local restaurants and see the sights. And, of course, you can enjoy sharing in the other exhibits – one…

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Richard Clifton Wins Contest; James Hautman is Second

By David Torre | September 26, 2020 |

This has obviously been an unusual year and the annual duck stamp art contest was not immune from changes made to ensure public safety during the current COVID-19 Pandemic. The contest was originally scheduled to take place on the Drake University campus in Des Moines, Iowa this weekend. The much-anticipated event would have included tributes…

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The Maryland Big Game Stamps – Part Two

By David Torre | April 30, 2020 |

Today we shall begin to look at the Maryland Big Game Hunting Stamps. Since one of the primary goals for this particular series of posts (aside from being informative and educational) is to serve as a form of escapist entertainment – I shall attempt to construct a “show and tell” narrative that is loaded with…

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