Lake Traverse Indian Reservation Waterfowl Stamps

Previous Series Back to Table of Contents Next Series Lake Traverse Indian Reservation Waterfowl Stamps The Lake Traverse Reservation is located primarily in northeast South Dakota (the northern tip of the reservation is located in southeast North Dakota). The Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe that lives on the reservation first issued fish and game stamps in 1985.…

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There’s More to Ducks Than Pretty Pictures

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 Bill Webster Sale at Siegel’s – Part One

We are back from our trip and I am ready to provide you with an insider’s look at the Bill Webster Sale, held at the Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries in New York on Friday, March March 18, 2016. First, I am happy to inform everyone that for the second consecutive year, a fish and game exhibit…

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The Bill Webster Sale at Siegel’s – Part Two

In this, the second of three parts providing an inside view from the Bill Webster sale, we shall focus on the federal waterfowl stamp prints. This was the most organized part of Bill’s collection and prior to the sale I had always thought that Bill and I were the only two collectors to acquire one print…

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James Hautman Wins – Rebekah Nastav-Knight 2nd

The annual federal duck stamp art contest was held this past weekend at the Academy of Sciences in downtown Philadelphia. At noon on Saturday, James Hautman was declared the winner for the fifth time, tying him with his brother, Joseph, whose art is featured on the 2016-17 stamp. The 152 entries were judged by artist and…

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Csaplars Acquire 1943 Marion County Duck Stamp; Ready for Finlandia 2017

Today’s post features an update on Will and Abby Csaplar’s revised exhibit, A License and Stamp System for Waterfowl Conservation in the 20th Century U.S. The exhibit will be shown at Finlandia 2017, an international stamp exhibition in Tampere, Finland from May 25-28. Tampere is located 99 miles north of Helsinki and is the second most populated…

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The Kansas Upland Game Bird Stamps – Part Three

Ghost Serial Number on 1968 Kansas Upland

In today’s post we shall take a look at the Kansas upland game bird stamps which superseded the quail stamp series in 1961. The upland bird stamps had a more modern look than the classic quail stamps and were printed in a single color. However, starting with the third issue the stamps were printed with…

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Canada Goose Stamps Bennett County Canada Goose Stamps

Previous Series Back to Table of Contents Next Series Canada Goose Stamps Bennett County Canada Goose Stamps Bennett County Canada goose stamps were required to hunt geese in Bennett County starting in 1974. The stamps were issued on a computerized drawing basis to a limited number of hunters each year. From 1974 through 1977 the…

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E. L. Vanderford: 1913-1994

by David R. Torre, ARA   142MB   Introduction   Fish and game philately lost one of its most prominent collectors during September of 1994. Elmore Vanderford passed away in his sleep at his long-time residence in Sacramento, California. Known better as E. L. Vanderford or simply “Van” in philatelic circles, he had suffered from a variety…

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My Favorite Federal Duck Stamp – Part Two

Aside from the proofs, singles, plate number blocks and sheets that we discussed in Part One, what else can be added to a specialized collection of (in this case) the 1941-42 federal waterfowl stamp (RW8)? A lot of things that can help to provide context and make the story more interesting – and some pieces that are just enjoyable…

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