The Kansas Upland Game Bird Stamps – Part Two

1939 Provisional Kansas Quail

In the last post I reported the Kansas quail stamps were not the first fish and game stamps to be issued by a state government in the U.S. When I looked at the quail stamps in my album this morning, I found that my feelings for them had not changed – I still find them…

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Articles

All Categories Articles Blog Posts Catalogs Exhibits Federal Galleries Hall of Fame Killer Marketplace Society Uncategorized Wanted Articles I originally wrote most of the following articles in the 1990s and had them published in the American Revenuer, the journal for the American Revenue Association. For this website, the articles have been expanded by adding and…

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Collecting Used Federal Duck Stamps – Part Two

As we continue our show and tell series, we will look at the 13 federal duck stamps that were used starting after WWII and continuing through 1958-59. This includes the ten year period (1949 – 1958) commonly referred to as the “$2 Ducks”. For a number of reasons, these stamps are much easier to find…

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Fish and Game Stamps of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe

by David R. Torre, ARA   60.8MB   Introduction Information about stamps issued by Indian Reservations in South Dakota was first published in revenue publications in the early 1960s (see Figure 1).         Since then, a relatively small group of state revenue and fish and game collectors have avidly pursued these paper artifacts.…

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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 Maryland Big Game Stamps – Part Six

Today we will look at the Maryland big game stamps that were issued during the series’ sixth season. This was John Taylor’s third major design revision during this time period and we find that several complementary features, including an eye-catching composition and a bold use of colors, combine to elevate the 1965-66 stamps for firearms…

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Shorty’s Scrapbook – Part One

Today we will start to look at some pieces from a scrapbook formed by a man who lived in Nebraska. The scrapbook contained some very early hunting and fishing licenses and several accompanying newspaper articles, wherein he provides detailed (and entertaining) accounts of his sporting exploits. These narratives provide context and flavor seldom encountered with…

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Pre Stamp and Unusual Licenses

All CategoriesArticlesBlog PostsCatalogsExhibitsFederalGalleriesHall of FameKillerMarketplaceSocietyUncategorizedWanted Pre Stamp and Unusual Licenses Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc interdum nunc libero, vitae auctor eros aliquet eu. Sed vestibulum porttitor tempor. Phasellus finibus vitae neque eu auctor. Nulla et fermentum arcu. Cras porttitor porta imperdiet.Sed consectetur dolor in massa dapibus scelerisque. Cras quam sem, faucibus…

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Killer Three

All CategoriesArticlesBlog PostsCatalogsExhibitsFederalGalleriesHall of FameKillerMarketplaceSocietyUncategorizedWanted 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 Three Civil War Veteran 1927-28 California Resident Hunting License Type II 1966-67 Honey Lake Waterfowl 1982 Iowa NR Raccoon with Tag 1950 Bland…

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