Ken Pruess Remembered – Part One

It is with a heavy heart that I report the passing of a friend and fellow collector, Ken Pruess, on Sunday, December 11, 2016. Ken was a long time revenue stamp collector, author, exhibitor and APS accredited judge. With regard to fish and game stamps, I would like to say that he was one of…

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From Girlie Pulps to Trout Stamps – Part One

Today we will start to look at the career of Worth B. Carnahan. Worth was an artist, illustrator, magazine editor and publisher. He participated in the origins of two pop culture mainstays, girlie pulps and comic books, whose images today invoke two very different connotations. We shall see how the development of both industries was directly linked and,…

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Missouri’s Audubon – Part Four

In today’s post we shall focus our attention on Charles and Libby Schwartz’s lives and work in Missouri, during the 1960s and 1970s. I will provide a glimpse into their home settings and a rather unique lifestyle which, as was the case with Aldo Leopold and his iconic shack, influenced Charles’ artistic expression and was…

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A Set of Stamps for the Ages – Extended Cut

A Set of Stamps for the Ages When Charles W. Schwartz was asked to design Missouri’s first trout stamps, it would prove to be a momentous and far-reaching (philatelically speaking) decision, affecting not just Missouri sportsmen. Friends and fans of Charles and his art, conservation-minded lovers of wildlife art around the country and, especially, a…

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Awards

All Categories Articles Blog Posts Catalogs Exhibits Federal Galleries Hall of Fame Killer Marketplace Society Uncategorized Wanted Awards On this page we will report on the experiences that fish and game collectors have showing their material at organized philatelic shows. Although the page will focus on National and International results, we welcome information from local…

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Blog Index

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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My Account

Welcome to the Waterfowl Stamps and More Beta Test Congratulations and welcome to the Waterfowl Stamps and More beta test. You now have advanced access to Waterfowl Stamps and More before the public launch date. Please take the time to go through each page of the website and deliver your notes to david@waterfowlstampsandmore.com. If you…

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Remembering Harry Foglietta – Part Two

In part two of our series, we begin to explore some of Harry’s favorite topics within his vast collection of Hawaiiana. Today, we shall examine early printed postcards featuring images of hula dancers, commonly known as hula girls. Before proceeding, I have been advised to make you aware that this post includes many images of…

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The No Fee Fish and Game Stamps of California

by David R. Torre, ARA   435.2MB   Introduction   An overprint on a stamp frequently stimulates special interest on the part of collectors. The overprint, be it rubber-stamped or printed, is an additional element to be appreciated and studied. Typesetting varieties may be discovered and in examples derived from a rubber stamp in particular,…

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