1975,
FIRST ILLINOIS DUCK STAMP & PRINT, “MALLARDS,” BY THE ARTIST ROBERT E.
ESCHENFELDT. THE ORIGINAL ART DEPICTS A MALLARD DRAKE IN FLIGHT. THE ILLINOIS
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION COMMISSIONED THE ARTIST TO DESIGN THE FIRST STATE
WATERFOWL STAMP. THE STAMP IS NUMBERED ON THE FRONT. IT SOLD FOR $5.25. OF THE
200,000 STAMPS THAT WERE PRINTED, 60,377 WERE SOLD. ALL REMAINDERS WERE
DESTROYED ON JUNE 30, 1982. THE PRINT IS 7” X 9”. THE EDITION CONSISTS OF 500
SIGNED AND NUMBERED PRINTS. THIS FRAMED PRINT IS PENCIL SIGNED AND NUMBERED 151
/ 500. THERE IS A MINT, NEVER HINGED $5.25 STAMP #’D 91732. A SCARCE,
SELDOM OFFERED PRINT!