1976,
FIRST SOUTH DAKOTA DUCK STAMP & PRINT, “MALLARDS,” BY THE ARTIST ROBERT KUSSEROW. THE ORIGINAL
ART DEPICTS A PAIR OF MALLARDS, ONE
IN THE WATER AND ONE COMING IN FOR A LANDING. THIS WAS THE FIRST REQUIRED
WATERFOWL STAMP CONTEST FOR SOUTH DAKOTA. (ONLY RESIDENTS OF SOUTH DAKOTA ARE
ELIGIBLE TO ENTER THE CONTEST.) THE STAMP IS NUMBERED ON THE FRONT. IT SOLD FOR
$1.00. OF THE 89,000 STAMPS THAT WERE PRINTED, 38,788 WERE SOLD. THE PRINT IS 6-1/2” X 9”. THE EDITION CONSISTS OF 500
SIGNED AND NUMBERED PRINTS. MATCHING NUMBERED STAMPS WERE OFFERED WITH EACH
PRINT IN THE EDITION FOR THE FIRST TIME. THIS FRAMED PRINT IS PENCIL SIGNED &
NUMBERED 411 / 500 W/A MATCHING NUMBERED MINT, LIGHTLY HINGED $1.00 STAMP. SOUTH DAKOTA IS ONE OF THE RAREST OF
FIRST OF STATE DUCK PRINTS AND IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. A SELDOM OFFERED
PRINT!