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!