US Department of Agriculture 1942 One Dollar Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp. Used in good shape. It is stamped.
Plates Issued: Intaglio - #146271, #146282. Color: Brown. Designer/Modeler: Victor S. McCloskey, Jr. Engravers: Vignette - Charles A. Brooks; Frame - Axel W. Christensen; Letters - Axel W. Christensen; Numerals - Axel W. Christensen. First Day of Sale: July 1, 1941. Issue: 1941 - Eighth Duck Stamp. Quantity Sold: 1,439,967.
Inscription: Front - "U.S. Department of the Interior. Void after June 30, 1942. Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp. 1 $. "
Edwin R. Kalmbach (1884-1972)
Black and white wash and tempera painting of ruddy ducks by Edwin R. Kalmbach, a noted scientist and conservationist. Kalmbach served as director of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's research laboratory at Denver, Colo., until 1954.