1984 20 CENT PRESERVING WETLANDS MALLARDS MINT NEVER HINGED MNH SCOTT 2092

1984 20 CENT PRESERVING WETLANDS MALLARDS MINT NEVER HINGED MNH SCOTT 2092

Value: 20C/, rate for first-class mail
First Day of Issue: July 2, 1984
First Day City: Des Moines, Iowa
Printing Method: Engraved
Perforations: 11
Color: Blue
Condition: Great Centering, Great Color, Original Gum

The stamp was issued to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Waterfowl Preservation Act and the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act, which created America's long-running series of popular Duck stamps.

This stamp is nearly identical to the first US Duck stamp, issued in 1934. The 1984 stamp used the same vignette, but removed the frame and changed the wording. That first duck stamp, #RW1, was designed by Jay N. Darling, who had been a driving force behind the 1934 act that was created to protect migratory birds. It pictures two mallards - a hen (female) and a drake (male) - preparing to land on a marsh, with long grass in the background.
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