The Wild Turkey Stamp of 1956 - Wisconsin Federation of Stamp ...

The
Wild Turkey Stamp
of 1956
Ralph Dyer Hand Drawn and Hand Painted Cover

Time Line of Events
December 27, 1955
February 13, 1956
March 5, 1956
April 2, 1956
PMG announced 17 new stamps for 1956
PMG said there would be a conservation
series featuring an antelope, a salmon
and a wild turkey
PMG said the first stamp, the wild turkey,
would be issued on May 5 th at the
Wisconsin Federation of Stamp Clubs
convention
PMG announced it would be a maroon stamp
May 5, 1956 Stamp issued in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Artist Bob Hines’s Essay,
or Proposed Design,
of the Wild Turkey Stamp

Essay With Lettering
of the Wild Turkey Stamp

The Proof, or Trial Printing,
from the Original Die

The Finished Product

Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Employees’ Signatures
Victor McCloskey, BEP –
Outline Frame & Lettering
Engraver
John Edmondson, BEP –
Letter & Numeral Engraver
Charles A. Brooks, BEP –
Vignette Engraver

The
First Day of Issue
Ceremony was
held at the Hotel Retlaw in
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

Covers From the First Day
of the
Wisconsin Federation of
Stamp Clubs Convention-
May 5, 1956
The Aristocrats Cover – Art by Day Lowry

Scarce Eric Lewis Silk Screen Cover
(On issues through 1959, only one to eight covers were produced.)
H. I. Swendall – Hand Drawn and Hand Painted Cover

Fluegel Cover
(Printed in color which was unusual for the time.)
Ross Knoble Hand Drawn and Hand Painted Cover

Velvetone Cover with Machine Cancel
Frank J. Tomasek Cover

Maker Unknown
Texture Craft Flocked Cover

A Kolor Kover Design
Pent Arts Cover
(This cachet maker usually produced five designs and
printed in five different colors.)

W. N. Wright Cover – Hand Drawn and Hand Painted
WMG Thermographed Cover

Cachet Craft by Ken Boll with Two-Color Printing
Norbert C. Waldau Hand Painted and Hand Drawn Cover

Cover Designed by the Fond du Lac Stamp Club
Two-color Thermographed C. George Cover

C. Stephen Anderson Cover in Maroon with Machine-Cancel
Hand Drawn and Hand Painted Cover with Machine-Cancel

Riemann Cover with Hand Cancel
ArtCraft Cover With Hand Cancelled Plate Block

Fleetwood Cover with Hand Cancelled Plate Block
WFSC One-Color Printed Cover with Hand Cancel

W. N. Wright – Hand Drawn and Hand Painted Cover
with Dual Cancel
WFSC One-Color Printed Combo Cover with
Convention Cancel

WFSC Annual Banquet Ticket with
Federation Convention Cancel

These autographed covers
shown next were collected by
Solomon Glass,
a renowned philatelic writer
and an original member of the
Citizen's Stamp Advisory
Committee.
1893-1973
Photo from www.stamps.org

ArtCraft Cover – Signature of Walter Kohler,
Governor of Wisconsin
ArtCraft Cover – Signature of Arthur E. Summerfield,
Postmaster General

ArtCraft Cover – Signature of L.P. Voigt,
Director of the Wisconsin Conservation Department
ArtCraft Cover – Signature of Leonard J. Seyberth,
Chairman of the State Conservation Commission

ArtCraft Cover – Signature of Edwin F Weis,
Mayor of Fond du Lac
ArtCraft Cover – Signature of Louis Andrew,
Fond du Lac Postmaster

Sol Glass – Postmaster General Corner Card

Covers From the Second Day
of the
Wisconsin Federation of
Stamp Clubs Convention-
May 6, 1956
WFSC One-Color Printed Cover with
WFSC Convention Cancel

ArtCraft Cover with WFSC Convention Hand Cancel
Cachet Craft by Ken Boll with Two-Color Printing and
WFSC Hand Cancel

C. Stephen Anderson Cover in Black
C. Stephen Anderson Cover in Blue

C. Stephen Anderson Cover in Maroon
House of Farnham Cover with
WFSC Convention Cancel

Scans
compliments of
May Day Taylor of
Washington, D.C.
and the
WFSC Historical
Files
November 2012