August 2018 - Sneak Peek
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$25 MALLARDS FEDERAL DUCK STAMP<br />
Formal Name: Migratory Bird Hunting and<br />
Conservation Stamp<br />
USPS Item Number: 336000 (pane of 20,<br />
self-adhesive); 335900 (Souvenir sheet of 1, selfadhesive)<br />
Format: Pane of 20, 180 stamps per revolution ; Pane of four,<br />
80 stamps per revolution; and sheet of one, 36 stamps per<br />
revolution<br />
Issue Date and City: June 29, <strong>2018</strong>, Hanover, Maryland<br />
Art Director: Suzanne Fellows, Fish and Wildlife Service<br />
Artist: Robert Hautman<br />
Modeler: Joseph Sheeran<br />
Manufacturing Process: Offset, Microprint “FWS”<br />
Printer and Processor: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU), at<br />
Williamsville, New York<br />
Press Type: Muller A76<br />
Print Quantity: 200,000 stamps for panes of 20; 50,400 for panes<br />
of four; 2.155 million for souvenir sheets of one<br />
Paper Type: Nonphosphored Type III<br />
Colors: Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Invisible Fluorescent<br />
Sizes: Stamps – 1.762 inches by 1.289 in.; 44.75 millimeters by<br />
32.74 mm (image area); 1.89 inches by 1.417 inches; 48.01mm<br />
by 35.99mm (overall size). Pane of 20 – 8.25 inches by 8.25<br />
inches; 209.55mm by 209.55 mm (full pane size); Pane of<br />
4 – 6 inches by 5.125 inches; 152.40mm by 130.18mm (full<br />
pane size); Souvenir sheet of 1 – 6.125 inches by 2.625 inches;<br />
155.58mm by 66.68mm (full souvenir sheet size).<br />
Plate Numbers, panes: P followed by five (5) digits; Souvenir<br />
sheet: N/A<br />
Marginal Markings (Pane of 20): Front – Selvage Text: “Artist:<br />
Robert Hautman” (4 positions) , “Department of the Interior 20<br />
x $25.00” (2 positions), silhouetted image of duck (2 positions),<br />
plate number (4 locations); Back – Verso-text behind each<br />
stamp, Barcodes (4 positions)<br />
Marginal Markings (Pane of 4): Front – Selvage Text: U.S. Fish<br />
& Wildlife Service, 85th Anniversary, Migratory Bird Hunting<br />
and Conservation Stamp, Artist: Robert Hautman, U.S.<br />
Department of the Interior logo, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service<br />
logo, silhouetted image of duck, Plate Number (1 position);<br />
Back – Verso-text, barcode, black and white image, 4 x $25.00<br />
Marginal Markings (Souvenir Sheet of 1): Front – Selvage<br />
Text: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, <strong>2018</strong>–2019 Migratory Bird<br />
Hunting & Conservation Stamp, Peel Here, Artist: Robert<br />
Hautman, Mallards©, If applicable sign your stamp, Conserve<br />
habitat for the future … Buy Duck Stamps!, Informational Text;<br />
Back – Verso-text, Barcode, Black and white Sandhill Cranes<br />
image, Ordering information, U.S. Department of the Interior<br />
logo, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service logo<br />
clearly meet the theme of ‘celebrating<br />
our waterfowl hunting heritage.’ ’’ I<br />
know you are ineligible for this contest,<br />
but what are your thoughts about<br />
this one-time only change?<br />
I think it’s already a challenge to<br />
keep it from getting too busy in such a<br />
small space. But it would have been interesting<br />
to try.<br />
Excuse me if I am wrong, but you<br />
were in the Million Dollar Duck,<br />
weren’t you? What was that experience<br />
like and we’d love to hear your thoughts<br />
on how the movie turned out?<br />
Working with Brian Golden on the<br />
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film was fun; he’s very talented and easy<br />
to work with. I thought he did a great job.<br />
I asked your brother, Jim, this last<br />
year so I need to repeat it for you. Last<br />
year, did you happen to catch Season 3<br />
of the TV series, Fargo, which included<br />
stamps in the plot. Any thoughts?<br />
Did you like the idea of stamps as a<br />
plot device?<br />
I don’t think that part helped or hurt<br />
the show but I have liked almost everything<br />
(Fargo creators) Joe and Ethan<br />
(Coen) have been involved in.<br />
Have you (or do you know if any<br />
of your brothers) have ever been contacted<br />
to create a regular stamp for<br />
the U.S. Postal Service? If not, would<br />
you be interested?<br />
I would love to work on a postage<br />
stamp.<br />
You and your brothers have, of<br />
course, somewhat become legends in<br />
this contest. What kind of advice can<br />
you give someone else entering this<br />
contest?<br />
Enter this year! Joe’s out and I think<br />
he has won the last 3, maybe 4, times he<br />
was eligible.<br />
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AUGUST <strong>2018</strong> / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 813
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