Slania-design on US Federal Duck Stamps

A collector has informed me about a Slania-design on the coming US
Duck-stamp 2005-2006, please read below.

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Ann Mette Heindorff (Mette)
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The $15 Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation stamp for the 2005-2006
season goes on sale at Post OfficesTM nationwide June 30, 2005, and is valid
through June 30, 2006. The U.S. Department of the Interior will formally
issue the stamp at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, on
June 30, 2005.

The Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation stamp will be issued in two
formats: (1) in the traditional water- activated gum (WAG) pane of 20 stamps
(Item 333400) and (2) in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) single stamp
(Item 333500). The stamp size in the PSA version is the same size as the WAG
version and can be peeled from its carrier sheet. The carrier sheet is the
size of U.S. paper currency and fits easily in cash drawers.

Postmasters should order enough of Items 333400 and 333500 to meet the
expected demand for these items by stamp collectors, conservationists, and
hunters.

Distribution
Post Offices. To allow postmasters to order the 2005-2006 Migratory Bird
Hunting and Conservation stamps in quantities approximating customer demand,
there is no minimum ordering quantity for either format. Postmasters should
review their previous year's sales records to determine the appropriate
number of 2005-2006 Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation stamps to
requisition.

Postmasters must immediately send a separate PS Form 17, Stamp
Requisition/Stamp Return, to their stamp distribution offices (SDOs) for
enough Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation stamps to last until April
28, 2006. Post Offices served by stamp service centers (SSCs) must follow
their established ordering guidelines.

Issue: Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp
Item Number: 333400
Denomination &
Type of Issue:
$15.00 Commemorative
Format: Pane of 20 (1 design)
Series: Federal Duck Stamp
Issue Date & City: June 30, 2005, Washington, DC 20066
Designer: Czeslaw Slania/Piotr Naszarkowski
Engraver: Banknote Corporation of America, Inc./SSP
Artist: Mark Anderson, Sioux Falls, SD
Art Director: Donald Woo
Typographer: Banknote Corporation of America, Inc./SSP
Modeler: Donald Woo
Manufacturing Process: Offset w/Microprint "FWS"/Intaglio
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America, Inc./SSP
Printed at: Browns Summit, NC
Press Type: blank
Offset: Man Roland, 300
Intaglio: TA Intaglio Press
Stamps per Pane: 20
Print Quantity: 1 million stamps
Paper Type: Nonphosphored, Type III
Adhesive Type: Water-activated gum
Processed at: Browns Summit, NC
Colors: blank
Front: Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
Back: Black
Intaglio: Black
Stamp Orientation: Horizontal
Image Area (w x h): 1.842 x 1.28 in./46.79 x 32.51 mm
Overall Size (w x h): 1.98 x 1.415 in./50.29 x 35.94 mm
Full Pane Size (w x h): 11.315 x 7.075 in./287.4 x 179.7 mm
Sheet Size (w x h): 24.0 x 16.0 in./609.6 x 406.4 mm
Plate Size: 80 stamps per press sheet (10 across, 8 down)
Plate Numbers: "S" followed by five (5) single digits
Marginal Markings: blank
Front: Plate numbers on four corners
. "ARTIST MARK ANDERSON" . "DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR" . Price .
Plate position diagram
Back: Barcodes on four corners and text . Federal Duck Stamp
information
Catalog Item Number(s): 333410 Single - $15.00
333420 Block of 4 - $60.00
333440 Full Pane of 20 -
$300.00
333484 Press sheet - $1,320.00

If the initial stamp supply is exhausted before April 28, 2006, postmasters
must requisition additional quantities. Retail units with authorized
philatelic centers should order both formats and have them available to meet
philatelic demand. All postmasters/station managers must ensure that the
Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation stamps are available to meet public
demand.

Stamp Distribution Offices. SDOs will receive automatic distributions of
both Item 333400 and Item 333500. Automatic distributions to SDOs are
scheduled to begin May 10, 2005, and complete May 24, 2005. SDOs must not
distribute Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation stamps to Post Offices
before June 24, 2005.

SDOs requiring additional gummed stamps (Item 333400) or additional
self-adhesive stamps (Item 333500) must requisition them from a designated
accountable paper depository using PS Form 17.

Hunting Regulations Pamphlets
The Department of the Interior does not automatically distribute pamphlets
on hunting regulations because migratory game bird laws vary by state.
Direct all inquiries about hunting regulations to the state fish and
wildlife agency or state department of natural resources. Do not forward to
the federal U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Issue: Migratory Bird Hunting and
Conservation Stamp
Item Number: 333500
Denomination &
Type of Issue:
$15.00 Commemorative
Format: Pane of 1
Series: Federal Duck Stamp
Issue Date & City: June 30, 2005,
Washington, DC 20066
Designer: Czeslaw Slania/
Piotr Naszarkowski
Engraver: Banknote Corporation of
America, Inc./SSP
Artist: Mark Anderson, Sioux Falls, SD
Art Director: Donald Woo, Chantilly, VA
Typographer: Banknote Corporation of
America, Inc./SSP
Modeler: Donald Woo
Manufacturing Process: Offset w/Microprint
"FWS"/Debossing
Printer: Banknote Corporation of
America, Inc./SSP
Printed at: Browns Summit, NC
Press Type: blank
Offset: Man Roland, 300
Debossing: Bobst Die Press, 102
Stamps per Pane: 1
Print Quantity: 3 million stamps
Paper Type: Nonphosphored, Type III
Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
Processed at: Browns Summit, NC
Colors: blank
Front: Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
Back: Black
Stamp Orientation: Horizontal
Image Area (w x h): 1.842 x 1.28 in./46.79 x
32.51 mm
Overall Size (w x h): 1.98 x 1.415 in./50.29 x
35.94 mm
Full Pane Size (w x h): 6.125 x 2.625 in./155.57 x
66.68 mm
Sheet Size (w x h): 23.0 x 19.0 in./584.2 x
482.60 mm
Plate Size: 18 stamps per press sheet
(3 across, 6 down)
Plate Numbers: None
Marginal Markings: blank
Front: "U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service"
."2005-2006 Migratory Bird
Hunting & Conservation Stamp"
. "Artist: Mark Anderson"
. 50th Anniversary Information
. U.S. Department of Interior
seal . U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service seal . "If applicable:
sign, peel, and attach to
hunting license." . "Peel Here"
Back: Barcode and text . Waterfowl
Surveys information . Federal
Duck Stamp information
Catalog Item Number(s): 333540 Hooded Mergansers
PSA (1 per pane) - $15.00

- Stamp Services,
Government Relations, 5-26-05