Game Bird Stamps: Help Me Understand

Hi Everyone,
I sure hope I have started this thread in the correct category..

I have won a couple of duck stamps. I don't quite understand them though.

This one is a 1995 Oregon Upland Game Bird Stamp with an expiration date 6/30/96 with a license number (?) P037783.

Here are my questions...
Are these stamps part of "stamp collecting" because they are not like.. postage stamps right?

What does the purchaser do when they have one of these stamps? Do they use and stick them somewhere?

Is it for hunting birds only?

This "stamp" is inside its own notecard.

Here is the stamp. Thank you in advance to all who can answer and give any information / links to help me better understand these types of stamps:

Yes, definitely part of stamp collecting! Some duck stamps go for quite a few dollars too! They are a permit of sorts, to hunt Ducks. I believe they are a B.O.B. (Back-Of-Book) item and some folks specialize in them. Great lot you have there! I can't seem to locate that exact Scott# but it's an RW??. I'm sure someone versed in the "ducks" will be able to help you more.
The first image I believe is a booklet cover.

They are "stamps" but they're not used for postage -- hunters attach them to their hunting license.

Here's some basic information about Waterfowl Stamps:
http://www.fws.gov/duckstamps/Info/...tampinfo.htm

By the way, these are considered "Back of Book (BoB)" stamps. Scott Catalog uses RW prefix for the Federal Duck stamps, but there are also State issues, like the one you have.

CLARIFICATION:
* The Federal Ducks (RW) are listed in both Scott Standard Catalogue (Volume 1) and in the Scott Specialized US.
* State Ducks are listed in the Scott Specialized US, but not in the standard catalogue.
* Upland Birds (like yours) aren't listed in Scott; maybe someone else has a catalog reference.

Thank you for the information and link. I have so much to learn! That is a great site, plus it has a PDF story!

Back of Book, Okay I will remember that and try to look up the stamps.

I do find it interesting that the Scott Catalog has a section for it, since it is not a postage stamp.

Thank you!
SueStamps

I'm not a Back of Book collector, but when I have free time I like to take a look at all the BoB listings in the Scott Catalog for US issues. There are Revenue stamps, Postal Savings Stamps, Special Delivery, Postage Dues, Confederate stamps and more. What's really challenging is BoB for countries other than the US. It has taken me a long time to recognize worldwide BoB stamps. Belgian Parcel Post stamps from 1882 to 1940 are particulary striking. They use the letter Q in the Scott Catalog.

I don't recall seeing Duck stamps (RW) for other countries though. Now I bet there is someone here who has seen some.

This link from the Sam Houston Duck Co. has a lot of basic information about waterfowl stamps:

http://www.shduck.com/cgi/read.cgi?...e&cart=15804

The reason Scott's lists US Federal "Duck Stamps" is that they are sold through the US Postal Service.

There is a catalog that lists all state non duck revenue stamps. You might check out this link to the State Revenue Society:

http://staterevenue.org

I remember when I got my NYS fishing license it was a paper for various fishing/hunting activities in NYS and you would buy the categories you wanted, affix the stamps and sign across the stamp. Now its just a computer generated card.

Good luck with your research.

PP

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