2021 First-Class Forever Stamp,Heritage Breeds: Cayuga Duck
# 5591 - 2021 First-Class Forever Stamp - Heritage Breeds: Cayuga Duck
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US #5591
2021 Cayuga Duck – Heritage Breeds
- Pictures a Cayuga duck
- Part of the set which commemorates 10 different heritage breeds known for their versatility, adaptability, and unique genetics
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Heritage Breeds
Value: 55¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: May 17, 2021
First Day City: Mount Vernon, Virginia
Quantity Issued: 25,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset, Flexographic
Format: Panes of 20
Tagging: Phosphor, block tag
Why the stamp was issued: To recognize heritage breeds and their importance in horticulture over the years.
About the stamp designs: Pictures a photograph the heritage breed known as the Cayuga duck. Photograph by Aliza Elizarov.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held in Mount Vernon, Virginia, home of Accokeek Foundation’s Heritage Breed Livestock Conservation Program within the National Colonial Farm at Piscataway Park. The program is home to a herd of milking Devon cows, one of the breeds pictured on the stamps.
About the Heritage Breeds set: These 10 stamps were issued to recognize heritage breeds and their importance to horticulture over the years. The breeds pictured include the mulefoot hog, Wyandotte chicken, milking Devon cow, Narragansett turkey, American mammoth jackstock donkey, cotton patch goose, San Clemente Island goat, American cream draft horse, Cayuga duck, and Barbados blackbelly sheep.
History the stamp represents: The Cayuga duck is a heritage breed that originated in New York State. There are multiple origin stories for this duck, but no one knows for sure which is true.
Some people say the Cayuga duck developed from wild ducks, but the more likely theory is that it descended from the domesticated English black duck. The Cayuga duck emerged around 1840 in the Finger Lakes region of New York. It was named Cayuga after the Native American people of the area and was acknowledged as a unique breed in 1874.
Cayuga ducks are known to be one of the hardiest domestic duck breeds today. They are quite tame when raised by hand and have no problem with the cold winters of the northeast United States. These ducks weigh around seven or eight pounds and sport greenish-black plumage, with some white speckling on older ducks. Cayuga ducks are excellent egg-layers, with a single mature female producing between 100 and 150 eggs per year. These eggs have black shells at the beginning of the laying season, but gradually lighten to greenish blue and white.
Many people don’t know about the Cayuga duck, but it’s easy to see why our ancestors favored it. It is a beautiful and useful heritage breed that makes a fine addition to any farm or backyard.
US #5591
2021 Cayuga Duck – Heritage Breeds
- Pictures a Cayuga duck
- Part of the set which commemorates 10 different heritage breeds known for their versatility, adaptability, and unique genetics
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Heritage Breeds
Value: 55¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: May 17, 2021
First Day City: Mount Vernon, Virginia
Quantity Issued: 25,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset, Flexographic
Format: Panes of 20
Tagging: Phosphor, block tag
Why the stamp was issued: To recognize heritage breeds and their importance in horticulture over the years.
About the stamp designs: Pictures a photograph the heritage breed known as the Cayuga duck. Photograph by Aliza Elizarov.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held in Mount Vernon, Virginia, home of Accokeek Foundation’s Heritage Breed Livestock Conservation Program within the National Colonial Farm at Piscataway Park. The program is home to a herd of milking Devon cows, one of the breeds pictured on the stamps.
About the Heritage Breeds set: These 10 stamps were issued to recognize heritage breeds and their importance to horticulture over the years. The breeds pictured include the mulefoot hog, Wyandotte chicken, milking Devon cow, Narragansett turkey, American mammoth jackstock donkey, cotton patch goose, San Clemente Island goat, American cream draft horse, Cayuga duck, and Barbados blackbelly sheep.
History the stamp represents: The Cayuga duck is a heritage breed that originated in New York State. There are multiple origin stories for this duck, but no one knows for sure which is true.
Some people say the Cayuga duck developed from wild ducks, but the more likely theory is that it descended from the domesticated English black duck. The Cayuga duck emerged around 1840 in the Finger Lakes region of New York. It was named Cayuga after the Native American people of the area and was acknowledged as a unique breed in 1874.
Cayuga ducks are known to be one of the hardiest domestic duck breeds today. They are quite tame when raised by hand and have no problem with the cold winters of the northeast United States. These ducks weigh around seven or eight pounds and sport greenish-black plumage, with some white speckling on older ducks. Cayuga ducks are excellent egg-layers, with a single mature female producing between 100 and 150 eggs per year. These eggs have black shells at the beginning of the laying season, but gradually lighten to greenish blue and white.
Many people don’t know about the Cayuga duck, but it’s easy to see why our ancestors favored it. It is a beautiful and useful heritage breed that makes a fine addition to any farm or backyard.