| Year | Artist | Species | # of Stamps Sold | Face Value in $ | Scott's # |
| 1934 | Jay N. Darling | Mallards | 635001 | 1.00 | RW1 |
| 1935 | Frank W. Benson | Canvasbacks | 448204 | 1.00 | RW2 |
| 1936 | Richard E. Bishop | Canada Geese | 603623 | 1.00 | RW3 |
| 1937 | J.D. Knap | Greater Scaups | 783039 | 1.00 | RW4 |
| 1938 | Roland Clark | Pintails | 1002715 | 1.00 | RW5 |
| 1939 | Lynn Bogue Hunt | Green-winged Teals | 1111561 | 1.00 | RW6 |
| 1940 | Francis L. Jaques | Mallards | 1260810 | 1.00 | RW7 |
| 1941 | E.R. Kalmbach | Ruddy Ducks | 1439967 | 1.00 | RW8 |
| 1942 | A. Lassel Ripley | American Wigeons | 1383629 | 1.00 | RW9 |
| 1943 | Walter E. Bohl | Wood Ducks | 1169352 | 1.00 | RW10 |
| 1944 | Walter A. Weber | White-fronted Geese | 1487029 | 1.00 | RW11 |
| 1945 | Owen J. Gromme | Shovelers | 1725505 | 1.00 | RW12 |
| 1946 | Bob Hines | Redheads | 2016841 | 1.00 | RW13 |
| 1947 | Jack Murray | Snow Geese | 1722677 | 1.00 | RW14 |
| 1948 | Maynard Reece | Buffleheads | 2127603 | 1.00 | RW15 |
| 1949 | Roger E. Preuss | American Goldeneyes | 1954734 | 2.00 | RW16 |
| 1950 | Walter A. Weber | Trumpeter Swans | 1903644 | 2.00 | RW17 |
| 1951 | Maynard Reece | Gadwalls | 2167767 | 2.00 | RW18 |
| 1952 | John Dick | Harlequin Ducks | 2296628 | 2.00 | RW19 |
| 1953 | Clayton B. Seagears | Blue-winged Teal | 2268446 | 2.00 | RW20 |
| 1954 | Harvey D. Sandstrom | Ring-necked Ducks | 2184550 | 2.00 | RW21 |
| 1955 | Stanley Stearns | Blue Geese | 2369940 | 2.00 | RW22 |
| 1956 | Edward J. Bierly | American Mergansers | 2332014 | 2.00 | RW23 |
| 1957 | Jackson Miles Abbott | American Eiders | 2355190 | 2.00 | RW24 |
| 1958 | Leslie C. Kouba | Canada Geese | 2176425 | 2.00 | RW25 |
| 1959 | Maynard Reece | Mallards | 1626115 | 3.00 | RW26 |
| 1960 | John A. Ruthven | Redheads | 1725634 | 3.00 | RW27 |
| 1961 | Edward A. Morris | Mallards | 1334236 | 3.00 | RW28 |
| 1962 | Edward A. Morris | Pintails | 1147212 | 3.00 | RW29 |
| 1963 | Edward J. Bierly | American Brant | 1448191 | 3.00 | RW30 |
| 1964 | Stanley Stearns | Nene Geese | 1573155 | 3.00 | RW31 |
| 1965 | Ron Jenkins | Canvasbacks | 1558197 | 3.00 | RW32 |
| 1966 | Stanley Stearns | Whistling Swans | 1804341 | 3.00 | RW33 |
| 1967 | Leslie C. Kouba | Oldsquaw Ducks | 1934697 | 3.00 | RW34 |
| 1968 | C.G. Pritchard | Hooded Mergansers | 1837139 | 3.00 | RW35 |
| 1969 | Maynard Reece | White-winged Scoters | 2072108 | 3.00 | RW36 |
| 1970 | Edward J. Bierly | Ross' Geese | 2420244 | 3.00 | RW37 |
| 1971 | Maynard Reece | Cinnamon Teal | 2445977 | 3.00 | RW38 |
| 1972 | Arthur M. Cook | Emperor Geese | 2184343 | 5.00 | RW39 |
| 1973 | Les LeBlanc | Steller's Eiders | 2094414 | 5.00 | RW40 |
| 1974 | David A. Maass | Wood Ducks | 2214056 | 5.00 | RW41 |
| 1975 | James P. Fisher | Canvasbacks | 2237126 | 5.00 | RW42 |
| 1976 | Alderson Magee | Canada Geese | 2170194 | 5.00 | RW43 |
| 1977 | Martin R. Murk | Ross' Geese | 2196774 | 5.00 | RW44 |
| 1978 | Albert Earl Gilbert | Hooded Mergansers | 2216421 | 5.00 | RW45 |
| 1979 | Ken Michaelsen | Green-winged Teal | 2090155 | 7.50 | RW46 |
| 1980 | R.W. Plasschaert | Mallards | 2045114 | 7.50 | RW47 |
| 1981 | John S. Wilson | Ruddy Ducks | 1907120 | 7.50 | RW48 |
| 1982 | David A. Maass | Canvasbacks | 1926253 | 7.50 | RW49 |
| 1983 | Philip Scholer | Pintails | 1867998 | 7.50 | RW50 |
| 1984 | William C. Morris | American Wigeon | 1913861 | 7.50 | RW51 |
| 1985 | Gerald Mobley | Cinnamon Teal | 1780636 | 7.50 | RW52 |
| 1986 | Burton E. Moore, Jr. | Fulvous Whistling Duck | 1794484 | 7.50 | RW53 |
| 1987 | Arthur G. Anderson | Redheads | 1663470 | 10.00 | RW54 |
| 1988 | Daniel Smith | Snow Goose | 1403005 | 10.00 | RW55 |
| 1989 | Neal Anderson | Lesser Scaup | 1415882 | 12.50 | RW56 |
| 1990 | Jim Hautman | Black-bellied Whistling Duck | 1408373 | 12.50 | RW57 |
| 1991 | Nancy Howe | King Eiders | 1423374 | 15.00 | RW58 |
| 1992 | Joseph Hautman | Spectacled Eider | 1347393 | 15.00 | RW59 |
| 1993 | Bruce Miller | Canvasbacks | 1402569 | 15.00 | RW60 |
| 1994 | Neal Anderson | Red-breasted Mergansers | 1471751 | 15.00 | RW61 |
| 1995 | Jim Hautman | Mallards | 1539622 | 15.00 | RW62 |
| 1996 | Wilhelm Goebel | Surf Scoters | 1560120 | 15.00 | RW63 |
| 1997 | Robert Hautman | Canada Geese | 1697230 | 15.00 | RW64 |
| 1998 | Robert Steiner | Barrow's Goldeneye | 1684900 | 15.00 | RW65 |
| 1999 | Jim Hautman | Greater Scaups | 1684932 | 15.00 | RW66 |