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18 U.S.C. § 504 — Printing and filming of United States and foreign obligations and securities
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the following are permitted:
(1) The printing, publishing, or importation, or the making or importation of the necessary plates for such printing or publishing, of illustrations of—
(A) postage stamps of the United States,
(B) revenue stamps of the United States,
(C) any other obligation or other security of the United States, and
(D) postage stamps, revenue stamps, notes, bonds, and any other obligation or other security of any foreign government, bank, or corporation.
Illustrations permitted by the foregoing provisions of this section shall be made in accordance with the following conditions—
(i) all illustrations shall be in black and white, except that illustrations of postage stamps issued by the United States or by any foreign government and stamps issued under the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act of 1934 may be in color;
(ii) all illustrations (including illustrations of uncanceled postage stamps in color and illustrations of stamps issued under the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act of 1934 in color) shall be of a size less than three-fourths or more than one and one-half, in linear dimension, of each part of any matter so illustrated which is covered by subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of this paragraph, except that black and white illustrations of postage and revenue stamps issued by the United States or by any foreign government and colored illustrations of canceled postage stamps issued by the United States may be in the exact linear dimension in which the stamps were issued; and
(iii) the negatives and plates used in making the illustrations shall be destroyed after their final use in accordance with this section.The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe regulations to permit c
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the following are permitted:
(1) The printing, publishing, or importation, or the making or importation of the necessary plates for such printing or publishing, of illustrations of—
(A) postage stamps of the United States,
(B) revenue stamps of the United States,
(C) any other obligation or other security of the United States, and
(D) postage stamps, revenue stamps, notes, bonds, and any other obligation or other security of any foreign government, bank, or corporation.
Illustrations permitted by the foregoing provisions of this section shall be made in accordance with the following conditions—
(i) all illustrations shall be in black and white, except that illustrations of postage stamps issued by the United States or by any foreign government and stamps issued under the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act of 1934 may be in color;
(ii) all illustrations (including illustrations of uncanceled postage stamps in color and illustrations of stamps issued under the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act of 1934 in color) shall be of a size less than three-fourths or more than one and one-half, in linear dimension, of each part of any matter so illustrated which is covered by subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of this paragraph, except that black and white illustrations of postage and revenue stamps issued by the United States or by any foreign government and colored illustrations of canceled postage stamps issued by the United States may be in the exact linear dimension in which the stamps were issued; and
(iii) the negatives and plates used in making the illustrations shall be destroyed after their final use in accordance with this section.The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe regulations to permit color illustrations of such currency of the United States as the Secretary determines may be appropriate for such purposes.
(2) The provisions of this section shall not permit the reproduction of illustrations of obligations or other securities, by or through electronic methods used for the acquisition, recording, retrieval, transmission, or reproduction of any obligation or other security, unless such use is authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury. The Secretary shall establish a system to ensure that the legitimate use of such electronic methods and retention of such reproductions by businesses, hobbyists, press or others shall not be unduly restricted.
(3) The making or importation of motion-picture films, microfilms, or slides, for projection upon a screen or for use in telecasting, of postage and revenue stamps and other obligations and securities of the United States, and postage and revenue stamps, notes, bonds, and other obligations or securities of any foreign government, bank, or corporation. No prints or other reproductions shall be made from such films or slides, except for the purposes of paragraph (1), without the permission of the Secretary of the Treasury.
For the purposes of this section the term “postage stamp” includes postage meter stamps.
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**(a) In general** No person to whom has been sold a Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, validated as provided in [section 718a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section718a&num=0&edition=prelim), shall loan or transfer such stamp to any person during the period of its validity; nor shall any person other than the person validating such stamp use it for any purpose during such period.
**(b) Alteration** Except as provided in clauses (i) and (ii) of section 504(l)(D) 11 So in original. Probably should be “504(1)(D)”. of title 18, no person shall alter, mutilate, imitate, or counterfeit any stamp authorized by this subchapter, or imitate or counterfeit any die, plate, or engraving therefor, or make, print, or knowingly use, sell, or have in his possession any such counterfeit, die, plate, or engraving.
**(c) Reproduction** Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b), or the prohibition in [section 474 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section474&num=0&edition=prelim), or other provisions of law, the Secretary may authorize, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Treasury,
(1) the color reproduction, or
(2) the black and white reproduction,
of Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps authorized by sections 718 to 718b, 718c, 718d, and 718f to 718h of this title, which otherwise satisfies the requirements of clauses (ii) and (iii) of [section 504(1) of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section504/1&num=0&edition=prelim). Any such reproduction shall be subject to those terms and conditions deemed necessary by the Secretary by regulation or otherwise and any proceeds received by the Federal Government as
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### Statutory Notes
Section, act Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, § 9, 48 Stat. 452, defined subchapter terms.
#### Short Title of 2014 Amendment
Pub. L. 113–264, § 1, Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2939, provided that: “This Act [amending sections 718a, 718b, and 718d of this title] may be cited as the ‘Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014’.”
#### Short Title of 2006 Amendment
Pub. L. 109–266, § 1, Aug. 3, 2006, 120 Stat. 670, provided that: “This Act [enacting sections 718g to 718j of this title, amending sections 718a to 718f of this title, repealing this section and former sections 718g, 718h, and 718j of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section] may be cited as the ‘Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2005’.”
#### Short Title of 1998 Amendment
Pub. L. 105–269, § 1, Oct. 19, 1998, 112 Stat. 2381, provided that: “This Act [amending [section 718d of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section718d&num=0&edition=prelim)] may be cited as the ‘Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Promotion Act’.”
#### Short Title
Act Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, § 11, as added by Pub. L. 109–266, § 10(h), Aug. 3, 2006, 120 Stat. 679, provided that: “This Act [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the ‘Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act’.”
#### Electronic Duck Stamp Pilot Program
Pub. L. 109–266, §§ 2–9, Aug. 3, 2006, 120 Stat. 670–673, provided that: “SEC. 2. FINDINGS.“Congress finds that—“(1) on March 16, 1934, Congress passed and President Roosevelt signed the Act of March 16, 1934 ([16 U.S.C. 718a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section718a&num=0&edition=prelim) [718] et seq.) (popularly known as the ‘Duck Stamp Act’), which requires all migratory waterfowl hunters 16 years
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Whoever forges, or counterfeits, or knowingly utters or uses any forged or counterfeit postage stamp or revenue stamp of any foreign government, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 504
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1970 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 91–375 effective within 1 year
after Aug. 12, 1970, on date established therefor by the
Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service
and published by it in the Federal Register, see section
15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as an Effective Date note
preceding section 101 of Title 39, Postal Service.
§ 501. Postage stamps, postage meter stamps, and
postal cards
Whoever forges or counterfeits any postage
stamp, postage meter stamp, or any stamp
printed upon any stamped envelope, or postal
card, or any die, plate, or engraving thereof; or
Whoever makes or prints, or knowingly uses
or sells, or possesses with intent to use or sell,
any such forged or counterfeited postage stamp,
postage meter stamp, stamped envelope, postal
card, die, plate, or engraving; or
Whoever makes, or knowingly uses or sells, or
possesses with intent to use or sell, any paper
bearing the watermark of any stamped envelope,
or postal card, or any fraudulent imitation
thereof; or
Whoever makes or prints, or authorizes to be
made or printed, any postage stamp, postage
meter stamp, stamped envelope, or postal card,
of the kind authorized and provided by the Post
Office Department or by the Postal Service,
without the special authority and direction of
the Department or Postal Service; or
Whoever after such postage stamp, postage
meter stamp, stamped envelope, or postal card
has been printed, with intent to defraud, deliv-
ers the same to any person not authorized by an
instrument in writing, duly executed under the
hand of the Postmaster General and the seal of
the Post Office Department or the Postal Serv-
ice, to receive it—
Shall be fined under this ti
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