Rockport Pheasant Farm superintendent Jim Ackerman shows Phred the Pheasant to American First Day Cover Society president Tom Foust and AMERICOVER '98 chairman Steve Ripley.

Phred the Pheasant (left) gets a birds-eye view of the new 20c Ring-Necked Pheasant Stamp at the first day ceremony.

AMERICOVER committee member and VSC participant Foster Miller (right) hands out pheasant feathers before the first day ceremony for the 20c Ring-Necked Pheasant stamp. "Somehow, I can't imagine APS giving out pheasant feathers," he quipped. "This organization always comes up with something different."

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Text and Photos © 1998 Lloyd de Vries