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LegalText 16 U.S.C. § 718b1 Disposition of unsold stamps us united_states_code code_section 16 CONSERVATION 7 PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS 718b1 16 U.S.C. § 718b1 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc16@119-100.zip /us/usc/t16/s718b1 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-16/usc16.xml 6890240834822db2256392a8250e52893869248555715c54599745bd6df6b042 7be8950da5a93cac7c98e4576ce00340f2aba5e8e46d29915382c203c421d503 a63e919018da736e6e87c3e35de7a37908f3ed396692de3549ad3e76d2126a50 2026-07-04 official
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16 U.S.C. § 718b1 - Disposition of unsold stamps

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(a) Disposition of unsold stamps A Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp shall be transferred to the Postal Service or the Secretary of the Interior (or a designee) for sale to a collector if the stamp—

(1) has not been sold by the end of the hunting year (as that term is defined in section 718j of this title) during which the stamp is issued; and

(2) as determined by the Postal Service or the Secretary of the Interior—

(A) is appropriate to supply a market for sale to collectors; and

(B) is in suitable condition for sale to a collector.

(b) Surplus stock The Postal Service or the Secretary of the Interior may destroy any surplus stock of Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps at such time and in such manner as the Postal Service or the Secretary of the Interior determines to be appropriate.

(July 30, 1956, ch. 782, § 3(a), (b), formerly § 3(a), 70 Stat. 722; Pub. L. 92214, § 3, Dec. 22, 1971, 85 Stat. 777; renumbered § 3(a), (b) and amended Pub. L. 109266, § 10(i)(2), Aug. 3, 2006, 120 Stat. 679.)

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was not enacted as part of act Mar. 16, 1934, which comprises this subchapter.

Prior ProvisionsA prior section 3(b) of act July 30, 1956, ch. 782, 70 Stat. 722, amended section 718b of this title prior to being redesignated 3(c) by section 10(i)(1) of Pub. L. 109266.

Amendments2006—Pub. L. 109266 inserted section catchline and substituted subsecs. (a) and (b) for former text which read: “On or after July 30, 1956, such quantity of migratory-bird hunting stamps, not sold at the end of the fiscal year for which issued, as determined by the Postal Service to be (1) required to supply the market for sale to collectors, and (2) in suitable condition for such sale to collectors, shall be turned over to the Philatelic Agency and therein placed on sale. Any surplus stock of such migratory-bird hunting stamps may be destroyed in such manner as the Postal Service shall direct.” 1971—Pub. L. 92214 substituted “Postal Service” for “Postmaster General”.