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Nadar 
Bulgarian stamp issued to honor 150th Anniversary of Photography. 
1989, August (date of issue) 
  
Postage stamp 
Private collection of Krzysztof Slowinski 
 
LL/36855 
  
It shows (I) a drawing of 1862 by French caricaturist, painter and draughtsman Honoré Daumier [1820 - 1919] of Nadar [1820 - 1910] taking aerial photographs from a balloon [1858], and (II) an airship LZ 127 "Graf Zeppelin" over Alexander Newskij Cathedral in Sophia. The Daumier's caption to the drawing of Nadar was as follows: "Nadar elevating photography to the height of art".
 
Catalog number: Michel 3774, Scott 3431 
 

 
  
 
  
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