| 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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