Item no. S20 (stamp)

Type: stamp

Country: Soviet Union (USSR)

Date of issue: 29 July 1958

Catalog number: Scott 2089 (of 2089 – 2091)

Stamp of 3-stamp honoring the Geophysical Year. The stamp shows a special type of camera S-180 used for scientific purposes (photographing atmospheric phenomena), and aurora borealis in the background.
Other stamps of the set not relevant to photography.