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A Krzysztof K. Słowiński Collection

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Item no. 19 (stamp)

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Item no. 19 (stamp)

Type: stamp

Country: France

Date of issue: 24 April 1939

Catalog number: Michel 446, Scott 374

Stamp issued to commemorate the Centenary of Photography. It shows (left) portrait of Joseph Nicéphore Niépce [1765 – 1833], (right) Louis M. DAGUERRE [1787 – 1851], and (middle) François ARAGO [1786 – 1853] when he announced the invention of photography to French Academy of Sciences.