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Item no. S241 (stamp)

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Item no. S241 (stamp)

Type: stamp

Country: Uruguay

Date of issue: 12 September 1991

Catalog number: Scott no. 1388

Stamps commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first photograph taken in Rio de la Plata 1840-1990 (Uruguay), thus honoring also the 150th Anniversary of Photography in the world. It shows an early Giroux daguerreotype camera and the first photograph taken in the country.