The stamp shows Niecephore Niepce (left), Louis J.M. Daguerre (right) and F. Arago (in the middle) while he announces at the meeting of Academie Francaise the invention of photography (January 1839). The stamp was issued to commemorate the 100th anniversary of photography.
Date of issue:
24 April 1939
Catalog Number:
Michel 446, Scott 374