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 The first legal tender postage stamp ever issued to recognize an entertainer of the art of magic and illusion was released by the Republique Francaise (Republic Of France) in 1971, commemorating the father of modern magic Robert-Houdin (Jean Eugène Robert Houdin). The artwork shows a bust of the magician to the left, and some of his most famous innovations to the right, which include "The Ethereal Suspension" illusion (the seemingly ether induced lighter-than-air suspension of his young son Auguste Adolphe sleeping horizontally atop a thin pole) and "The Mysterious Clock" (a timepiece in which the hands moved on a clear glass dial, which was supported by a clear glass rod, thus showing no visible signs of any mechanical clockworkings whatsoever). The stamp was issued to honor the memory of the ingenious Robert-Houdin 100 years after his death. (Jean Eugène Robert Houdin 1805-1871).
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