Ivan Bogavčić received an acknowledgment for his exhibition of reproductions of the oldest Serbian postcard, sent in Serbian by Jovan Manojlović from Vienna on May 19, 1871, from the editorial office of the satirical magazine “Zmaj”, to the address of lawyer Dimitrije Manojlović in Sombor.

The postcard was also commissioned by the “Zmaj” magazine, which was published in Vienna in 1871 and was popularly named after it. It was created using the technique of colored copperplate engraving by the Viennese typographer Rudolf Schirrer von Waidheim, while the visual design—depicting the mythical creature of the dragon with spread wings, and views of Istanbul and Moscow between which a steamship sails under the Serbian flag—was done by the geodetic officer Petar Manojlović.

The “Zmaj” postcard is one of the earliest in the world, and only one copy has been preserved to this day. It has been included in our encyclopedia (JLZ) and is considered a global rarity. It was last sold to the current owner at an auction in 2009 in Salzburg.