Portugal 1912 Ceres Stamp

Portugal · 1912 · 1c

This stamp features an allegorical depiction of Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, grain, and fertility. She is shown holding a sickle and a sheaf of wheat, symbolizing Portugal's agricultural heritage. This design, created by Constantino de Sobral Fernandes, became an iconic and long-running definitive series for Portugal and its colonies.

Issued shortly after the 1910 revolution that established the First Portuguese Republic, the Ceres series replaced stamps bearing the portrait of the deposed monarch, King Manuel II, marking a new republican era for the nation.