Portugal Ceres Issue, 10c Orange

Portugal · 1912 · 10c

This stamp features an allegorical depiction of Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, grain, and fertility. The design, created by Constantino de Sobral Fernandes, was the first definitive series issued by the First Portuguese Republic and is considered a classic of Portuguese philately.

Issued in 1912, this stamp was part of the first definitive series following the 1910 revolution that overthrew the monarchy and established the First Portuguese Republic.