Ceres series (Portugal)

Drawn by Constantino de Sobral Fernandes and engraved by José Sérgio de Carvalho e Silva, the design represents the goddess Ceres, standing and looking forward, holding a billhook in one hand and a sheaf of grain in the other.

The inscriptions are "REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA" and "CORREIO" (for Portuguese Republic and Post).

The Ceres stamps were declared obsolete September 30, 1945, having been superseded in 1943 by the Caravel series of definitives.

However, in the Azores, the Ceres stamps in use were Portuguese ones overprinted with the archipelago's name.

In 1928, Madeira received intaglio printed stamps with typographic denominations; they were made by Perkins Bacon in London.