Correios portugueses 500 anos / Portuguese Post office 500 years

Os Correios de Portugal distribuíram, gratuitamente, 2 milhões de selos postais aos seus clientes para celebrar os 500 anos da empresa. Com desenho do Professor João Machado, o selo presta homenagem à primeira emissão postal portuguesa, a famosa face da rainha Maria II, de 1853.

The Portuguese post office offered 2 million stamps, free of charge, to its customers to celebrate the 500th birthday of the company. The stamp was designed by Professor João Machado and it is a tribute to the first Portuguese postage stamp, the famous face of Queen Maria II, issued in 1853.