page_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Guinea-Bissau
section_title: Portuguese Guinea
hierarchical_section_title: Postage stamps and postal history of Guinea-Bissau / Portuguese Guinea
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Timbre de l'Guine, colonie portugaise, à l'effigie de la déesse Cérès, en usage des années 1910 aux années 1930, 0,5 centavos Русский: Почтовая марка Португальской Гвинеи, 0,5 сентаво, 1910-1930
context_page_description: This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Guinea-Bissau, formerly known as Portuguese Guinea.
  Guinea-Bissau is located in West Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west.
context_section_description: Stamps of Cape Verde were used in what is now Guinea-Bissau from 1877. The first stamps of Portuguese Guinea were issued 1881, overprinting stamps of Cape Verde. The first series of definitives was issued in 1886.
  In 1913, the Vasco da Gama commemorative series of Macau, Timor and Portuguese Africa were surcharged in new currency for Portuguese Guinea. The Ceres series was issued in Portuguese Guinea from 1914.
caption: The 1914 Ceres series of Portuguese Guinea.
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