This issue presents bread types from eight Portuguese regions, two of them (Azores and Madeira) being represented on miniature sheets.
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- Rye bread (Trás-os-Montes)
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- Quartered bread (Beira Interior)
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- Regueifa (Douro Litoral)
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- Bread with chorizo (Ribatejo)
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- Brow bread (Algarve)
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- Bread from Mealhada (Beira Litoral)
The stamps were designed by Atelier Acácio Santos / Elizabete Fonseca, using photos by N. Lemonnier, lithographed by Cartor on enamelled paper sheets of 5×10 stamps with perforation 13, and issued on 28 July 2009.
| Stamp | Print run | Afinsa | Gibbons | Michel | Scott | WNS | Yvert |
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| quartered | 330,000 | 3872 | 3685 | 3436 | PT059.09 | ||
| rye | 330,000 | 3871 | 3684 | 3437 | PT060.09 | ||
| regueifa | 230,000 | 3873 | 3686 | 3438 | PT061.09 | ||
| brow | 230,000 | 3875 | 3688 | 3439 | PT062.09 | ||
| chorizo | 230,000 | 3874 | 3687 | 3440 | PT063.09 | ||
| Mealhada | 200,000 | 3876 | 3689 | 3441 | PT064.09 | ||
| corn | 60,000 | 405 | PT065.09 | ||||
| caco | 60,000 | 406 | PT066.09 |