Sofiane Chaib, Algeria’s Secretary of State for the National Community Abroad, presided over a first-day cancellation ceremony for an Algerian–Portuguese joint stamp issue at the Foreign Ministry in Algiers on 21 October 2026. The issue marks 50 years since the restoration of diplomatic relations.

CTT’s announcement of 20 October describes four Portuguese stamps featuring traditional clothing: Algeria’s Karakou El Assimi and traditional Arab men’s costume, and Portugal’s Nazaré seven-skirt costume and Ribatejo campino.