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With
the beginning of the Republic in 1910, the Guardas Municipais de Lisboa e
do Porto (Municipal Guards of Lisbon and Porto) become extinct by decree
of the Interim Government, which temporarily determines the creation of
the Guardas Republicanas (Republican Guards), without any fundamental
change in regard to their predecessors.
The
Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR) was established on 3 May 1911 to “ensure
public safety, law enforcement and safeguard public and private assets
across the country.” The new military corps was initially constituted by a
group of squadrons - six battalions on the mainland and two infantry
companies on the islands - with approximately five thousand men.
Nevertheless,
the political and social turmoil, namely the great outbreak of strikes, do
not let the GNR rest assured, obliging it to intervene here and there.
Furthermore, the monarchist rebellions drew the attention of its leaders
to the need to strengthen institutional security. Thus, in May 1919, the
Government decided to reinforce the GNR, hereby reorganizing it, endowing
it with artillery and increasing its workforce to nearly 19 thousand men.
In
1946, after almost 25 years of absence from the Azores, a GNR Detachment
parts for the island of Terceira to ensure the policing of the Lajes Air
Base. Between 1961 and 1974, a GNR unit constitutes the Rural Police of
the São Tomé and Príncipe Police Corps and, in addition to the normal
rural policing missions, plays an important role in supporting aircraft
stopovers and humanitarian aid to numerous refugees. More recently, the
history of the Guarda Nacional Republicana is marked by the creation of
the Brigada de Trânsito (Traffic Brigade) in June 1970 and the Brigada Fiscal
(Fiscal Brigade) in June 1993, pursuant to the extinction of the Polícia
de Viação e Trânsito (Traffic and Transit Police) and the Guarda Fiscal
(Fiscal Guard) respectively.
Besides
its missions on national territory, the GNR has been an extension of
Portugal in major armed conflicts of modern times - East Timor, Iraq, and
Bosnia and Herzegovina - and in countless scenarios of natural disasters
and civil emergencies.
The
Guarda Nacional Republicana is currently a security force with a general
police mission, composed of approximately 25 thousand military elements
with remits and powers to act across the country, assuming direct
responsibility for ensuring public security, peace and tranquility
in approximately 95% of the national territory, serving more than 60%
of the resident population and accompanying large seasonal movements
of people and national events.
With
this philatelic issue, the CTT (Portuguese Postal Service) associates itself to
the celebration of the centenary of the Guarda Nacional Republicana, thus
acknowledging the cultural tradition that the existence and performance of
its military elements have represented for the history of Portugal.
Technical
Details
Date
of Issue: 24 April 2011
Values: N20g (€0,32)
Designer: Atelier Acácio Santos / Hélder Soares
Credits:
Stamp
- Caps Representative National Guard (male and female)
Souvenir
sheet - Some in the Military Mission and valences National Guard, Patrol Cycle;
Proximity Policing Program (Safe Schools); Surveillance and Control Coast,
Nature Conservation and the Environment, International Operations Peacekeeping;
Honors State (Military Featured cavalry) and Protection and Rescue (1 st
intervention in forest fires).
Printer:
Joh. Enschedé
Process:
4-colour offset lithography
Size:
stamps 40.0 mm x 30.6 mm
Perforation:
Cross of Christ 13 x 13
Paper:
White TR CPST 331 110g/m2
Watermark:
Sheet:
sheets of 50 stamps
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