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2011
is of special importance to the Crédito Agrícola Group that celebrates 100
years of activity.
Crédito
Agrícola – one of the few private financial institutions with exclusively
national capital – is proud of having given, throughout its history, a unique
contribution to the economic and social development of many regions of the
country, generating benefits to the communities where its branch offices are
located and to its associate members and clients, gaining prominence on the
Portuguese Mainland and on the Autonomous Region of the Azores through an
identity that one hundred years later grants it an unparallel institutional and
civic dimension.
Created
in 1911 by the Decree-law that regulated the foundation and activity of
agricultural savings banks, Crédito Agrícola is an institution that has become
deeply rooted in the Portuguese society; today it has a network of
approximately 700 branch offices, 5,000 employees, more than 400,000 associate
members and 1,2 million clients.
Agricultural
Savings Banks form the basis of the Crédito Agrícola Group, they boost local
economies in the regions where they are located and are a guarantee of the
close relationship between the Group and its Clients. Locally raised resources
are, as a rule, invested in socio-economic benefits for that region.
At
the passage of its centenary, the CA Group stands out not only as a financial
institution but also because its universal offer of highly competitive products
and services. The specialized companies within the Group enable it to address
the needs of an increasingly demanding Client universe. That is why the CA
Group assumes the leading role in Portugal as a Relationship or Proximity Bank,
at a time when the rebirth of that paradigm makes all the difference.
Far
from seeking only the profit, Crédito Agrícola presents itself as a top of the
range Financial Group, not only because of its solidity, but also of how it
exercises citizenship, by sharing every year a considerable part of its
revenues with other institutions for the development of culture, sports and
other socially relevant activities.
True
to its very own policy as regards social responsibility and the commitment to a
sustainable future, Crédito Agrícola has in its associate Savings Banks and in
its specialized companies the strength of a financial Group that Portugal
acknowledges.
To
celebrate its Centenary, Crédito Agrícola has organized a number of initiatives
that include, beyond a commemorative stamp and a series of Conferences, an
Honour Committed presided by His Excellency the President of the Republic,
Professor Aníbal Cavaco Silva.
This
is the manner in which Crédito Agrícola wishes to celebrate this important
date, together with its Associate Members, its Clients and its Staff, a
celebration that is extended to all the Portuguese of course; 100 years of
activity, during which it has walked together with many projects and ambitions,
from one generation to the next, in towns and cities, up to this day.
Technical
Details
Date
of Issue: 25 March 2011
Values:
stamps of N20g (€0,32) and E20g (€0,80)
Designer: João Machado
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 CPST331 110g/m2
Watermark:
Sheet:
sheets of 50 stamps
