Gallery of Historic Images
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Old (dark green) version of the Brazilian passport, in use since the late 1970s and still issued at minor Federal Police posts, with the same legal value.
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Sample identification page of old-model ("green") Brazilian passport. This model's original design in the 1970s predated widespread computer technology, so data are either typewritten or stamped, there is no machine-readable code, and an ordinary photograph is glued to the page. A plain adhesive plastic sheet protects the page.
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Even older model, issued until the 1970s
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