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by Željko Heimer
The customs flag of Brazil is blue with a centered large white star.
Source: Christian Fogd Pedersen, Flaggor i färg (1973).
Marcus Wendel, 15 September 1999
Same flag shown in Flaggenbuch (1939).
Ivan Sache, 30 May 2000
In Album de Pavillons (2000) the ratio is not
indicated and the image seems to be different from 3:4 flags of the Navy (seems to be 32:46, which
matches well with 7:10 of the national flag). Not unexpectedly, the Navy Ceremonial does not mention
the flag, as it is not a flag used by the Navy. Znamierowski
only mentions it without a description or image (on page 73).
Željko Heimer, 25 March 2001
I did some digging into how this flag is used and discovered that it is not a customs flag
in the sense of a flag used to represent the customs service (Sistema de Controle Aduaneiro) or the customs
officers at the various ports
(Inspetores da Alfândega) but as a signal "hoisted on incoming vessels subject to customs examination"
(Barraclough and Crampton 1978 and 1981).
I found confirmation of this in the directions for tankers arriving at
Petrobras terminals and the site of the Ultramar Group,
a port agency serving ports in Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. The Petrobras site says,
"Before the visit, the ship
should hoist the Customs flag (blue with white star)." Ultramar goes further to say that the flag is
to be flown 24 hours a day after
customs is cleared.
Joseph McMillan, 2 July 2001
image by Joe McMillan, 3 April 2005
The Federal Police flag was seen being raised in front of the Polícia
Federal headquarters in Brasìlia. It is blue with the Polícia shield.
Joe
McMillan, 3 April 2005
image by Ivan Sache
Black P on a blue field.
Source: Flaggenbuch (1939).
Ivan Sache, 30 May 2000
image by Ivan Sache
Black Polícia on a white pennant.
I don't know the real use of the two police flags. Flaggenbuch captions them
Polizeiflagge and Polizeistander respectively.
Source: Flaggenbuch (1939).
Ivan Sache, 30 May 2000
Note the letters are set to the hoist, so they can be visible in low wind
conditions.
António Martins, 31 May 2000