Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 5 Libras Esterlinas, 1 March 1909, serial number range 0001 to 1000, Joao Albino de Sousa Rodrigues signature, Ship seal Type I, perforated SPECIMEN, order date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 45, choice extremely fine, this is the first print run for this note and the only one to bear this signature, very rare
BNU MZ46as, Pick 46s £600-£800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Laurence Pope Collection of Portuguese Colonial Banknotes.

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