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31 May & 1 June 2023
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Angola, obverse archival photograph for 20 Mil Reis, 19- (1909), serial number 0000, similar to the issued note but with various differences in the wording and positioning of several elements, in PMG holder 65 EPQ, gem uncirculated, unique and an important early photograph BNU AN25ph, Pick 35 for type £200-£260
Hammer Price: £180
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Angola, obverse and reverse archival photographs for 50 Mil Reis, 19- (1909), serial number 0000, similar to the issued note but with various differences in the positioning of several elements, in PMG holders 63 and 64, choice uncirculated, smaller scale than the issued notes, unique and important survivors (2 photos) BNU AN27ph, Pick 37 for type £240-£300
Hammer Price: £200
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Angola, printers archival specimen 10 Mil Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 110001-120000, Manuel Carlos de Freitas Alzina signature, ship seal Type I, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated BNU AN23js, Pick 33s £400-£500
Hammer Price: £440
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Angola, printers archival specimen 50 Mil Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 27001-37000, Manuel Carlos de Freitas Alzina signature, ship seal Type III, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, very scarce BNU AN28bs, Pick 38s £600-£800
Hammer Price: £750
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Angola, reverse colour trial proof for 20 Centavos, ND (5 November 1914), in purple with yellow underprint, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, very rare and very pretty BNU AN35/36, Pick 42/43 £120-£160
£120–£160
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Angola, specimen 2 1/2 Escudos, 1 January 1921, no serial number, perforated CANCELLED, red SPECIMEN overprint and De La Rue seal, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, very scarce, the only note in this series printed by De La Rue, the finest of only three examples graded by PMG BNU AN52s, Pick 56s £200-£260
Hammer Price: £220
Republica Portuguesa, Angola, colour trial 10 Angolares, 14 August 1926, no serial number, red De La Rue seal, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, very rare and attractive Pick 67cts £500-£700
Hammer Price: £500
Banco de Angola, specimen for an unissued date of 100 Angolares, 1 June 1944, serial number AA000000, ink annotation in lower margin, stains, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated, extremely rare with this date not listed in TBB or Pick TBB B411 for type, Pick 81 for type £600-£800
Hammer Price: £650
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers archival specimen 1000 Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 30001-35000, Manuel Carlos de Freitas Alzina signature, ship seal Type I, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, the last print run for this type, any specimens for Cape Verde are rare BNU CV5es, Pick 4s £300-£400
Hammer Price: £300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers archival specimen 10 Mil Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 65001 to 70000, Manuel Carlos de Freitas Alzina signature, ship seal Type III, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, very scarce BNU CV12fs, Pick 7bs £400-£500
Hammer Price: £480
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen/proof 5 Escudos on 1 Escudo, 1937 (old date 1 January 1921), no serial number, with metallic silver overlay on the original 1 Escudo note, two cancellation holes, along with the original Bradbury Wilkinson envelope with annotations describing the specimen, ink annotation in top margin, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, envelope in attached non-numeric holder, extremely rare, if not unique BNU CV40as, Pick 33s £300-£400
Hammer Price: £280
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen/proof 5 Escudos, 1 January 1921, no serial number, two small cancellation holes, in PMG holder 58 EPQ, choice about uncirculated, very scarce BNU CV41s, Pick 34s £150-£200
Hammer Price: £130
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen/proof 10 Escudos, 1 January 1921, no serial number, two small cancellation holes, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, very scarce BNU CV42s, Pick 35s £200-£260
£200–£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen/proof 20 Escudos, 1 January 1921, no serial number, two small cancellation holes, in PMG holder 58 EPQ, choice about uncirculated, very scarce BNU CV43s, Pick 36s £260-£320
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen/proof 100 Escudos, 1 January 1921, no serial number, two small cancellation holes, in PMG holder 50, about uncirculated, very scarce BNU CV45s, Pick 38s £320-£400
Hammer Price: £380
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers archival specimen 10 Escudos, 16 November 1945, serial number range 000001 to 070000, Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, the first print run for this issue BNU CV56as, Pick 42s £120-£160
Hammer Price: £140
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers archival specimen 10 Escudos (2), 16 November 1945, serial number ranges 070001 to 140000 and 140001 to 210000, Antonio Pedroso Pimenta and Manuel Rodrigues Junior signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and dates inked in top margin, in PMG holders 64, choice uncirculated, the second and third print runs for this issue (2 notes) BNU CV56bs, cs, Pick 42s £200-£260
Hammer Price: £240
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers archival specimen 10 Escudos (2), 16 November 1945, serial number ranges 210001 to 290000 and 290001 to 360000, Francisco Jose Vieira Machado and Jose Gabriel Pinto Coelho signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and dates inked in top margin, in PMG holders 64, choice uncirculated, the fourth and fifth print runs for this issue (2 notes) BNU CV56ds, es, Pick 42s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers archival specimen 10 Escudos (2), 16 November 1945, serial number ranges 360001 to 430000 and 430001 to 500000, Artur Meneses Correia de Sa - Visconde de Merceana and Joao Baptista de Araujo signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and dates inked in top margin, in PMG holders 64, choice uncirculated, the sixth and seventh (final) print runs for this issue (2 notes) BNU CV56fs, gs, Pick 42s £200-£260
Hammer Price: £260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, colour trial 20 Escudos, ND (1945), no signature or serial number, red SPECIMEN overprint and two cancellation holes, in PMG holder 65 EPQ, gem uncirculated, rare BNU CV57ct, Pick 43cts £300-£400
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, obverse and reverse archival photographs showing design for the 100 Escudos of 16 November 1945, serial number 000000, backed on card with ink date ‘Jan 46’, in PMG holders 63 and 65 EPQ, choice/gem uncirculated (2 photographs) BNU CV59ph, Pick 45 for type £100-£150
£100–£150
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos (3), 16 November 1945, serial number ranges 000001 to 010000, 010001 to 020000 and 020001 to 030000, Jose Gabriel Pinto Coehlo, Artur Meneses Correia de Sa - Visconde de Merceana and Antonio Pedroso Pimenta signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 40, 45 and 40, extremely fine to choice extremely fine, the first three print runs for this issue, very scarce (3...
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos (3), 16 November 1945, serial number ranges 030001 to 045000, 045001 to 060000 and 060001 to 070000, Manuel Rodrigues Junior, Francisco Jose Vieira Machado and Joao Baptista de Araujo signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 45, 40 and 53, extremely fine to about uncirculated, the fourth, fifth and sixth print runs for this issue, very scarce (3 notes) BNU...
£400–£500
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos (2), 16 November 1945, serial number ranges 070001 to 080000 and 080001 to 090000, Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar and Artur Meneses Correia de Sa - Visconde de Merceana signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 45 and 63, choice extremely fine and choice uncirculated, the seventh and eighth print runs for this issue, very scarce (2 notes) BNU CV59gs, hs, Pick...
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos (2), 16 November 1945, serial number ranges 090001 to 100000 and 100001 to 115000, Francisco Pinto Castelo Branco and Joao Baptista de Araujo signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 58 and 64, choice about uncirculated and choice uncirculated, the ninth and 10th print runs for this issue, very scarce (2 notes) BNU CV59is, js, Pick 45s £260-£320
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos, 16 November 1945, serial number range 115001 to 120000, Jose Gabriel Pinto Coelho signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, the 11th print run for this issue, very scarce BNU CV59ks, Pick 45s £150-£200
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos, 16 November 1945, serial number range 120001 to 130000, Antonio Pedroso Pimenta signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, the 12th print run for this issue, very scarce BNU CV59ls, Pick 45s £150-£200
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos, 16 November 1945, serial number range 130001 to 140000, Francisco Jose Vieira Machado signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and dates inked in top margin, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, the 13th print run for this issue, very scarce BNU CV5ms, Pick 45s £150-£200
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos, 16 November 1945, serial number range 140001 to 150000, Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and dates inked in top margin, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, the 14th and final print run for this issue, very scarce BNU CV5ns, Pick 45s £150-£200
Hammer Price: £120
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen 50 Escudos (3), 16 June 1958, serial numbers 000000, Jose de Azeredo Perdigao, Artur Meneses Correia de Sa - Visconde de Merceana and Abel Beja Corte Real signatures, all with red ESPECIME overprints and two cancellation holes, order number and date inked in top margins, in PMG holders 55, about uncirculated, three of the six possible signatures for type (3 notes) BNU CV62s, Pick 48s £180-£240
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen 50 Escudos (2), 16 June 1958, serial numbers 000000, Luis Pereira Coutinho and Antonio Julio de Castro Fernades signatures, both with red ESPECIME overprints and two cancellation holes, order number and date inked in top margins, in PMG holders 55 and 58, choice/about uncirculated, two of the six possible signatures for type (2 notes) BNU CV62s, Pick 48s £120-£180
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, colour trial 500 Escudos, 29 June 1971, serial number 000000, with additional fully printed star decoration in watermark area on reverse, Abel Beja Corte Real signature, single cancellation hole, annotated ‘NOT APPROVED’ with dates in top margins, in PMG holder 65 EPQ, gem uncirculated, almost certainly unique and an important note BNU CV65ct1, Pick 53Act for similar £300-£400
£300–£400
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, colour trial 500 Escudos, 29 June 1971, serial number 000000, Abel Beja Corte Real signature, single cancellation hole, annotated ‘COLOUR NOT APPROVED’ with dates in top margins, in PMG holder 58 EPQ, choice about uncirculated, probably a unique example of this design in this colour BNU CV65ct2, Pick 53Act £240-£300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, colour trial 500 Escudos, ND (1971), serial number 000000, Jose Manuel Passeiro signature, red SPECIMEN overprint and two cancellation holes, in PMG holder 66 EPQ, gem uncirculated, rare BNU CV65ct3, Pick 53Act £150-£200
Hammer Price: £170
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, obverse and reverse archival photographs showing initial designs for 1000 Reis, 190- (1908), serial number 00000, several differences to the notes issued in 1909, in PMG holders 65 EPQ and 64 EPQ, gem/choice uncirculated, unique and some of the earliest Bradbury photographs on record for any country (2 photos) BNU MZ24ph1, ph2, Pick unlisted £180-£240
£180–£240
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, specimen 1000 Reis, 2 January 1908, no serial number, ship seal Type I, perforated CANCELLED, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, extremely rare, with only two copies known BNU MZ24s1, Pick unlisted £1,200-£1,600
£1,200–£1,600
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, specimen 5 Mil Reis, 2 January 1908, no serial number, ship seal Type I, Alfredo Mendes da Silva signature, perforated SPECIMEN, in PMG holder 67 EPQ, superb gem uncirculated, absolutely exceptional grade for type, the finest of only six notes graded by PMG BNU MZ26s3, Pick 31s £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £900
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, obverse and reverse uniface colour trials for 20 Mil Reis, 2 January 1908, no serial numbers, ship seal Type I in pink, reverse with SPECIMEN perforation, obverse with corner missing and small hole at low centre, in PMG holder 50, about uncirculated, reverse in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, extremely rare, very attractive and some of earliest known colour trials for any country (2 notes) BNU MZ28ct1, ct2, Pick unlisted £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £950
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 1000 Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 116668 to 150000, Manuel Carlos de Freitas Alzina signature, ship seal Type I, perforated SPECIMEN, order number inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated BNU MZ30es, Pick 32s £240-£300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 1000 Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 316667 to 350000, Manuel Carlos de Freitas Alzina signature, ship seal Type I, perforated CANCELLED, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated BNU MZ30ks, Pick 32s £240-£300
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