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24 & 25 November 2022
Companhia de Mocambique, printers archival specimen 5 Libras Esterlinas, 15 January 1934, serial number range 00,001 to 10,000, two CANCELLED perforations, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 53 NET, about uncirculated, corner reattached with tape, this is the first print run for this issue Pick SR32s £80-£120
Hammer Price: £90
Companhia de Mocambique, printers archival specimen 5 Libras Esterlinas, 15 January 1934, serial number range 10,001 to 20,000, CANCELLED perforation, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, this is the second print run for this issue Pick SR32s £120-£160
Hammer Price: £130
Companhia de Mocambique, printers archival specimen 5 Libras Esterlinas, 15 January 1934, serial number range 40,001 to 65,000, CANCELLED perforation, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, this is the fourth print run for this issue, and a lovely example Pick SR32s £150-£200
Hammer Price: £160
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 1000 Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 10001 to 15000, Luis Diogo da Silva signature, ship seal Type I, CANCELLED perforation, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, scarce BNU PG1ds, Pick 1s £300-£400
Hammer Price: £380
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 1000 Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 15001 to 20000, Manuel Carlos de Freitas Alzina signature, ship seal Type I, CANCELLED perforation, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, scarce BNU PG1es, Pick 1s £300-£400
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 10 Mil Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 4168 to 5834, Luis Diogo da Silva signature, ship seal Type I, CANCELLED perforation, small tear at low right, in PMG holder 50, about uncirculated, rare BNU PG7cs, Pick 4s £400-£500
Hammer Price: £440
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 10 Mil Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 49501 to 54500, Manuel Carlos de Freitas Alzina signature ship seal Type III, SPECIMEN perforation, one pinhole in counterfoil, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, very rare, with only 8 specimens printed for this issue, this being the final print run BNU PG8ds, Pick 4As £700-£900
Hammer Price: £700
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, 1 Escudo, 1 January 1921, serial number 153,515, in PMG holder 25, very fine, rare in any grade and this a fresh and clean example BNU PG24a, Pick 12a £400-£500
£400–£500
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, obverse and reverse (2) archival photographs showing Bradbury Wilkinson designs for 2 1/2 Escudos, ND (c.1921-23), this note was the only denomination issued by De La Rue instead of Bradbury Wilkinson, and these photographs show that the latter did attempt to get that contract as well, backed on single sheet of thick card, all in one PMG large format holder, unique and an important record (3 photos) BNU PG25ph1, PG25ph2, Pick 13 for note issued...
Hammer Price: £280
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 5 Escudos, 1 January 1921, serial number range 088,001 to 205,000, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, scarce BNU PG26cs, Pick 14s £150-£200
Hammer Price: £260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos, 27 March 1947, serial number range 140,001 to 160,000, Artur Meneses Correia de Sa Visconde de Merceana signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, the first of 14 print runs for this issue BNU PG44as, Pick 34s £150-£200
Hammer Price: £150
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 160,001 to 175,000 and 175,001 to 190,000, two different Administradors signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holders 64 and 63, choice uncirculated, the second and third of 14 print runs for this issue (2 notes) BNU PG44bs, PG44cs, Pick 34s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 190,001 to 200,000 and 200,001 to 242,000, two different Administradors signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holders 63, choice uncirculated and 53, about uncirculated, the fourth and fifth of 14 print runs for this issue (2 notes) BNU PG44ds, PG44es, Pick 34s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 242,001 to 285,000 and 285,001 to 326,000, two different Administradors signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holders 58, choice about uncirculated and 64, choice uncirculated, the sixth and seventh of 14 print runs for this issue (2 notes) BNU PG44fs, PG44gs, Pick 34s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 326,001 to 360,000 and 360,001 to 400,000, two different Administradors signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holders 58 and 55, choice/about uncirculated, the eighth and ninth of 14 print runs for this issue (2 notes) BNU PG44hs, PG44is, Pick 34s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 400,001 to 450,000 and 450,001 to 500,000, two different Administradors signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holders 58 and 55, choice/about uncirculated, the 10th and 11th of 14 print runs for this issue (2 notes) BNU PG44js, PG44ks, Pick 34s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 500,001 to 560,000 and 560,001 to 630,000, two different Administradors signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holders 58 and 55, choice/about uncirculated, the 12th and 13th of 14 print runs for this issue (2 notes) BNU PG44js, PG44ks, Pick 34s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos, 27 March 1947, serial number range 630,001 to 700,000, Artur Meneses Correia de Sa Visconde de Merceana signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated, the final of 14 print runs for this issue BNU PG44ns, Pick 34s £100-£150
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, proof 50 Escudos, 20 November 1958, serial numbers B123456 and B789012, Jose de Azeredo Perdigao signature, single cancellation hole, without security thread, in PMG holder 64 EPQ, choice uncirculated, very rare if not unique, and with serial numbers in different colour to that used on the issued note BNU PG47p1, Pick 37s £200-£260
Hammer Price: £320
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, proof 100 Escudos, 20 November 1958, serial numbers B123456 and B789012, Antonio Julio de Castro Fernandes signature, single cancellation hole, without security thread, in PMG holder 65 EPQ, gem uncirculated, the Decreto number is printed in black on the issued note, very rare and probably unique in this format BNU PG48p1, Pick 38s £300-£400
Hammer Price: £360
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, proof 500 Escudos, ND (1958), serial numbers B123456 and B789012, Antonio Julio de Castro Fernandes signature, single cancellation hole, without security thread, in PMG holder 50, about uncirculated, very rare BNU PG50p, Pick 39s £180-£240
Hammer Price: £240
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, proofs for 1000 Escudos (2), ND (1964), the first with fully printed obverse and reverse, second with fully printed reverse and only underprint on the obverse, each with order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holders 45, choice extremely fine and 53, about uncirculated, very rare (2 notes) BNU PG55p1, Pick 43s/p £200-£260
Hammer Price: £220
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, colour trial 100 Escudos, ND (1971), serial number 000000, red SPECIMEN overprint, two cancellation holes, in PMG holder 67 EPQ, superb gem uncirculated, scarce, particularly in this exceptional grade BNU PG57ct, Pick 45cts £160-£220
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 10 Rupias, 1 January 1906, serial number range 105001 to 113333, ship seal Type I, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, a beautiful example of the much rarer issue with the first ship seal TBB B302s, Pick 16as £3,600-£4,200
Hammer Price: £4,800
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 1 Rupia, 1 October 1917, serial number range 100,001 to 300,000, ship seal Type II, CANCELLED perforation, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, extremely rare with only four archival specimens extant for this issue TBB B307as, Pick 21bs £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £12,000
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, obverse and reverse uniface colour trials for 50 Rupias, 1 January 1924, each with a section removed from left margin, along with the two removed sections, both of which are stuck to a sheet of paper addressed to Mr. Gough at the B.N.U. Nova Goa, with the note ‘These are approved colours for the Rs100’, and signed and dated 10 October 1942, notes with various pencil annotations, in PMG holders 63, choice uncirculated, previously mounted,...
Hammer Price: £22,000
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, uniface reverse colour trial/positional proof for 50 Rupias, ND (1 January 1924), ink annotation, pinholes, in PMG holder 64 choice uncirculated, rare TBB B316at4, Pick 28/34p2 £800-£1,200
Hammer Price: £1,800
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 5 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 250,001 to 400,000, Artur Meneses Correia de Sá – Visconde de Merceana signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, previously mounted, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, very scarce TBB B324bs, Pick 35s £700-£900
Hammer Price: £900
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 5 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 400,001 to 500,000, Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, previously mounted, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, very scarce TBB B324fs, Pick 35s £700-£900
Hammer Price: £1,100
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 10 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 100,001 to 150,000, Antonio Pedroso Pimenta signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, previously mounted, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, very scarce TBB B325gs, Pick 36s £700-£900
Hammer Price: £950
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 10 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 150,001 to 200,000, Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, previously mounted, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated, very scarce TBB B325fs, Pick 36s £500-£700
Hammer Price: £2,200
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 20 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 100,001 to 130,000, Jose Gabriel Pinto Coelho signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, previously mounted, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, very scarce TBB B326ds, Pick 37s £1,200-£1,600
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 20 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 130,001 to 160,000, Manuel Rodrigues Junior signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, previously mounted, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, very scarce TBB B326es, Pick 37s £1,200-£1,600
Hammer Price: £1,500
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 50 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 010,001 to 020,000, Manuel Rodrigues Junior signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, previously mounted, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, very scarce TBB B327es, Pick 38s £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £1,300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 20 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 020,001 to 030,000, Antonio Pedroso Pimenta signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, previously mounted, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, very scarce TBB B327gs, Pick 38s £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £1,600
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, colour trial 100 Rupias, ND (1945), red SPECIMEN overprint, two cancellation holes, in PMG holder 65 EPQ, gem uncirculated, very rare and in superb condition TBB B328t, Pick 39cts £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £2,000
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, obverse and reverse archival photographs showing the original designs for 100 Rupias, 29 November 1945, obverse with Arabic numeral in a triangle at lower right, different from issued note, laid on card with ink date 21 Jan ‘46, in a single PMG holder, unique and an important record (2 photos) TBB B328t, Pick 39cts £600-£800
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, specimen 100 Escudos, 2 January 1959, serial number 000000, Abel Beja Corte Real signature, black SPECIMEN overprint and De La Rue ovals, two cancellation holes, in PMG holder 66 EPQ, gem uncirculated TBB B332fs, Pick 43s £300-£400
Hammer Price: £650
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, specimen 1000 Escudos, 2 January 1959, serial number 000000, Abel Beja Corte Real signature, black SPECIMEN overprint and De La Rue ovals, two cancellation holes, in PMG holder 67 EPQ, gem uncirculated, this is the joint second highest in the PMG population report TBB B335fs, Pick 46s £600-£800
Hammer Price: £800
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, St Thomas & Prince, printers archival specimen 1000 Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 00001 to 08334, Balthazar Freire Cabral signature, perforated SPECIMEN, in PMG holder 66 EPQ, gem uncirculated, exceptional condition, the first print run for this issue and a considerably scarcer signature variety, a beautiful note BNU ST10as, Pick 7as £600-£800
£600–£800
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