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27 & 28 November 2024
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos (2), 27 January 1943, serial number ranges 240001 to 300000 and 300001 to 400000, Artur Meneses Correia de Sa Visconde de Merceana and Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 58 and 55, choice/about uncirculated, the fifth and sixth of 10 print runs (2 notes) BNB MZ94es, fs, Pick 91s £300-£400
Hammer Price: £320
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos (2), 27 January 1943, serial number ranges 400001 to 500000 and 500001 to 600000, Manuel Rodrigues Junior and Artur Meneses Correia de Sa Visconde de Merceana signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 40, extremely fine, the seventh and eighth of 10 print runs (2 notes) BNB MZ94gs, hs, Pick 91s £240-£300
Hammer Price: £200
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos (2), 27 January 1943, serial number ranges 600001 to 700000 and 700001 to 800000, Jose Gabriel Pinto Coelho and Joao Baptista de Araujo signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 55 and 64, about uncirculated and choice uncirculated, extremely fine, the ninth and last of 10 print runs (2 notes) BNB MZ94is, js, Pick 91s £300-£400
Hammer Price: £260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 1000 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 230001 to 243000 and 243001 to 256000, Francisco Jose Viera Machado and Jose Gabriel Pinto Coelho signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 64, about uncirculated and choice uncirculated, the first and second of 21 print runs (2 notes) BNB MZ106as, bs, Pick 99bs £240-£300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 1000 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 256001 to 270000 and 270001 to 282000, Artur Meneses Correia de Sa Visconde de Merceana and Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 58, choice about uncirculated, the third and fourth of 21 print runs (2 notes) BNB MZ106cs, ds, Pick 99bs £240-£300
Hammer Price: £300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 1000 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 282001 to 295000 and 319501 to 335000, Joao Baptista de Araujo and Francisco Jose Viera Machado signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 55 and 58, choice/about uncirculated, the fifth and eighth of 21 print runs (2 notes) BNB MZ106es, gs, Pick 99bs £240-£300
Hammer Price: £340
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 1000 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 335001 to 345000 and 345001 to 360000, Jose Gabriel Pinto Coelho and Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 64, choice uncirculated, the ninth and 10th of 21 print runs (2 notes) BNB MZ106is, js, Pick 99bs £240-£300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 1000 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 360001 to 375000 to 375001 to 390000, Joao Baptista de Araujo and Francisco Pinto Castelo Branco signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 63 and 58, choice about uncirculated and choice uncirculated, the 11th and 12th of 21 print runs (2 notes) BNB MZ106ks, ls, Pick 99bs £240-£300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 1000 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 390001 to 405000 and 405001 to 419500, Antonio Pedroso Pimenta and Artur Meneses Correia de Sa Visconde de Merceana signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 64, choice uncirculated, the 13th and 14th of 21 print runs (2 notes) BNB MZ106ms, ns, Pick 99bs £240-£300
Hammer Price: £280
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 1000 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 419501 to 440000 and 440001 to 459000, Francisco Jose Viera Machado and Francisco Pinto Castelo Branco signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, one cancellation hole, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 40, extremely fine and 63, choice uncirculated, the 15th and 16th of 21 print runs (2 notes) BNB MZ106os, ps, Pick 99bs £240-£300
Hammer Price: £360
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 1000 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 459001 to 470000 and 470001 to 499000, Jose Gabriel Pinto Coelho and Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, one cancellation hole, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 58, choice about uncirculated, the 17th and 18th of 21 print runs (2 notes) BNB MZ106qs, rs, Pick 99bs £240-£300
£240–£300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 1000 Escudos (3), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 499001 to 530000, 530001 to 569000 and 569001 to 619500, Artur Meneses Correia de Sa Visconde de Merceana, Joao Baptista de Araujo and Antonio Pedroso Pimenta signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, one cancellation hole, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 58, 58 and 40, choice about uncirculated and extremely fine, the 19th, 20th and last of 21 print...
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, specimen 100 Escudos (3 notes), 27 March 1961, serial number C0000000, Antonio Julio de Castro Fernandes, Abel Beja Corte Real and Luis Pereira Coutinho signatures, ESPECIME overprints and two cancellation holes, order numbers and dates inked in top margin, in PMG holders 55, about uncirculated (3 notes) BNU MZ113s, Pick 109s £180-£240
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, colour trial 500 Escudos, 22 March 1967, serial number 0000000, Samuel Rodrigues Sanches signature, small red SPECIMEN overprint and two cancellation holes, mounting traces, in PMG holder 62, uncirculated BNU MZ115ct, Pick 110cts £100-£150
Hammer Price: £140
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, proofs for 500 Escudos (2), ND (1967), no serial numbers, first with both sides fully printed, second with underprint only on obverse, fully printed reverse, order numbers and dates in top margins, in PMG holders 64 and 55, choice uncirculated and about uncirculated (2 notes) BNU MZ115p, Pick 110p £120-£160
Hammer Price: £130
Banco da Beira, specimen 10 Centavos, 15 September 1919, no serial number, SPECIMEN perforation and one cancellation hole, also a reverse proof for the same note, first with mounting traces, second with printers annotations, in PMG holders 58 and 58 EPQ, choice about uncirculated, rare (2 notes) Pick SR1s, SR1p2 £100-£150
Hammer Price: £100
Companhia de Mocambique, the original approved specimen for the 50 Centavos of 1 October 1931, serial number 000000, along with a printers archival specimen, serial number range 400001 to 500000, along with an obverse photograph showing the original design for the note, and an approved reverse die proof, in PMG holders 58, 55, 64 and 64, about uncirculated to choice uncirculated, a very nice group (4 notes) Pick SR26 for type £200-£260
Companhia de Mocambique, the original approved specimen for 5 Libras Esterlinas, 15 January 1934, serial numbers 01234 and 56789, three cancellation holes, approved annotations, with signature, in PMG holder 40, extremely fine Pick SR32s £120-£160
Companhia de Mocambique, black and white archival photographs showing the original designs for the obverse and reverse of 5 Libras Esterlinas, 1 January 1934, serial number 000000, in PMG holders 64, choice uncirculated (2 photos) Pick SR32 for type £80-£100
£80–£100
Banco de Mocambique, black and white archival photographs showing designs for obverse and reverse of an unissued banknote series, dated approximately 1977, comprising 50, 100, 500 and 1000 Meticas, with obverse designs similar to the unreleased series of 1975, and reverses unlike anything ever produced, backed on card, as produced, unique and an very important record (8 photos) BNB unlisted, Pick unlisted £400-£500
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 1000 Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 130001 to 250000, 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, an excellent example BNU PG1ls, Pick 1s £240-£300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 5 Mil Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 32501 to 35000, 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, an excellent example BNU PG5es, Pick 3s £300-£400
Hammer Price: £460
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 1 Escudo, 1 January 1921, serial number range 280001 to 370000, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64 EPQ, choice uncirculated, scarce BNU PG24cs, Pick 12s £100-£150
Hammer Price: £120
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, all Portuguese African Colonies, obverse and reverse colour trials for 2 1/2 Escudos, 19- (1921), without signatures or serial numbers, obverse blue on yellow and green underprint, reverse purple, obverse with mounting traces, in PMG holders 64 and 64 EPQ, choice uncirculated, extremely rare and attractive (2 notes) BNU PG25t, Pick 13ct for type £240-£300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 10 Escudos, 1 January 1921, serial number 150001 to 231000, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 65 EPQ, gem uncirculated, attractive and very rare, this being one of only 8 archival specimens produced for this entire issue BNU PG27cs, Pick 15s £200-£260
Hammer Price: £220
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, reverse colour trial proof for 10 Escudos, ND (1921), tiny tears, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, extremely rare BNU PG27ctp, Pick 15p2 £100-£150
Hammer Price: £90
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, black and white archival photograph showing the obverse design for 1 Escudo, 23 May 1944, serial number A000000, Manuel Rodrigues Junior signature, backed on card, ink date ‘13th Sep 44’, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, unique and an important record of a note that was never produced, and for which only a couple of proofs exist BNU PG36ph, Pick not listed £150-£200
£150–£200
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos, 16 November 1945, serial number range 065001 to 080000, Francisco Jose Vieira Machado signature, perforated SPECIMEN, paper pulls, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 53, about uncirculated, excessively rare, this being one of only four specimens produced for this otherwise virtually unobtainable note BNU PG42bs, Pick 31s £300-£400
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 500 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 028001 to 030000 and 030001 to 035000, Joao Baptista de Araujo and Artur Meneses Correia de Sa Visconde de Merceana signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 55, about uncirculated, very scarce (2 notes) BNU PG46ls, ms, Pick 36s £220-£280
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, colour trial 50 Escudos, ND (1958), serial number B000000, red SPECIMEN overprint, two cancellation holes, in PMG holder 66 EPQ, gem uncirculated BNU PG47ct, Pick 37cts £240-£300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, specimen 50 Escudos (6), 20 November 1958, all serial number B000000, each note with one of the six possible signature varieties, black ESPECIME overprints, two cancellation holes, with order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 64, 63 and 58 (4), choice about uncirculated to choice uncirculated, a superb complete set (6 notes) BNU PG47s, Pick 37s £400-£500
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, colour trial 100 Escudos, ND (1958), serial number 00000, red SPECIMEN overprint, two cancellation holes, in PMG holder 65 EPQ, gem uncirculated BNU PG48ct, Pick 38cts £150-£200
Hammer Price: £160
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, proofs for 100 Escudos (2), ND (1958), no signatures or serial numbers, without security thread, also a reverse proof for 100 Escudos, ND (1958), reverse fully printed, obverse underprint only, with security thread, ink annotations in margins, last with piece cut away, in PMG holders 45, choice extremely fine, 30 and 35, very fine, very scarce (3 notes) BNU PG48p, PG49p, Pick 38p £150-£200
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, colour trial 50 Escudos, 30 June 1964, serial number C000000, red SPECIMEN overprint and two cancellation holes, Luis Pereira Coutinho signature, in PMG holder 67 EPQ, superb gem uncirculated, a lovely note in exceptional grade BNU PG52ct, Pick 40cts £300-£400
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos (3), 30 June 1964, serial number ranges C000001 to C130000, C130001 to C260000 and C260001 to C400000, Luis Pereira Coutinho, Gastao Bessone Basto and Antonio Julio de Castro Fernandes signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margin, second note with large piece cut away and an annotation reading ‘piece cut away by research dept’ in margin, in PMG holders 58, 50 NET and 64,...
Hammer Price: £240
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos (3), 30 June 1964, serial number ranges C400001 to C530000, C530001 to C660000 and C660001 to C800000, Abel Beja Corte Real, Pedro de Mascarenhas Gaivao and Jose Guerreiro Murta signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margin, in PMG holders 64, choice uncirculated, the fourth, fifth and final of six print runs for this issue (3 notes) BNU PG52ds-fs, Pick 40s £300-£400
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, colour trial 100 Escudos, 30 June 1964, serial number C000000, Pedro de Mascarenhas Gaivao signature, red SPECIMEN overprint and two cancellation holes, in PMG holder 66 EPQ, gem uncirculated BNU PG53ct, Pick 41cts £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, proof 500 Escudos, 30 June 1964, serial number B000000, Luis Pereira Coutinho signature, with new DECRETO number pasted on at upper left and note in margin by way of explanation, also a specimen of the same note and an archival photograph showing the original design for the note, second with order number and date in top margin, in PMG holders 55, 58 and 58, choice/about uncirculated, the first and last entirely unique and important (3...
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, obverse (2) and reverse (2) archival photographs showing two different initial pencil sketches for 1000 Escudos, ND (1964), serial number 000000, the first pair quite different to the issued note, the second pair quite similar in essence, in PMG holders 63 or 64, choice uncirculated, unique and extremely important records of the earliest stages of the design process (4 photos) BNU PG55ph1, ph2, Pick 43 for type £200-£260
Hammer Price: £180
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, specimen 1000 Escudos (7), 30 April 1964, all serial number 000000, with each one of the six different possible signature varieties featured at least once, black ESPECIME overprints and two cancellation holes, order numbers and dates inked in top margin, in PMG holders 55, 58, 58, 45, 58, 50 and 45, choice extremely fine to choice about uncirculated, a superb and complete group of specimens (7 notes) BNU PG55s, Pick 43s £500-£700
Hammer Price: £440
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