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Banco da Beira, obverse (1) and reverse (2) photos showing the original designs for 10 Libras Esterlinas, 15 September 1919, serial number 0000000, two laid down on board and dated 31/1/20 in ink, minor differences to the note issued, including significant changes to the border on obverse, and the use of L instead of £ for the currency on the reverse, along with the inclusion of a printers imprint when one wasn’t actually used, in PMG holders 62, 60 NET and 64, uncirculated to choice...
Hammer Price: £120
Companhia de Mocambique, obverse and reverse colour trials for 10 Centavos, 1 October 1931, no serial number, perforated SPECIMEN, both in PMG holders 63, choice uncirculated and extremely rare, an absolutely beautiful little note, particularly in these colours (2 notes) Pick SR25tp £200-£260
Hammer Price: £180
Companhia de Mocambique, specimen 10 Centavos, 1 October 1931, serial number 0,000,000, one small cancellation hole, printed signature of R. Ulrich, in PMG holder 65 EPQ, gem uncirculated, ink annotation stating the design was approved on 13/12/31 and signed by hand by R. Ulrich, very rare, the first on the market for almost a decade Pick SR25s £200-£260
Companhia de Mocambique, obverse and reverse photographs showing the original designs for 10 Centavos, 1 October 1931, serial number 0,000,000, as produced, unique (2 photos) Pick SR25 for type £60-£80
Hammer Price: £60
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 2500 Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 22501 to 25000, Manuel Carlos de Freitas Alzina signature, Ship seal Type I, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, light mounting traces in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, very scarce BNU PG3es, Pick 2s £400-£600
Hammer Price: £400
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 20 Mil Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 7584 to 8916, Luis Diogo da Silva signature, Ship seal Type I, perforated CANCELLED, superb original paper, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated and a wonderful example of a rare type, likely unobtainable in issued form BNU PG9hs, Pick 5s £700-£900
Hammer Price: £500
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 20 Mil Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 47001 to 52000, Luis Diogo da Silva signature, Ship seal Type III, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, mounting traces, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated and this seal many times rarer than the earlier type, very likely unobtainable in issued form BNU PG10cs, Pick 5As £800-£1,000
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 10 Centavos, 5 November 1914, serial number range 1,200,001 to 1,350,000, Ship seal Type II, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated and one of only four archival specimens produced for this issue BNU PG15as, Pick 6s £300-£400
Hammer Price: £200
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 20 Centavos, 5 November 1914, serial number range 2,520,001 to 2,645,000, Ship seal Type II, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated and one of only four archival specimens produced for this issue BNU PG17as, Pick 7s £300-£400
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 50 Centavos, 5 November 1914, serial number range 1,410,001 to 1,530,000, Ship seal Type II, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated and one of only four archival specimens produced for this issue BNU PG18as, Pick 8s £300-£400
Hammer Price: £280
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 1 Escudo, 1 January 1921, serial number range 200,001 to 280,000, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated to uncirculated, scarce BNU PG24bs, Pick 12s £100-£150
Hammer Price: £130
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos, 1 January 1921, serial number range 059,501 to 090,000, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, mounting traces, in PMG holder 53, about uncirculated and extremely scarce, this being the last of only four print runs for this date BNU PG29ds, Pick 17s £300-£400
Hammer Price: £260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, specimen 10 Escudos, 14 September 1937, no serial number, Joao Baptista de Araujo signature, red Bradbury Wilkinson seal, two cancellation holes, marked ‘A’ in lower right margin, paperclip mark at top left, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated BNU PG31sp, Pick 21s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, specimen 20 Escudos, 14 September 1937, no serial number, Joao Baptista de Araujo signature, red Bradbury Wilkinson seal, two cancellation holes, marked ‘A’ in lower right margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated and very scarce BNU PG32sp, Pick 22s £400-£500
Hammer Price: £380
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, specimen 50 Escudos, 14 September 1937, no serial number, Joao Baptista de Araujo signature, red Bradbury Wilkinson seal, two cancellation holes, marked ‘A’ in lower right margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated and very scarce BNU PG33sp, Pick 23s £400-£500
Hammer Price: £360
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, specimen 100 Escudos, 14 September 1937, no serial number, Joao Baptista de Araujo signature, red Bradbury Wilkinson seal, two cancellation holes, marked ‘A’ in lower right margin, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated and very scarce BNU PG34sp, Pick 24s £500-£700
Hammer Price: £350
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, obverse and reverse die proof 2$50 Escudos, 2 January 1945, obverse showing top print only, reverse complete types annotations in margins, mounting traces, otherwise good extremely fine to about uncirculated and very rare BNU PG37dp, Pick 26p £300-£360
£300–£360
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 20 Escudos, 17 November 1945, serial number range 500,001 to 525,000, Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated and very scarce, the first print run for this issue BNU PG40as, Pick 29s £150-£200
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 20 Escudos (3), 17 November 1945, serial number ranges 525,001 to 550,000, 550,001 to 560,000 and 560,001 to 570,000, three different signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holders 64, choice uncirculated and very scarce, the second, third and fourth print tuns for this issue (3 notes) BNU PG40bs, PG40cs, PG40ds, Pick 29s £400-£500
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 20 Escudos (2), 17 November 1945, serial number ranges 570,001 to 580,000 and 580,001 to 590,000, two different signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holders 64 and 63, choice uncirculated and very scarce, the fifth and sixth print runs for this issue (2 notes) BNU PG40es, PG40fs, Pick 29s £260-£320
Hammer Price: £420
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 20 Escudos, 17 November 1945, serial number range 590,001 to 600,000, Joao Baptista de Araujo signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated and very scarce, the final print run for this issue BNU PG40gs, Pick 29s £120-£160
Hammer Price: £220
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, colour trial 500 Escudos, ND (1958), serial number B000000, red SPECIMEN overprint and two cancellation holes, specimen number 19 on reverse, in PMG holder 66 EPQ, gem uncirculated and very scarce BNU PG50ct, Pick 39ct £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, colour trial 500 Escudos, ND (1958), serial number B000000, red SPECIMEN overprint and two cancellation holes, specimen number 129 on reverse, in PMG holder 66 EPQ, gem uncirculated and very scarce BNU PG51ct, Pick not listed, 39ct for similar £240-£300
Hammer Price: £170
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, colour trial 500 Escudos, 30 June 1964, serial number C000000, black specimen overprint and two cancellation holes, specimen number 18 on reverse, in PMG holder 65 EPQ, gem uncirculated and very scarce BNU PG54ct, Pick 42ct £240-£300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos, 17 December 1971, serial number range 000001 to 140000, Antonio Julio de Castro Fernandes signature, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated and the first print run for this issue, very scarce BNU PG56as, Pick 44s £120-£160
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos (3), 17 December 1971, serial number ranges 140001 to 280000, 280001 to 420000 and 240001 to 560000, three different signatures, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 64, choice uncirculated and the second, third and fourth print runs for this issue, very scarce (3 notes) BNU PG56bs, PG56cs, PG56ds, Pick 44s £300-£400
Hammer Price: £340
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos (2), 17 December 1971, serial number ranges 560001 to 700000 and 700001 to 840000, two different signatures, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 63 and 64, choice uncirculated and the fifth and sixth print runs for this issue, very scarce (2 notes) BNU PG56es, PG56fs, Pick 44s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos, 17 December 1971, serial number range 840001 to 1000000, Samuel Rodriguez Sanchez signature, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated and the final print run for this issue, very scarce BNU PG56gs, Pick 44s £100-£150
Hammer Price: £160
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 5 Rupias, 1 January 1906, serial number range 183334 to 200000, Manuel Carlos de Freitas Alzina signature, Ship seal Type II, perforated CANCELLED, mounting traces in counterfoil, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, very scarce TBB B301ds, Pick 15s £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £4,600
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, obverse and reverse archival photographs showing the original design for 5 Rupias, 19- (1905), serial number 00000, in most cases identical to the note issued but with several differences in the printers imprint, signature strips and date, laid down on card and annotated with the intended colours for the note, and the date 28.11.05, in PMG holder, unique and attractive (2 photographs) TBB B301 for type, Pick 15 for type £300-£400
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 4 Tangas, 1 October 1917, serial number range 120,001 to 180,000, Ship seal Type II, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 62, uncirculated, very rare TBB B305as, Pick 19s £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £3,800
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 5 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 000,001 to 100,000, Joao Baptista de Araujo signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated and very scarce, the first print run for this issue TBB B324cs, Pick 35s £500-£700
Hammer Price: £2,400
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 5 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 100,001 to 250,000, Manuel Rodrigues Junior signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, paper pull on face, extremely minor mounting traces, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated and very scarce TBB B324es, Pick 35s £400-£500
Hammer Price: £850
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 10 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 000,001 to 050,000, Artur Meneses Correia de Sá – Visconde de Merceana signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated and very scarce, with this being the first print run for this issue TBB B325bs, Pick 36s £700-£900
Hammer Price: £1,400
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 10 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 050,001 to 100,000, João Baptista de Araújo signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, extremely minor mounting traces, paper pull, in PMG holder 62, uncirculated and very scarce TBB B325cs, Pick 36s £500-£700
Hammer Price: £750
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 20 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 000,001 to 050,000, Francisco Jose Vieira Machado signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated and very scarce, with this being the first print run for this issue TBB B326as, Pick 37s £700-£900
Hammer Price: £1,800
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 20 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 050,001 to 100,000, Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated and very scarce TBB B326bs, Pick 37s £700-£900
Hammer Price: £1,600
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 50 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 000,001 to 005,000, Jose Gabriel Pinto Coelho signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated and very scarce, the first print run for this issue TBB B327ds, Pick 38s £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £2,000
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 50 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 005,001 to 010,000, Francisco Jose Vieira Machado signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, extremely minor mounting traces and one paper pull on the face of Vasco de Gama, in PMG holder 53, about uncirculated and very scarce TBB B327ds, Pick 38s £400-£500
Hammer Price: £1,200
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 100 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 013,001 to 018,000, Joao Baptista de Araujo signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, a few minor mounting traces, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated and rare TBB B328cs, Pick 39s £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £1,900
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