Banco Nacional Ultramarino, St Thomas & Prince, printers archival specimens for 100 Escudos (3), 12 August 1946, serial number ranges 000001 to 010000, 010001 to 020000 and 020001 to 025000, Joao Baptista de Araujo, Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar and Jose Gabriel Pinto Coelho signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 58, choice about uncirculated, the first, second and third of 13 print runs (3 notes)
BNU ST44as, bs, cs, Pick 34s £300-£360

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

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The first is the BNU plate note