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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 500 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 005651 to 008150 and 008151 to 011150, Artur Meneses Correia de Sa Visconde de Merceana and Joao Baptista de Araujo signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 53, uncirculated and 60, uncirculated, the third and fourth print runs for this issue (2 notes) BNU PG46cs,ds, Pick 36s £220-£280
Hammer Price: £320
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 500 Escudos, 27 March 1947, serial number range 011151 to 014000, Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, the fifth print run for this issue BNU PG46es, Pick 36s £200-£260
Hammer Price: £180
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 500 Escudos, 27 March 1947, serial number range 014001 to 016900, Antonio Pedroso Pimenta signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, the sixth print run for this issue BNU PG46fs, Pick 36s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 500 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 016901 to 020000 and 025001 to 026500, Francisco Pinto Castelo Branco and Antonio Pedroso Pimenta signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 63, choice uncirculated and 45, choice extremely fine, the seventh and 10th print runs for this issue (2 notes) BNU PG46gs,js, Pick 36s £340-£400
£340–£400
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 500 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 026501 to 028000 and 028001 to 030000, Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar sand Joao Babtista de Araujo signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 55 and 58, choice/about uncirculated, the 11th and 12th print runs for this issue (2 notes) BNU PG46ks,ls, Pick 36s £360-£420
£360–£420
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 500 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 030001 to 035000 and 035001 to 040000, Artur Meneses Correia de Sa Visconde de Merceana and Jose Gabriel Pinto Coelho signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 58 and 55, choice/about uncirculated, the 13th and 14th (final) print runs for this issue (2 notes) BNU PG46ms,ns, Pick 36s £360-£420
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos (2), 20 November 1958, serial number ranges B000001 to B080000 and B080001 to B150000, Gastao Bessone Basto 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 and 40 NET, extremely fine, second with large and obvious tape repair, the first and second of only six print runs (2 notes) BNU...
Hammer Price: £100
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos (2), 20 November 1958, serial number ranges B150001 to B250000 and B250001 to B330000, Antonio Julio de Castro Fernandes and Abel Beja Corte Real signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 55 and 58, choice/about uncirculated, the third and fourth of only six print runs (2 notes) BNU PG48cs,ds, Pick 38s £160-£220
Hammer Price: £140
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos, 20 November 1958, serial number range B330001 to B450000, Jose de Azeredo Perdigao signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holders 64, choice uncirculated, the fifth of only six print runs BNU PG48es, Pick 38s £120-£160
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos, 20 November 1958, serial number range B450001 to B500000, Luis Pereira Coutinho signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holders 58, choice about uncirculated, the sixth and final of only six print runs BNU PG48fs, Pick 38s £100-£150
Hammer Price: £110
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, colour trial 100 Escudos, ND (1958), serial number 00000, red SPECIMEN overprint and two cancellation holes, in PMG holder 66 EPQ, gem uncirculated, the variety without security thread BNU PG48ct, Pick 38acts £150-£200
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, colour trial 100 Escudos, ND (1958), serial number B000000, red SPECIMEN overprint and two cancellation holes, in PMG holder 67 EPQ, superb gem uncirculated, the variety with security thread BNU PG49ct, Pick 38bcts £180-£240
Hammer Price: £190
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, specimen 100 Escudos (6), 30 June 1964, serial number C000000, with one of each of the six possible signatures for this issue, red SPECIMEN overprints, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 35, 35, 45, 45, 55 and 55, choice very fine to about uncirculated, extremely rare, and a complete set of signatures for this issue (6 notes) BNU PG53s, Pick 41s £400-£500
Hammer Price: £500
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 £300-£400
£300–£400
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, specimen 1000 Escudos, 30 April 1964, serial numbers 123456 and 789012, submitted and approved text in upper margin, in PMG holder 40, extremely fine, extremely rare BNU PG55p2, Pick 43s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, several proofs for the 1000 Escudos of 1964, one complete proof without signatures or serial numbers, the second and third with complete reverse and only underprint on obverse, submitted and approved text in upper margin, in PMG holders 40, extremely fine, 35 and 30, very fine, very rare (3 notes) BNU PG55p, Pick 43s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, obverse and reverse colour die proofs for 100 Escudos, ND (1971), no signatures or serial numbers, types annotations in margins, in PMG holders 65 EPQ and 66 EPQ, gem uncirculated, very rare and far above the usual grade for die proofs (2 notes) BNU PG57dp, Pick 45p1,p2 £340-£400
Hammer Price: £300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos, 17 December 1971, serial number range 000001 to 140000, Antonio Julio de Castro Fernandes signature, order number and date in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, the first of seven print runs BNU PG57as, Pick 45s £100-£150
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos (3), 17 December 1971, serial number ranges 140001 to 280000, 280001 to 420000 and 420001 to 560000, Abel Beja Corte Real, Camilo Afonso Maximo Cimourdain Ferreira de Oliviera, and Jose Manuel Passeiro signatures, order numbers and dates in top margins, in PMG holders 64, choice uncirculated, the second, third and fourth of seven print runs (3 notes) BNU PG57bs-ds, Pick 45s £300-£400
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos (3), 17 December 1971, serial number ranges 560001 to 700000, 700001 to 840000 and 840001 and 1000000, Luis Esteves Fernandes, Pedro de Mascarenhas Gaivao and Samuel Rodrigues Sanches signatures, order numbers and dates in top margins, in PMG holders 64, 64 and 58, choice uncirculated and choice about uncirculated, the fifth, sixth and last of seven print runs (3 notes) BNU PG57es-gs, Pick 45s £300-£400
Hammer Price: £260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 5 Rupias, 1 January 1906, serial number range 106001 to 126000, Balthasar Freire Cabral signature, ship seal Type I, perforated SPECIMEN, order date inked in top margin, previously mounted, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, the scarcest signature type for this already scarce issue TBB B301cs, Pick 15s £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £3,000
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 20 Rupias, 1 January 1906, serial number range 40001 to 45000, Alfredo Mendes da Silva signature, ship seal Type III, perforated CANCELLED, order date inked in top margin, previously mounted, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, extremely rare, with only three print runs and six specimens produced in total for this second issue TBB B303es, Pick 17As £6,000-£8,000
Hammer Price: £11,000
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 8 Tangas, 1 October 1917, serial number range 200001 to 300000, ship seal Type II, perforated CANCELLED, note unaffected by glue stains in counterfoil, in PMG holder 64 EPQ, choice uncirculated, extremely rare, this is the third of only four print runs, meaning only eight archival specimens in total were ever made for this note, a superb example and likely the last chance for many years to acquire an example TBB...
Hammer Price: £2,800
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, specimen 5 Rupias, 29 November 1945, no serial number, Antonio Pedroso Pimenta signature, large red SPECIMEN overprint and two cancellation holes, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, very scarce TBB B324s, Pick 35s £700-£900
Hammer Price: £1,100
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 5 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 500001 to 600000, Francisco Jose Vieira Machado signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, very scarce TBB B324as, Pick 35s £700-£900
Hammer Price: £1,500
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 5 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 600001 to 700000, Jose Gabriel Pinto Coelho signature, perforated SPECIMEN, previously mounted, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated, very scarce TBB B324ds, Pick 35s £700-£900
Hammer Price: £1,400
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, specimen 10 Rupias, 29 November 1945, no serial number, Artur Meneses Correia de Sá – Visconde de Merceana signature, large red SPECIMEN overprint and two cancellation holes, previously mounted, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated, very scarce TBB B325s, Pick 36s £700-£900
Hammer Price: £800
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 10 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 200001 to 260000, Manuel Rodrigues Junior signature, perforated SPECIMEN, previously mounted, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated, very scarce TBB B325es, Pick 36s £700-£900
Hammer Price: £1,800
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 10 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 260001 to 320000, Francisco Jose Vieira Machado signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, very scarce TBB B325as, Pick 36s £700-£900
Hammer Price: £650
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, specimen 20 Rupias, 29 November 1945, no serial number, Francisco Jose Vieira Machado signature, large red SPECIMEN overprint and two cancellation holes, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated, very scarce TBB B326s, Pick 37s £1,000-£1,500
£1,000–£1,500
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 20 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 160001 to 190000, Antonio Pedroso Pimenta signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, very scarce TBB B326gs, Pick 37s £1,000-£1,500
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 20 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 190001 to 220000, Artur Meneses Correia de Sá – Visconde de Merceana signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated, very scarce TBB B326bs, Pick 37s £1,000-£1,500
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, specimen 50 Rupias, 29 November 1945, no serial number, Antonio Pedroso Pimenta signature, large red SPECIMEN overprint and two cancellation holes, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, very scarce TBB B327s, Pick 38s £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £850
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 50 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 030001 to 040000, Joao Baptista de Araujo signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, very scarce TBB B327cs, Pick 38s £1,000-£1,500
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 50 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 040001 to 055000, Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, very scarce TBB B327fs, Pick 38s £1,000-£1,500
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 100 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 018001 to 020000, Antonio Pedroso Pimenta signature, perforated SPECIMEN, previously mounted, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, very scarce TBB B328gs, Pick 39s £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £1,200
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 500 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 002501 to 004000, Francisco Jose Vieira Machado signature, perforated SPECIMEN, previously mounted, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 50, about uncirculated, rare TBB B329as, Pick 40s £2,000-£2,600
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, specimen 30 Escudos, 2 January 1959, serial number 0000000, Gastao Bessone Basto signature, large CANCELLED perforation, in PMG holder 65 EPQ, gem uncirculated TBB B330es, Pick 41s £300-£400
Hammer Price: £600
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, specimen 100 Escudos, 2 January 1959, serial number 0000000, Jose de Azeredo Perdigao signature, large CANCELLED perforation, in PMG holder 66 EPQ, gem uncirculated, with only three higher grades on the PMG population report TBB B332bs, Pick 43s £340-£420
Hammer Price: £900
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, specimen 300 Escudos, 2 January 1959, serial number 0000000, Luis Pereira Coutinho signature, large CANCELLED perforation, in PMG holder 64 EPQ, choice uncirculated TBB B333cs, Pick 44s £400-£500
Hammer Price: £1,000
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