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29 & 30 November 2023
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers’ archival specimens for 50 Escudos (3), 16 June 1958, serial number ranges 000001 to 080000, 080001 to 165000 and 165001 to 250000, Jose de Azeredo Perdigao, Gastao Bessone Basto and Artur Meneses Correia de Sa - Visconde de Merceana signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 55, 63 and 58, about uncirculated to choice uncirculated, the first, second and third of only six print runs (3...
Hammer Price: £200
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers’ archival specimens for 50 Escudos (3), 16 June 1958, serial number ranges 250001 to 330000, 330001 to 410000 and 410001 to 500000, Abel Beja Corte Real, Luis Pereira Coutinho and Antonio Julio de Castro Fernandes signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 58, 55 and 58, choice/about uncirculated the fourth, fifth and sixth of only six print runs (3 notes) BNU CV62ds-fs, Pick 48s £240-£300
26 & 27 May 2022
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, St Thomas & Prince, colour trial 20 Escudos, ND (1946), no signatures or serial number, red SPECIMEN overprint and two small cancellation holes, in PMG holder 50, about uncirculated, about uncirculated and rare BNU ST42ct, Pick 32ct £240-£300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Angola, obverse and reverse Bradbury Wilkinson photographs showing unissued designs for 2500 Reis, ND (1907), serial number 000000, in the style of the Portuguese India notes issued in the previous year, backed on card, with annotations noting the colours to be used, in PMG holders 63 and 64, choice uncirculated, unique and important (2 photos) BNU ANA1, BNB and Pick unlisted £300-£400
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Angola, obverse and reverse Bradbury Wilkinson photographs showing unissued designs for 10 Mil Reis, ND (1907), serial number 000000, in the style of the Portuguese India notes issued in the previous year, backed on card, with annotations noting the colours to be used, in PMG holders 63 and 64, choice uncirculated, unique and important (2 photos) BNU ANA3, BNB and Pick unlisted £360-£420
31 May & 1 June 2023
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, colour trial 500 Escudos, 29 June 1971, serial number 000000, Abel Beja Corte Real signature, single cancellation hole, annotated ‘COLOUR NOT APPROVED’ with dates in top margins, in PMG holder 58 EPQ, choice about uncirculated, probably a unique example of this design in this colour BNU CV65ct2, Pick 53Act £240-£300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Angola, obverse and reverse Bradbury Wilkinson photographs showing unissued designs for 20 Mil Reis, ND (1907), serial number 000000, in the style of the Portuguese India notes issued in the previous year, in PMG holders 63, choice uncirculated, unique and important (2 photos) BNU ANA4, BNB and Pick unlisted £360-£420
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers’ archival specimen 1000 Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 800001 to 850000, Manuel Carlos de Freitas Alzina signature, ship seal type I, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated BNU MZ30us, Pick 32s £240-£300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers’ archival specimen 1000 Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 900001 to 950000, Manuel Carlos de Freitas Alzina signature, ship seal type I, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated BNU MZ30ws, Pick 32s £240-£300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 5 Escudos, 1 January 1921, serial number range 080001 to 088000, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated BNU PG26bs, Pick 14s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 20 Escudos, 1 January 1921, serial number range 100,001 to 400,000, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated and scarce, the second of only five print runs without Decreto number BNU MZ70bs, Pick 70s £150-£200
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Timor, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos (2), 25 April 1963, serial number ranges 180001 to 310000 and 310001 to 440000, Abel Beja Corte Real and Antonio Julio de Castro Fernandes signatures, previously mounted, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 63, choice uncirculated, very scarce (2 notes) TBB B130ds, bs, Pick 28s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Timor, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos (2), 25 April 1963, serial number ranges 440001 to 570000 and 570001 to 700000, Luis Pereira Coutinho and Pedro de Mascarenhas Gaivao signatures, previously mounted, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 64 and 63, choice uncirculated, very scarce (2 notes) TBB B130as, fs, Pick 28s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 20 Escudos, 1 January 1921, serial number range A000,001 to A365,000, Decreto No. 17.154 at top left, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated and the only print run to feature a prefix letter and Decreto number, thus extremely rare as a specimen BNU MZ70fs, Pick 70s £240-£300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Timor, colour trial 1000 Escudos, 21 March 1968, serial number 000000, Luis Esteves Fernandes signature, red SPECIMEN overprint and two cancellation holes, in PMG holder 64 EPQ, choice uncirculated, very scarce TBB B132et, Pick 30cts £200-£260
Hammer Price: £220
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 1000 Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 116668 to 150000, Manuel Carlos de Freitas Alzina signature, ship seal Type I, perforated SPECIMEN, order number inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated BNU MZ30es, Pick 32s £240-£300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos, 16 November 1945, serial number range 130001 to 140000, Antonio Pedroso Pimenta signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated, extremely rare, this being the third and final of only three print runs BNU PG41cs, Pick 30s £220-£280
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, specimen 20 Escudos, 27 March 1947, no serial number, Jose Gabriel Pinto Coehlo, red ESPECIME overprint, two cancellation holes, order number and date inked in top margins, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated BNU PG43s, Pick 33s £80-£100
24 & 25 November 2022
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, colour trial 500 Escudos, ND (1953), serial number 000000, red SPECIMEN overprint, two cancellation holes, specimen number 83 on reverse, in PMG holder 65 EPQ, gem uncirculated BNU MZ109ct, Pick 104cts £150-£200
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, St Thomas & Prince, printers’ archival specimen 50 Centavos, 5 November 1914, serial number range 2750001 to 3050000, ship seal type II, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated BNU ST27as, Pick 15s £220-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Angola, specimen 2 1/2 Escudos, 1 January 1921, no serial number, perforated CANCELLED, red SPECIMEN overprint and De La Rue seal, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, very scarce, the only note in this series printed by De La Rue, the finest of only three examples graded by PMG BNU AN52s, Pick 56s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 10 Escudos (2), 1 September 1941, serial number ranges B1900001 to B1950000 and B2050000 to B2100000, Jose Gaxbriel Pinto Coelho and Artur Meneses Correia de Sa Visconde de Merceana signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 63, choice uncirculated, the 13th and 14th print runs for this issue (2 notes) BNU MZ87ms, ns, Pick 84s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 10 Escudos (2), 1 September 1941, serial number ranges B2200001 tp B2250000 and B2350001 to B2400000, Joao Baptista de Araujo and Jose Gaxbriel Pinto Coelho signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 64 and 63, choice uncirculated, the 15th and 16th print runs for this issue (2 notes) BNU MZ87os, ps, Pick 84s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, St Thomas & Prince, colour trial 500 Escudos, 18 April 1956, serial number 000000, Artur Meneses Correia de Sa - Visconde de Merceana signature, red SPECIMEN overprint and two cancellation holes, in PMG holder 67 EPQ, superb gem uncirculated, a wonderful example BNU ST52ct, Pick 39ct £150-£200
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, proof 1 Escudo, 1 January 1921, no serial number, perforated CANCELLED, with official bank handstamp and manuscript ‘approved’ with a signature, in PMG holder 35, choice very fine BNU CV39p, Pick 32s £100-£150
Banco de Angola, obverse and reverse photographs showing initial designs for 50 Angolares, 1 May 1927, serial number 000,000, both sides similar in feel but almost entirely different in design from the note actually issued, the only similarity being the portrait of Salvador Correia, here featured on the right side, laid down on board, retaining excellent clarity, in PMG holders 58 and 64, choice about uncirculated and choice uncirculated respectively, unique and important (2...
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Timor, printers’ archival specimen 100 Escudos, 2 January 1959, serial number range 000001 to 035000, Jose de Azeredo Perdigao signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated, the first print run for this issue, rare BNB B126bs, Pick 24as £150-£200
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
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers’ archival specimen 100 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 100001 to 121500 and 121501 to 143000, Artur Meneses Correia de Sa Visconde de Merceana and Francisco Jose Vieira Machado signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 55 and 58, choice/about uncirculated, the fifth and sixth of 14 print runs (2 notes) BNU PG45es, fs, Pick 35s £240-£300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, specimen 1000 Escudos, 31 July 1953, serial number 000000, Antonio Pedroso Pimenta signature, red ESPECIME overprint and two cancellation holes, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 50, about uncirculated, very scarce BNU MZ110s, Pick 105s £80-£100
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 1000 Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 250001 to 283333, Balthazar Freire Cabral signature, ship seal Type I, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated and a scarcer signature variety BNU MZ30is, Pick 32s £240-£300
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
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, Cape Verde, pair of proofs for 500 Escudos (2), ND (1971), first fully printed on both sides, second with only underprint on obverse, neither with signatures or serial numbers, both with pen and pencil annotations in margins, in PMG holders 63, choice uncirculated and 45, choice extremely fine, quite probably a unique pair (2 notes) BNU CV65p, Pick 53Ap £240-£300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, St Thomas & Prince, printers archival specimen 1000 Escudos (3), 11 May 1964, serial number ranges 017001 to 020000, 022501 to 025000 and 027501 to 030000, first and last with Pedro de Mascarenhas Gaivao signature, second with Antonio Julio de Castro Fernandes signature, first perforated SPECIMEN, others with single cancellation hole, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, second with internal slit, third with significant mounting remnants, in PMG holders...
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 1000 Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 216668 to 250000, Manuel Carlos de Freitas Alzina signature, Ship seal Type I, perforated SPECIMEN, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, a lovely example BNU MZ30hs, Pick 32s £200-£260
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, with security thread, in PMG holder 66 EPQ, gem uncirculated, scarce and a superb example BNU PG53ct, Pick 41cts £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers’ archival specimen 100 Escudos (2), 30 June 1964, serial number ranges C480001 to C590000 and C590001 to C700000, Gastao Bessone Basto and Luis Pereira Coutinho signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and date inked in top margin, in PMG holders 53, about uncirculated and 45, choice extremely fine, the fifth and sixth of only six print runs (2 notes) BNU PG53es, fs, Pick 41s £260-£320
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 1000 Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 70001 to 95000, Luis Diogo da Silva signature, ship seal Type I, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, very scarce BNU PG1hs, Pick 1s £260-£320
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers’ archival specimen 1000 Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 600001 to 650000, Manuel Carlos de Freitas Alzina signature, ship seal type I, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated BNU MZ30qs, Pick 32s £240-£300
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