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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Angola, printers archival specimen 50 Mil Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 17001 to 27000, Luis Diogo da Silva signature, ship seal Type III, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, rare, this being the first of only four print runs and eight specimens produced for this type, and issued notes effectively impossible to obtain BNU AN28as, Pick 38s £600-£800
Hammer Price: £650
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Angola, printers archival specimen 50 Centavos, 5 November 1914, serial number range 3830001 to 4430000, ship seal Type III, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, extremely rare, with only four specimens ever made for this type BNU AN40bs, Pick 46s £200-£260
Hammer Price: £260
Banco de Angola, specimen 500 Angolares, 1 June 1927, serial number 2H00000, hollow black SPECIMEN overprint and five cancellation holes, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, an exceptional example of a beautiful note with stunning De La Rue engraving BNB B406as, Pick 76s £1,800-£2,400
Hammer Price: £1,900
Banco de Angola, obverse and reverse hand painted designs for the 50 Angolares of 1944, sketched in pencil and painted with water-colour paints, on thin card backed on board, in non-numeric PMG holders, as produced, unique (2 essays) BNB B410a, Pick 80 for type £700-£900
Hammer Price: £800
Banco de Angola, obverse and reverse monochrome photographs showing designs for the 50 Angolares of 1944, backed on card with dates in ink, in PMG holders 62 NET, uncirculated with tape repair and 64, choice circulated, extremely rare and an important record (2 photos) BNB B410a, Pick 80 for type £100-£150
Hammer Price: £100
Banco de Angola, obverse and reverse monochrome photographs showing unadopted designs for a 20 Angolares of 1 January 1955, in PMG holders 64 and 63, choice uncirculated, extremely rare if not unique and an important record of a Bradbury Wilkinson design for a note actually printed by De La Rue (2 photos) BNB B413, Pick 87 for design chosen instead £100-£150
Hammer Price: £200
Banco de Angola, obverse and reverse monochrome photographs showing unadopted designs for a 50 Angolares of ND (1956), official De La Rue stamps on reverse with the date 15 June 1955, obverse image very different to the one chosen for issue, in PMG holders 66 EPQ, gem uncirculated, extremely rare if not unique and an important record (2 photos) BNB B414, Pick 88 for design chosen instead £100-£150
Hammer Price: £220
Republica Portuguesa, Angola, 50 Centavos, 1921, serial number B151999, nicely embossed and with no major folds, but thinning to right margin and corner bends, thus good extremely fine to about uncirculated Pick 62 £70-£90
Hammer Price: £70
Republica Portuguesa, Angola, specimen 50 Centavos, 1923, serial number A/2 0000000, and original and fresh good very fine and a scarce note Pick 63s £300-£400
Hammer Price: £300
Banco de Angola, a group of archival photographs showing obverse (3) and reverse (2) designs for the 500 Escudos eventually issued in 1973, though these are either undated, or dated 1972, the first pair features Carmona, as with the previous issue, the others feature Camoes like the notes actually issued, all backed on card with ink dates, as produced, likely unique (5 photos) BNB B431a, Pick 107 for similar £200-£260
Banco de Angola, colour trial proofs for 500 Escudos (2), 10 June 1973, serial numbers A/1 000000, red SPECIMEN overprints and two cancellation holes, with archival annotations in margin and one with ‘approved’ signature in watermark area, serial numbers printed onto acetate and attached to notes, about uncirculated and extremely rare (2 notes) BNB B431at, Pick 107t £200-£260
Banco de Angola, colour trial proof for 500 Escudos, 10 June 1973, serial number BC00000, red SPECIMEN overprints and two cancellation holes, also underprint stage proofs (4) for the same note, uncirculated and very rare (5 notes) BNB B431at, Pick 107t £150-£200
Hammer Price: £150
Banco de Angola, specimens for 500 Escudos (3), 10 June 1973, serial number BC00000, first two with red SPECIMEN overprints and two cancellation holes, all with archival annotations, two with signatures in watermark area, first two about uncirculated, last very fine, very rare (3 notes) BNB B431as, Pick 107s £180-£240
Banco Nacional de Angola, a full set of specimens for the 4 February 1991 issue comprising 100, 500, 1000, 5000, 10000, 50000 (2, both types), 100000 and 500000 Kwanzas, generally with the first prefixes for type and zero serial numbers, most with red SPECIMEN overprints, De La Rue seals and two cancellation holes, some archival annotations, some mounting traces, generally either about uncirculated or uncirculated and rare (9 notes) BNB B517as, B519as-B525as, Pick 126s, 128s-134s £180-£240
Hammer Price: £500
Banco Nacional de Angola, a group of specimens for the 4 February 1991 issue comprising 500, 1000, 5000, 10000, 100000 and 500000 Kwanzas, zero serial numbers, red SPECIMEN overprints, De La Rue seals and two cancellation holes, some archival annotations, some mounting traces, generally either about uncirculated or uncirculated and rare (6 notes) BNB B519as-B522as, B524as-B525as, Pick 126s-134s £120-£160
Hammer Price: £360
Banco Nacional de Angola, a group of specimens for the 4 February 1991 issue comprising 1000, 5000 (2) and 500000 Kwanzas, zero serial numbers, red SPECIMEN overprints, De La Rue seals and two cancellation holes, some archival annotations, some mounting traces, generally either about uncirculated or uncirculated and rare (4 notes) BNB B520as, B521as, B525as, Pick 127s, 128s, 134s £80-£100
Banco Nacional de Angola, specimen 500 Kwanzas rejustados, 14 August 1995, serial number KT0000000, printers annotations, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, very rare and in fact one of only two examples known BNB B525.5, Pick unlisted £800-£1,000
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers archival specimen 50 Mil Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 4501 to 7000, Manuel Carlos de Freitas Alzina signature, ship seal Type III, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, extremely rare, this being one of only 8 specimens produced for this second ship seal BNU CV16bs, Pick 9bs £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £700
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, 4 Centavos (3), 5 November 1914, serial numbers 0,358,127 and 0,358,128 and 0,358,158, nice original paper, in PMG holders 40, 45 and 35, extremely fine, choice extremely fine and good very fine, quite scarce in this grade (3 notes) BNU CV17a, Pick 10 £300-£400
Hammer Price: £460
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos, 1 January 1921, serial number range 016001 to 027000, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated BNU CV45cs, Pick 38s £400-£500
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, colour trial 5 Escudos, ND (1945), no serial numbers, red SPECIMEN overprint and two cancellation holes, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, rare and attractive BNU CV55cts, Pick 41cts £400-£500
£400–£500
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, obverse die proof for 20 Escudos, ND (1945), no serial number, typed printers annotations in margin, mounting traces, in PMG holder 62, uncirculated BNU CV57dp, Pick 43p1 £120-£160
£120–£160
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen 20 Escudos, 16 November 1945, no serial number, Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar signature, red ESPECIME overprint and two cancellation holes, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 35, choice very fine BNU CV57s, Pick 43s £60-£80
Hammer Price: £65
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, obverse and reverse archival photographs showing the original designs for 50 Escudos, 16 November 1945, serial number 000000, in PMG holders 64, choice uncirculated (2 photos) BNU CV58ph, Pick 44 for type £60-£80
Hammer Price: £50
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, die proof 50 Escudos, ND (1945), no serial number, previously mounted, typed annotations in top margin, in PMG holder 50 NET, about uncirculated BNU CV58dp, Pick 44p1 £120-£160
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen 50 Escudos, 16 November 1945, no serial number, Antonio Pedroso Pimenta signature, red ESPECIME overprint and two cancellation holes, in PMG holder 40, extremely fine BNU CV58s, Pick 44s £100-£150
Hammer Price: £190
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, obverse and reverse archival photographs showing design for the 100 Escudos of 16 November 1945, serial number 000000, backed on card with ink date ‘Jan 46’, in PMG holders 63 and 65 EPQ, choice/gem uncirculated (2 photographs) BNU CV59ph, Pick 45 for type £80-£100
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos (3), 16 November 1945, serial number ranges 030001 to 045000, 045001 to 060000 and 060001 to 070000, Manuel Rodrigues Junior, Francisco Jose Vieira Machado and Joao Baptista de Araujo signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 45, 40 and 53, extremely fine to about uncirculated, the fourth, fifth and sixth print runs for this issue, very scarce (3 notes) BNU...
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers archival specimen 500 Escudos (2), 16 November 1945, serial number ranges 000001 to 005000 and 005001 to 010000, Manuel Rodrigues Junior and Francisco Jose Vieira Machado signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margin, in PMG holders 55 and 63, about/choice uncirculated, the first and second of 11 print runs for this issue (2 notes) BNU CV60as, bs, Pick 46s £600-£800
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers archival specimen 500 Escudos (3), 16 November 1945, serial number ranges 010001 to 015000, 015001 to 020000 and 020001 to 021470, Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar, Joao Baptista de Araujo and Jose Gabriel Pinto Coehlo signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margin, in PMG holders 64, choice uncirculated, the third, fourth and fifth of 11 print runs for this issue (3 notes) BNU CV60cs, ds, es, Pick 46s ...
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers archival specimen 500 Escudos (3), 16 November 1945, serial number ranges 021471 to 022880, 022881 to 024300 and 024301 to 025700, Artur Meneses Correia de Sa - Visconde de Merceana, Antonio Pedroso Pimenta and Franciso Pinto Castelo Branco signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margin, in PMG holders 58, 58 and 64, choice about uncirculated to choice uncirculated, the sixth, seventh and eighth of 11 print runs...
£800–£1,000
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers archival specimen 500 Escudos, 16 November 1945, serial number range 025701 to 027120, Francisco Jose Vieira Machado signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, the ninth of 11 print runs for this issue BNU CV60is, Pick 46s £300-£400
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers archival specimen 500 Escudos, 16 November 1945, serial number range 027121 to 028600, Joao Baptista de Araujo signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, the 10th of 11 print runs for this issue BNU CV60js, Pick 46s £260-£320
£260–£320
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers archival specimen 500 Escudos, 16 November 1945, serial number range 028601 to 030000, Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, the last of 11 print runs for this issue BNU CV60ks, Pick 46s £300-£400
£300–£400
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, an engraved portrait of Bartholomeu Dias, as used on the 1945 series, hand signed for approval by Manuel Rodrigues Junior, Administrador for the BNU between 1940 and 1946, along with the original envelope detailing what the engraving is for, as produced, extremely rare and attractive (2 items) BNU CV55-CV56 £150-£200
Hammer Price: £140
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen proof 20 Escudos, 16 June 1958, serial numbers 123456 and 789012, one cancellation hole, typed and manuscript annotations in margins, considerable smudging of the green ink used for printing, in PMG holder 35, choice very fine, extremely rare and probably unique BNU CV61p, Pick 47sp £100-£150
Hammer Price: £80
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, 20 Escudos, 16 June 1958, serial number 082534, Artur Meneses Correia de Sa - Visconde de Merceana signature, in PMG holder 66 EPQ, gem uncirculated BNU CV61a, Pick 47 £100-£150
Hammer Price: £95
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen proof 100 Escudos, 16 June 1958, serial numbers 123456 and 789012, one cancellation hole, pinholes, typed and manuscript annotations in margins, some smudging of the red ink used for printing, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, extremely rare and probably unique BNU CV63p, Pick 49sp £120-£160
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, 100 Escudos, 16 June 1958, serial number 597024, Gastao Bessone Basto signature, in PMG holder 66 EPQ, gem uncirculated, scarce in this grade BNU CV63k, Pick 49a £120-£160
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