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29 & 30 November 2023
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers’ archival specimen 500 Escudos, 1 November 1941, serial number range 120001 to 140000, Jose Gabriel Pinto Coelho signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, the seventh of 10 print runs for this issue BNU MZ90gs, Pick 87s £200-£260
Hammer Price: £180
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers’ archival specimen 500 Escudos, 1 November 1941, serial number range 140001 to 160000, Artur Meneses Correia de Sa Visconde de Merceana signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, the eighth of 10 print runs for this issue BNU MZ90hs, Pick 87s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers’ archival specimens for 500 Escudos (2), 1 November 1941, serial number ranges 160001 to 180000 and 180001 to 200000, Joao Baptista de Araujo and Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 64, choice uncirculated and 58, choice about uncirculated, the ninth and tenth of 10 print runs (2 notes) BNU MZ90is, js, Pick 87s £400-£500
Hammer Price: £340
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers’ archival specimens for 5 Escudos (2), 29 November 1945, serial number ranges 1130001 to 1450000 and 1460001 to 1780000, Joao Baptista de Araujo and Artur Meneses Correia de Sa Visconde de Merceana signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 64, choice uncirculated, the second and third of seven print runs (2 notes) BNU MZ97bs, cs, Pick 94s £200-£260
Hammer Price: £160
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers’ archival specimens for 5 Escudos (2), 29 November 1945, serial number ranges 1790001 to 2110000 and 2120001 to 2440000, Manuel Rodrigues Junior and Jose Gabriel Pinto Coelho signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 64, choice uncirculated, the fourth and fifth of seven print runs (2 notes) BNU MZ97ds, es, Pick 94s £200-£260
Hammer Price: £170
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers’ archival specimens for 5 Escudos (2), 29 November 1945, serial number ranges 245001 to 2775000 and 2785000 to 3110000, Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar and Francisco Jose Vieira Machado signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 64 and 63, choice uncirculated, the sixth and seventh of seven print runs (2 notes) BNU MZ97fs, gs, Pick 94s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers’ archival specimens for 500 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 260001 to 285000 and 285001 to 310000, Jose Gabriel Pinto Coelho and Joao Baptista de Araujo signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 58, choice about uncirculated and 64, choice uncirculated, the first and second of seven print runs, rare (2 notes) BNU MZ105as, bs, Pick 101s £360-£420
Hammer Price: £320
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers’ archival specimens for 500 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 310001 to 336000 and 336001 to 362000, Antonio Pedroso Pimenta and Artur Meneses Correia de Sa Visconde de Merceana signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 64, choice uncirculated, the third and fourth of seven print runs, rare (2 notes) BNU MZ105cs, ds, Pick 101s £360-£420
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers’ archival specimens for 500 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 362001 to 387000 and 387001 to 413000, Francisco Jose Vieria Machado and Francisco Pinto Castelo Branco signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 64, choice uncirculated, the fifth and sixth of seven print runs, rare (2 notes) BNU MZ105es, fs, Pick 101s £360-£420
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers’ archival specimen 500 Escudos, 27 March 1947, serial number range 413001 to 440000, Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, the final of seven print runs, rare BNU MZ105gs, Pick 101s £180-£220
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, proof 500 Escudos, ND (1953), no serial number or signature, ink annotations and date in top margin, in PMG holder 35, choice very fine BNU MZ109p, Pick 104p £50-£70
Hammer Price: £60
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, specimen 500 Escudos (4), 31 July 1953, serial number 000000, three of the four different signature varieties represented, all with red ESPECIME overprints and two cancellation holes, order numbers and dates in top margins, in PMG holders 40, 58, 55 and 58, extremely fine to choice about uncirculated (4 notes) BNU MZ109s, Pick 104s £200-£260
Hammer Price: £360
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, Bradbury Wilkinson archival photographs showing obverse and reverse (2) designs for the 500 Escudos of 1953, dated 16 December 1953, serial number 000000, with one of the reverses considerably different from the note issued, in PMG holders 65 EPQ, gem uncirculated, 63 and 64, choice uncirculated (3 photos) BNU MZ109ph1, ph2, Pick 104 for type £150-£200
Hammer Price: £150
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, colour trial 1000 Escudos, ND (1953), serial number 000000, red SPECIMEN overprint, two cancellation holes, in PMG holder 67 EPQ, superb gem uncirculated BNU MZ110ct, Pick 105cts £300-£400
Hammer Price: £300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, specimen 50 Escudos, 24 July 1958, serial number B0000000, red SPECIMEN overprint and De La Rue seals, two cancellation holes, also an issued note, serial number B5772472, in PMG holders 58 and 58 EPQ, choice about uncirculated (2 notes) BNU MZ111s,a, Pick 106s,a £60-£80
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, proofs for 100 Escudos (3), 27 March 1961, two fully printed, serial numbers C0123456 and C0789012, Gabriel Mauricio Texeira signature, last with only reverse fully printed and underprint only on obverse, with cancellation holes and perforations, printers annotations and signatures on both sides, in PMG holders 50, about uncirculated, 25, very fine and 40, extremely fine, rare, and this signatory only ever signed this note (3 notes) BNU MZ113s, Pick...
Hammer Price: £120
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, proofs for 100 Escudos (2), ND(1961), no signatures or serial numbers, first fully printed, second reverse fully printed and underprint only on obverse, perforated CANCELLED, ink and pencil annotations in margins, in PMG holders 45, choice extremely fine and 35, choice very fine (2 notes) BNU MZ113p, Pick 109p £80-£100
£80–£100
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, proofs for 100 Escudos (2), ND(1961), no signatures or serial numbers, first fully printed, second reverse fully printed and underprint only on obverse, ink and pencil annotations in margins, in PMG holders 55, about uncirculated (2 notes) BNU MZ113p, Pick 109p £100-£150
£100–£150
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, proofs for 100 Escudos (2), ND(1961), no signatures or serial numbers, first fully printed, second reverse fully printed and underprint only on obverse, second with single cancellation hole, ink and pencil annotations in margins, in PMG holders 63, choice uncirculated, and 35, choice very fine (2 notes) BNU MZ113p, Pick 109p £100-£150
Hammer Price: £90
Banco da Beira, a superb group of Bradbury Wilkinson obverse and reverse black and white photographs showing designs for 10 Centavos and 5 Libras Esterlinas, 1 November 0000 (1919), serial numbers 000000, first with a tear and stain, in PMG holders 62, 58, 63 and 63, totally different to the notes issued, unique and important (4 photos) Pick SR1, SR8 for notes issued £150-£200
Banco da Beira, a group of Bradbury Wilkinson obverse and reverse black and white photographs showing designs for 10 Centavos and 1/2 Libra Esterlina (2), 15 September 1919, serial numbers 0000000, several backed on board, in PMG holders 64, 65 EPQ, 63, 62, 65 EPQ and 63, uncirculated (6 photos) Pick SR3, R5 £200-£260
Banco da Beira, Bradbury Wilkinson obverse and reverse sepia photographs showing designs for 5 Libras Esterlinas, 15 September 1919, serial numbers 000000, in PMG holders 64 and 63, choice uncirculated, unique (2 photos) Pick SR8 £100-£150
Hammer Price: £80
Banco da Beira, Bradbury Wilkinson obverse and reverse black and white photographs showing designs for 20 Libras Esterlinas, 15 September 1919, serial numbers 000000, in PMG holders 64, 63, choice uncirculated, unique (2 photos) Pick SR10 £150-£200
Banco da Beira, Bradbury Wilkinson obverse and reverse black and white photographs showing designs for 1 Escudo, 15 September 1919, serial numbers 000000, backed on board, in PMG holders 64 EPQ and 64, choice uncirculated, unique (2 photos) Pick SR11Aph £100-£150
Companhia de Mocambique, specimen 10 Centavos (3), 20 October 1933, including two printers’ archival specimens for both print runs, 100001 to 200000 and 200001 to 300000, also an example without serial numbers, perforated CANCELLED, order numbers and dates inked in top margin, in PMG holders 63, 64 and 55, choice/about uncirculated (3 notes) Pick SR28s £200-£260
Companhia de Mocambique, specimen 1 Libra Esterlina, 15 March 1934, serial numbers 123456 and 789012, manuscript signature of the Administrador who signed the note, two cancellation holes, in PMG holder 40, extremely fine, extremely rare, probably unique Pick SR31s £150-£200
Companhia de Mocambique, stage proofs for 1 Libra Esterlina (5), 15 March 1934, no signatures or serial numbers, consisting of one obverse and one reverse die proof, and three different underprint proofs, ink annotations in margins, some mounting traces, in PMG holders 64, 62, 64, 63 and 63, choice uncirculated, extremely rare (5 notes) Pick SR31s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers’ archival specimen 1000 Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 495001 to 620000, Manuel Carlos de Freitas Alzina signature, ship seal type I, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, toning, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, very rare, this is the final print run for this ship seal BNU PG1os, Pick 1s £300-£400
£300–£400
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers’ archival specimen 1000 Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 770001 to 820000, Manuel Carlos de Freitas Alzina signature, ship seal type III, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, very rare, this being the last of only four print runs for type BNU PG2ds, Pick 1As £360-£420
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers’ archival specimen 5 Mil Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 40001 to 65000, Luis Diogo da Silva signature, ship seal type I, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, rare BNU PG5hs, Pick 3s £300-£400
Hammer Price: £280
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers’ archival specimen 10 Mil Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 7501 to 8166, Balthazar Freire Cabral signature, ship seal type I, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, by far the rarest signature type for issue BNU PG7es, Pick 4s £500-£700
Hammer Price: £480
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers’ archival specimen 20 Mil Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 8917 to 10250, 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, rare and striking BNU PG9is, Pick 5s £500-£700
Hammer Price: £460
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers’ archival specimen 50 Mil Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 3001 to 4000, Luis Diogo da Silva signature, ship seal type I, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, rare and striking BNU PG11es, Pick 5Bs £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £1,100
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, Bradbury Wilkinson archival photograph showing the obverse design for 50 Escudos, (14 September) 1937, serial number C000000, backed on board with ink date in margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, unique and the C prefix never used BNU PG33ph, Pick 23 for type £100-£150
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, Bradbury Wilkinson archival photographs showing obverse and reverse designs for 100 Escudos, (14 September) 1937, serial number D000000, coat of arms positioned differently from the issued note, backed on board with ink date in margin, in PMG holders 64, choice uncirculated, unique and the D prefix never used (2 photos) BNU PG34ph, Pick 24 for type £150-£200
£150–£200
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers’ archival specimen 5 Escudos, 16 November 1945, serial number range 1270001 to 1330000, Manuel Rodrigues Junior signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, scarce BNU PG38fs, Pick 27s £100-£150
Hammer Price: £100
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers’ archival specimen 5 Escudos, 16 November 1945, serial number range 1330001 to 1400000, Jose Gabriel Pinto Coelho signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, scarce and the final print run for this issue BNU PG38gs, Pick 27s £100-£150
Hammer Price: £130
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers’ archival specimen 100 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 080001 to 085000 and 085001 to 090000, Antonio Pedroso Pimenta and Joao Baptista de Araujo signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 50, about uncirculated and 40, extremely fine, the first and second of 14 print runs (2 notes) BNU PG45as, bs, Pick 35s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers’ archival specimen 100 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 090001 to 095000 and 095001 to 100000, Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar and Jose Gabriel Pinto Coelho signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margins, in PMG holders 40, extremely fine, and 55, about uncirculated, the third and fourth of 14 print runs (2 notes) BNU PG45cs, ds, Pick 35s £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
Hammer Price: £220
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