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24 & 25 November 2022
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 242,001 to 285,000 and 285,001 to 326,000, two different Administradors signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holders 58, choice about uncirculated and 64, choice uncirculated, the sixth and seventh of 14 print runs for this issue (2 notes) BNU PG44fs, PG44gs, Pick 34s £200-£260
Hammer Price: £280
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 326,001 to 360,000 and 360,001 to 400,000, two different Administradors signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holders 58 and 55, choice/about uncirculated, the eighth and ninth of 14 print runs for this issue (2 notes) BNU PG44hs, PG44is, Pick 34s £200-£260
Hammer Price: £260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 400,001 to 450,000 and 450,001 to 500,000, two different Administradors signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holders 58 and 55, choice/about uncirculated, the 10th and 11th of 14 print runs for this issue (2 notes) BNU PG44js, PG44ks, Pick 34s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos (2), 27 March 1947, serial number ranges 500,001 to 560,000 and 560,001 to 630,000, two different Administradors signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holders 58 and 55, choice/about uncirculated, the 12th and 13th of 14 print runs for this issue (2 notes) BNU PG44js, PG44ks, Pick 34s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos, 27 March 1947, serial number range 630,001 to 700,000, Artur Meneses Correia de Sa Visconde de Merceana signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated, the final of 14 print runs for this issue BNU PG44ns, Pick 34s £100-£150
Hammer Price: £130
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, proof 50 Escudos, 20 November 1958, serial numbers B123456 and B789012, Jose de Azeredo Perdigao signature, single cancellation hole, without security thread, in PMG holder 64 EPQ, choice uncirculated, very rare if not unique, and with serial numbers in different colour to that used on the issued note BNU PG47p1, Pick 37s £200-£260
Hammer Price: £320
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, proof 100 Escudos, 20 November 1958, serial numbers B123456 and B789012, Antonio Julio de Castro Fernandes signature, single cancellation hole, without security thread, in PMG holder 65 EPQ, gem uncirculated, the Decreto number is printed in black on the issued note, very rare and probably unique in this format BNU PG48p1, Pick 38s £300-£400
Hammer Price: £360
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, proof 500 Escudos, ND (1958), serial numbers B123456 and B789012, Antonio Julio de Castro Fernandes signature, single cancellation hole, without security thread, in PMG holder 50, about uncirculated, very rare BNU PG50p, Pick 39s £180-£240
Hammer Price: £240
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
Hammer Price: £220
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, colour trial 100 Escudos, ND (1971), serial number 000000, red SPECIMEN overprint, two cancellation holes, in PMG holder 67 EPQ, superb gem uncirculated, scarce, particularly in this exceptional grade BNU PG57ct, Pick 45cts £160-£220
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 10 Rupias, 1 January 1906, serial number range 105001 to 113333, ship seal Type I, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, a beautiful example of the much rarer issue with the first ship seal TBB B302s, Pick 16as £3,600-£4,200
Hammer Price: £4,800
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 1 Rupia, 1 October 1917, serial number range 100,001 to 300,000, ship seal Type II, CANCELLED perforation, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, extremely rare with only four archival specimens extant for this issue TBB B307as, Pick 21bs £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £12,000
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, obverse and reverse uniface colour trials for 50 Rupias, 1 January 1924, each with a section removed from left margin, along with the two removed sections, both of which are stuck to a sheet of paper addressed to Mr. Gough at the B.N.U. Nova Goa, with the note ‘These are approved colours for the Rs100’, and signed and dated 10 October 1942, notes with various pencil annotations, in PMG holders 63, choice uncirculated, previously mounted,...
Hammer Price: £22,000
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, uniface reverse colour trial/positional proof for 50 Rupias, ND (1 January 1924), ink annotation, pinholes, in PMG holder 64 choice uncirculated, rare TBB B316at4, Pick 28/34p2 £800-£1,200
Hammer Price: £1,800
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 5 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 250,001 to 400,000, Artur Meneses Correia de Sá – Visconde de Merceana signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, previously mounted, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, very scarce TBB B324bs, Pick 35s £700-£900
Hammer Price: £900
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 5 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 400,001 to 500,000, Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, previously mounted, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, very scarce TBB B324fs, Pick 35s £700-£900
Hammer Price: £1,100
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 10 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 100,001 to 150,000, Antonio Pedroso Pimenta signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, previously mounted, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, very scarce TBB B325gs, Pick 36s £700-£900
Hammer Price: £950
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 10 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 150,001 to 200,000, Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, previously mounted, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated, very scarce TBB B325fs, Pick 36s £500-£700
Hammer Price: £2,200
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 20 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 100,001 to 130,000, Jose Gabriel Pinto Coelho signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, previously mounted, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, very scarce TBB B326ds, Pick 37s £1,200-£1,600
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 20 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 130,001 to 160,000, Manuel Rodrigues Junior signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, previously mounted, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, very scarce TBB B326es, Pick 37s £1,200-£1,600
Hammer Price: £1,500
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 50 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 010,001 to 020,000, Manuel Rodrigues Junior signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, previously mounted, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, very scarce TBB B327es, Pick 38s £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £1,300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers archival specimen 20 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 020,001 to 030,000, Antonio Pedroso Pimenta signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, previously mounted, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, very scarce TBB B327gs, Pick 38s £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £1,600
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, colour trial 100 Rupias, ND (1945), red SPECIMEN overprint, two cancellation holes, in PMG holder 65 EPQ, gem uncirculated, very rare and in superb condition TBB B328t, Pick 39cts £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £2,000
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, obverse and reverse archival photographs showing the original designs for 100 Rupias, 29 November 1945, obverse with Arabic numeral in a triangle at lower right, different from issued note, laid on card with ink date 21 Jan ‘46, in a single PMG holder, unique and an important record (2 photos) TBB B328t, Pick 39cts £600-£800
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, specimen 100 Escudos, 2 January 1959, serial number 000000, Abel Beja Corte Real signature, black SPECIMEN overprint and De La Rue ovals, two cancellation holes, in PMG holder 66 EPQ, gem uncirculated TBB B332fs, Pick 43s £300-£400
Hammer Price: £650
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, specimen 1000 Escudos, 2 January 1959, serial number 000000, Abel Beja Corte Real signature, black SPECIMEN overprint and De La Rue ovals, two cancellation holes, in PMG holder 67 EPQ, gem uncirculated, this is the joint second highest in the PMG population report TBB B335fs, Pick 46s £600-£800
Hammer Price: £800
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, St Thomas & Prince, printers archival specimen 1000 Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 00001 to 08334, Balthazar Freire Cabral signature, perforated SPECIMEN, in PMG holder 66 EPQ, gem uncirculated, exceptional condition, the first print run for this issue and a considerably scarcer signature variety, a beautiful note BNU ST10as, Pick 7as £600-£800
£600–£800
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, St Thomas & Prince, printers archival specimen 5 Escudos, 1 January 1921, serial number range 068,001 to 140,000, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, the final print run for this issue, very scarce BNU ST31ds, Pick 21s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, St Thomas & Prince, printers archival specimen 10 Escudos, 1 January 1921, serial number range 040,001 to 060,000, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 66 EPQ, gem uncirculated, superb condition for type and the finest example graded by PMG BNU ST32bs, Pick 22s £360-£420
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, St Thomas & Prince, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos, 12 August 1946, serial number 000,001 to 020,000, Antonio Pedroso Pimenta signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, the first of 14 print runs for this issue BNU ST43as, Pick 33s £100-£150
Hammer Price: £110
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, St Thomas & Prince, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos (3), 12 August 1946, serial number ranges 020,001 to 025,000, 025,001 to 035,000 and 035,001 to 040,000, three different Administradors signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margin, in PMG holders 58, choice about uncirculated, 63 and 64, choice uncirculated, the second, third and fourth of 14 print runs for this issue (3 notes) BNU ST43bs-ST43ds, Pick 33s £300-£400
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, St Thomas & Prince, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos (2), 12 August 1946, serial number ranges 040,001 to 050,000 and 050,001 to 060,000, two different Administradors signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margin, in PMG holders 64 and 63, choice uncirculated, second with minor mounting traces, the fifth and sixth of 14 print runs for this issue (2 notes) BNU ST43es, ST43fs, Pick 33s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, St Thomas & Prince, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos (3), 12 August 1946, serial number ranges 060,001 to 065,000, 065,001 to 071,000 and 071,001 to 077,000, three different Administradors signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margin, in PMG holders 63, 64 and 64, choice uncirculated, the seventh, eighth and ninth of 14 print runs for this issue (3 notes) BNU ST43gs-ST43is, Pick 33s £300-£400
Hammer Price: £340
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, St Thomas & Prince, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos (2), 12 August 1946, serial number ranges 077,001 to 082,000 and 082,001 to 090,000, two different Administradors signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margin, in PMG holders 64, choice uncirculated, the 10th and 11th of 14 print runs for this issue (2 notes) BNU ST43js, ST43ks, Pick 33s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, St Thomas & Prince, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos, 12 August 1946, serial number range 090,001 to 095,000, Francisco Pinto Castelo Branco signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, the 12th of 14 print runs for this issue BNU ST43ls, Pick 33s £100-£150
Hammer Price: £100
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, St Thomas & Prince, printers archival specimen 50 Escudos (2), 12 August 1946, serial number ranges 095,001 to 100,000 and 100,001 to 125,000, both with Arthur Meneses Correia de Sa - Visconde de Merceana signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margin, in PMG holders 35, choice very fine and 40, extremely fine, the 13th and 14th of 14 print runs for this issue (2 notes) BNU ST43ms, ST43ns, Pick 33s £120-£160
Hammer Price: £140
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, St Thomas & Prince, 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, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holders 35, choice very fine, very rare (2 notes) BNU ST53p, Pick 40p £180-£240
Hammer Price: £190
Banco Nacional de S.Tome e Principe, printers archival specimens for 50, 100, 500 and 1000 Dobras, 12 July 1977, serial number ranges AC30000001 to AC4000000, AC5000001 to AC5750000, AC7000001 to AC7180000 and AC9000001 to AC9135000, Trovado and Correia signatures, order number and dates in top margins, in PMG holders 55, 55, 45 and 55, choice extremely fine to about uncirculated, an incredible set of notes, and some of the latest known archival specimens of this type for any country,...
Banco Nacional de S.Tome e Principe, printers archival specimens for 50, 100, 500 and 1000 Dobras, 30 September 1982, serial number ranges AC40000001 to AC4450000, AC5750001 to AC6298000, AC7180001 to AC7301800 and AC9135001 to AC9271800, Costa and Rita signatures, order number and dates in top margins, in PMG holders 55 NET, 63, 63 and 62 NET, about uncirculated to choice uncirculated, NET because of mounting traces and tape remnants on reverse, a remarkable set of notes, and some of the...
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Timor, proof 30 Escudos, ND (1959), no signatures, date or serial number, order number and date, along with the annotation ‘for colour only’ inked in top margin, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, very rare TBB B124p, Pick 22p £200-£260
Hammer Price: £180
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