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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, colour trial 100 Escudos, ND (1958), serial number 000000, red SPECIMEN overprint and two cancellation holes, specimen number 89 on reverse, in PMG holder 66 EPQ, gem uncirculated BNU CV63ct, Pick 49ct £120-£160
Hammer Price: £170
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, colour trial 500 Escudos, ND (1958), serial number 000000, red SPECIMEN overprint and two cancellation holes, specimen number 41 on reverse, in PMG holder 65 EPQ, gem uncirculated BNU CV64ct, Pick 50ct £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, 500 Escudos, 16 June 1958, serial number 281837, Abel Beja Corte Real signature, minor erasure, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated BNU CV64n, Pick 50 £150-£200
Hammer Price: £130
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
Hammer Price: £220
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, specimen 20 and 50 Escudos, 4 April 1972, serial numbers 000000, each with red ESPECIME overprint and two cancellation holes, order number and date inked in top margin, first extremely fine, second good extremely fine to about uncirculated, scarce (2 notes) BNU CV66s, CV67s, Pick 52s, 53s £100-£150
Hammer Price: £95
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Macau, colour trial 500 Patacas, ND (1958), serial number 000000, red SPECIMEN overprint, two cancellation holes, specimen number 29, in PMG holder 65 EPQ, gem uncirculated and very rare, with no others listed on the PMG population report TBB B049t, Pick 48cts £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £2,600
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Macau, colour trial 10 Patacas, ND (1963), serial number 000000, red SPECIMEN overprint, two cancellation holes, specimen number 2, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, scarce TBB B052t, Pick 50ct £400-£600
Hammer Price: £340
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Macau, specimen 10 Patacas, 8 August 1981, serial number CA00000, red SPECIMEN overprint, two cancellation holes, specimen number 8, in PMG holder 67 EPQ, superb gem uncirculated and scarce TBB B056as, Pick 59s £200-£260
Hammer Price: £180
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Macau, specimen 50 Patacas, 8 August 1981, serial number KA00000, red SPECIMEN overprint, two cancellation holes, specimen number 8, in PMG holder 64 EPQ, choice uncirculated and scarce TBB B057as, Pick 60s £200-£260
Hammer Price: £120
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, specimen 1000 Reis, 2 January 1908, serial number 00000 hand written in red ink, CANCELLED perforation, multiple pinholes in counterfoil, in PMG holder 25, very fine and exceptionally rare, only available as a specimen as the note was not printed until 1909, when the date was replaced and new specimens produced, it is believed this is the only copy to have survived BNU MZ24s2, Pick unlisted £800-£1,200
Hammer Price: £700
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, specimen 5 Mil Reis, 2 January 1908, no serial number, Alfredo Mendes da Silva signature, perforated SPECIMEN, in PMG holder 66 EPQ, gem uncirculated and truly remarkable note, with only two examples known for this 1908 type, particularly with this signature which was not used on the later 1909 series BNU MZ26s3, Pick 31s £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £800
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 1000 Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 183334 to 216667, Luis Diogo da Silva signature, Ship seal Type I, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, very scarce BNU MZ30gs, Pick 32s £240-£300
Hammer Price: £260
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, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 10 Mil Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 70001 to 77500, Luis Diogo da Silva signature, Ship seal Type I, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, light mounting traces in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, very scarce and one of several print runs of this series to be sunk by German forces on its way to Mozambique, meaning several orders had to be reprinted (see next lot) BNU MZ36is, Pick 38s ...
Hammer Price: £460
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 10 Mil Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 70001 to 77500, Luis Diogo da Silva signature, Ship seal Type I, perforated CANCELLED, annotation in margin reads ‘Reprint originals sunk by Germans’, light mounting traces, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, very scarce and a specimen for the replacement print run which had been destroyed in late 1915 or early 1916 (see previous lot) BNU MZ36js, Pick 38s £500-£700
Hammer Price: £480
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 20 Mil Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 35001 to 38333, Balthazar Freire Cabral signature, Ship seal Type I, perforated SPECIMEN, light mounting traces, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated and this signature much rarer, as it was used on only two of the 21 print runs for this type BNU MZ38ds, Pick 40s £500-£700
Hammer Price: £500
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 50 Mil Reis, 1 March 1909, serial number range 7501 to 9000, Manuel Carlos de Freitas Alzina signature, Ship seal Type I, perforated SPECIMEN, light mounting traces, small tear in counterfoil, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated and very scarce BNU MZ40fs, Pick 42s £600-£800
Hammer Price: £650
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, specimen 1 Libre Esterlina, 2 January 1908, hand written serial number 00000 in red ink, perforated SPECIMEN, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated and exceptionally rare, the 1908 date only available as a specimen and this almost certainly the only copy known BNU MZ42s2, Pick unlisted £1,000-£1,500
£1,000–£1,500
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 5 Libras Esterlinas, 1 March 1909, serial number range 0001 to 1000, Joao Albino de Sousa Rodrigues signature, Ship seal Type I, perforated SPECIMEN, order date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 45, choice extremely fine, this is the first print run for this note and the only one to bear this signature, very rare BNU MZ46as, Pick 46s £600-£800
Hammer Price: £550
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 20 Centavos, 5 November 1914, serial number range 1,276,001 to 1,330,000, Ship seal Type II, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, extremely minor evidence of mounting, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated and rare BNU MZ54cs, Pick 54s £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
Hammer Price: £200
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 20 Escudos, 1 January 1921, serial number range to 400,001 to 538,000, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, the third of only five print runs without Decreto number BNU MZ70cs, Pick 70s £240-£300
Hammer Price: £280
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 20 Escudos, 1 January 1921, serial number range to 538,001 to 788,000, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, the fourth of only five print runs without Decreto number BNU MZ70ds, Pick 70s £240-£300
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 20 Escudos, 1 January 1921, serial number range 788,001 to 888,000, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 45, choice extremely fine and scarce, the last of only five print runs without Decreto number BNU MZ70es, Pick 70s £120-£160
Hammer Price: £190
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, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos, 11 January 1938, serial number range 000,001 to 300,000, Artur Meneses Correia de Sa Visconde de Merceana signature, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, light mounting traces, one pair of staple holes at far left, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, one of only eight known archival specimens, rare BNU MZ79s1, Pick 76s £300-£400
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, obverse and reverse die proofs for 1000 Escudos, ND (1941), in brown, as issued, with types annotations in top margins, mounting traces, obverse about uncirculated, reverse extremely fine, very rare (2 notes) BNU MZ82dp1, Pick 79p £300-£400
£300–£400
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, specimen 2 1/2 Escudos, 1 August 1941, serial number A0000000, red SPECIMEN overprint, black De La Rue seal, specimen number 38, in PMG holder 64 EPQ, choice uncirculated and scarce BNU MZ85sp, Pick 82s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 5 Escudos, 15 April 1943, serial number range 320,001 to 470,000, Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, light mounting traces, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, very scarce BNU MZ92cs, Pick 89s £150-£200
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 5 Escudos, 15 April 1943, serial number range 480,001 to 630,000, Joao Baptista de Araujo signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, light mounting traces, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, very scarce BNU MZ92ds, Pick 89s £150-£200
Hammer Price: £160
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 5 Escudos, 15 April 1943, serial number range 630,001 to 790,000, 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, very scarce BNU MZ92es, Pick 89s £150-£200
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos, 29 November 1945, serial number range 800,001 to 880,000, Joao Baptista de Araujo signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated and rare, the first of seven print runs for this date and the break note between the 1943 and 1945 issues BNU MZ101as, Pick 97s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos, 29 November 1945, serial number range 880,001 to 950,000, Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated and rare, the second of seven print runs for this date BNU MZ101bs, Pick 97s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos (2), 29 November 1945, serial number ranges 950,001 to 1,010,000 and 1,010,001 to 1,060,000, Jose Gabriel Pinto Coelho and Franciso Jose Vieira Machado signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margin, in PMG holders 64, choice uncirculated and rare, the third and fourth of seven print runs for this date (2 notes) BNU MZ101cs, MZ101ds, Pick 97s £400-£500
Hammer Price: £360
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos (2), 29 November 1945, serial number ranges 1,060,001 to 1,150,000, and 1,150,001 to 1,230,000, Manuel Rodrigues Junior and Antonio Pedroso Pimenta signatures, perforated SPECIMEN, order numbers and dates inked in top margin, in PMG holders 58, choice about uncirculated and 64, choice uncirculated, rare, the fifth and sixth of seven print runs for this date (2 notes) BNU MZ101es, MZ101fs, Pick 97s £400-£500
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printers archival specimen 100 Escudos, 29 November 1945, serial number range 1,230,001 to 1,300,000, 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 and rare, the last of seven print runs for this date and the break note between the 1945 and 1947 issues BNU MZ101gs, Pick 97s £200-£260
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, 100 Escudos, 16 February 1950, serial number 300150, Antonio Pedroso Pimenta signature, in PMG holder 30, very fine, quite scarce and a nice number BNU MZ108b, Pick 103 £120-£160
Hammer Price: £100
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, colour trial 1000 Escudos, ND (1953), serial number 000000, small red SPECIMEN overprint, two cancellation holes, specimen number 53 on reverse, uncirculated and quite scarce BNU MZ110ct, Pick 105ct £120-£160
Hammer Price: £320
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, colour trial 100 Escudos, ND (1961), serial number C0000000, small red SPECIMEN overprint, two cancellation holes, specimen number 46 on reverse, uncirculated BNU MZ113ct1, Pick 109ct £80-£120
Hammer Price: £110
Banco da Beira, obverse and reverse die proofs for 10 Libras Esterlinas, 15 September 1919 written in ink, and with signatures cut out and pasted on, several ink and pencil annotations on both sides, in PMG holders 35, choice very fine and 50, about uncirculated, extremely rare, if not unique (2 notes) Pick SR10p £400-£500
£400–£500
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