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Click here to subscribeBanco 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
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
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers’ archival specimen 500 Escudos, 20 November 1958, serial number range B000001 to B008000, Jose de Azeredo Perdigao signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated, rare, the first of only six print runs BNU PG50as, Pick 39s £160-£220
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers’ archival specimen 500 Escudos, 20 November 1958, serial number range B008001 to B020000, Luis Pereira Coutinho signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated, rare, the second of only six print runs BNU PG50bs, Pick 39s £160-£220
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers’ archival specimen 500 Escudos, 20 November 1958, serial number range B020001 to B030000, 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, rare, the third of only six print runs BNU PG50cs, Pick 39s £160-£220
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers’ archival specimen 500 Escudos, 20 November 1958, serial number range B030001 to B038000, Gastao Bessone Basto signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, rare, the fourth of only six print runs BNU PG50ds, Pick 39s £160-£220
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers’ archival specimen 500 Escudos, 20 November 1958, serial number range B038001 to B045000, Antonio Julio de Castro Fernandes signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, rare, the fifth of only six print runs BNU PG50es, Pick 39s £160-£220
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printers’ archival specimen 500 Escudos, 20 November 1958, serial number range B045001 to B050000, Abel Beja Corte Real signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, small piece missing, in PMG holder 62, uncirculated, rare, the final of only six print runs BNU PG50fs, Pick 39s £140-£180
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers’ archival specimen 5 Rupias, 1 January 1906, serial number range 300001 to 310000, Alfredo Mendes da Silva signature, ship seal type III, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, previously mounted, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, very rare BNB B301es, Pick 15bs £3,000-£4,000
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers’ archival specimen 10 Rupias, 1 January 1906, serial number range 160001 to 170000, Alfredo Mendes da Silva signature, ship seal type III, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 65 EPQ, gem uncirculated, extremely rare, this being one of only six archival specimens ever made for this ship seal, in addition to being the finest example graded by PMG, superb BNB B302es, Pick 16bs £4,000-£5,000
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, colour trial 2 1/2 Rupias, 1 October 1917, no serial number, Manuel Carlos de Freitas Alzina signature, ship seal type III, single small cancellation hole, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated, extremely rare, this being the first time an example has come up for auction in almost a decade BNB B310at3, Pick 22Act £4,000-£5,000
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, specimen 100 Rupias, 29 November 1945, no serial number, Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar signature, red ESPECIME overprint, two cancellation holes, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, rare BNB B328fs, Pick 39s £1,000-£1,500
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers’ archival specimen 50 Rupias, 29 November 1945, serial number range 012001 to 014000, Francisco Jose Vieira Machado signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, mounting traces, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, rare BNB B329as, Pick 40s £2,000-£2,600
Banco de Angola, proofs for 100 Escudos (3), 10 June 1973, serial numbers A00000, Oliviera and Miranda signatures, each with a cancellation hole, two with manuscript signatures, including that of Oliviera, the Governor of the bank, first about uncirculated, second extremely fine, last very fine, rare (3 notes) BNB B430p, Pick 106p £100-£150
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, specimen 300 Escudos, 2 January 1959, serial number 000000, Abel Beja Corte Real signature, black SPECIMEN overprint and De La Rue seals, two cancellation holes, in PMG holder 68 EPQ, superb gem uncirculated, rare in this grade and the joint highest graded by PMG BNB B333fs, Pick 44s £500-£700
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, Timor, printers’ archival specimen 100 Escudos, 2 January 1959, serial number range 035001 to 060000, Gastao Bessone Basto signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated, the second print run for this issue, rare BNB B126es, Pick 24as £150-£200
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Timor, printers’ archival specimen 100 Escudos, 2 January 1959, serial number range 060001 to 100000, Antonio Julio de Castro Fernandes signature, perforated SPECIMEN, order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 55, about uncirculated, the third print run for this issue, rare BNB B126ds, Pick 24as £150-£200
Colonial Bank, Barbados, specimen $5, Bridgetown, ND (ca 1907), serial number A000000, reverse green, a Perkins Bacon engraving, black SPECIMEN hand-stamp and three cancellation holes, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, very rare and a handsome example and the only example graded on the PMG population report Pick S141s £3,000-£4,000
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, reverse Bradbury Wilkinson archival photograph showing a design for 20 Centavos, ND (1914), backed on card, date in top margin, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, extremely rare and with the addition of an S.Thiago overprint that was not used on the issued notes BNU CV19ph, Pick 12A for type £80-£100 --- This is the BNU plate note.
Government of Brunei, black and white printers’ proof for an obverse of 5 Ringgit, dated 1995, Bolkiah signature and an obverse and reverse for the $100 of 1996, with element of the design slightly different to the issued note, on photographic like paper, uncirculated, interesting and rare (3 pieces) BNB B114dp, B126p, Pick 14p, 26p £200-£300
Bulgarian National Bank, a set of watermarked papers for the 1929 issue, comprising 200, 250, 500, 1000 and 5000 Levs, each individually glued into cream paper frames, ink annotations on frames, as produced, rare (5 papers) BNB B156-B160, Pick 50-54 £300-£400 --- VAT This lot is subject to VAT at 20% of the hammer price unless exported outside the UK. If exported then VAT is still applicable to the buyer's premium --- --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive
Bulgarian National Bank, a set of watermarked papers for the 1929 issue, comprising 200, 250, 500, 1000 and 5000 Levs, each individually glued into cream paper frames, ink annotations on frames, as produced, rare (5 papers) BNB B156-B160, Pick 50-54 £300-£400 --- VAT This lot is subject to VAT at 20% of the hammer price unless exported outside the UK. If exported then VAT is still applicable to the buyer's premium --- --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive
Bulgarian National Bank, a set of watermarked papers for the 1929 issue, comprising 200, 250, 500, 1000 and 5000 Levs, each individually glued into cream paper frames, ink annotations on frames, as produced, rare (5 papers) BNB B156-B160, Pick 50-54 £300-£400 --- VAT This lot is subject to VAT at 20% of the hammer price unless exported outside the UK. If exported then VAT is still applicable to the buyer's premium --- --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive
Bulgarian National Bank, a set of watermarked papers for the 1929 issue, comprising 200, 250, 500, 1000 and 5000 Levs, each individually glued into black frames of thin card, ink annotations on frames, as produced, rare (5 papers) BNB B156-B160, Pick 50-54 £300-£400 --- VAT This lot is subject to VAT at 20% of the hammer price unless exported outside the UK. If exported then VAT is still applicable to the buyer's premium --- --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive
Bulgarian National Bank, a set of watermarked papers for the 1929 issue, comprising 200, 250, 500, 1000 and 5000 Levs, each individually glued into black frames of thin card, ink annotations on frames, as produced, rare (5 papers) BNB B156-B160, Pick 50-54 £300-£400 --- VAT This lot is subject to VAT at 20% of the hammer price unless exported outside the UK. If exported then VAT is still applicable to the buyer's premium --- --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers’ archival specimen 20 Centavos, 5 November 1914, serial number range 8320001 to 8400000, ship seal type II, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date in top margin, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated, extremely rare, this being one of only two print runs for this issue BNU CV20bs, Pick 13s £150-£200
Bulgarian National Bank, a set of watermarked papers for the 1929 issue, comprising 200, 250, 500, 1000 and 5000 Levs, each individually glued into black frames of thin card, ink annotations on frames, as produced, rare (5 papers) BNB B156-B160, Pick 50-54 £300-£400 --- VAT This lot is subject to VAT at 20% of the hammer price unless exported outside the UK. If exported then VAT is still applicable to the buyer's premium --- --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive
Bulgarian National Bank, a set of watermarked papers for the 1929 issue, comprising 200, 250, 500, 1000 and 5000 Levs, each individually glued into blue card frames, ink annotations on paper, as produced, rare (5 papers) BNB B156-B160, Pick 50-54 £300-£400 --- VAT This lot is subject to VAT at 20% of the hammer price unless exported outside the UK. If exported then VAT is still applicable to the buyer's premium --- --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive
Bulgarian National Bank, a set of watermarked papers for the 1929 issue, comprising 200, 250, 500, 1000 and 5000 Levs, each individually glued into blue card frames, ink annotations on paper, as produced, rare (5 papers) BNB B156-B160, Pick 50-54 £300-£400 --- VAT This lot is subject to VAT at 20% of the hammer price unless exported outside the UK. If exported then VAT is still applicable to the buyer's premium --- --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive
Oriental Bank Corporation, Ceylon, 5 Rupees, 1 January 1881, serial number H 053822, Haldemulle, ‘Victoria’ as Empress enthroned at left, Mercury at right, two manuscript signatures below, superb original paper, low left corner tip missing, in PMG holder 15, choice fine and extremely rare in issued format, this being the only note recorded on the PMG population report and a remarkable banknote that will probably never appear on the market again Pick S164 £6,000-£8,000
Oriental Bank Corporation, Ceylon, printers’ archival specimen 10 Rupees, Colombo, 1 January 1883, serial number range C250001 to C270000, head of Mercury at right, Queen Victoria as Empress seated at left, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, a truly beautiful Bradbury Wilkinson engraving and an extremely rare note, with only two examples of this type listed on the PMG population report, a splendid banknote Pick S142As £6,000-£8,000
Bank of East Asia Limited, China, obverse and reverse specimens for $100, Shanghai, 1 January 1924, no serial numbers, street scene in Shanghai at centre, red SPECIMEN WATERLOW & SONS LTD. overprint, three cancellation holes, previously mounted, minor stains, in PMG holders 62, uncirculated, a most attractive example of a beautiful and classic design, very rare (2 notes) Pick S303Es1 £5,000-£7,000
Russo-Chinese Bank, China, obverse proof on paper for 50 Mexican dollars, Shanghai, 1909, no serial numbers, dragons at left and right, printed signature at low left, minor tears, on extremely thin backing paper, in PMG holder 61, uncirculated, a striking example and a most attractive Bradbury Wilkinson proof, there are no other examples of this type listed on the PMG population census, extremely rare Pick S544p1, SM 05-43 £4,000-£5,000
Banque Sino-Belge/Sino-Belgian Bank, 5 Mexican dollars, Shanghai, 1 January 1904, serial number B 29361, red and green, arms at top centre and industrial port scene below, two manuscript signatures and one printed signature, reverse red and green, arms and value at centre, red chop at top left, lovely original paper visible through holder, in PMG holder 30, very fine, a most attractive example and extremely rare, especially in issued format, the best of only two notes graded by PMG Pick S567, S/M H190 £6,000-£8,000
Bank von Danzig, a group of watermarked papers as used on the issues of 1924-37, comprising 10 (3), 20, 25 (2) and 100 (3) Gulden, all glued into individual cream paper frames, ink annotations on frames, as produced, a few with toned sections, rare (9 papers) BNB B401-B408, Pick 53-64 for types £400-£500 --- VAT This lot is subject to VAT at 20% of the hammer price unless exported outside the UK. If exported then VAT is still applicable to the buyer's premium --- --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive
Bank von Danzig, a group of watermarked papers as used on the issues of 1924-37, comprising 10 (3), 25 (3) and 100 (3) Gulden, all glued into individual frames of thin black card, ink annotations on frames, as produced, rare (9 papers) BNB B401-B408, Pick 53-64 for types £400-£500 --- VAT This lot is subject to VAT at 20% of the hammer price unless exported outside the UK. If exported then VAT is still applicable to the buyer's premium --- --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive
Bank von Danzig, a group of watermarked papers as used on the issues of 1924-37, comprising 10, 20, 25, 50 and 100 (2) Gulden, all glued into individual blue card frames, ink annotations on paper, as produced, rare, this is the only 50 Gulden paper in the Portals archive (6 papers) BNB B401-B408, Pick 53-64 for types £300-£400 --- VAT This lot is subject to VAT at 20% of the hammer price unless exported outside the UK. If exported then VAT is still applicable to the buyer's premium --- --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive
Bank von Danzig, uncut sheets of watermarked paper for 10 Gulden (24 per sheet), 25 Gulden (24 per sheet) and 100 Gulden (18 per sheet), with tiny ink annotations, each sheet folded twice, otherwise entirely as produced, rare (3 sheets, 66 papers) BNB B401-B408, Pick 53-64 for types £1,200-£1,600 --- VAT This lot is subject to VAT at 20% of the hammer price unless exported outside the UK. If exported then VAT is still applicable to the buyer's premium --- --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive
Bank von Danzig, an uncut sheet of watermarked paper for 500 Gulden (10), with tiny ink annotations, sheet folded twice, otherwise entirely as produced, very rare (1 sheets, 10 papers) BNB B406, Pick 56 for type £400-£500 --- VAT This lot is subject to VAT at 20% of the hammer price unless exported outside the UK. If exported then VAT is still applicable to the buyer's premium --- --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive
Bank von Danzig, an uncut sheet of watermarked paper for 1000 Gulden (10), with tiny ink annotations, sheet folded once, otherwise entirely as produced, very rare (1 sheets, 10 papers) BNB B407, Pick 57 for type £400-£500 --- VAT This lot is subject to VAT at 20% of the hammer price unless exported outside the UK. If exported then VAT is still applicable to the buyer's premium --- --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive
Bank von Danzig, watermarked paper as used on the 20 Gulden of 1937-38 (2), glued into individual blue card frames, ink and pencil annotations on paper, as produced, rare, this is the only pair of second issue 20 Gulden paper in the Portals archive (2 papers) BNB B408, Pick 63-64 for type £120-£160 --- VAT This lot is subject to VAT at 20% of the hammer price unless exported outside the UK. If exported then VAT is still applicable to the buyer's premium --- --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive
East African Currency Board, watermarked paper for the 100 Shillings of 1958-62, featuring a very fine lion, also watermarked paper with a security thread, as used on the 5, 10 and 20 Shillings of the same year, both glued into blue card frames, ink annotations on the paper, as produced, the only examples in the Portals archive, extremely rare (2 papers) BNB B227-B230, Pick 37-44 £340-£420 --- VAT This lot is subject to VAT at 20% of the hammer price unless exported outside the UK. If exported then VAT is still applicable to the buyer's premium --- --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers’ archival specimen 20 Escudos, 1 January 1921, serial number range 055001 to 070000, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in to margin, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, the third of only six print runs, rare BNU CV43cs, Pick 36s £260-£320
National Bank of Egypt, specimen £50, 1952, no serial number or signature, perforated CANCELLED, black CANCELLED overprint in four languages, in PMG holder 45, choice extremely fine, rare as a specimen BNB B133s, Pick 33s1 £2,000-£3,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
National Bank of Ethiopia, 5 Birr, ND (1991), serial number GU544167, Berhanu signature, an original good very fine, unpriced in Pick and the Banknote Book, a rare type BNB B321a, Pick 42c £240-£300 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Government of the Falkland Islands, colour trial £1, ND (1899-1915), no serial number, with counterfoil, printers’ annotation in margin, purple print on peach underprint, evidence of mounting, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, fabulous condition for a note of this size, an exceptionally rare note and potentially the only example produced in this colour BNB B204t, Pick A3ct £2,400-£3,000
Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, printers’ archival specimen 50 Escudos, 1 January 1921, serial number range 042001 to 050000, perforated CANCELLED, order number and date inked in to margin, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, the fifth of only six print runs, rare BNU CV44es, Pick 37s £340-£420 --- This is the BNU plate note.
Banque de l’Indo-Chine, French India, specimen 10 Roupies/10 Rupees, Pondichery, ND (1875), serial number A.0-000, Edouard Delessert signature, Poseidon reclining at left, in PMG holder 65 EPQ, only two examples of this type recorded on the PMG population report and this unsurprisingly the best of them, extremely rare and a truly lovely example BNB B101as1, Pick A1s, Razack 13.1.1 £8,000-£10,000
Banque de l’Indochine, French Indochina, watermarked papers for 10 and 100 Piastres, ND (1946-47), glued into blue card frames, ink annotations on paper, as produced, rare (2 papers) BNB B163, B164, Pick 80, 79 £100-£150 --- VAT This lot is subject to VAT at 20% of the hammer price unless exported outside the UK. If exported then VAT is still applicable to the buyer's premium --- --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper archive
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