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PORTUGUESE GUINEA
†979 Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printer’s archival specimen 2500 reis with counterfoil, 1 March 1909, serial run 000000 to 140000, black on blue and yellow underprint, portrait of Vasco da Gama at left, passage of ships round The Cape of Good Hope at right, steamship seal Type III at lower centre, red overprint BOLAMA at upper right centre, reverse blue, allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 2As), mounting traces, ink date ‘18. 5. 20’ and annotation in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine and rare £300-400
†977 Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printer’s archival specimen 1000 reis with counterfoil (2), 1 March 1909, serial runs 00000 to 70000 and 000, 000 to 670, 000, different signature combinations, black on green and yellow underprint, value in ornate guilloche at left, the first steamship seal Type I at right, the second steamship seal Type III at right, red overprint BOLAMA at upper centre, reverse allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, perforated CANCELLED or SPECIMEN (Pick 1s, 1As), mounting traces, ink dates ‘8. 12. 16’ and’ 28. 1. 20’ respectively and annotations in top margins, otherwise good extremely fine and rare (2) £350-450
†980 Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, specimen 5 mil reis with counterfoil, 1 March 1909, black on pale blue and yellow underprint, portrait of Vasco da Gama at left, passage of ships round The Cape of Good Hope at right, overprinted BOLAMA in red, steamship seal Type I at centre, reverse green and multicoloured, allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 3bs), mounting traces, ink date ‘18. 1. 17’ and annotation in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine, rare £300-400
†978 Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, printer’s archival specimen 1000 reis with counterfoil (2), 1 March 1909, serial runs 000, 000 to 720, 000 and 000, 000 to 770, 000, different signature combinations, black on green and yellow underprint, value in ornate guilloche at left, both steamship seal Type III at right, red overprint BOLAMA at upper centre, reverse allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, perforated CANCELLED or SPECIMEN [Pick 1As (2)], mounting traces, ink dates ‘28. 1. 20’ and ‘18. 5. 20’ respectively and annotations in top margins, otherwise good extremely fine and rare (2) £300-400
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