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Banco Nacional de Angola, a set of the 11 November 1976 issue comprising 20 kwanzas, orange-brown, 50 kwanzas, mauve, 100 kwanzas, green, 500 kwanzas, blue and 1000 kwanzas, red, all portrait of Antonio Augustinho Neto, the first President, at right, all unknown signature and Lilolwa signatures, reverse various allegorical scenes (Pick 109-113, Linzmayer BNA B1-5), 500 kwanzas extremely fine, 1000 kwanzas about uncirculated and the remainder uncirculated (5) £80-120
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Banco Nacional de Angola, a set of the 14 August 1979 issue comprising 50 kwanzas, mauve, 100 kwanzas, green, 500 kwanzas, blue and 1000 kwanzas, red, all portrait of Antonio Augustinho Neto, the first President, at right, all de Carvalho and Martins signatures, reverse various allegorical scenes (Pick 114-117, Linzmayer BNA B6-9), uncirculated (4) £60-80
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Banco Nacional de Angola, a set of the 1 July 1984 series comprising 50 kwanzas, green, 100 kwanzas, violet and purple, 500 kwanzas, pink-red and 1000 kwanzas, blue, all Antonio Agostinho Neto and Jose Eduardo dos Santos portraits at right, all de Carvalho and Pizarro signatures, reverse allegorical scenes, also a 500 and 1000 kwanzas, 11 November 1987, designs as previous but signatures of Neto and Inacio (Pick 118, 119, 120a, 120b, 121a, 121b, Linzmayer BNA B10, 11, 12a, b, 13a, b), both 500 kwanzas extremely fine, 1000 kwanzas about uncirculated, the remainder of notes uncirculated (6) £60-80
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Banco Nacional de Angola, 500 novo kwanza, pink-red and 1000 novo kwanza, blue, 11 November 1987, both portraits of Antonio Augustinho Neto and Eduardo dos Santos at right, Neto and Inacio signatures (Pick 123, 124, Linzmayer BNA B14, 15), uncirculated (2) £30-40
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Banco Nacional de Angola, a set of the 4 February 1991 series comprising 100 kwanzas, purple and green, 500 kwanzas, blue and mauve, 1000 kwanzas (2), purple and green, 5000 kwanzas (2), blue and mauve, 10000 kwanzas (2), red and pale blue, 50000 kwanzas, green and mauve, 100000 kwanzas (2), red and multicoloured and 500000 kwanzas, brown and multicoloured, all Antonio Agostinho Neto and Jose Eduardo dos Santos portraits at right, various signatures, reverse allegorical scenes (Pick 126, 128b, 129b, 129c, 130b, 130c, 131a, 131b, 132, 133a, 133x, 134, Linzmayer BNA B17, 18, 19b, 20a, b, 21b, c, 22a, b, 23, 24a, b, 25), the first 100000 kwanzas fine, balance uncirculated (12) £150-200
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Banco Nacional de Angola, a set of the 1 May 1995 series comprising 1000 kwanzas reajustados, pink, blue and green, 5000 kwanzas reajustados, green, 10000 kwanzas reajustados, red-pink, 50000 kwanzas reajustados, orange-red, 100000 kwanzas reajustados, violet and pale blue, 500000 kwanzas reajustados, brown and pink, 100000 kwanzas reajustados, pink and pale grey-green, 500000 (2) kwanzas reajustados, blue-green and violet, all Antonio Augustinho Neto and Jose Eduardo dos Santos portraits, all Furtado and an unknown signature (Pick 135-142, Linzmayer BNA B26-33), uncirculated, the 500000 kwanzas reajustados a consecutive pair (9) £140-180
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Banco Nacional de Angola, a set of the October 1999 series comprising 1, 5, 10, 50 and 100 kwanzas, all Antonio Agostinho Neto and Jose Eduardo dos Santos portraits at right, all Jaime and Pascoal signatures, reverse allegorical scenes (Pick 143-147, Linzmayer BNA B34-38), uncirculated (5) £30-40
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 1 franc, Matadi, 2 February 1920, serial number 0140438, black on pale red, maiden seated at left with corn sheaf and wheel, value at right and at each corner, reverse text and MATADI at centre (Pick 3B), fine £80-100
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 1 franc, Elisabethville, 2 February 1920, serial number 859810, black on pale red, maiden seated at left with corn sheaf and wheel, value at right and at each corner, reverse text and ELISABETHVILLE at centre (Pick 3), ex Ibrahim Salem auction. Good extremely fine, scarce £350-400
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 5 francs, 3 June 1920, serial number K888743, black on pale blue, maiden seated at left with cherub, beehive (Industry) in field, value at right and at each corner, reverse black and pale blue, elephant and hippopotamus at centre (Pick 4A, ex Ibrahim Salem auction. Good very fine £500-600
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 5 francs, Matadi, 26 July 1926, serial number C393727, pale red, brown and green, huts and palm trees, value top centre and at each corner, reverse steamboat on river at centre (Pick 8c), crisp original paper, but with stains, this extremely fine to uncirculated and scarce £200-250
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 5 francs, 21 January 1929, serial number F782125, pale red, brown and green, huts and palm trees, value top centre and at each corner, reverse steamboat on river at centre (Pick 8e), fine £60-80
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 10 francs, 10 September 1937, serial number A600860, brown and yellow, market scene, value top centre and top left, reverse brown, waterbucks on the savannah (Pick 9), about fine and scarce £120-160
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 20 francs, 15 September 1937, serial number 238 A 091, green and multicoloured, allegorical women at left, Ceres top left, value in field, reverse village by the river, canoe (Pick 10f), no place name, fine and scarce £150-200
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 5 francs, 10 August 1943, serial number L602415, blue-grey and pale orange, maiden seated at left with cherub, beehive (Industry) in field, value at right and at each corner, black overprint 'QUATRIEME EMISSION' in field, reverse black and pale blue, elephant and hippopotamus at centre also another example without emission and with serial number B/C 083151 (Pick 13Ab, 13B), very fine and fine (2) £100-150
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 5 francs, 10 March 1944, serial number S326369, blue-grey and pale orange, maiden seated at left with cherub, beehive (Industry) in field, value at right and at each corner, black overprint 'CINQUIEME EMISSION' in field, reverse black and pale blue, elephant and hippopotamus at centre (Pick 13Ac), extremely fine, scarce in this grade £100-150
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 10 francs, 10 December 1941, serial number B204115, green, blue and pink, dancing Watusi at centre, no EMISSION, reverse soldiers on parade ground (Pick 14A), ex Ibrahim Salem auction. Good extremely fine, rare £1,100-1,200
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 10 francs, 10 December 1941, serial number C041888, green, blue and pink, dancing Watusi at centre, no EMISSION, reverse soldiers on parade ground, also 10 francs, 10 July 1942, serial number H436975, as previous but 'DEUXIEME EMISSION 1942' overprint in field (Pick 14A, 14B), good very fine and good fine (2) £100-140
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 10 francs, 10 February 1943, serial number Q028624, pink, green and blue, dancing Watusi at centre, 'TROISIEME EMISSION' overprint in field, reverse soldiers on parade ground, also 10 francs, 15 August 1949, serial number A/H645667, as previous but no EMISSION overprint in field (Pick 14C, 14E), good very fine and good fine (2) £80-120
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 10 francs, 10 June 1944, serial number Y641302, green, blue and pink, dancing Watusi at centre, 'QUATRIEME EMISSION-1944' in field, reverse soldiers on parade ground (Pick 14D), about uncirculated thus scarce £100-150
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 10 francs, 11 November 1948, serial number Z665570, green, blue and pink, dancing Watusi at centre, no EMISSION overprint in field, reverse soldiers on parade ground (Pick 14E), lightly pressed, good extremely fine to about uncirculated thus scarce £100-150
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 10 francs, 15 August 1949, serial number A/C899983, green, blue and pink, dancing Watusi at centre, no EMISSION overprint in field, reverse soldiers on parade ground (Pick 14E), original and fresh, one pinhole, good extremely fine £100-150
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 20 francs, 10 December 1942, serial number F055271, orange and multicoloured, Watusi in canoe at centre, river and jungle, value top centre and low left, bank initials in oval at left and right, reverse orange, elephants and worker clearing jungle, value low right, bank initials at left and right (Pick 15B), fresh and original good very fine, a lovely example £120-160
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 20 francs (2), 10 August 1948, 18 May 1949, serial number prefixes AH, AT, orange and multicoloured, Watusi in canoe at centre, river and jungle, value top centre and low left, bank initials in oval at left and right, 'SEPTIEME/HUITIEME EMISSION' overprint in field respectively, reverse orange, elephants and worker clearing jungle, value low right, bank initials at left and right (Pick 15F, 15G), good fine (2) £100-120
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 20 francs, 10 August 1948, serial number AK980671, blue and multicoloured, Watusi in canoe at centre, river and jungle, value top centre and low left, bank initials in oval at left and right, blue 'SEPTIEME EMISSION' overprint in field, reverse blue, elephants and worker clearing jungle, value low right, bank initials at left and right (Pick 15F), good very fine £100-140
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 50 francs, ND (1941-1942), serial number 129963, Series B, black and multicoloured, girl at right, value in left field and at each corner, no EMISSION overprint in field, reverse black, leopard at centre, value at left and right (Pick 16a), in ICG holder number 40, very fine to extremely fine thus scarce £550-650
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 50 francs (2), 1943, 1945, series C, D, black and multicoloured, girl at right, value in left field and at each corner, EMISSION-1943/1945 overprint in field respectively, reverse black, leopard at centre, value at left and right (Pick 16b, c), very fine (2) £350-400
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 50 francs, 1946, serial number 471430, Series E, black and multicoloured, girl at right, value in left field and at each corner, 'EMISSION-1946' overprint in field, reverse black, leopard at centre, value at left and right (Pick 16d), good very fine £200-250
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 50 francs (2), 1947, 1948, Series F, G, black and multicoloured, girl at right, value in left field and at each corner, 'EMISSION-1947/1948' overprint in field, reverse black, leopard at centre, value at left and right (Pick 16e, f), pressed nearly very fine and about very fine (2) £140-180
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 50 francs (2), 1949, 1950, Series K, P, black and multicoloured, girl at right, value in left field and at each corner, 'EMISSION-1949/1950' overprint in field, reverse black, leopard at centre, value at left and right (Pick 16g, h), very fine and good very fine (2) £140-180
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 50 francs (2), 1951, 1952, Series R, U, black and multicoloured, girl at right, value in left field and at each corner, 'EMISSION-1951/1952' overprint in field, reverse black, leopard at centre, value at left and right (Pick 16i, j), pressed good very fine and fine, the 1952 the last date for series (2) £120-160
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 100 francs, 11 March 1946, serial number B460647, blue, green and multicoloured, two elephants and palm trees at centre, value at left and at low left and top right, no EMISSISION overprint in field, reverse blue, man and oxen (Pick 17c), about very fine £100-140
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 100 francs, 14 September 1949, serial number H564312, blue, green and multicoloured, two elephants and palm trees at centre, value at left and at low left and top right, no EMISSISION overprint in field, reverse blue, man and oxen (Pick 17d), lightly pressed, good very fine and scarce £150-200
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Banque du Congo-Belge, 1000 francs, 10 April 1947, serial number C44176, brown, olive and blue, Warega fishermen at left, value top centre and at each corner, reverse male head at right, musicians at left, foliage in background, (Pick 19b), in ICG holder number 30, very fine and one of the most sought after notes of the series, a handsome example and rare especially in issued format £1,000-1,200
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Banque Centrale du Congo-Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 5 francs (2), 1952, 1953, prefixes E and G, blue-grey and orange, maiden and cherub at left with beehive (Industry), value and star in field at right, value at each corner, reverse elephant and hippopotamus at centre, value at left and right, also 10 francs, 31 August 1952, prefix E, grey-blue and pink, dancing Watusi, reverse soldiers on parade ground (Pick 21, 22), very fine and fine, the 10 francs good very fine (3) £100-120
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Banque Centrale du Congo-Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 50 francs, 15 July 1952, serial number A359707, black and multicoloured, girl at right, value in left field and at each corner, reverse black, leopard at centre, value at left and right (Pick 24), pressed, very fine £100-150
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Banque Centrale du Congo-Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 100 francs, 15 December 1954, serial number H765461, blue, green and multicoloured, two elephants and palm trees at centre, value at left and at low left and top right, reverse blue, man and oxen (Pick 25), extremely fine and scarce, last date for type £200-250
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Banque Centrale du Congo-Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 20 francs, 15 December 1953, serial number K951645, olive and yellow, girl at left, falls at centre, star above, value and bank initials at right, reverse green, the Queen Astrid laboratory in Leopoldville at centre, tribesman with spear at right, value low left (Pick 26), in ICG holder number 58, about uncirculated and scarce in this grade £200-250
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Banque Centrale du Congo-Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 20 francs, 15 December 1953, serial number K954542, olive and yellow, girl at left, falls at centre, star above, value and bank initials at right, reverse green, the Queen Astrid laboratory in Leopoldville at centre, tribesman with spear at right, value low left, also 50 francs, 15 November 1953, serial number B579465, green and multicoloured, girl at left, star above, reverse green, fishermen and net (Pick 26, 27a), almost fine (2) £80-100
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Banque Centrale du Congo-Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 50 francs, 15 November 1953, serial number B372261, green and multicoloured, girl at left, star above, value at centre and at each corner, reverse fishermen and net (Pick 27a), good very fine £100-140
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Banque Centrale du Congo-Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 500 francs, 15 March 1953, serial number A165365, purple-violet and orange, girl with headscarf top left, falls low centre, value at centre, top left and low right, reverse purple, okapi at centre, value at right and top left and right (Pick 28a), in ICG holder number 30, very fine and a rare type note £700-900
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Banque Centrale du Congo-Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 1000 francs, 15 February 1955, serial number A339987, blue and pink, tribesman at left, boats on a river low centre, value at centre and at each corner, reverse blue-pink, waterbuck drinking at centre (Pick 29b), ex Ibrahim Salem auction. In ICG holder number 30*, very fine and scarce £1,000-1,200
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Banque Centrale du Congo-Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 10 francs (3), 1955, 1957, 1958, prefixes K, A/K, B/D, grey-blue and orange, soldier wearing kepi at left, reverse antelope (Pick 30a, 30b(2)), uncirculated, very fine and extremely fine respectively (3) £80-100
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Banque Centrale du Congo-Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 20 francs (2), 1957, prefixes N, AC, green and multicoloured, laughing boy at left, reservoir in field, reverse girl at right, river and shoreline in field (Pick 31), almost very fine and uncirculated (2) £70-90
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Banque Centrale du Congo-Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 50 francs (3), 1957, 1959 (2), prefixes F, U, V, red and multicoloured, man at loom at right, star above, reverse huts and weaving (Pick 32), first good very fine, balance extremely fine (3) £80-120
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Banque Centrale du Congo-Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 100 francs (3), 1955, 1957, 1960, prefixes A, Z, AV, green and multicoloured, King Leopold II at left, reverse green, basket weaving scene at centre, star top right (Pick 33a, b, c), all three types represented, fine, pressed good very fine and extremely fine respectively (3) £100-150
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Banque Centrale du Congo-Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 500 francs, 1 November 1957, serial number A516522, brown-violet and multicoloured, dockside scene at centre, bank initials top left, value low right, reverse brown and multicoloured, canoe and fruit carrying at centre, value top right and low left (Pick 34), very fine and scarce £150-180
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Banque Centrale du Congo-Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 1000 francs, 15 August 1958, serial number A256342, blue and multicoloured, King Baudouin at left, an aerial view of Leopoldville right centre, value top centre and at each corner, reverse blue, huts and jungle at right, value top centre and at left and right (Pick 35), in ICG holder number 55, almost uncirculated thus scarce £250-350
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Banque Centrale du Congo-Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 1000 francs, 1 September 1959, serial number B548848, blue and multicoloured, King Baudouin at left, an aerial view of Leopoldville right centre, value top centre and at each corner, reverse blue, huts and jungle at right, value top centre and at left and right (Pick 35), very fine £150-200
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Bank of Biafra, a group comprising 5 shillings, ND (1967), blue, lilac and orange, palm tree, reverse four Ibo girls; £1, ND (1967), blue and orange, palm tree, reverse arms; also a group of the 1968 (ND) Issues, all palm tree at left or centre, comprising 5 shillings (3), prefix MF, no serials (2), green and blue; 10 shillings, prefix GN, pale blue and black; £1 (2), prefix DQ, no serials, brown and green; £5 (2), prefix WD with WASTE NOTE overprint in blue, no serials; £10 (2), prefix ZA, no serials (Pick 1, 2, 3a, 3b (2), 4, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b; Lz. BOB B1-B7), the Pick 2 pressed, otherwise good very fine, Pick 6a extremely fine, Pick 7a good very fine, the remainder about uncirculated to uncirculated and an excellent opportunity to acquire the whole country (12) £140-220
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