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State Bank of Pakistan, Haj issue, 10 rupees, ND (1972), serial number T992154, purple, 10 rupees, ND (1978), serial number A/5 984222, blue, and 100 rupees, ND (1978), serial number A/6 559002, orange, all with Jinnah at right (Pick PR4, PR6, PR7, LNZ SBP BR4, BR7, BR8), the usual staple holes otherwise about uncirculated (3) £100-150
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State Bank of Pakistan, Haj issue, 10 rupees, ND (1972), prefix T, purple, 10 rupees (2), ND (1978), blue and 100 rupees, ND (1978), brown, all Mohammed Ali Jinnah portrait and black text FOR HAJ PILGRIMS FROM PAKISTAN FOR USE IN SAUDI ARABIA ONLY at centre (Pick R4, R6, R7, Linzmayer SBP BR4a, 6a, 7b), slight toning at margin of the first note otherwise original good extremely fine (4) £150-200
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State Bank of Pakistan, Haj issue, 10 rupees (2), ND (1972), serial numbers T551888-89, purple on multicolour underprint, Jinnah at left (Pick PR4, LNZ SBP BR4), about uncirculated, an attractive consecutive pair (2) £80-120
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State Bank of Pakistan, Haj issue, 10 rupees, ND (1972-), serial number T995621, brown, green and pink, 10 rupees ND (1978-), serial number A5 993353, dark grey, mauve, green and pink, Mohammed Ali Jinnah at left and right respectively (LNZ SBP BR4, 6, PR4, 6), FOR HAJ PILGRIMS FROM PAKISTAN FOR USE IN SAUDI ARABIA ONLY overprint, staple holes at left, otherwise about uncirculated £80-120
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State Bank of Pakistan, set of specimens comprising 5 rupees, 2008, dark olive, blue and yellow, 10 rupees, 2006, light olive, mauve and orange, 20 rupees, 2007, orange, green and yellow, 50 rupees, 2008, purple, violet and yellow, 100 rupees, 2006, red and brown, 500 rupees, 2006, green, brown and light blue, 1000 rupees, 2006, dark blue, pale green, blue and pink, 5000 rupees, 2006, brown, red, orange and light blue, all zero serial numbers (LNZ SBP B30as, 31as, 33b, 34as, 35a, 36as, 38as, Pick 53, 45&54, 55, 47&56, 48&57, 49, 50, 51), all horizontal SPECIMEN perforation, about uncirculated to uncirculated £900-1,200
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Pakistan, Receipts for the Jinnah Memorial Fund, to the value of 1, 5 and 100 rupees, ND (1952), serial numbers M230781, A972329 and A047425, uniface, brown, blue and green respectively, Jinnah at left, value at each corner, crescent and star in underprint, these items are not banknotes, but receipts given to those who donated money to the Jinnah Memorial Fund, printed by De La Rue in London, uncirculated and very scarce in this grade, particularly the 100 rupees (3) £150-200
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Palestine Currency Board, 500 mils, 1 September 1927, serial number A 000813, purple and pale pink-orange, Rachel's Tomb, Bethlehem at left, value at each corner, three printed signatures of the Members of the Palestine Currency Board at low centre, Leslie Couper, Sir Percy Ezchiel and A.J. Harding, reverse purple, the Citadel of Jerusalem with the Tower of David at centre, value at left and right and low centre (Pick 6a, Dabbah page133), in PMG holder 35, choice very fine, EPQ. A very low serial number and in exceptional condition for this rare first date for type £3,000-4,000
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Palestine Currency Board, specimen 500 mils, 20 April 1939, serial number F000000, purple and green and pale orange, Rachels Tomb at left, Caulcutt, Ezechiel and Downie signatures, reverse purple, the Citadel of Jerusalem and the Tower of David at centre, perforated CANCELLED, (Pick 6cs, Dabbah p.161) annotations and ink dates '14.6.40' in margin, mounting traces, in ICG holder 50*, extremely fine to about uncirculated, rare £1,500-2,500
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Palestine Currency Board, 500 mils, 20 April 1939, serial number F 576937, purple and pale orange, Rachels Tomb at Bethlehem low left, pale blue central guilloche, value at centre and at each corner, three printed signatures of Sir John Caulcutt, Sir Percy Ezechiel and H.F.Downie, reverse purple, the Tower of David at centre (Pick 6c, Dabbah p.161), in PMG holder 50, about uncirculated and rare in this condition £2,000-2,400
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Palestine Currency Board, £5, 30 September 1929, serial number A350528, orange and black, Crusader Tower at Ramleh at left, value at each corner, reverse orange, Tower of David at centre (Pick 8b, LNZ PCB B3b), graffiti at right, good fine to about very fine, rare £2,500-3,000
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Palestine Currency Board, a die proof for £5, 20 April 1939, black, Crusader Tower at Ramleh at left (Pick 8c for type), showing only the black parts of the printing, hand annotations at low right, very rare £8,000-10,000
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Palestine Currency Board, specimen 5 pounds, 20 April 1939, serial number C000000, red and pale green, the White Tower of Ramleh at left, Caulcutt, Ezechiel and Downie signatures, reverse red, the Citadel of Jerusalem and the Tower of David at centre, value at left and right (Pick 8s), annotations and ink date '22.7.42' in top margin, in ICG holder number 40 very fine to extremely fine, rare £3,000-4,000
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Banco De la Republica, Paraguay, colour trial 5 pesos, 26 December 1907, black on red underprint, women wearing liberty cap at centre, values at left and right, reverse green, arms at centre, cancel holes, red SPECIMEN overprint, blue WATERLOW seal low left (Pick 156), uncirculated, rare £200-250
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Banco Central del Paraguay, specimen 1 guarani (2), ND (1952), red serial numbers A 0000000, green, soldier at centre, also specimen 1 guarani (3), ND (1963), green, soldier at right, also specimen 5 guaranies (3), ND (1943, 1952), blue, General Diaz at right and a specimen 5 guaranies, ND (1963), blue, girl and pot at right (Pick 178s, 185s, 192s, 193s, 179s, 186s, 194s, BCP B1s, 8s, B2s, 10as1), all with perforations and red De La Rue seal in field, mounting traces, scarce (9) £200-250
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Banco Central del Paraguay, sheet of 3 unissued 100 guaranies, 1943, no signatures or serial numbers, green on multicolour underprint, M. Jose F. Estigarriba at centre, value at left and right and each corner, arms at top right, reverse blue, building at centre (Pick 182 for type), folded into three, but each note about uncirculated, rare £200-250
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Banco Central del Paraguay, a specimen set of the law of 1952 series comprising 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 guaranies (Pick 185s-191s, BCP B1s1-B7si for types), all with red or black SPECIMEN overprint and red or black De La Rue seal at left and right, fresh, uncirculated and scarce (7) £350-450
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Banco Central de Reserva del Peru, specimen 5 soles de Oro (8), 1952, 1954, 1956, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, red zero serial numbers, green, Liberty at centre, specimen 5 soles de Oro (5), 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, green, the Inca Pachacutec at right (Pick 70s, 76s, 83s, 92s, 99as, 99bs), perforated, red De La Rue SPECIMEN seal at left and right, mounting traces otherwise generally good extremely fine and a complete run of the De La Rue issues to date (13) £320-420
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Banco Central de Reserva del Peru, a printers archival obverse and reverse composite essay for a 200 pesos, 23 February 1968, red serial number A/12 000000, purple, Ramon Castilla at right, reverse purple, the frigate 'Amazonas' at centre, also an obverse and reverse composite essay for a 50 pesos, 3 April 1985, serial number A00000000A, orange and green, Nicolas de Pierola at right, reverse orange and green, drilling scene (Pick 96pr, 130pr), unique (4) £300-400
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El Banco Espanol Filipino de Isabel, Spanish Philippines, unissued/specimen 200 pesos fuertes, 1 January 1865, serial number 001613, black on cream watermarked paper, two counterfoils, crowned portrait of Queen Isabella at top centre, flanked by values, (Pink not listed, Ed.F5), in ICG holder 55*, almost uncirculated, 15mm tear at low centre, another in right counterfoil, a superb note, exceptionally rare and a truly beautiful watermark £5,000-7,000
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Central Bank of the Philippines, a set of notes from the ND (1949 issue), comprising 1 peso (2), 2 pesos, 10 pesos (2), (Pick 133g, h, 134d, 136e, f), about uncirculated to uncirculated (5) £120-150
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Central Bank of the Philippines, a composite essay on board for a 50 pesos, 1949, blue serial number A 000000, violet and pale green, Antonio Luna at left, seal at right, signature 1, Quirino and Cuaderno, value at centre and at each corner (Pick 135apr), unique and attractive £350-550
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Central Bank of the Philippines, a printers archival composite obverse essay on card for a proposed issue of 10 piso, ND (ca 1969-), serial number AA 000000, brown and multicoloured, A.Mabini at right, flowers in background at left (Pick 144 for similar design), unique £300-400
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Polish State Loan Bank, 2, 5, 10, 20 marki, 1917, all crowned eagle at centre, also Litzmannstadt Ghetto, consecutive 20 marks, 1940 (Pick 9, 11, 12, 14), mixed grades ranging from good to extremely fine (6) £100-150
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Prisoner of War Currency, Poland, 10 fenigow, (2), 50 fenigow (3), 2 marki, 1944, (2), 5 marek, all uniface, value on notes in text and numerals, Kasa Samopomocy OB OF 11C along low margin and top margin on 5 marek (Campbell C3665a1, 3765a2, 3766b1, 3766b2, 3766b3, 3768a, 3768b, 3769a), grades range from very fine to extremely fine, a most unusual group, of historical importance (8) £350-450
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Litzmanstadt Ghetto, Poland, a set of the 1940 issue comprising 50 pfennig, 1, 5, 10, 20 and 50 marks, all with Star of David and values in each corner (Schwan-Boling 1001, 1002, 1004, 1005, 1006a, 1007), the 5 and 50 marks very fine, others extremely fine or better, the 50 marks rare £250-350
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Banco Commercial do Porto, 10 mil reis, ND (1859), face proof on thin paper black and grey, Greek warrior with spear and shield in beautiful ornate frame at left, bank title along top, large building at centre (Pick S165s), with counterfoil, repair, in ICG holder number 30*, very fine £400-600
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Banco de Portugal, specimen 10 mil reis, ND (1902-09), no serial numbers, no signatures, brown on yellow underprint, Luis de Camoes seated at left, two mermaids with globe at lower centre, ships at right, reverse portrait of Infante Dom Henrique at upper left, value in three ornate guilloches, arms at lower centre, watermark Albuquerque, one punch hole (Pick 81s), tiny ink line in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated and very rare, a lovely note £800-1,200
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Banco de Portugal, specimen 20 mil reis, ND (ca 1901), no serial numbers, no signatures, blue on beige underprint, allegorical maidens at left and right, arms at lower centre, reverse blue and orange, value set in ornate scrolled pattern, perforated SPECIMEN (Pick 82s), about uncirculated to uncirculated and excessively rare £3,000-4,000
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Banco de Portugal, specimen 500 reis, 27 December 1904, no serial numbers, Ch 3, black on green underprint, value in guilloche at left, arms at top centre, black overprint REPUBLICA, reverse Mercury at right, value in guilloche at upper centre and in each corner, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 105as), ink date '20. 11. 18' and annotations in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine to about uncirculated, rare £100-200
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Banco de Portugal, printer's archival specimen 10 mil reis, 30 September 1910, serial number run 1B 00,001 to 1B 20,000, Ch 4, black on beige underprint, five men representing the Arts set in decorated arches, red bank seal at centre, reverse green and multicoloured, armoured maiden at left, medallic helmeted female head at right, black REPUBLICA overprint at lower centre, overprinted SPECIMEN horizontally in red on obverse, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 108as), ink date '2. 9. 21.' and annotations in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and very rare £600-900
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Banco de Portugal, specimen 50 centavos, 5 July 1918, no serial numbers, Ch 1, block number and letters in two lines, slate-purple and multicoloured, woman with ship in her hand at left, value in three corners and at lower right, reverse allegorical female representing justice at upper centre, bank legend in guilloche at top right, one punch hole (Pick 112bs), ink date '16. 12. 18' and annotations in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £100-200
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Banco de Portugal, printer's archival specimen 1 escudo, 25 June 1920, prefix 2B, serial number run 00,001 to 20,000, Ch 4, red, violet and multicoloured, woman reading a book at left, arms at top centre, value in guilloche at centre, reverse maiden with lyre at right, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 113as), ink date '17. 9. 20' and annotations in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £140-220
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Banco de Portugal, printer's archival specimen 5 escudos, 1 February 1923, serial number run 2FJ 00,001 to 2FJ 20,000, Ch 1, slate-violet and turquoise, portrait of Alexandre Herculano at top centre, woman offering wreath at left, reverse brown and pale green, Belem Tower, Lisbon at centre, value in guilloches on each side and at top centre, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 114s), ink date '10. 2. 23' and annotations in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £350-450
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Banco de Portugal, printer's archival specimen 10 escudos, 7 June 1920, serial number run 1GV 00,001 to 1GV 20,000, Ch 1, blue on pink and pale green underprint, portrait of Afonso de Albuquerque at left, allegorical scene of discovery at lower centre, value in guilloches in three corners, arms at lower right, reverse brown-purple on orange and yellow underprint, Liberty wearing Phrygian cap at right, river gods at lower centre, overprinted SPECIMEN horizontally in red on obverse, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 117s), ink annotation in top margin, otherwise good extremely fine, rare £600-800
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Banco de Portugal, specimen 20 escudos, 7 July 1920, no serial numbers, blue and multicoloured, D. Joao de Castro at left, value in field, reverse purple and multicoloured, building at left centre, arms at right (Pick 118s for type), small perforation and large border, extremely fine and rare £500-700
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Banco de Portugal, specimen proof 5 escudos, ND (ca 1920), no serial numbers, no signature, brown-purple and blue on pink underprint, portrait of Dr. Joao das Regras at left, medallic female head at right, reverse blue and pink, Convent da Batalha at right, value at left, one punch hole (Pick 120p), fresh, attractive, good extremely fine, rare £250-350
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Banco de Portugal, printer's archival specimen 500 escudos, 4 May 1922, serial number run 1AB 00,001 to 1AB 20,000, Ch 1, brown on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Joao de Deus at left, arms at upper right, reverse dark green, pink and multicoloured, allegorical child with pipes at right, value in guilloche at centre and at right, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 129s), ink date '13. 6. 22' and annotations in top margin, small chip in left margin, otherwise good very fine to about extremely fine, very rare £900-1,200
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Banco de Portugal, specimen colour proof 5 escudos, ND (ca 1915), no serial numbers, no signatures, dark green, pale green and orange, maiden with cherub and cornucopia at lower left, maiden with sickle and basket at lower right, arms at lower centre, reverse blue and sepia, vignette of The Stock Exchange Palace, Oporto at centre right, value in ornate guilloches at upper and lower right, watermark allegorical female bust, perforated CANCELLED (Pick 132 for type), ink date '24. 08. 1915' and annotations in top margin, otherwise fresh attractive good very fine to about extremely fine, of the utmost rarity, being an early proof of a note not issued until 1924 and then in different colours £1,000-2,000
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Banco de Portugal, specimen proof 100 escudos, ND (1928), serial number 1L 000,001, blue on pink and pale green underprint, portrait of Gomes Frere at left, arms and two maidens at top centre, ruined temple at lower centre, Doric columns at left and right, reverse red-brown, horses and cart and townscape at centre, bank arms at right, one punch hole (Pick 140s), signed approval dated 4 December 1928 in watermark area on obverse, printed letter 'B' in top right corner, otherwise about extremely fine, very rare £800-1,200
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Banco de Portugal, specimen proof 500 escudos, ND (1928), no serial numbers, purple and blue on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Duque de Palmella at upper right, castle at lower left, reverse green, tree and horse-drawn carts at centre, bank arms at left, one punch hole (Pick 141s), pencil annotation in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated, extremely rare £1,500-2,500
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Banco de Portugal, specimen proof 1000 escudos, ND (1927), no serial numbers, blue and brown-purple on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Oliveira Martins at right, The Carmo Convent, Lisbon set in decorated arch at centre, value in ornate circles at upper left and right, reverse purple and green, bank arms at centre set in decorated rectangle, ornate borders, two punch holes (Pick 142s), pencil date '26. 1. 28' in top margin, otherwise fresh good extremely fine, of the utmost rarity and a magnificent note £3,000-4,000
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Banco de Portugal, specimen proof 20 escudos, ND (1929), no serial numbers, reddish purple on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Mousinho d'Albuquerque at upper left, arch with Doric columns at right, arms at top centre, reverse lilac-pink, Guimares Castle at centre left, value in ornate guilloches in each corner, one punch hole (Pick 143s), pencil date '27. 09. 1929' in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated, rare £200-300
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Banco de Portugal, specimen 1000 escudos, ND (1932), no serial numbers, no signatures, dark green and purple on multicoloured underprint, arms top centre, Conde de Castelo Melhor at left, National Palace, Sintra at lower centre, reverse brown, Castle of Almourol and River Tagus at centre, two punch holes (Pick 148s), red BRADBURY seal at centre, slight discolouration otherwise good extremely fine and attractive, rare £1,000-1,200
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Banco de Portugal, specimen colour trial 20 escudos, ND (ca 1941), Chapa 6, serial number 0000, no signatures, black and red-brown on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Dom Antonio Luiz de Menezes at right, reverse arms at centre, value at left and in each corner, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 153ct), uncirculated, scarce £100-150
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Banco de Portugal, specimen proof 20 escudos, ND (1958), no serial numbers, no signatures, Ch 6, green and purple on multicoloured underprint, portrait of D. Antonio Luiz de Menezes at right, reverse bank arms at centre, value in decorated frame at left, one punch hole (Pick 153bs), pencil date '05. 09. 1958' in top margin, otherwise about uncirculated to uncirculated and rare as a proof £100-150
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, a blue leather presentation booklet containing 30 specimens of the 1921 issue, for each colony, Angola, Cape Verde, Portuguese Guinea, Mozambique and St Thomas and Prince, there is one specimen of each denomination, 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 escudos, all dated 1 January 1921, Chamico at left and steamship seal at right, all with red SPECIMEN overprint and perforations (Pick various), all laid down on album pages at left, otherwise generally uncirculated, the album itself in extremely good condition, with gold edging on all pages, an absolutely superb item, and a unique opportunity to acquire an entire issue in one go (30) £5,000-7,000
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, specimen colour trial 100 escudos, ND (ca 1958), serial number B 000000, no signatures, olive-green on multicoloured underprint, portrait of Joao Teixeira Pinto at left, arms at lower centre, steamship seal at right, reverse deep olive on pale green and lilac underprint, woman looking at ships, overprinted SPECIMEN in red on obverse and reverse, two punch holes (Pick 38ct), uncirculated, very scarce £120-160
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese Guinea, specimen 50 and 100 escudos, 17 December 1971, zero serial numbers, green and blue on multicolour respectively, N Tristao at right, arms at centre, hole punched cancelled (Pick 44s), ink date '3-11-72' and annotation in margin, 50 good extremely fine, 100 good very fine (2) £250-350
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, 5 rupias, 1 January 1906, serial number 362475, black on red and green underprint, female allegory at left, steamship seal type III at right, value at low right and each corner (Pick 15b), a presentable good with no missing segments and retaining excellent colour and decent paper quality, rare £1,000-1,500
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, colour trial 21/2 rupias, 1 October 1917, no serial numbers, dark green and pink and pale brown, blue NOVA GOA top centre, arms top centre, value at centre and at each corner, blue steamship seal type 3 low centre, Alzina and da Silva signatures, reverse green and pale orange, maiden seated at centre with symbols of commerce and prosperity, value at left and right (Pick 22A ct, Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 12.12.2ct), ink date '7 Oct 1921' on reverse, tear top centre otherwise a strong and original extremely fine, very rare £800-1,000
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