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Auction: 16008 - British and World Banknotes
Lot: 1586

(†) Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, printer's archival specimen 50 Mil Reis (3) with counterfoil, 1 March 1909, the first serial number run 52001 to 62000, steamship seal Type I; the second serial number run 89001 to 154000; the third serial number run 154001 to 219000, both steamship seal Type III, all black on green, orange and blue underprint, portrait of Vasco da Gama at left, his embarkation at right, red overprint LOURENCO MARQUES at upper centre, reverse blue, pink and yellow, allegorical woman looking out at sailing ships, perforated CANCELLED

(Pick 42s, 43s (2)), mounting traces and some small repairs, ink dates and annotations in top margins, the first otherwise extremely fine, the second thin in counterfoil, otherwise good fine, the third good fine, rare (3)

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