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Auction: 327 - World Banknotes at NY INC, Waldorf Astoria
Lot: 303

Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printer's archival specimen 10 Rupias (2), 29 November 1945, serial number run 150,001 to 200,000, signatures of Antonio dos Santos Viegas as Governor and Antonio Augusto Correia de Aguiar as Administrador; serial number run 200,001 to 260,000, signatures of Antonio dos Santos Viegas as Governor and Manuel Rodrigues Junior as Administrador, both brown and multicoloured, portrait of Afonso de Albuquerque in frame at right, bank seal at left, reverse maiden looking out at ships, perforated SPECIMEN
(Pick 36s (2)), mounting traces, ink date '5. 12. 45' and annotations in top margins, otherwise about uncirculated and an extraordinary opportunity to acquire a consecutive pair of printer's archival specimens with different Administrador signatures. Only two consecutive pairs with these number runs are extant (2)

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$3,250