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Auction: 327 - World Banknotes at NY INC, Waldorf Astoria
Lot: 304

Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printer's archival specimen 20 Rupias (2), 29 November 1945, serial number run 130,001 to 160,000, signatures of Antonio dos Santos Viegas as Governor and Manuel Rodrigues Junior as Administrador; serial number run 160,001 to 190,000, signatures of Antonio dos Santos Viegas as Governor and Antonio Pedrosa Pimenta as Administrador, both blue and multicoloured, portrait of Afonso de Albuquerque in frame at right, bank seal at left, reverse maiden looking out at ships, perforated SPECIMEN
(Pick 37s (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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$2,300