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Obverse Description
Chinese and Portuguese text; steamship at sea; poet Luís de Camoes in armor wearing crown of laurels
Reverse Description
Chinese and Portuguese text; Portuguese Empire coat of arms; allegorical woman gazing to sea filled with sailing ships and ocean liners of the ages
Catalog Information
GSID:
119468
Variety:
Diagonal red ESPÉCIME ovpt front/back; horizontal black # ovpt upper left back; all-zero s/n
BNB #:
B048js
Pick #:
P56s
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Request Pricing Handwritten date: 19__ Sig G3/VG6 and handwritten sig 100,000 notes Intro: 1906 Dates reported or confirmed with s/n: 04 09 1905 s/n 0194; 01 07 1910; 01 08 1911; 02 01 1912; 01 07 1912 s/n 54077; 01 09 1912; 01 10 1912; 01 01 1913
Worth: $850 – $3,400
Handwritten date: 19__ Sig G3/VG6 and handwritten sig 25,000 notes Intro: 1906 Dates reported or confirmed with s/n: 04 09 1905 s/n 1613; 04 10 1910; 04 12 1910
No ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n
Handwritten or stamped date: 19__ Sig G3/VG6 and handwritten sig 93,000 notes Intro: 1907
Worth: $325 – $325
No ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n
Handwritten date: 19__ Sig G3/VG6 and handwritten sig 50,000 notes Intro: 1907 Dates reported or confirmed with s/n: 01 01 1907 s/n 5256, 5892; 22 01 1907
Worth: $100 – $400
Diagonal red handwritten script Specimen ovpt front; no O GERENTE sig ; no date
1 de Janeiro 1906 Sig G3/VG6 and handwritten sig 10,000 notes Dates reported or confirmed with s/n: 01 01 1906 s/n 508
Monochromatic (black); no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n
No ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n
Horizontal SPECIMEN / BARCLAY & FRY LTD perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n
Diagonal black handwritten script Specimen ovpt front/back; no O GERENTE sig
1 de Janeiro 1906 Sig G3/VG6 and handwritten sig 3,500 notes Intro: 1907 Dates reported or confirmed with s/n: 01 01 1906 s/n 348, 2049, 2141
Worth: $180 – $2,400
Red (front), blue (back); no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n
Worth: $21,000 – $21,000
1 de Janeiro de 1912 Sig G5/VG10 and handwritten sig s/n 100,001 - 119,632 Intro: 17 11 1912
Worth: $150 – $600
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