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10 000 Reis CCA seal
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
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| Year | 1909 |
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| Size | 177 × 106 mm |
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| Obverse description | Green on multicolour underprint, with a portrait vignette of Vasco da Gama at upper left and a vignette of sailing ships at right. A red type III Colonias, Commercio, Agricultura (CCA) seal is applied at lower centre. Text inscriptions in period typography occupy the central field, with the denomination and issuing authority details clearly stated. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in brown tones, the reverse is dominated by a central oval vignette of a seated female figure in classical attire, with sailing ships rendered in the background. The denomination numeral "10" appears in large figures on both the left and right margins, framed by intricate guilloche lacework borders. The issuing bank's name arcs along the upper portion of the central vignette cartouche. |
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Banco Nacional Ultramarino's 10,000 Reis notes for Portuguese colonial circulation were printed by Bradbury Wilkinson well before they were actually put to use — the 1909 date refers to the printing, but overprint stamps and control seals were applied later as the notes were released in batches, sometimes years after production. The "CCA" seal designation distinguishes one such release variant from otherwise identical printings.
Bradbury Wilkinson's intaglio work for colonial Portuguese issues of this period is consistently fine, though the paper tends to show fatigue along fold lines — a known weakness in the stock used for this series.