Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 Centavos Overprint on P#6 Portuguese Guinea
| Issuer | Banco Nacional Ultramarino |
|---|---|
| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Overprinted with the legend PAGÁVEL EM S. THIAGO over the original Bolama text of Portuguese Guinea P#6. The coat of arms appears at right, with the bank seal at bottom centre in Seal Type II. Text is arranged in letterpress style across the face of the note. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Central vignette shows a seated allegorical female figure turned toward the right, gazing at a sailing vessel on calm waters, rendered in fine intaglio engraving. Flanking the central scene are two ornate guilloche medallions, each bearing the denomination 0$10 in bold lettering. The bank name BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO is inscribed on ribbon banners across the upper left and upper right, with the printer's imprint BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Cº and 1ºS GRAVADORES, LONDRES at the bottom margin. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
When war broke out in 1914, small change across Portuguese colonial territories effectively vanished — silver and copper coins were hoarded or melted, and the colonial administration had no quick mechanism to replace them. The Banco Nacional Ultramarino's solution in Portuguese Guinea was blunt: overprint existing 10 Centavos denominations onto stock from the earlier P#6 series, pressing old paper into emergency service rather than waiting on a new printing from London.
Bradbury Wilkinson had produced the underlying notes, but the overprint itself is the diagnostic feature here — alignment varies considerably across surviving examples.