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| 正面描述 | Central intaglio portrait of Vasco da Gama within an oval frame, flanked by vignettes of sailing vessels at sea. The bank title BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO runs along the top, with the denomination DEZ MIL REIS in bold letterpress. A circular orange BNU / FILIAL / LOURENÇO MARQUES seal is applied at centre-right, with SPECIMEN overprint in red across the lower portion. |
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| 正面铭文 | BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO DEZ MIL REIS MOEDA CORRENTE O THESOUREIRO DA FILIAL EM LOURENÇO MARQUES PAGARÁ Á VISTA AO PORTADOR COLONIAS COMMERCIO AGRICULTURA LISBOA, 2 de JANEIRO de 1908 SPECIMEN |
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Bradbury Wilkinson produced this note for the Banco Nacional Ultramarino, the Lisbon-based colonial bank that held note-issuing privileges across Portugal's overseas territories. The critical question with BNU issues of this period is always which territory the notes were intended for — the same printer, often the same plate design, served multiple colonial branches simultaneously, and overprints or specific payability text determined the actual destination.
P#31A places this within the Mozambique series. By 1908, BNU's position in Mozambique was already being challenged by competing commercial interests, and metropolitan Portugal was under mounting pressure to rationalize its colonial financial infrastructure — a reorganization that would accelerate sharply after the 1910 republic.