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| 表面の説明 | Violet on multicolour underprint. Portrait of Francisco de Oliveira Chamiço at left, the Portuguese coat of arms at lower centre, and the bank seal at right. Two overprinted inscriptions reading "S. TOMÉ e PRÍNCIPE" in red appear on the face. |
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| 裏面の説明 | Violet and green. The central vignette, enclosed within a circular guilloche band bearing the bank name "BANCO NACIONAL ULTRAMARINO", presents an allegorical seated female figure in classical dress with sailing ships and a steamship in the background. Elaborate symmetric guilloche lacework in violet and green fills both lateral panels, with the denomination numeral "100" printed at left and right. A framed inscription panel at upper centre reads the payability clause. |
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The Banco Nacional Ultramarino occupied a peculiar position among colonial issuing authorities — chartered in Lisbon but functioning as the note-issuing bank across Portugal's overseas territories, meaning a single institution produced currency for colonies spanning Africa, Asia, and the Pacific simultaneously. This particular issue was printed in London during wartime, which was not without logistical risk; Bradbury Wilkinson continued production for various colonial clients throughout the Second World War despite the obvious complications of operating a high-security printing facility in a city under periodic aerial bombardment.
The question of which territory this note was intended for is the key detail — BNU issued parallel 100 Escudo notes for multiple colonies under near-identical formats in this period, differentiated primarily by overprint or serial prefix.