10 Rupias

Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Portuguese India, printers’ archival specimen 10 Rupias, 1 January 1906, serial number range 160001 to 170000, Alfredo Mendes da Silva signature, ship seal type III, perforated CANCELLED,order number and date inked in top margin, in PMG holder 65 EPQ, gem uncirculated, extremely rare, this being one of only six archival specimens ever made for this ship seal, in addition to being the finest example graded by PMG, superbBNB B302es, Pick 16bs£4,000-£5,000