Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea Bissau), a former Portuguese province off the west coast of Africa bounded on the north by Senegal and on the east and southeast by Guinea, had an area of 13,948 sq. mi. (36,125 sq. km.). Capital: Bissau. The province exported peanuts, timber and beeswax. ,Portuguese Guinea was discovered by Portuguese navigator Nuno Tristao in 1446. Trading rights in the area were granted to Caper Verde islanders but few prominent posts were established before 1851, and they were principally coastal installations. The chief export of this colony?s early period was slaves for South America, a practice that adversely affected trade with the native people and retarded subjection of the interior. Territorial disputes with France delayed final demarcation of the colony?s frontiers until 1905.,, ,The African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau was founded in 1956, and several years later began a guerilla warfare that grew in effectiveness until 1974, when the rebels controlled most of the colony. Portugal?s costly overseas wars in her African territories resulted in a military coup in Portugal in April 1974, that appreciably brightened the prospects for freedom for Guinea-Bissau. In August 1974, the Lisbon government signed an agreement granting independence to Portuguese Guinea effective Sept. 10, 1974. The new republic took the name of Guinea-Bissau.,, Rulers:,,, ,Portuguese to 1974,, Monetary System:,,, ,1 Mil Reis = 1000 Reis to 1910,, ,1 Escudo = 100 Centavos, 1910-1975,,
COUNTRY | PICK # | GRADE | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | CAMERA | ACTION |
PORTUGUESE GUINEA | P-43 | UNC | 3-4-1964, 1000 ESCUDOS, H, BARRETO, WOMAN , SHIP | 950 |