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Post by smauggie on Oct 10, 2017 3:30:05 GMT
El Volcan, Panama Uprated Registered postal stationary from one of the highest altitude towns in Panama at about 8000 feet above sea level.  |
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stevew
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What I collect: stamps, covers, postal cards from Canal Zone, early USA, Channel Islands
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Post by stevew on Sept 9, 2018 15:39:47 GMT
The SS Ancon, SS Cristobal, and SS Panama, all ships of the Panama Line provided service between the Panam Canal Zone and the United States. My dad and his family sailed on these ships when they would travel to the states on vacation. The cover below is for the maiden voyage of the SS Cristobal. Only a few years after that voyage, it was requisitioned by the US Navy, and took part in the Allied operations against North Africa. After the war it was returned to the Panama Line. I've posted this here since it has Panama stamps and cancel. In the US stamps area I've posted a similar cover for the sister ship the SS Ancon (by far the more famous ship), which has a Canal Zone stamp and cancel.   |
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Post by jamesw on Sept 28, 2018 3:17:01 GMT
Appropriate to the thread? I don't know. It's got a Canal Zone postmark (sort of), albeit from a US ship, with a US stamp. You decide.  |
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Post by smauggie on Dec 25, 2018 17:07:31 GMT
Santiago, Province of Veraguas, Panama
June 5, 1938
First Day of Issue celebrating the opening of the Normal School of SantiagoI have visited the Escuela Normal de Santiago. For those who don't know a "normal" school is a school that teaches people to be educators. A huge amount of resources was poured into the construction of this school and as a result it is one of the most amazing edifices in the country. I have posted some pictures below.  The school is decorated outside and inside with intricate gesso and marble sculptures and adornments.  The real gem of the school, though is the gymnasium. Here hang enormous murals of the neoclassical Panamanian painter Roberto Lewis. Here is Archimedes destroying an enemy fleet with his parabolic mirrors. 
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Post by smauggie on Apr 13, 2021 16:31:04 GMT
Panama Air Mail Covers Panama Scott# C3 First Flight from the city of Colon to Ecuador and First day of issue cover. The stamp is a great example of how off-center these early airmail overprints could get.  These two stamps were issued to commemorate the visit of Lindbergh to Panama. They were the only Panamanian stamps printed by the Canal Zone Government.  Panama Scott# C4 on cover.  A trio of Panama Scott# C5 on official cover from the Department of Hygiene and Health of the Secretariat of Agriculture and Public Works to Quito, Ecuador.  |
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Post by smauggie on Apr 13, 2021 17:07:34 GMT
Panama Scott# C16A This cover is dear to me because it reminds me of my uncle Max. He worked for Heurtematte & Co. in their French Bazaar store on Front Street in the city of Colon. The French Bazaar offered primarily fine china and crystal and other decorative items. My uncle worked for them in the 1960's-1980's. In 1989, during/after operation Just Cause, the store was heavily looted, and the owners decided to close up shop and my uncle went into retirement.  |
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Post by smauggie on Apr 13, 2021 18:38:53 GMT
Panama Scott# 324 Cachet: Vote for the True Panamanian Constitution, the plebicite taking place the 15th of December In this year of 1940 when this cover was mailed, Panama had a newly elected president, Arnulfo Arias. He was a white supremacist, and a fan of Mussolini and Hitler. The first item of his agenda was to create a new constitution. He also, violating a longstanding agreement with the US, emitted Panama's first and so far only banknotes. The new constitution was approved. Among other things it redefined who could be considered a valid Panamanian citizen based exclusively on race. True Panamanians were of direct Spanish descendance, direct indigenous descendance or a mixture of the two. All other races were no longer considered Panamanian. Many minorities of African or Asian descent were stripped of their homes and property, including my own grandfather who was an immigrant from China. This cover documents the start of a short but dark period of history in Panama. In 1941, Arias was removed from power as a result of a coup. The constitution was rescinded or replaced.  The banknote, known as the "Seven Day Dollar" because the US forced the currency to be retracted after seven days, consisted of notes denominated in 1, 5, 10 and 20 Balboas, and are quite attractive. Today examples still exist in collectors and Panamanian hands, though a complete mint set would set you back several thousand dollars.  |
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