Panama/Canal Zone – Global Postcard Sales

Total: 29 postcards

Balboa, Canal Zone, Administration Bldg
Card mailed in 1954. Stamp was removed long ago but postmark is still there. Extra pencil and rubber stamping on reverse of this Curteich linen-finish card. Crease on lower left corner. Grade: 4

Code: 20112001
Price: $7.50
Sagafjord in Panama Canal
Obtained card in 1978, and it was never mailed. Minor indentation from a paper clip on upper edge, and reverse is beginning to age. Grade: 3

Code: 20112002
Price: $5.50
Ox team on the road to Old Panama
Published by I.L. Maduro, unused and unmarked apart from normal aging and slight edge abrasions. Grade: 3

Code: 20112003
Price: $11.50
Panama Canal, Gaillard Cut
Unused card in superb condition. Grade: 1

Code: 20112004
Price: $9.00
Panama City, Cathedral Plaza from City Hall
Unused I.L. Maduro Jr. card 5312. Grade: 2

Code: 20112005
Price: $9.00
Porto Bello, Old Spanish forts destroyed by Morgan
Pirate fanatics among you, check the history of this scene. Unused I.L. Maduro Jr. card. Grade: 2

Code: 20112006
Price: $13.00
Panama and the Canal Zone/Greetings from Republic of Panama (folio)
This is a superb Curteich-Chicago C.T. Art-Colortone folio of 24 different linen cards, each with their own stock number, all captioned in Spanish. Mailed with two Canal Zone stamps and full Balboa postmark, which did not include the year, but the folio copyright date is MCMXLIV (1944). If you have any historical interest in Panama and/or the Canal Zone, this is definitely for your consideration. Grade: 1

Code: 20112007
Price: $55.00
San Miguel, Pearl Islands
Unused card with an amusing caption on the reverse: ” … as the name indicates, pearl fishing is the principal industry, but not extensive.” (What would the secondary industries contribute?) Grade: 2

Code: 20112008
Price: $7.00
Colon
Unused, unattributed card probably for sale in the USA. Not certain of that. Grade: 2

Code: 20112009
Price: $2.00
El Panama Hilton
Unused vintage postcard of this “fabulous new hotel”. Grade: 1

Code: 20112011
Price: $5.00
Panama City, The Panama Hotel
Unused Dexter Press card DT-55308-C, dated 1969, serrated edges, with captions in Spanish and English. Grade: 2

Code: 20112013
Price: $3.00
Panorama de Panama
Unused Mike Roberts card FF4-082, very minor spotting on the reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 20112014
Price: $3.00
Ruins of the Cathedral in Old Panama
Unused Mike Roberts card FF-003c, slight foxing on the reverse. The cathedral “was destroyed by fire during the attack by pirate Henry Morgan in 1671”. Grade: 2

Code: 20112015
Price: $3.00
Chorrera Falls, near La Chorrera
Unused H.S. Crocker Mirro-Krome card FF-069, with captions in English and Spanish. Aging somewhat. Grade: 1

Code: 20112016
Price: $3.00
Dock in old part of Panama City
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20112018
Price: $3.00
Chocoes Indians
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20112019
Price: $4.00
Panama City, partial view of hotel and banking area
Mailed using a postage meter in 1987. Grade: 1

Code: 20112020
Price: $4.00
Panama City, University of Panama, “Towards the Light” statue
Unused H.S. Crocker Mirro-Krome card FF-219, substantially aged. Grade: 2

Code: 20112021
Price: $2.00
Panama City, El Panama Hotel
From no later than 1956, the card was not postally used but has message and address on the back. As for the hotel, like many of our hotel postcards, this shows the property in its heyday. Online reviews now are middling, with a recent one saying “still surviving,” but we’ve no doubt it has its attractions. Grade: 4

Code: 20112022
Price: $2.00
Pollera – traditional costume
Unused H.S. Crocker card FF-049, very heavily aged and foxed on the reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 20112023
Price: $1.00
Panama City, El Panama Hotel FF-021
Unused H.S. Crocker card FF-021, quite brown with age on the reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 20112024
Price: $3.00
Santiago, The Normal School
Unused Mike Roberts card FF-055, bilingual caption. Grade: 2

Code: 20112026
Price: $2.00
Paisajes Panamenos
The bilingual captions are in large type and take up half the message area of this unused, aging card. These scenes include the Cause Way, the Americas Bridge, and the island of Contadora. Grade: 2

Code: 20112027
Price: $2.00
Panama City, Balboa Monument
Not postally used, but with a 1994 message and other staining on the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 20112028
Price: $2.00
Panama City, The Cathedral Church and Sosa Street
Mailed in 1939, with stamp, postmark, and a small round orange sticker in the address area. The card was successfully forwarded from one address to another. Grade: 4

Code: 20112030
Price: $3.00
Colon
Quite old but unused card, divided back. Our note to you: lacking any attribution, we haven’t yet learned who produced these, but we believe they may have been made for domestic USA sale and not in Panama, as we have many similar cards from other countries in the site. Grade: 1

Code: 20112034
Price: $1.00
Panama City, Afro-Caribbean Museum of Panama
This unused card could qualify as an ad, or not, because the message area is full of a bilingual explanation of the history of the structure. It looks like the church it was. Grade: 1

Code: 20112035
Price: $2.00
Greetings from the Crossroads of the World
The front of this Panamanian postcard is fine. So too would be the reverse, except that the stamp is gone. It was mailed in 1975. Grade: 4

Code: 20112036
Price: $1.00
Panama Canal, Electric Mule towing ocean liner through Gatun Locks
You don’t actually see the ocean liner, and you don’t see the stamp either (because it’s gone), but if it’s any consolation, the 1940 postmark is still there. Postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 4

Code: 20112037
Price: $2.00

Total: 29 postcards