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

    Balboa, Canal Zone, Administration Bldg
  • 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

    Sagafjord in Panama Canal
  • 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

    Ox team on the road to Old Panama
  • Panama Canal, Gaillard Cut

    Unused card in superb condition.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20112004

    Price: $9.00

    Panama Canal, Gaillard Cut
  • Panama City, Cathedral Plaza from City Hall

    Unused I.L. Maduro Jr. card 5312.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20112005

    Price: $9.00

    Panama City, Cathedral Plaza from City Hall
  • 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

    Porto Bello, Old Spanish forts destroyed by Morgan
  • 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

    Panama and the Canal Zone/Greetings from Republic of Panama (folio)
  • 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

    San Miguel, Pearl Islands
  • Colon

    Unused, unattributed card probably for sale in the USA.  Not certain of that.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20112009

    Price: $2.00

    Colon
  • El Panama Hilton

    Unused vintage postcard of this “fabulous new hotel”.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20112011

    Price: $5.00

    El Panama Hilton
  • 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

    Panama City, The Panama Hotel
  • Panorama de Panama

    Unused Mike Roberts card FF4-082, very minor spotting on the reverse.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20112014

    Price: $3.00

    Panorama de Panama
  • 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

    Ruins of the Cathedral in Old Panama
  • 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

    Chorrera Falls, near La Chorrera
  • Dock in old part of Panama City

    Unused card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20112018

    Price: $3.00

    Dock in old part of Panama City
  • Chocoes Indians

    Unused card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 20112019

    Price: $4.00

    Chocoes Indians
  • 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, partial view of hotel and banking area
  • 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, University of Panama, “Towards the Light” statue
  • 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

    Panama City, El Panama Hotel
  • 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

    Pollera – traditional costume
  • 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

    Panama City, El Panama Hotel FF-021
  • Santiago, The Normal School

    Unused Mike Roberts card FF-055, bilingual caption.  Grade: 2

    Code: 20112026

    Price: $2.00

    Santiago, The Normal School
  • 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

    Paisajes Panamenos
  • 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, Balboa Monument
  • 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

    Panama City, The Cathedral Church and Sosa Street
  • 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

    Colon
  • 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

    Panama City, Afro-Caribbean Museum of Panama
  • 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

    Greetings from the Crossroads of the World
  • 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

    Panama Canal, Electric Mule towing ocean liner through Gatun Locks