

(Panama) 1844 outer letter sheet to Tours, France endorsed “Via Panama”, from an unknown country bearing undated circular SOUTH AMERICA VIA PANAMA handstamp (only mentioned as dated in Robson Lowe) overstruck with very fine Panama Forwarding Agents, Louis Lewis (not listed in Rowe), red framed accountancy handstamp, reverse with double-arc Kingston Jamaica, red London transit, red French entry on front, reverse Paris transit and arrival; fine and attractive.

1867 (Mar 9) envelope with series of long enclosures, datelined Panama to Winthrop, Maine franked 1861 10c. Washington pair tied by clear example N.York Steamship postmark; some slight faults to envelope.

1870 entire to London with ‘1/-‘ charge handstamp and A Panama cds of British Post Office, red arrival backstamp. Fine clean example.


1881 (May 8) cover to Paris franked 1879-89 1c. and 10c. Volcano tied by dotted lozenge with Suchitoto date stamp in association, annotated “Via Panama pr St Nazaire”, handstamped at centre ‘Paso el Correo’, blue Paris cds additionally tying 1c., reverse with New York Panama Transit ‘opera glasses’ cancel.

1887 (4 Jun) 3c. stationery card to Puerto Cabello, Venezuela with bottom left blue despatch cds of San Salvador, images both cancelled by Transito Panama transit cancels; some slight toning but still an attractive item.

1893 wrapper used locally to "Capt Bass/ Pacific Steam Nav. Co./ Panama" with company chop bottom left, Agencia Postal Nacional Colon date stamp overstruck framed TARDE hanstamp


1895 (5 Set) 2c stationery envelope uprated 3c. to Bremen, cancelled Transito Panama cds, handstamped routing endorsement top left, reverse with Santa Ana date stamp, further Transito Panama, Foreign NY Transit and arrival cds; central vertical filing crease.


1931 (Set 11) multi-franked registered cover to Pontarlier, Switzerland with three Calidonia cds, registration handstamp below, reverse with scallop seal tied despatch cds


PANAMA: 1843 Folded cover to London addressed to Fred Huth handstamped PANAMA double arc without date of the British Post Office, fine KINGSTON JAMAICA NO 29 1843 backstamp and red London arrival 9 JA 1844, 2 filing creases, 1 running through Panama hs, very scarce.


PANAMA: 1850 (11 Sept) Entire from PAITA, Peru to Paris routed through Panama with straight line PANAMA / TRANSIT in red and PANAMA / 21 SP 1850 / TRANSIT in black, red London transit 20 Oc. backstamp, scarce combination.


PANAMA: 1878 Unfranked envelope to Germany with manuscript ‘....Veinte i cinco centavos’ and ‘25ct’ applied at top, circular NY T applied in transit with opera glass NEW YORK OCT 15 / PANAMA TRANSIT, and NEW YORK BRITISH TRANSIT OCT 16 cds alongside, German circular cachet alongside and arrival, fine and unusual.