(British Post Offices) 1876 (June 15) double rate envelope to Newark, England endorsed “Via West Indies/ Mail” bearing four single Great Britain 1874 6d. grey, plate 14 tied by two fine strikes of ‘C35’ obliterator, arrival backstamp; fine looking cover with a rare franking. Ex H. Wood.
(British Post Offices) 1878 (Oct 6) envelope to Plymouth franked Great Britain 1864 1d., plate 191, SE-SF tied by PANAMA C35 duplex. endorsed at top “from J. Frost Stoker/ H.M.S. Pelican”. Arrival backstamp. Some slight damage at top left of left-hand stamp but an extremely rare concessionary usage (rate of 1d. for Panama transit charge and 1d. for Sailor’s rate) Only a few cover recorded. Ex Charles Warren, Andre Bollen and H. Wood.
(Guatemala) 1866 (NO 1) stampless entire to Lima, Peru bearing 6d., JG, plate 5 tied by 'C35' Panama duplex applied in transit, CORREOS GUATEMALA despatch date stamp, with large Compagnie Generale Transatlantique Agence De Guatemala in darker shade of blue on reverse, obverse with framed FRANCO, reverse with manuscript "2" and black handstamped '2' that has been obliterated and replaced below with handstamped '1'; a fine and extremely rare usage of Great Britain stamps.
(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.
(Panama) 1855 (SP 23) entire to Paris bearing on reverse fine red COLON broken double circle date stamp, London transit alongside, the front with red framed COLONIES/& ART 13 accountancy, Calais entry cds overstriking rate handstamp; fine and scarce.
(Panama) 1871 (Dec) envelope to Limerick, Ireland franked 1867-80 1/-, plate 5, IC cancelled ‘C35’ obliterator with A/ PANAMA cds in association, arrival backstamp.
(Panama) 1886 (AU 1) envelope to Newbury franked 1884 4d. green tied ‘C35’ Panama duplex, arrival backstamp. A little roughly opened at top, a late usage of 4d. rate at the Panama Packet Agency following entry of Colombia into UPU on 1.7.1881. Very rare with only 2 such covers recorded and not listed in S.G., R.P.S. Certificate.
1850 (9 SP) outer letter sheet to London with fine Chagres double arc cds of British Post Office on reverse along with arrival cancel; vertical crease at left, a good example of a rare cancel.
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.
1884 (MY 3) large cover (edge faults) to Lew Down, Devon, headed "from W. Lockbert CC, HMS Swiftsure, Pacific" and countersigned by the Commanding Officer, but presumably over the 1/2 oz. so paid at the full civilian rate of 4d., a Great Britain 1d. lilac strip of four cancelled C35 obliterators, A Panama cds of British Post Office just below. The Panama office closed in 1881 and these cancels were only used in transit thereafter. Faults to the envelope do not detract from a very unusual and scarce cover from a British naval ship in the Pacific
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
from PANAMA to London prepaid at the 4d per 1/2oz rate by four 1d rose-red Pl. 191, tied by Panama type Z4 'C35' numerals and 'Panama/Transit' three line datestamp for JY.26.80, London arrival bs (AU 25 1880)