1905, From Panama to Grant County, New Mexico, U.S.A. via New York,
franked with Panama overprints on Colombia including 10 centavos
green
1905, From Panama to Grant County, New Mexico, U.S.A. via New York,
franked with Panama overprints on Colombia including 10 centavos
green registration stamp handstamped with blue 1918, 10 centavos
orange, 5 centavos AR stamp, and 5 centavos red-blue, 5 centavos AR
stamp cancelled with violet PANAMA / CORREOS / 6 FEB / 1905, and
the other stamps were cancelled with circular cancels in black, red
manuscript of T3, handstamped with 27668 ledger number, complete AR
and registry service to the U.S., rare early Isthmian Canal
Commission-era usage with full mixed franking, extended historical
context: dispatched during the transitional period following
Panama’s independence from Colombia in 1903, under the heavy
geopolitical influence of the United States which was asserting
control over the canal zone pursuant to the Hay–Bunau-Varilla
Treaty, postal evidence of U.S. logistical expansionism in the
region, involving figures such as President Theodore Roosevelt,
whose administration accelerated canal construction and the
associated infrastructure including postal systems, the registered
item predates the official U.S. Canal Zone postal issues and
reflects early adaptation of Colombian stocks under Panamanian
authority, the double AR (Avis de Réception) application signifies
both meticulous tracking and the importance of secure
communications across newly strategic trade and military corridors,
ex Kugel, XF! Estimate 3.000€.
