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Folder title: | 157 |
Date: | 01/01/1962 |
Description: | Two copies of an artist rendering of a ship passing under the Thatcher Bridge and a copy of a picture from a magazine article used as the basis for the drawing. Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of this stamp. Two blueprints of the Bridge. Photographs of rejected design models: six of number 33750 four-cent stamps, and five of model number 33582, five-cent stamps. Two copies of a photograph of the approved model 33747. Ninety plus copies of a 1 5/8" x 2 3/4" photograph of Canal Zone number 157, this size was used to send to the media. Machine copies of various rejected designs. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 157 |
Includes: | Photographs ; Blueprints |
Folder number: | 30-03-034 |
Subject(s): | Design ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
Folder title: | 157a 1 of 5 |
Date: | 10/12/1962 |
Description: | Ten copies of a photograph of a sheet with plate number 168153 of Canal Zone number 157a, the Thatcher Bridge omission error. Folio with six copies and a negative of full sheets of 157a, plate number 168153 and copy of a photograph of an enlargement of a portion of the sheet showing the plate number. Copy of the court record concerning the law suit seeking to enjoin the governments from printing additional copies of this error. Articles about this issue. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 157a |
Includes: | Photographs ; Documents |
Folder number: | 30-03-028 |
Subject(s): | Errors |
Folder title: | 157a 2 of 5 |
Date: | 01/03/1963 |
Description: | Correspondence from the public regarding the issue of reprinting Canal Zone number 157a. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 157a |
Includes: | Correspondence |
Folder number: | 30-03-029 |
Subject(s): | Errors |
Folder title: | 157a Thatcher Ferry Bridge Error 3 of 5 |
Date: | 11/11/1962 |
Description: | Memorandum listing the 06/08/1963 Post Office inventory of Thatcher Bridge stamps Canal Zone number 157a. Newspaper clippings and articles concerning this stamp. Copy of the Bureau specialist, March, 1963. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 157a |
Includes: | Articles ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-030 |
Subject(s): | Errors |
Folder title: | 157a Thatcher Ferry Bridge Error 4 of 5. |
Date: | 09/12/1962 |
Description: | Correspondence documenting the donation of a sheet of Canal Zone 157a to the Smithsonian Institution. Correspondence and memoranda concerning this stamp including a notation with the name of a postal clerk who discovered a sheet in stock and noting that two additional sheets were in the vault; legal affidavits and other correspondence relating to the legal proceedings. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing notified the Canal Zone about the Dag Hammarskjöld stamp error. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 157a |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Documents |
Folder number: | 30-03-031 |
Subject(s): | Errors ; Smithsonian Institution ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
Folder title: | Black Blot File Also Errors Day and P.C.Z. Papers |
Date: | 11/27/1962 |
Description: | Strict rules and regulations on the quality of printing postage stamps. Concerns the Canal Zone Missing Bridge error stamp and the Dig Hammarskjöld stamp invert. H. E. Harris Co. press release with information on court ruling in their favor. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Press Releases ; Legislation ; Articles |
Folder number: | 03-03-12 |
Subject(s): | Postage Stamps ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Postal Service - Law and Regulation |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | C2 C15-C20 |
Description: | Copies of photographs of designs and/or stamps Canal Zone number C15, C16, C17,C18, C19, C20, 122 and 123. Photocopies of designs of 132 and 133 with notations. Photocopy of 123 as a twenty-cent denomination stamp with the denomination crossed out and five-cent replacing - five-cent was the final denomination for this design. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C15 ; Panama Canal Zone C16 ; Pa |
Includes: | Photographs ; Photocopies |
Folder number: | 30-03-039 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Design |
Folder title: | C-37 |
Date: | 10/15/1963 |
Description: | One 3 1/2" x 4" black and white and three 5" x 7" color photographs of Canal Zone C37. Three 8"x 10" photographs of a Canal Zone scenes. Photograph montage showing the design model and the finished stamp. Memorandum with history of the stamp. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C37 |
Includes: | Photographs ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-057 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Design |
Folder title: | C38 |
Date: | 10/15/1963 |
Description: | Two 3 1/2" x 4" black and white and three 5" x 7" color photographs of Canal Zone C38. One 8"x 10" photograph of a Canal Zone a scene. Photograph montage showing the design model and the finished stamp. Memorandum with history of the stamp. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C38 |
Includes: | Photographs ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-058 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Design |
Folder title: | C39 |
Date: | 10/15/1963 |
Description: | One 3 1/2" x 4" black and white and three 5" x 7" color photographs of Canal Zone C39. Two 8"x 10" copies of a photograph of a Canal Zone scene. Two copies of a photograph montage showing the design model and the finished stamp. Memorandum with history of the stamp. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C39 |
Includes: | Photographs ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-059 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Design |
Folder title: | C40 |
Date: | 10/15/1963 |
Description: | One 3 1/2" x 4" black and white and three 5" x 7" color photographs of Canal Zone C40. Two 8"x 10" copies of a photograph of a Canal Zone scene. Two copies of a photograph montage showing the design model and the finished stamp. Memorandum with history of the stamp. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C40 |
Includes: | Photographs ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-060 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Design |
Folder title: | C41 |
Date: | 10/15/1963 |
Description: | One 3 1/2" x 4" black and white and three 5" x 7" color photographs of Canal Zone C40. Three 8"x 10" copies of photographs of Canal Zone scenes. Two copies of a photograph montage showing the design model and the finished stamp. Memorandum with history of the stamp. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C41 ; Panama Canal Zone C40 |
Includes: | Photographs ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-061 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Design |
Folder title: | C48 & C52 and 158 |
Date: | 06/02/1967 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone numbers C48, C52 and 158. Five 35mm slides and seventeen copies of 8" x 10" black and white photographs of the Goethals memorial used in the design of Canal Zone 158. One 3 1/2" x 4" and two 8" x 8" copies of a photograph of Canal Zone 158. Two 3 1/2" x 4" copies of a photograph of Canal Zone C48. Five copies of photographs of Canal Zone views including Gorgas Hospital and the Commission Building. Three copies of the "Review" of 02/00/1967. Memorandum concerning the destruction of printing plates. Five copies of photographs of ceremonial canceling of covers. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C40 ; Panama Canal Zone C52 ; Pa |
Includes: | Photographs ; Publications ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-064 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; Design |
Folder title: | C50 |
Date: | 10/03/1973 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone numbers C50. Machine copy of upgraded stationery and First Day of Issue cancellations. Correspondence to Bureau of Engraving and Printing regarding 8 cent post cards. The Bureau also was notified that they had not provided the requested color for the C50a booklet cover (Kelly green). The same blue was used as for 49a (11 cent) which could cause confusion on the part of the clerks. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C50 ; Panama Canal Zone C50a ; P |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles ; Press Releases |
Folder number: | 30-03-068 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Postcards ; Design |
Folder title: | CA 139a Coil |
Date: | 08/25/1961 |
Description: | Correspondence concerning the issue of Canal Zone Scott number 139a. Xerox copies First Day cancellations. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 139a |
Includes: | Correspondence |
Folder number: | 30-03-013 |
Subject(s): | Coils ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; First Day of Issue |
Folder title: | CA 151 File 2 of 2 |
Date: | 09/09/1959 |
Description: | Three copies of the 7/8" x 1 1/2" and four copies of the 2" x 3 3/8", this size was used to send to the media. Four copies of a photograph of this the stamp design on thick paper and two copies of a photograph of the stamp on photographic paper. One copy of a photograph of the Boy Scout badge used in the design. Eight photographs of scenes at a ceremony with Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts and with the Director of Posts, Earl F. Unruh, showing a Cub Scout a sheet of the stamps. Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design, issue and first day activities for this Canal Zone number 151. Letter from the United States Post Office Department asking for 50 first day covers to be used to give to officials attending the United States number 1145 first day ceremonies in Washington, D. C. Newspaper clippings and articles about this stamp. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 151 |
Includes: | Photographs ; Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-023 |
Subject(s): | Design ; First Day of Issue ; Boy Scouts |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - 50th Anniversary Cancellations 1953 |
Date: | 10/16/1953 |
Description: | Correspondence regarding the use of a special cancellation to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Canal Zone Postal Service beginning 11/02/1953 through 11/30/1953.. Sample cancellation. Machine copies of various examples of metered mail |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Press Releases |
Folder number: | 30-03-071 |
Subject(s): | Metered Mail |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - 50th Anniversary Folder #1 Scott C36-C41 |
Description: | Six copies of the Panama Canal Review 05/00/1964 one with a misprint on C37 on the cover. Multiple copies of a 3" x 4" photograph of the die proof of each stamp. Three 8" x 10" photographs of a map of the canal. Forty-three copies of 8" x 10" photographs of the canal and locks, some duplication. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C37 ; Panama Canal Zone C37 ; Pa |
Includes: | Publications ; Photographs |
Folder number: | 30-03-047 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Design |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - 50th Anniversary Folder #2 Scott C36-C41 |
Date: | 06/03/1964 |
Description: | Newspaper clippings and magazine articles about this stamp issue. Press Release. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C36 ; Panama Canal Zone C37 ; Pa |
Includes: | Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-048 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Press Releases ; Design |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - 50th Anniversary Folder #3 Scott C36-C41 |
Date: | 03/16/1964 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone C36-C41. Memo detailing the 50th anniversary celebration events. Memoranda concerning meetings of the Anniversary Committee. Machine copy of a sketched design proposal for the Anniversary emblem. Copy of the "Bureau Specialist" 05/00/1965. Two uncaptioned 8" x 10" photographs of a group of people. Correspondence concerning sale of stamps at the New York World's Fair. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C36 ; Panama Canal Zone C37 ; Pa |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Articles ; Photographs |
Folder number: | 30-03-049 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Design |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - 50th Anniversary Folder #4 Scott C36-C41 |
Date: | 10/09/1963 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone C36-C41 including a history of the stamp. Final copy of 50th Anniversary events. Machine copies of various photographs of Canal Zone scenes. Two 8" x 10" montages photographs of these stamps. An 8" x 10" photograph of each stamp. Captioned photograph of the Canal Zone Governor Robert J. Fleming canceling stamps. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C36 ; Panama Canal Zone C37 ; Pa |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-050 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; Design |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - 50th Anniversary Folder #5 Scott C36-C41 |
Date: | 08/07/1963 |
Description: | Machine copies of sketches of proposed stamp designs. Three photographs of a proposed design showing the Thatcher Ferry Bridge. Comments on sketch ideas. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C36 ; Panama Canal Zone C37 ; Pa |
Includes: | Photographs ; Drafts ; Drawings |
Folder number: | 30-03-051 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Design |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - 50th Anniversary Folder #6 Scott C36-C41 |
Description: | Machine copies of photographs of Canal Zone C36-41 including full sheets and first day covers. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C36 ; Panama Canal Zone C37 ; Pa |
Includes: | Photographs |
Folder number: | 30-03-052 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; First Day of Issue |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - 50th Anniversary Folder #7 Scott C36-C41 |
Date: | 05/15/1964 |
Description: | Machine copies of photographs of Canal Zone C36-41. Memoranda and notes regarding first day sales. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C36 ; Panama Canal Zone C37 ; Pa |
Includes: | Memorandums ; Press Releases |
Folder number: | 30-03-053 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; First Day of Issue ; Press Releases |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - 50th Anniversary Folder #8 Scott C36-C41 |
Date: | 07/27/1964 |
Description: | Lists of people receiving complimentary stamps, folders and covers. Nine captioned 4" x 5" photographs of student assistants processing orders for stamps. Eight 8" x 10" photographs of stamp order and cover processing individuals identified on reverse. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C36 ; Panama Canal Zone C37 ; Pa |
Includes: | Lists ; Correspondence ; Photographs |
Folder number: | 30-03-055 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; First Day of Issue |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - 50th Anniversary Folder #8 Scott C36-C41 |
Date: | 11/15/1963 |
Description: | One 3 2/3" by 3 3/4" photograph of Canal Zone C 36. Three 5" x 7" color photographs of C36. Seven 8"x 10" photographs of Canal Zone scenes. Two 8" x 10" photograph montages showing a photographic scene used in the stamp design, a copy of the model and of the finished stamp. Memorandum with history of the stamp. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C36 ; Panama Canal Zone C37 ; Pa |
Includes: | Photographs ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-056 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Design |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - Air Mail Permanent Series |
Date: | 02/12/1965 |
Description: | Two copies of the "Spillway" 06/04/1965 and one copy of 07/09/1965. Two 8" x 10" copies of photographs of two Canal Zone scenes. Four copies of an 8" x 10" photograph of the Acting Governor Harold R. Parfitt and others canceling covers. One each reduces photograph of C42-C47. Two 35mm slides of the seal of the Canal Zone and two of the Golden Anniversary Logo. Three 8"x10" copies of a photograph of the Golden Anniversary Logo. Five 8" x 10" and eighteen copies of a 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" photograph of C44, the size used to send to the media. Machine copy of first day cancellations and of unapproved stamp designs. Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone C42-C47. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C42 ; Panama Canal Zone C43 ; Pa |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles ; Photographs |
Folder number: | 30-03-062 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; First Day of Issue |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - Air Service (Jet) (Braniff) Canal Zone - Sao Paulo |
Date: | 04/18/1960 |
Description: | Press Release regarding the inauguration of jet service from Balboa, Canal Zone to Sao Paulo, Brazil on or about 04/27/1960 and the preparation and servicing of commemorative covers for this event. Machine copies of various stamps, covers and cachets, rubber stamp copy of cachet. Copy of Braniff Airways El Dorado Super Jet brochure in Spanish. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Press Releases |
Folder number: | 30-03-123 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail Service ; Inaugural Flight ; Braniff |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - Air Service (Jet) Houston, Tex Balboa, Canal Zone 31 Oct 1963 |
Description: | Correspondence, memoranda and newspaper clippings regarding the inauguration of jet service between Houston, Texas and Balboa, Canal Zone on or about 10/27/1963 and the preparation and servicing of commemorative covers for this event. Machine copies of various stamps and booklets. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-121 |
Subject(s): | Braniff Airwars ; Postal Rates ; Inaugural Flight |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - Air Service (Jet) Pangara - Canal Zone - Miami - Balboa - Lima, Buenos Aires |
Date: | 04/22/1960 |
Description: | Correspondence, memoranda and newspaper clippings regarding the inauguration of jet service by Pan American - Grace Airways from Miami through Balboa, Canal Zone to Buenos Aires on or about 04/03/1960 and the preparation and servicing of commemorative covers for this event. Machine copies of various stamps and covers. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-122 |
Subject(s): | Pan American Airways ; Pangara ; Inaugural Flight |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - Air Service KLM, Pam Am Douglas DC-3 |
Date: | 11/01/1938 |
Description: | Marketing brochures from KLM royal Dutch Air Lines showing service and schedules. Copy of the Plan Views of Douglas DST & DC-3. Copy of Pan American Airways. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Brochures |
Folder number: | 30-03-129 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail Service ; KLM ; Pan American Airways |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - air Services (Jet) PAA - Panagra - Miami - Balboa - Quito first Jet Flight 2 Jul 64 |
Date: | 07/02/1964 |
Description: | Memoranda noting the departure of the inaugural flight to Quito and the 929 first flight covers thereon. Machine copies of various stamps and covers. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-124 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail Service ; Panagra ; Pan American Airways |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - Cachet First Flight - Direct Air Service Panama to Los Angeles |
Date: | 12/07/1951 |
Description: | Memorandum concerning the shipment of philatelic covers with the authorizes special cachet and postmarked Balboa, Canal Zone. Impressions of the cancellation. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-156 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail Service ; Pan American World Airways ; First Flight |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - Cachet Trivoli Guest House 15 Nov 1956 |
Date: | 11/02/1956 |
Description: | Information regarding the special cachet used in commemoration of the semi-centennial of the Tivoli Guest House. Machine copies of the cachet. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Circulars ; Articles ; Press Releases |
Folder number: | 30-03-157 |
Subject(s): | Cachets ; Press Releases ; Cancellations |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - Dixiepex III 25 June 1960 |
Date: | 03/23/1960 |
Description: | Information concerning the Canal Zone Postal Service participation in Dixiepex III. Machine copies of covers and cancellations. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles ; Press Releases |
Folder number: | 30-04-002 |
Subject(s): | Philately ; Cancellations ; Exhibitions |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - Map |
Date: | 01/01/1927 |
Description: | A 1 : 100000 map of the Canal Zone. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Maps |
Folder number: | 30-03-147 |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - Misc - envelopes, Postal Cards & Machne Slogan Cancels |
Description: | Accession receipts and machine copies of Canal Zone postal stationery and post cards, some with cancellations. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Receipts |
Folder number: | 30-03-148 |
Subject(s): | Postcards ; Cancellations |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - Miscell |
Date: | 05/06/1919 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda covering a wide variety of subjects including the Thatcher Ferry Bridge misprint, possible use of Panama Stamps in the Canal Zone, governance of the Canal Zone, etc. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Correspondence |
Folder number: | 30-03-146 |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - Miscellaneous Presentation |
Description: | Memoranda returning press proofs with machine copies of the stamps. Four photographs and a photograph proof strip of unknown men presenting a sheet of stamps (Thatcher Ferry Bridge). Autographed photograph of Fred Mamo, Postmaster General marked Malta. Photographs marked Quito, one of Benjamin Rivadeneira and the other with Benjamine rivadneira and employees of the "Direction General of Posts". Fourteen copies of a 3" x 4" photograph, the size used to send to the media, of an unused postage stamp design. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Memorandums ; Articles ; Photographs |
Folder number: | 30-04-006 |
Subject(s): | Foreign ; Persons |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - Money Orders Folder Z |
Date: | 02/17/1967 |
Description: | Correspondence regarding the printing of money order forms. Memorandum regarding the destruction of obsolete money order forms. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Memorandums ; Correspondence |
Folder number: | 30-03-133 |
Subject(s): | Administration ; Money Oder |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - Money Orders Punched Card System Effective 1 July 1952 Folder #1 |
Date: | 11/12/1950 |
Description: | Regulations, forms, samples and procedures for implementing the punch card money order system on 07/01/1951. Machine copies of money order forms. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Circulars ; Memorandums ; Manuals |
Folder number: | 30-03-130 |
Subject(s): | Administration ; Money Order |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - Money Orders Punched Card System Effective Folder #2 |
Date: | 06/16/1975 |
Description: | Correspondence concerning the implementation of the new key punch money order system. Machine copies of money order forms. United State Postal Service Bulletin Special Issue 04/11/1973. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Bulletins |
Folder number: | 30-03-131 |
Subject(s): | Administration ; Money Order |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - Transparancies Hawaii Statehood Stamps Photos |
Date: | 04/11/1960 |
Description: | Request for 35mm kodachrome transparancies of each postage stamp, envelope and postal card used and/or issued by the Canal Zone Postal Service. Machine copies of photographs of presentation of a set of transparancies to the Canal Zone Library. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-143 |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - U. S. Ship Explorer 19 Mar 1960 |
Description: | Information regarding the special cancellation used on 03/19/1960 aboard the United States Coast and Geodetic Ship Explorer. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Articles ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-142 |
Subject(s): | Ship Mail |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - USRCARIB School Folder #2 |
Date: | 07/28/1961 |
Description: | History of the USARCARIB 15 cent air mail stamp, Canal Zone number C32. Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone C32. Machine copy of First Day cancellation. Newspaper and magazine articles concerning this stamp. Two photographs of the Director of Posts and two U. S. Army officers reviewing photographs. Nine photographs of people and events at the First Day of Issue Ceremony. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C32 |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles ; Photographs |
Folder number: | 30-03-043 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; Design |
Folder title: | Canal Zone - Various Envelopes w/Postmarks, Postcards U21, UC15, UC 16, UXC5 |
Description: | Contains accession receipts for examples of postal stationery that have been placed in the Postal Museum vault. Machine copies of envelopes. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone U21 ; Panama Canal Zone UC15 ; P |
Includes: | Receipts |
Folder number: | 30-03-079 |
Subject(s): | Postcards ; Cancellations |
Folder title: | Canal Zone 50th Anniversary Scott C36-C41 Folder 7a |
Date: | 04/14/1964 |
Description: | Two photographs and a negative of Canal Zone C36-C41 first day covers. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C36 ; Panama Canal Zone C37 ; Pa |
Includes: | Photographs |
Folder number: | 30-03-054 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Covers ; First Day of Issue |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Accounting Records |
Date: | 12/10/1971 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the processing and accountability for various stamps and stationery. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-120 |
Subject(s): | Stamps ; Printing ; Postal Stationery |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Air Letter Sheets UC - Special |
Date: | 11/10/1960 |
Description: | Correspondence regarding the printing of air letter sheets by the Canal Zone Printing Plant due to the lack of adequate suppliers. Correspondence detailing the order of 5,000 plain air letter sheets that require a stamp. Newspaper clippings about this sheet. A mention in a memorandum concerning rewriting Canal Zone Postal regulations to allow the sale of Precancel stamps to collectors. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Memorandums ; Correspondence ; Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-085 |
Subject(s): | Printing ; Precancel ; Air Mail |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Armed Forces Day-1959 Postal Cards UXC1 UX12 |
Date: | 01/13/1959 |
Description: | Notation of the number of items sold during Armed forces Day activities at Albrook Air Base. Machine copies of various covers cancelled at this event. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone UXC1 ; Panama Canal Zone UX12 |
Includes: | Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-104 |
Subject(s): | Postcards ; Air Mail ; Cancellations |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Army Postal Service History Panama Canal Department World War II |
Date: | 03/07/1936 |
Description: | Material regarding the U. S. Army Postal Service in the Canal Zone. Correspondence between the Governor and the Command General. Copy of the U. S. Army Circular 380-3, Military Security. Procedures to obtain telephone service from the U. S. Army Signal Corps. Typewritten copy of "History of The Army Postal Services Panama Canal Department". |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Circulars ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-127 |
Subject(s): | World War II ; Mail Service ; United States Army - Postal Service |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Cachet Billionth Ton 12 Dec 56 |
Date: | 11/20/1956 |
Description: | Press release and information about the celebration of the transit of the billionth ton of cargo to transit the canal. Machine copies of the special cachet used for this event. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Press Releases |
Folder number: | 30-03-158 |
Subject(s): | Cachets ; Cancellations |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Cachets, Misc |
Description: | Accession receipts and machine copies of covers and cachets. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Receipts |
Folder number: | 30-03-159 |
Subject(s): | Cachets ; Cancellations |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Cancellation - Discontinuation of Railway Mail Service |
Date: | 05/17/1954 |
Description: | Information about the reestablishment of Railway Mail Service for one day in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the completion of the Panama Railroad. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Circulars ; Press Releases ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-161 |
Subject(s): | Press Releases ; Cancellations ; Covers |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Conterfeits |
Date: | 10/01/1952 |
Description: | A Canal Zone Study Group Projects publication titled "Canal Zone Third Series Counterfeits and A Canal Zone Rarity". |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Publications |
Folder number: | 30-03-160 |
Subject(s): | Philately ; Stamps |
Original source: | Canal Zone Study Group |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Design for 5 cent Envelope Essay |
Date: | 04/29/1963 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design of Canal Zone five-cent ordinary and 8-cent air mail envelopes. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Correspondence |
Folder number: | 30-03-081 |
Subject(s): | Design ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Destruction of Stamp Stock 1963-1966 1969-1972 |
Date: | 11/21/1963 |
Description: | Memoranda listing stocks of obsolete stamps and postal monetary documents destroyed. Machine copy of picture of material burning. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-04-001 |
Subject(s): | Administration |
Folder title: | Canal Zone DIXIPEX V |
Date: | 06/30/1962 |
Description: | Correspondence concerning the special Canal Zone cancellation for DIXIPEX 08/24/1962. Machine copies of the cancellation. Newspaper clippings. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-149 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations ; Philately |
Folder title: | Canal Zone First Day Covers - Misc |
Description: | Accession receipts and machine copies of Canal Zone, United States and foreign stamps some with first day cancellations. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Receipts |
Folder number: | 30-03-150 |
Subject(s): | Foreign ; Covers ; First Day of Issue |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Forger |
Date: | 01/06/1967 |
Description: | Newspaper clippings about the purchase by the American Philatelic Society of the stock of counterfeiter de Thuin. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-151 |
Subject(s): | Forgery |
Folder title: | Canal Zone International Metered Mail |
Date: | 03/26/1958 |
Description: | Correspondence between the Canal Zone Director of Posts and Henry G. Meisel, President of the American Metered Postage Society regarding the display of Canal Zone metered mail material sent for exhibition at the International Metered Postage Exhibition in Chicago in 1968. Machine copies of photographs of the display. Newspaper clippings about the exhibition. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-152 |
Subject(s): | Philately ; Exhibitions |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Jet Service Branif: Canal Zone to Miami |
Date: | 03/21/1960 |
Description: | Correspondence and publically released information regarding the special first flight cachet to be mailed from the Canal Zone aboard the first regular jet plane mail service started by Braniff Airways, 04/03/1960. Copy of a Braniff Airways brochure in Spanish. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Brochures ; Bulletins ; Press Releases |
Folder number: | 30-03-153 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail Service ; Covers ; First Flight |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Misc Metered Mattered |
Description: | Accession Receipts and machine copies of Canal Zone meters. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Receipts |
Folder number: | 30-04-004 |
Subject(s): | Postal service ; Metered mail |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Miscellaneous (Prime File for Disbursement) |
Date: | 08/15/1979 |
Description: | Press Release announcing the Last Day of Operation cancellation of 09/30/1979. List of stamps to be placed on philatelic special sale. Photograph of the Balboa Post Office |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Press Releases ; Lists ; Photographs |
Folder number: | 30-03-107 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations ; Post Office |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Money Orders - Punched Card System Folder #3 |
Date: | 04/14,1952 |
Description: | Correspondence concerning the administration of the money order system including development of instructions to post masters. Machine copies of money order forms. Copy of the specifications for printing money order forms. Copy of "the Common Machine Language for Mechanized Check Handling". |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Manuals ; Instructional Letters |
Folder number: | 30-03-132 |
Subject(s): | Administration ; Money Order |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Photographs, Canal Zone History |
Description: | Machine copies of Canal Zone photographs. Originals in the Smithsonian Postal Museum Library Photograph file. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Photocopies |
Folder number: | 30-03-134 |
Subject(s): | Panama Canal ; History |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Postage Meter - Sample Indicia |
Date: | 03/25/1963 |
Description: | List of meter permit holders as of 03/25/1963. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Lists |
Folder number: | 30-04-005 |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Postage Stamps |
Description: | Complete file of material pertaining to the compilation of the book titled "Canal Zone Postage Stampe". |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-135 |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Postal Cards (1952) Scott #UX11 UXC1 |
Date: | 04/30/1952 |
Description: | Memorandum to the governor stating that the Canal Zone Stamp Committee recommended issue a 75th anniversary of Gorgas Hospital stamp, an ordinary post card and an air mail post card. Correspondence regarding the paper stock used for printing post cards. Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue several postal items. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone UX11 ; Panama Canal Zone UXC1 |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-105 |
Subject(s): | Postcards ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; Air Mail |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Publication: Canal Zone Postage Stamps |
Description: | Machine copies of stamps and periodical and book covers. Newspaper clippings and articles about Canal Zone stamps. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Articles ; Press Releases |
Folder number: | 30-03-136 |
Subject(s): | Press Releases |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Sample - Post Marks |
Date: | 02/18/1957 |
Description: | Memoranda concerning cancellations for several events. Machine copies of various cancellations. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-139 |
Subject(s): | Covers |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Scott #UC-15 1975 |
Date: | 08/15/1975 |
Description: | Memoranda concerning the revaluation of the eleven-cent short air mail envelopes to eleven-cent value at the Panama Canal Company Printing Plant. Machine copies of the envelope. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-100 |
Subject(s): | Revalue ; Air Mail ; Surcharge |
Folder title: | Canal Zone SNAFU: antartica (Byrd Expedition) & SS Jacob Ruppert |
Date: | 11/01/1933 |
Description: | Correspondence concerning the procedures for sending mail to Antarctica for cancellation at Little America. Acknowledgement of the authorization for the mail clerk aboard the S. S. Jacob Rupert who was specially commissioned a postal clerk for the operation of the Little America post office. Correspondence concerning the loss of mail meant to be sent to Valpariso, Chile to be loaded on the S. S. Jacob Rupert. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Correspondence |
Folder number: | 30-03-126 |
Subject(s): | Byrd ; Little America ; Antartica |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Stamp Advisory Committee |
Date: | 03/10/1954 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda regarding the Canal Zone Stamp Advisory Committee. Machine copies of committee photographs. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-137 |
Subject(s): | Design |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Stamp Display |
Description: | Accession receipts and machine copies of Canal Zone stamps. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Receipts |
Folder number: | 30-03-138 |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Stamp Folder Examples |
Description: | Black stamp folders in three sizes, Canal Zone Postal Service printed in gold on cover. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Folders |
Folder number: | 30-03-140 |
Subject(s): | Philately |
Folder title: | Canal Zone Transfer of Mail Trucks, Transfer of CZ Postal Service to USPOD |
Date: | 01/03/1960 |
Description: | Memoranda concerning the brochure "Canal Zone Postal Service and Postage Stamps" including new typewritten material for Supplement 1 covering stamps issued subsequent to 01/01/1960. Various memoranda concerning the issue of new stamps and the revaluation of postal stationery. Separate included folder with the 1973/1974 Operating Budget Estimate including the transfer of mail trucks to the Mail Transporation Division and the Canal Zone Postal Service to the U. S. Postal Service. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-141 |
Subject(s): | Postal Stationery ; Vehicles ; Stamps |
Folder title: | Canan Zone - 50th Anniversary Cancellation 1954. |
Date: | 05/20/1954 |
Description: | Correspondence regarding the use of a special cancellation to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Canal Zone Postal Service to be used beginning 06/24/1954. Newspaper clipping and press release. Cancellation specimens on blank cards and a photocopy of a cover and letter dated 06/24/1904. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles ; Press Releases |
Folder number: | 30-03-070 |
Subject(s): | Press Releases |
Folder title: | CZ - Money Orders Folder 1 |
Date: | 02/04/1972 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda regarding the design, issue and use of postal money orders. Last item is from the Unites States Postal Service agreeing to honor Canal Zone money orders on a reimbursable basis after "Entry into Force of the Panama Canal Treaty" on 10/01/1979. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-04-007 |
Folder title: | CZ 1,4,10,70,105,145,C17 - Photos |
Description: | Photograph and negative of Canal Zone stamps with Scott numbers 1, 4, 10, 70, 105, 145, and C17. , Cropped photograph showing Canal Zone 1, 4, and 10. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 1 ; Panama Canal Zone 4 ; Panama |
Includes: | Photographs ; Negatives |
Folder number: | 30-03-001 |
Subject(s): | Overprints |
Folder title: | CZ 113 |
Date: | 01/30/1939 |
Description: | Page containing two cropped photographs and a picture of the stamp cut from an unknown newspaper of Canal Zone stamp Scott number 113. List of American Newspaper philatelic departments taken from "Stamps" of 08/26/1939. Correspondence regarding the first day of issue and sales for CZ Scott number 113. Copy of correspondence with Mrs. Helen O. Williamson, widow of colonel Sydney B. Williamson pictured on Canal Zone 113. Correspondence to media. Memorandum to the photographer with photographs as examples of size photographs to make for media. Biography of Colonel Williamson. Newspaper clipping about this stamp issue. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 113 |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles ; Lists ; Memorandumss |
Folder number: | 30-03-004 |
Subject(s): | Covers ; First Day of Issue |
Folder title: | CZ 113 |
Description: | Three photographs of Colonel Sydney B. Williamson used as model for Canal Zone Scott number 113. Five 2" x 2" photographs of Canal Zone 113 - this size was used to send to the media. Fifteen 7 1/4" x 8 1/4" photographs of Canal Zone 113. Three mounted pencil sketches of Canal Zone 113 drawn for guidance of the Engraving Plant. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 113 |
Includes: | Photographs ; Photocopies |
Folder number: | 30-03-005 |
Subject(s): | Design |
Folder title: | CZ 117 |
Date: | 06/13/1934 |
Description: | Correspondence and material relating to the first day of issue of Canal Zone Scott number 117. Copy of photograph of George Washington Goethals used in stamp design. Impressions of cancellations and rubber stamp cachet. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 117 |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Photographs ; Lists |
Folder number: | 30-03-006 |
Subject(s): | First Day of Issue ; Design ; Cancellations |
Folder title: | CZ 120-135, C15-20 |
Description: | Multiple copies of photograph of Canal Zone Scott numbers 120-135, some mounted. Eight photographic copies of pencil sketches illustrating the new series of air mail stamps, Canal Zone C15-20. File includes reproduced copies of design sketches for this issue. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 120 ; Panama Canal Zone 121 ; Pa |
Includes: | Photographs ; Photocopies |
Folder number: | 30-03-007 |
Subject(s): | Design |
Folder title: | CZ 120-135, C15-20 CZ27 |
Description: | Two complete sets of photographs of Canal Zone Scott numbers 120-135, Copy of an article about the reroute of the canal from Nicaragua to Panama after Nicaragua issued stamps showing a volcano, Mt. Momotombo, that convinced Congress to choose the Panama site. Machine Copy copies of photographs of various Canal Zone stamps. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 120 ; Panama Canal Zone 121 ; Pa |
Includes: | Photographs ; Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-008 |
Subject(s): | Design |
Folder title: | CZ 136,137,140 |
Date: | 12/14/1946 |
Description: | Newspaper clipping from Linn's Weekly Stamp News showing Canal Zone stamps Scott 136, 137 and 140. 10/01/1949 cover with two Canal Zone Scott number 137 and Cristobal cancellation showing map of canal zone and slogan "The Panama Canal Short Route to World Markers". Correspondence concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone 138. Photograph of Canal Zone Scott number 136, 137 and 140. Xeroxes of sketches and models of proposed stamps. Booklet - Canal Zone Postage Stamps (Fourth Edition - 1939). |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 136 ; Panama Canal Zone 137 ; Pa |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles ; Booklets ; Photographs |
Folder number: | 30-03-010 |
Subject(s): | Design ; Artifact ; Panama Canal |
Folder title: | CZ 138 |
Date: | 04/11/1949 |
Description: | Thirty-six copies of a 2" x 2" photograph of Canal Zone Scott number 138, this size photograph was mailed to media. Photograph and three copies of President Theodore Roosevelt used for stamp design. Newspaper clipping from The Boston Globe with a picture of Canal Zone 138. Photographic model by the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. Correspondence concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone 138. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 138 |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Photographs ; Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-011 |
Subject(s): | Design ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
Folder title: | CZ 139 |
Date: | 02/11/1936 |
Description: | Photograph, copy and two enlargements used in design. Four 8" x 10", two 4" x 4 34" and three mounted 2" x 2" photographs of Canal Zone Scott number 139. Three photocopies of the sketch of Canal Zone 139. Newspaper clipping noting the death of John F. Stevens. Correspondence concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone 139. Machine Copied copies of stamp sketches, design and first day cachet. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 139 |
Includes: | Photographs ; Photocopies ; Correspondence ; Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-012 |
Subject(s): | Design ; First Day of Issue ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
Folder title: | CZ 141 |
Date: | 09/18/1947 |
Description: | Eight 2" x 3 3/4" photographs of Canal Zone Scott 141, used to mail to media. Two photographs of a Coati-Mundi used in stamp design and one mounted 5 1/2" x 8" copy. Three photographs of Barro Colorado Island, used as background to Coati-Mundi and one mounted 7 1/2" x 8 1/2" copy. Three photographs of Canal Zone 141, one mounted. One Photographic model and four unused model backings. Correspondence concerning the issue of Canal Zone Scott number 141. Unused envelope with picture of Coati-Mundi. Newspaper clippings concerning Canal Zone 141. Machine copies of design sketches and photographs. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 141 |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Photographs ; Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-014 |
Subject(s): | Design |
Folder title: | CZ 142 |
Description: | Six copies of a strip photograph showing Canal Zone Scott numbers 142-145, used to mail to media. Two photographs of a painting of Old Chagres, one reduced size photograph of Old Chagres and five different scenes of the Old Chagres ruins as used in design of these stamps. Newspaper clippings about stamps. Machine copies of design sketches and photographs. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 142 ; Panama Canal Zone 143 ; Pa |
Includes: | Photographs ; Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-015 |
Subject(s): | Design |
Folder title: | CZ 146 |
Date: | 12/14/1948 |
Description: | Correspondence concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone Scott number 146. Copy of the Bureau Specialist, July 1951 with article about this stamp. Fourteen photographs of laborers performing various tasks. Photograph of three local rate employees being presented first day covers. Canal Zone postal rate chart. Machine copies of design sketches. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 146 |
Includes: | Magazines ; Photographs ; Correspondence ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-017 |
Subject(s): | Design ; Construction ; Postal Rates |
Folder title: | CZ 147 |
Date: | 11/05/1954 |
Description: | Thirty-two copies of a 2" x 2" photograph of Canal Zone Scott number 147, used to mail to media. Correspondence concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone Scott number 147 Copy of the Bureau Specialist magazine, January 1955 with an article about this stamp. Newspaper clippings about this stamp. Two copies of the Panama Canal Review, 02/04-1955. Captioned photographs with five different views the Bureau Director and two members of the Canal Zone Board viewing the printing of this stamp. Six copies of a photograph of a sketch of the stamp. Four captioned copies of a photograph of women processing first day covers. Machine copies of design sketches and Railway Post Office cancellations. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 147 |
Includes: | Magazines ; Photographs ; Correspondence ; Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-018 |
Subject(s): | Design ; Persons ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
Folder title: | CZ 148 |
Date: | 11/01/1957 |
Description: | Fifteen 2" x 3" copies, this size was used to send to the media, and one 4 1/2" x 7" copy of Canal Zone 148, the Gorgas Hospital Anniversary issue. Nine photographs of the Commemorative Service for the Gorgas Hospital Anniversary, three photographs of clerks processing first day covers, sixteen photographs of the hospital and surrounding area and two 75th Anniversary brochures. Photographs are captioned. Machine copies of the stamp photographs. Stenographer notebook with handwritten, running details of expenses and first day stamp sales |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 148 |
Includes: | Notebooks ; Photographs ; Correspondence |
Folder number: | 30-03-019 |
Subject(s): | Design ; First Day of Issue ; Persons |
Folder title: | CZ 148 |
Date: | 06/12/1957 |
Description: | Correspondence regarding the printing and issue of Canal Zone 148. Commemorative Service program with a photograph of the hospital that was used for the program. Canal Zone Postal Service Circular No. 1145, providing directions for the handling of first day of issue covers. Machine copies of cancellations. Newspaper clippings and articles concerning this stamp. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 148 |
Includes: | Photographs ; Brochures ; Circulars ; Correspondence |
Folder number: | 30-03-020 |
Subject(s): | Design ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; First Day of Issue |
Folder title: | CZ 150 |
Date: | 06/11/1958 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design, production and issue of Canal Zone Scott number 150. Machine copies of first day of issue cancellations and of a photograph of the stamp. Program for the stamp dedication ceremony's |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 150 |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Lists ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-021 |
Subject(s): | Design ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; First Day of Issue |
Folder title: | CZ 151 File 1 of 2 |
Date: | 02/08/1960 |
Description: | Six 2 1/2" x 3 3/4" copies of photograph of the United States Boy Scout stamp Scott number 1145, this size was used to send to the media. Cachet envelope for Canal Zone number 151 first day of issue, without stamp or address, Cub Scouts of America Pack Charters for several Packs in the Canal Zone, Machine copies of the stamp. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Panama Canal Zone 1145 ; Panama Canal Zone |
Includes: | Photographs ; Correspondence ; Lists |
Folder number: | 30-03-022 |
Subject(s): | Design ; First Day of Issue ; Boy Scouts |
Folder title: | CZ 152 |
Date: | 06/20/1960 |
Description: | Four 2" x 2" copies of a photograph of Canal Zone number 152, this size was used to send to the media. One reduced image of the stamp (less than 1"), two copies of a photograph of the stamp cut to appear as perforated and mounted on a sheet of white paper, five copies of a photograph of a rejected design (model No. 2), One photograph, one picture clipped from a magazine, and five copies of photographs showing varied views of the Administration Building. Two copies of a captioned photograph and three captioned candid photographs of the Governor of the Canal Zone (W. A. Carter) canceling first day covers. Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of this stamp. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 152 |
Includes: | Photographs ; Correspondence ; Press Releases |
Folder number: | 30-03-024 |
Subject(s): | Design ; First Day of Issue ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
Folder title: | CZ 156 |
Date: | 02/14/1962 |
Description: | Ninety-plus copies of 1 3/4" x 3 7/8" copies of photograph of Canal Zone 156, this size was used to send to the media. Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of this stamp. Machine copy of a photograph of the stamp and of first day of issues cancellations. Two copies of a photograph of a Girl Scout presenting flowers to Mrs. Robert J. Fleming, wife of the Governor, and one of the Governor applying a first day cancellation to a cover. Newspaper clippings and articles about this stamp. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 156 |
Includes: | Photographs ; Correspondence |
Folder number: | 30-03-027 |
Subject(s): | Design ; Girl Scouts ; First Day of Issue |
Folder title: | CZ 157 |
Date: | 04/02/1962 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone number 157. Seven copies of photographs of Governor Fleming canceling first day covers. Newspaper clippings about this stamp. Machine copy of first day of issue cancellations. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 157 |
Includes: | Photographs ; Blueprints ; Articles ; Press Releases |
Folder number: | 30-03-033 |
Subject(s): | Design ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; First Day of Issue |
Folder title: | CZ 157a Thatcher Ferry Bridge Error 5 of 5 |
Date: | 11/13/1962 |
Description: | Correspondence to Congress about Canal Zone number 157a. Newspaper clippings concerning the reprinting of the Dag Hammarskjöld (U. S. number 1204) error stamp. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 157a |
Includes: | Press Releases ; Correspondence ; Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-032 |
Subject(s): | Errors ; Congress ; Press Releases |
Folder title: | CZ 159 |
Date: | 07/22/1971 |
Description: | Fourteen copies of black and white photographs of Ft. Lorenzo taken from the air and three in color. Two copies of a photograph and a negative of Canal Zone number 159. One 2" x 2 1/2" copy of a photograph of 159, his size was used to send to the media. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 159 |
Includes: | Photographs ; Correspondence |
Folder number: | 30-03-035 |
Subject(s): | Design |
Folder title: | CZ 159 |
Date: | 04/27/1955 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone number 159. Machine copy of rough proof 36043 and of first day of issue cancels. Newspaper clipping about this stamp. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 159 |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles ; Press Releases |
Folder number: | 30-03-036 |
Subject(s): | Design ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; First Day of Issue |
Folder title: | CZ 163 |
Date: | 04/25/1975 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone number 163. A 3" x 4" copy of a photograph of this stamp. Newspaper clipping. Machine copies of photographs of this stamp and of construction scenes |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 163 |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles ; Press Releases |
Folder number: | 30-03-037 |
Subject(s): | Design ; First Day of Issue |
Folder title: | CZ 20 |
Date: | 05/04/1970 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone number U20. Machine copies of design sketches, copies of U20, and first day covers and cancellations. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone U20 |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-078 |
Subject(s): | Design ; Covers ; Cancellations |
Folder title: | CZ 32 |
Date: | 08/01/1958 |
Description: | Three 35mm slides of Canal Zone C32, USARCARIB School. Photocopy of a map of South America. Three 8" x 10" photocopies, two 6 1/2" by 8" photocopies and two machine copies of stamp designs. Two mounted 4" x 5" photocopies of the approved design. Three 8" x 10" photocopies of the approved model. Two 6 1/2" x 8" photocopies of the USARCARIB crest. Sheet with color copies of USARCARIB crest. First Day program. Machine copies of varies design concepts. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 32 |
Includes: | Photographs ; Folders |
Folder number: | 30-03-042 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; First Day of Issue ; Design |
Folder title: | CZ 33 |
Date: | 08/12/1962 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone C33 including a history of the stamp. Newspaper clippings regarding this stamp. Machine copies of stamp designs. Two photographs of a workman spraying to eradicate malaria. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 33 |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles ; Photographs |
Folder number: | 30-03-044 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; Design |
Folder title: | CZ C21, C22, C23, C24, C25, C26 |
Date: | 08/28/1950 |
Description: | A copy of an advertisement of a stamp sale featuring Canal Zone Scott number C25a. Copy of "Stamp Mirror" of 06/16/1951. Copy of "the Bureau Specialist" 05/00/1957 with an article on Canal Zone C25a. Typewritten article by Lt. Co. DeVoss describing how this first error stamp of the Canal Zone occurred. Photograph of the partial sheet of C25a. Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of this series of air mail stamps. Two 8" x 10" photocopies of the design for Canal Zone C21. Cropped and mounted photographs of Canal Zone C23. machine copies of Canal Zone C21-C23 and C26-C26. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C21 ; Panama Canal Zone C22 ; Pa |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles ; Photographs |
Folder number: | 30-03-040 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Errors ; Design |
Folder title: | CZ C27, C28, C29, C30, C31 |
Date: | 05/28/1958 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone C27 - C31. Newspaper and magazine clippings concerning this series of stamps. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C27 ; Panama Canal Zone C28 ; Pa |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-041 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; First Day of Issue |
Folder title: | CZ C34 |
Date: | 12/13/1963 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone C34 including a history of the stamp. Machine copies of First Day cancellations |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C34 |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Press Releases |
Folder number: | 30-03-045 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; First Day of Issue ; Design |
Folder title: | CZ C35 |
Date: | 04/17/1963 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone C35 including a history of the stamp and a copy of the letter from Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, asking that this stamp be issued.. Copy of the President's (Kennedy) Foreign Aid Message. Thirty plus copies of a 2 1/2" x 5 3/4" photograph of the stamp, the size used to send to the media. Four 3" x 5" photographs of C35. Color copies of the Alliance for Progress decal in various sizes. Three 8" x 10" photographs of C35. Newspaper clippings regarding this stamp. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C35 |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles ; Photographs |
Folder number: | 30-03-046 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; President |
Folder title: | CZ C47 |
Date: | 07/15/1965 |
Description: | Six copies of a photograph of Canal Zone C47. Three copies of the presentation folder for this issue. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C47 |
Includes: | Photographs ; Folders |
Folder number: | 30-03-063 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail |
Folder title: | CZ C48a |
Date: | 10/07/1969 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone number C48a. Newspaper clippings about this stamp. Copy of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing sheet layout. Booklet stapling concept and cover design information is included |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C48a |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-065 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; First Day of Issue ; Booklet |
Folder title: | CZ C49 |
Date: | 04/16/1971 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone numbers C49. A copy of a 3" x 4" photograph and two negatives of photograph of C49. Machine copy of first day of issues cancellations. Two copies of a photograph of C49. Newspaper clippings |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C49 |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Photographs ; Press Releases ; Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-066 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; Design |
Folder title: | CZ C49a Booklet |
Date: | 05/28/1971 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone numbers C49a. Machine copy of booklet covers, upgraded stationery, and First Day of Issue cancellations. Four First Day cancellations on stock cards. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C49a |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-067 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Booklet ; Design |
Folder title: | CZ OX3, OX5 |
Date: | 04/08/1941 |
Description: | Memorandum from the Director of Posts advising all post masters of the stamps that have been overprinted for official use. Machine copies of Official Seals showing both the new and old designs. Design changed because the old seal used the term "Bureau of Posts" which was changed to "Canal Zone Postal Service". |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone OX3 ; Panama Canal Zone OX5 |
Includes: | Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-080 |
Subject(s): | Overprints ; Official Seals ; Official Stamps |
Folder title: | CZ U10, U11 |
Date: | 01/19/1959 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the issue of Canal Zone postal stationery U10 and U11. Machine copies envelopes, some have been post marked. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone U10 ; Panama Canal Zone U11 |
Includes: | Correspondence |
Folder number: | 30-03-073 |
Folder title: | CZ U18, U19 |
Date: | 04/16/1969 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the issue of Canal Zone postal stationery U18 and U19. Machine copies envelopes, some have been post marked. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone U18 ; Panama Canal Zone U19 |
Includes: | Correspondence |
Folder number: | 30-03-076 |
Subject(s): | Revalue ; Covers |
Folder title: | CZ U22 |
Date: | 01/21/1976 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone postal stationery U22 and U19. Machine copies proposed design modifications. Envelopes and First Day of Issue.. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone U22 ; Panama Canal Zone U19 |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-083 |
Subject(s): | Design ; Covers ; First Day of Issue |
Folder title: | CZ UC11 |
Date: | 07/31/1968 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone post card and air mail envelope. Machine copies of the envelope. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone UC11 |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Press Releases |
Folder number: | 30-03-096 |
Subject(s): | Postcards ; Press Releases ; Air Mail |
Folder title: | CZ UC14 |
Date: | 04/05/1971 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of the eight-cent Canal Zone 159 and eight-cent envelopes, eleven-cent envelopes and surcharging of existing stocks to meet the new rate requirements. Letter of 09/10/1971 informing the United States Envelope company that there is a flaw in the basic design of the embossed stamp of the new long airmail stamped envelopes making them unusable and the will be destroyed. The short envelopes are good, but there are errors in the packing count for these. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone159 ; Panama Canal Zone UC14 |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-099 |
Subject(s): | Stamps ; Errors ; Postal Rates |
Folder title: | CZ UC3 |
Date: | 10/09/1946 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone postal stationery UC3. memoranda approving the embossing die model for the Canal Zone six-cent air mail stamp. Machine copies of design sketches for UC3. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone UC3 |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-086 |
Subject(s): | Stamps ; Air Mail ; Design |
Folder title: | CZ UC5, UX13, UXC2 |
Date: | 05/14/1963 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone postal stationery UC5, UX13, UXC2 . Correspondence requesting surface pieces for use on Heidelberg letter press to imprint additional postage on Canal zone envelopes and postal cards. Machine copies of post cards one with a printing error. Newspaper clippings regarding these issues. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone UC5 ; Panama Canal Zone UX13 ; P |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-089 |
Subject(s): | Postcards ; Surcharge ; Revalue |
Folder title: | CZ UC6 |
Date: | 01/06/1963 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone postal stationery UC6. Seven 2 1/2" x 4 1/2 inch photographs of the indicia of UC6, the size photograph used to sent to the media. Machine copies of the design. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone UC6 |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Press Releases |
Folder number: | 30-03-090 |
Subject(s): | Design ; Printing ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
Folder title: | CZ UX 14 |
Date: | 09/01/1964 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone UX14 and 154. Newspaper clippings about this item. The interim four-cent card was printed in blue by the Panama Canal Company Printing Shop. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone UX14 ; Panama Canal Zone 154 |
Includes: | Memorandums ; Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-109 |
Subject(s): | Postcards ; Stamps ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
Folder title: | CZ UX 15 |
Date: | 10/12/1964 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone UX15. Machine copies of cards some with first day cancellations. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone UX15 |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-110 |
Subject(s): | Postcards ; First Day of Issue ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
Folder title: | CZ UX16, UX17, UC9 |
Date: | 10/07/1968 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone post card UX17. Memorandum concerning the revaluation of UX16 and UC9 and requesting permission to issue new items with the same design and new denomination. Newspaper clippings regarding revalued items. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone UX16 ; Panama Canal Zone UX17 ; |
Includes: | Memorandums ; Articles ; Requisitions |
Folder number: | 30-03-093 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Postcards ; Postal Rates |
Folder title: | CZ UX19 |
Date: | 10/01/1973 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone UX19. Machine copies of cards some with first day cancellations. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone UX19 |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Reports ; Press Releases |
Folder number: | 30-03-114 |
Subject(s): | Postcards ; First Day of Issue ; Stamps |
Folder title: | CZ50 |
Date: | 10/01/1973 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone numbers C50a. The Bureau also was notified that they had not provided the requested color for the C50a booklet cover (Kelly green). The same blue was used as for 49a (11 cent) which could cause confusion on the part of the clerks. Machine copies of booklet cover and First Day of Issue cancellations. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C50 ; Panama Canal Zone C50a ; P |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Press Releases |
Folder number: | 30-03-069 |
Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; Design |
Folder title: | CZ8 120-135, C15-20 |
Date: | 03/10/1938 |
Description: | List of stamps sold and destroyed during 1939. Memorandum providing information and design details of the Canal Zone Anniversary stamp issues, Scott 120-135 and C15-20. Correspondence and newspaper clippings about the issue, sale and destruction of these stamps. Copies of forms used by the Canal Zone Post Office. Copies of first day of issue cancellations. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 8 ; Panama Canal Zone 120 ; Pana |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Lists ; Forms ; Articles ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-009 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations ; First Day of Issue ; Design |
Folder title: | First Day Cover Kit |
Date: | 09/17/1958 |
Description: | First Day Cover Kit sent to the Acting Directof of Post, Canal Zone Postal Service with cover letter. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles ; Speeches |
Folder number: | 30-03-119 |
Subject(s): | Covers ; Speech |
Folder title: | Miscell |
Description: | Copy of a file list "Section II - 'Design Files' " Copy of the publication "Canal Zone Postage Stamps Permanent, Provisional and Temporary Series". Copy of the Pan American Union publication Philatelic Series Number 23, "the Story of Panama Reflected in the Postage Stamp issue of 1942" marked for Review. Canal Zone Index. Machine copy of Canal Zone pages of a Scott's postage stamp catalogue. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Publications ; Lists |
Folder number: | 30-04-003 |
Folder title: | Panama Canal Zone 25th Anniversary |
Description: | Sixteen mounted photographs with the caption "Canal Zone Postage 25th Anniversary - 1939 Opening Panama Canal - 1914, on bottom the caption indiciating the scene and the value and color of the stamp for which it was to be used, the number of stamps to be printed and the signature of P. C. Russell, apparently approving the use of this information for the issue of the stamp. Scotts catalog numbers 120 - 135. Photograph of plate block and partial sheet of the Thatcher Bridge error stamp Scott 157a. Mounted photograph of Charles Goslin |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 120 ; Panama Canal Zone 121; Pan |
Includes: | Photographs |
Folder number: | 30-04-011 |
Subject(s): | Philately ; Stamp Design |
Folder title: | Philatelic Suppy Catalogs |
Description: | Correspondence regarding destruction of printing plates, purchase of U. S. Postage Special Delivery stamps and the ordering and sale of various stamps and postal stationery. An undated, unsigned copy of the agreement respecting sale of Panamanian Postage Staps to Canal Zone Government. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-128 |
Subject(s): | Postal Stationery ; Administration ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
Folder title: | Photo Copies |
Date: | 11/25/1938 |
Description: | Memorandum requesting phtographs. Machine copies of many canal zone photographs and of stamp design sketches. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Photocopies ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-125 |
Subject(s): | Design |
Folder title: | Some Manpower & Employment Information |
Date: | 02/11/1905 |
Description: | Canal Zone Postal Service training information for postal employees. Newspaper clippings regarding employment. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Speeches ; Information Sheets ; Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-154 |
Subject(s): | Employees |
Folder title: | UC4 |
Date: | 05/28/1958 |
Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone postal stationery UC4 . Estimate from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing regarding engraving costs. Newspaper clippings about the issue of these items. |
Collection: | Panama |
Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone UC4 |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles |
Folder number: | 30-03-087 |
Subject(s): | Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; Printing ; Design |
Folder title: | Untitled |
Date: | 03/24/1915 |
Description: | File of correspondence and memoranda concerning the design, issue, and use of Canal Zone stamps as well as the Canal Zone Postal Service as a whole. Machine copies of stamps. |
Collection: | Panama |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 30-03-145 |
Subject(s): | Philatelic History ; Design |