Lot 2266
Canal Zone Registration Envelope, 1918, 10¢ on 5c black & red on cream, narrow surcharge (UF1 var.), used with 2c, 2½c & 5c adhesives from Bocas del Toro, Panama to Chicago Ill., violet "Bocas del Toro Jul 7, 1924" datestamps and "Registered" handstamp, Chicago Jul 15 backstamp, Very Fine. U.P.S.S. No. R4 footnote.
Estimate 500 - 750
After the Canal Zone postal authorities decided to discontinue use of registration envelopes, the last shipment of registration envelopes were offered to Panama for use in the republic rather than burn them. They had to re-overprint them to obliterate "Canal Zone" and revalue with "5".
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| Realized $350 |
