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Mike33, you have one of the best, if not the best, Panama Map Cancellations that I have ever seen! Congratulations!
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My contribution to this Canal Zone thread is a stock certificate for the Panama Rail Road Company on revenue stamped paper (Scott U.S. RN-U1). Wikipedia provides good background on the railroad, which actually preceded the construction of the canal by approximately 50 years! As you can see, it was printed on very thin paper. RustyC: Very nice railroad stock certificate. It reminded me of a bit of RR/Panama trivia. The Union Pacific is not the first "transcontinental" railroad in the Western Hemisphere, it is the Panama Railroad which was operational nearly fifteen years before the U.P. Don |
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The Union Pacific is not the first "transcontinental" railroad in the Western Hemisphere, it is the Panama Railroad which was operational nearly fifteen years before the U.P.
Except that Panama does not reside on a "continent." |
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Seriously, I thought Panama was part of "Central America." I guess there is some difference of opinion about this. According to Britannica: Quote:
Although at first the term America was applied only to the southern half of the continent, the designation soon was applied to the entire landmass; those portions that widened out north of the Isthmus of Panama became known as North America, and those that broadened to the south became known as South America. According to some authorities, North America begins not at the Isthmus of Panama but at the narrows of Tehuantepec, with the intervening region called Central America. Under such a definition, part of Mexico must be included in Central America, although that country lies mainly in North America proper. To overcome this anomaly, the whole of Mexico, together with Central and South American countries, also may be grouped under the name Latin America, with the United States and Canada referred to as Anglo-America. This cultural division is a very real one, yet Mexico and Central America (including the Caribbean) are bound to the rest of North America by strong ties of physical geography. Here I think "North America proper" is speaking of a cultural entity, not a geophysical one. Not all countries reside on "continents." |
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Central America is really an ethnic division, North America is a geographical division. I have never heard anyone define themselves as "North Americans", only as Americans or Canadians or Mexicans, etc. Nor have I ever heard anyone speak of NA as a "cultural entity", only as a geographical one. |
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DonSellos, Thanks for you nice post. As a point of interest and humor, not counting the time difference,
I say: But but the tracks are only 47.6 miles long! Here is the only CZ stamp I know depicting any part of the CZ Railroad. This stamp celebrates the 100th year of the Panama Railroad, as it was known prior to the entrance of the Canal Zone.  Have a GREAT day stamp collecting! |
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DCottrell, Thank you for starting this thread! CZ is my favorite area of stamp collecting also.
I especially like your very 1st post! Precise, easy to read and very informative.
Thru this thread, I feel that you just may have piqued more stamp collector's interest in looking into Canal Zone stamps.
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Article from the Patriot news paper, Harrisburg, PA, June 28, 1964. Envelop offered by CZ PO in which you could mail the First Day of Issue shown just below it. Fold out of Map with all 6 stamps affixed, commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Canal. When folded, it looks like the "First Day of Issue" just above, which is not held closed in any manner and fits into the envelope pictured above. A couple of "First Day of Issue" with individual stamps on covers. |
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Thank you, mudhut, for posting the additional and interesting Canal Zone items. |
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Thank you rustyc. I have many more stamps I could post....but it will be awhile before I can organize them. Some nice variations.
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Here's an unexpected appearance of the Panama Canal!
Panama Canal on Suez Canal Stamp
Well, if the Panama Canal is on a Suez Canal stamp, it cannot be in North America any longer.  |
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<Old Joke>
President Jimmy Carrter is having a restless night, tossing & turning.
The ghost of Teddy Roosevelt comes to comfort him. "Tell me, lad, how goes the nation?"
Jimmy sighs.
"Somehow, inflation *and* unemployment *and* interest rates are all at record levels.
"The Russians rolled into Afghanistan, like we don't even exist.
"The Iranians seized our embassy, and took dozens of Americans hostage."
Teddy cries out: "Good L-rd, lad, next thing you'll tell me is that we've lost The Canal!"
</Old Joke>
Kids: President Jimmy Carter signed the give-it-back Panama Canal Treaty on September 7, 1977.
Cheers,
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