Stamps From Panama

As I mentioned in another topic, I was on vacation in Panama recently. I stopped by the philatelic office of the Dirección General de Correos y Telégrafos to pick up some stamps. In the entire country this is the only place where you can expect to find stamps in collectible conditions. I went to the local post office, close to where I was staying, and asked for stamps. The postal worker pulled out this folder with a tatty group of sheets, stapled together and folded in half, with bends, folds and so forth all over them.

While I was at the philatelic office, they pulled out two folders with the stamps they had available. I liked them so much, I bought them. Here is what they look like.



Here is the inside of one of them. I will scan the other one this evening.




It looks like our national bird is getting ready to eat our national frog on one of those stamps.
I am guessing these little folders were/are given out as gifts to diplomats and the like.

Good Find !

if you enjoy Panamanian stammps, pre 1936 Panama are great looking, affordable,beautifully engraved stamps with resplendent colors

As promised, here is the other folder.





The second stamp in the bottom row (in the se-tenant pair) shows the same flower as is featured on the cover of the folder. It is the Holy Ghost orchid. This is because it looks like a little dove with wings in the center of the flower. It is the national flower of Panama. The first stamp of the pair celebrates the national tree of Panama, aptly named the Panama tree.

I remember many tramps through jungle trails just to catch a glimpse of a blue butterfly. I saw one on my trip. I was quite pleased.

funcitypapa: I do not have many of the earlier stamps but would like to acquire them at some point.

Thanks for posting.

Scott numbers coming tomorrow.