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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Panama Canal Zone First Day Cover
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Panama Canal Zone First Day Cover

Artifact IDMO 1953.443
Object Type Cover, First Day
Maker (American, 1881 - 1947)
Date1939
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsoverall H 3 5/8 in x W 6 1/2 in (9.2 cm x 16.5 cm )
Physical DescriptionAn unused envelope with a thermographic cachet honoring the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal Zone on August 15, 1939. The red cachet features a paragraph on the Panama Canal headed by the text: 25TH ANNIVERSARY / OPENING / THE PANAMA CANAL / FIRST DAY CANAL ZONE ISSUE. Below the paragraph is the wording: The World's Greatest Engineering Feat. At the bottom of the cachet is an illustration of the canal with the words "1914 TRIUMPH 1939", on which has been adhered a small black and white photograph of a map of the Isthmus of Panama with the caption below: CROSS ROADS OF THE WORLD.
Historical NoteThis envelope is one in a group of twenty-four First Day covers (MO 1953.420-MO 1953.443) produced by philatelist Walter G. Crosby to honor the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal Zone on August 15, 1939.
Additional Details
Credit LineEstate of Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesStamp Collecting Materials (National Archives Identifier 749938)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestricted
CopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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