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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 1953.439
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 upper half of the purple cachet features the circular Seal of the Canal Zone Isthmus of Panama with text above that reads: 25TH ANNIVERSARY / OPENING / THE PANAMA CANAL / FIRST DAY CANAL ZONE ISSUE. In the lower half of the cachet is an illustration of the canal with the dates "1914" and "1939", on which has been adhered a small black and white photograph of a world map showing the location of the canal 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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