Great Britain, May 6, 1840 First Issues Collectors Club of stamps and philatelic material

Panama

September, 1878.


Panama Scott #5
Panama Scott #5, printed before #1

Imperforate, no watermark, lithographed.

Sovereign State of Panama under Columbian Dominion.
Description # printed # issued Scott #
First printing. Medium thick paper
5 centavos blue green ? ? 5
10 centavos blue ? ? 6
50 centavos orange ? ? 7
Second printing. Thin wove paper
5 centavos gray green ? ? 1
10 centavos blue ? ? 2
20 centavos rose red ? ? 3
Very thin wove paper
50 centavos buff ? ? 4
Issues of Columbia for use in the Department of Panama
1887
1 centavos black on green paper ? ? 8
5 centavos black on blue paper ? ? 10
10 centavos black on yellow paper ? ? 11
20 centavos black on lilac paper ? ? 12
1888
2 centavos black on pink paper ? ? 9
50 centavos brown ? ? 13

All issue quantities are approximate.

The Scott catalog states that Panamanian archives show that #5 to #7 were printed before #1 to #4. #1 to #4 are known unofficially rouletted.

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