Lot 753
Panama, Colombia 1881, Registration, 10c Red on Orange, with blue "12458" handstamp, faulty, used on reduced cover cover front with Colombia 1883, 20c violet, pair and single, tied by "Panama, 20 Dic 1887" duplex to Paris, France, red "34" and blue "125" crayon numbers, "Calais a Paris, 23 Janv 88" cds, F.-V.F., ex-Helme.Scott No. Colombia F8 + 120 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Beginning in 1886, a numbering machine was used to enter registration numbers in Panama. Colon began using using a numbering machine in 1889. No other town in Panama used a numbering machine until after Panama became Independent.
Realized: $750