1939 3c Panama Canal
# 856 - 1939 3c Panama Canal
$0.35 - $35.00
U.S. #856
1939 3¢ Panama Canal
1939 3¢ Panama Canal
Issue Date: August 15, 1939
First City: U.S.S. Charleston, Canal Zone
Quantity Issued: 67,813,350
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Flat Plate
Perforation: 11
Color: Deep red violet
First City: U.S.S. Charleston, Canal Zone
Quantity Issued: 67,813,350
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Flat Plate
Perforation: 11
Color: Deep red violet
This stamp was issued on the 25th anniversary of the start of construction on the Panama Canal. An image of a ship sailing the canal is in the center of the stamps. The left side of the stamp pictures Theodore Roosevelt, who was President at the time the US acquired the land and began building the canal across the Isthmus of Panama. The portrait on the is of the canal's chief engineer, George Goethals.
U.S. #856
1939 3¢ Panama Canal
1939 3¢ Panama Canal
Issue Date: August 15, 1939
First City: U.S.S. Charleston, Canal Zone
Quantity Issued: 67,813,350
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Flat Plate
Perforation: 11
Color: Deep red violet
First City: U.S.S. Charleston, Canal Zone
Quantity Issued: 67,813,350
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Flat Plate
Perforation: 11
Color: Deep red violet
This stamp was issued on the 25th anniversary of the start of construction on the Panama Canal. An image of a ship sailing the canal is in the center of the stamps. The left side of the stamp pictures Theodore Roosevelt, who was President at the time the US acquired the land and began building the canal across the Isthmus of Panama. The portrait on the is of the canal's chief engineer, George Goethals.