1854/1924: Group of covers, one from US from San Francisco to Boston with rare oval "INDEPENDENT LINE / AHEAD OF THE MAILS / UNCLE SAM AND
1854/1924: Group of covers, one from US from San Francisco to Boston with rare oval "INDEPENDENT LINE / AHEAD OF THE MAILS / UNCLE SAM AND NORTH STAR / VIA PANAMA", franked with 1851 3 c. brown-red in a horizontal pair (margins touched to clear); two pre-philatelic covers 1859-79 and incoming Mail from 1881, Great Britain 2½ d. blue, plate 23, used on 1884 cover to "H.M.S. Swiftsure", Pacific Station, care of H.M. Consul in Panama, tied by "SANDWICH" cds (April 1) in black. Another incoming cover 1907 from Oslo to ship "S.S. Fornebo" at Colon, Panama franked by Norway Posthorn 20 ö. blue tied by Kristiania machine cancel (Dec 31). Reverse with "Agencia Postal / Colon" cds (Jan 21, 1908) in violet, ship had sailed and struck on obverse with scarce "NON RECLAMADA" and "REBUT / COLON, / REP. DE PANAMA" cachets in violet. Three different stationery postcards and one up-rated stationery envelope 1 c. 'CANAL ZONE' with 1 c. stamp of the same design and same design for an used stationery postcard 1 c.