Lot
362 
Panama, 1904, Registration, "R" on 10c orange, blue "8554" handstamp, used with Panama 1903 2c rose, tied by "Panama, 26 Jul 1904" duplex on buff cover to Panama, "Recomendados, Panama, 27 Jun 1904"; horizontal fold, Very Fine. Scott No. Panama F unlisted + 72b Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THIS PANAMA 1904 PROVISIONAL REGISTRATION STAMP.
By approximately July 24th, the supply of overprinted Colombian registration stamps was exhausted in Panama. For two weeks until the new registration stamps arrived from New York, registered covers were franked with regular postage stamps overprinted with a large red "R" with the registry number stamped below it.
Realized: $1,500