Lote 973

✉ PANAMA. 1892 (April 18). 1891 1 1/2 on 2d violet postal stationery postcard with red UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION surcharge, from WILLIAMSTOWN (Victoria) to PARAMARIBO (Dutch Guiana) tied by WILLIAMSTOWN duplex with two strikes, dated 1st and 2nd June 1892, of BRITISH PACKET AGENCY/PANAMA cds alongside (Parmenter BPA CDS. 1), and arrival at left, backstamped at Melbourne. One of fewer than five examples recorded of the use of the Panama British Packet Agency handstamp. A significant Panamanian rarity. Cert. RPS.