Friday, October 12, 2007

Panama Canal Zone 01

A postcard sent by Natalia from Panama Canal Zone. Panama Canal Zone was 1432 square kilometer territory inside Panama, consisting the Panama Canal and an area of 8 km of each side of the canal. The zone was created in 18 November, 1903 under the Hay-Bunau Varilla Treaty. Anyway, portraying in the postcard is the Thatcher Ferry Bridge over the Pacific Ocean entrance to the Panama Canal. The stamp used in the postcard is a USA stamp marked with Air Force Postal Service. Date: 26 June 1997.




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