Lot 227
Panama Canal Memorabilia. Collection of Panama Canal-related items, including a stock certificate from the bankrupt Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama Company issued in 1888. This historic certificate has an ornate border around it with various control stamps. Reparations Stamp in red dated 1893. Printed signature of Ferdinand de Lesseps.
With a group of early books and pamphlets about the Panama Canal, including:
"Annual Report of the Isthmian Canal Commission for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1912"; "Official Handbook of the Panama Canal" (1915); "Society of the Chagres. 1911. Year Book"; "Picturesque Panama. The Panama Rail Road / The Panama Canal" (1928); "The Panama Canal. 1914-1939," etc. Estimate Value $150 - 200
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