Panama Canal 50th Anniversary, SS Ancon in Gaillard Cut

Panama Canal Zone · 1964 · 5c

This stamp commemorates the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal. The central vignette features the steamship SS Ancon, the first vessel to officially transit the canal in 1914, navigating through the Gaillard Cut. The design is framed by text celebrating the '50th ANNIVERSARY CANAL OPENING'.

Issued in 1964, this stamp marks a half-century of the Panama Canal's operation, a monumental engineering feat that revolutionized global maritime trade by connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.