Panama Canal Zone, 1928, 1c Balboa, Overprinted 'CANAL ZONE'

Panama Canal Zone · 1928 · 1c

This definitive stamp features a portrait of Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the Spanish explorer credited as the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean from the New World. The original Panamanian stamp (Scott 239) is overprinted in black with 'CANAL ZONE' in two lines.

Issued for use in the Panama Canal Zone, this stamp is part of a series of overprinted Panamanian definitives used following the transfer of postal administration.