Panama Canal Zone, 15c Goethals Memorial

Panama Canal Zone · 1928 · 15c

This definitive stamp features a central portrait of George Washington Goethals, the chief engineer of the Panama Canal. The portrait is flanked by vignettes of the Gaillard Cut on the left and the Gatun Locks on the right, two of the canal's most significant engineering feats. The stamp commemorates Goethals' immense contribution to the completion of this vital waterway.

Issued in 1928, this stamp was part of the first permanent definitive series for the Panama Canal Zone, replacing earlier overprinted stamps of Panama and the U.S. It honors the American engineering prowess that made the canal a reality.