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Volume 27Number 3March 2010Top strip of Order F 4854, five cent 1916 specimen bookletsContentsFrom the President’s Desk ……………………...…. 3Panama 1911 and 1916 Booklets Revisited – AmountsPrinted, Update to Census, and Discovery of TwoImportant Covers by David Zemer ………...… 4Censorship Markings during the 1,000 Days War byFederico Teppa .................................................. 9Market Report—Panama by Jim Cross ………...… 15Hotel Alferez Real, Santiago de Cali (1928-1975)Thomas P. Myers ……………………..…….. 16Colombian Railroads in 1909. Bulletin of the PanAmerican Union ………………………………... 18More on the 1910 AR Forms ……………………... 20Come to the Annual Meeting at NAPEXMcLean VA, June 4-6, 2010

COPACARTA Volume 27, No. 3 March 2010Copaphil NewsThis issue features two very important researcharticles. The first is by regular contributor DavidZemer who has graced our pages with so muchfirst rate research. The second is by FedericoTeppa who addresses the censorship markings ofthe 1000 days war. Though often seen on coversof the period this is the first time that I have gottena good idea of what they are all about.WebsiteOur new website is up and running. Check itout at http://copaphil.org/. Check out the “featuredexhibits” on the web site.London 2010Not to forget that London 2010 will be comingup on May 8—15. There will be 2400 framesof exhibits split into two groups, each shown forfour days. See their web site (http://www.london2010.org.uk/festival-of-stamps) fordetails. Many of our members will be there. Copaphilmembers Alan Anyon an Dieter Bortfeldtwill be making a presentation.NAPEX 2010There will be at least eight Colombia/Panamaexhibits at NAPEX, June 4 to June 6. Four of theexhibits are specifically SCADTA and one other isairmail. Come if you possibly can. As Debby outlinesin “From the President’s Desk” there will beplenty of opportunity for members to get together.The exhibits include Panama Canal ConstructionEra Picture Post Cards by Jerry Craig;SCADTA, the Pioneer Years by Santiago Cruz;Colombia-Department of Antioquia 1886—1904by Santiago Cruz; SCADTA 3rd Issue , ServicioPostal Aereo de Colombia; SCADTA-ConsularMail also by James Johnson; Panama, the 1924Arms Issue by Jim Cross; SCADTA Postal Stationeryby Jerome Kasper; and Riches of ColombiaAirmails, 1932-1940 by Tom Myers.Alfredo Frohlich will be serving as a judge.Portugal 2010Colombians participating in Portugal 2010include: Hugo Goggel, Classic Brazil, the firstissue 1843; James Johnson, Colombia, First commercialairlines; Alfredo Frohlich, United Statesof Colombia; Walter Weber, Barranquilla, Civilwar issues 1902-1903; Gian Marco Caruso, Postcardsof Colombia; Santiago Cruz, ValienteScadta issues; Miguel Roldan, Manos, un instrumentoperfecto.COPAPHIL OFFICERSPresident Debby Friedman 10 Reddy Lane, Loudonville NY 12211 Rbreuer1@nycap.rr.comVice-President Jim Cross 9500 Harritt Rd #207, Lakeside CA 92040 jimacross@cts.comSecretary Thomas P. Myers PO Box 522, Gordonsville VA 22942 tpmphil@hotmail.comTreasurer Allan M. Harris 26997 Hemingway Ct., Hayward CA 94542 HPEXCHANGE@aol.comEditor Thomas P. Myers PO Box 522, Gordonsville VA 22942 tpmphil@hotmail.comSales Manager Ken Adams 16736 X St, Omaha NE 68135 kenstampneb@cox.netWebmaster Jerome Kasper PO Box 3470 Clovis CA 93613-3470 jerome.kasper@gmail.comOVERSEAS REPRESENTATIVESEurope Malcolm Bentley 155 Percheron Dr Knaphill, Woking, Surrey GU212QX, UK malcolm.bentley1@ntlworld.comPanama Dr. Ernesto Arosemena P.O. Box 0830-01079 Panama City , Rep. of Panama kikoaro@cableonda.netColombia Santiago Cruz Calle 33#16-50, Bogota, COLOMBIA Sccollectibles2003@yahoo.com_________________________________________Advertising rates: Black & white — Full page (6.5x8” high) $40; Half page (6.5x4” high) $25; Quarter page(3x4” high) $15; Business card $10. Inside cover (front or back) $55; back cover $65. Color — Inside cover (frontor back) $125; Back cover (full page) $150; Center spread (full page) $150 (both pages) $250. Inserts: 30c foreach mailed (currently about 180). A maximum of 2 oz. is permitted for such enclosures.Annual Dues: US $13; Canada $15 ; Foreign $182

COPACARTA Volume 27, No. 3 March 2010FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK….Our biennial meeting at NAPEX June 4-6 th iscoming quickly. If you haven’t already makeplans to attend, it is not too late to do so. You willhave the opportunity to see some wonderful exhibitsfrom our members and hear two fascinating andinformative programs. Details about our participationat the show are in this issue of CO-PACARTA and show and hotel information isavailable at the NAPEX website –www.napex.org. Assuming we can find a suitablelocation, we will have an informal dinner the Fridayevening of the show – please inquire at ourtable at the show. If you are willing to spend afew hours staffing our table, please get in touchwith me.Several exhibitor - members have recentlytaken major awards at shows. Ray Simrak showedhis one frame exhibit – the SCADTA System fromCanada to Colombia in the Championship Class atAmeriStamp Expo, receiving a Prix d’honneur; atthe same show Jerry Kasper’s exhibit of SCADTAPostal Stationery received a Reserve Grand, AirmailSociety and United Postal Stationery SocietyBest Single Frame exhibit and show gold. At theSarasota show Alfredo Frohlich won a gold with anew exhibit Republic of Colombia InternationalMail 1886-1899; additionally at Sandical andFlorex he won a gold with his United States ofColombia. This exhibit also won the APS researchaward at Florex. Also, Santiago Cruz wona gold at Sarasota for Antioquia 1886-1904. Congratulationsto them all.I encourage you to visit our web site(www.copaphil.org) to see all of the things thathave been added recently thanks to the efforts ofwebmaster Jerry Kasper. Most notably, I ampleased to announce that the late Bob Mitchell’sAuction and Private Treaty compilation has beenplaced on the site. Bob worked on this project formany years, the last entries being made in early2003. Illness prevented his continuing to add listings.While there are likely some older sales thatshould be added as well as more recent ones, thislisting as is will be a valuable guide for researchingwhat exists. Bob’s incredible library was brokenup; some was sold and some donated to theAPRL. Catalogs for many of the auctions listedwill be found at major philatelic libraries includingthe Collectors Club of New York and theWestern Philatelic Library as well as the APRL.The number of early sales with significant items orsections of Colombia and/or Panama is impressive.If anyone is interested in contributing to ortaking on a project to add to these listing, pleasecontact me.Debby Friedman rbreuer1@nycap.rr.comWrite for CopacartaIf you have something to say but don’t know how to say it, contact the Editor. I’ll be glad to helpThe Editor3

COPACARTA Volume 27, No. 3 March 2010Panama 1911 and 1916 Booklets Revisited – Amounts Printed,Update to Census, and Discovery of Two Important CoversDavid ZemerWhen the two articles on Panama Bookletswere published 1,2,3,4 it was assumed that the subjectwas completed as no other records wereknown to exist. However, a major discovery tookplace in August 2009 when a photocopy, whichfor lack of a better name will be referred to here asthe Panama Journal, 5 from the American BanknoteCompany was located. Because of this Journalwe now know how many Advertising Booklets,ungummed stamps and Machine-made Bookletshad been delivered to Panama.The Journal appears to be a monthly listingof all printing business with Panama by the AB-NCo. In most cases it only shows the month, year,product, and gross quantity of an order printedwithout specifying order numbers, stamp denominationsor cost details.In addition two covers have been unearthedin January 2010 which have changed our assumptionsconcerning the distribution of these stampswithin Panama. One cover has stamps from a 1911Advertising Booklet and the other cover hasstamps from a 1916 Machine-made Booklet.The 1911 Panama Advertising Booklet –Numbers produced and Numbers SurvivingIn September 1910 the ABNCo PanamaJournal has two entries:abFig. 1. All documented advertising booklets: a) Helmebooklet, b) Hettinger booklet.Table 1. Five Known Panama Advertising Booklets –Latest Sales or Present Owner and Some Distinguishing Characteristics.Fig. Ownership or Public Auction Space* Line Non-metric characteristics1a Cherrystone Auction, Jan 2002, 13mm Top E Spots, rust(?) spots between staplesApr 2003. Ex-Helme ($5225)1b Hettinger Auction May 4, 2004 8mm Top R(Germany)(€3159)1c Bennett Auction, Leeds’ Collection,8mm Top R No rustJan 19, 2005 ($2860)1d Zemer Collection 13mm Top E Rust spots left ot tope staple, white speckon t of postales,1e Arosemena Collection 9mm Top R No rust. White speck on edge directly belowC de P logo.* space = approximate distance between top and bottom staple4

COPACARTA Volume 27, No. 3 March 2010Table 2 – Number of ungummed stamps printed for Panama Foreign Order F 2659 in September 1910StampScottNumber*Panes perAdvertisingBookletStamps perbookletNumber ofstamps usedin 5000AdvertisingBookletsNumber ofstamps not inbookletsNumber ofsheetsprinted½ c 195a 3 18 90,000 210,000 3,0001 c 197b 3 18 90,000 210,000 3,0002 ½ c 199a 2 12 60,000 140,000 2,0005 c 200a 1 6 30,000 70,000 1,00010 c 201a 1 6 30,000 70,000 1,000Total for 5000AdvertisingBookletsStamps not usedfor booklets inIntact Sheets10 60 300,000 700,000 10,0001,000,000 10,000*Scott does not distinguish between the Advertising Booklet and the Machine Made Booklets.cdeFig. 1 ctd. All documented advertising booklets: c) ULLeeds booklet, d) UL, Zemer booklet, e) above,Arosemena booklet.2,000,000 Postage stamps5,000 books 60 stamps eachThese 5,000 books can only be the AdvertisingBooklets and the 2,000,000 stamps are the ungummedstamps that went into the booklets aswell those sold over the counter.The easiest way to distinguish these unexplodedbooklets from each other is by viewing ahigh-quality color scan or photograph of the frontsof the covers (fig. 1a-e) and then comparing thepositioning and condition of the staples, rust spots5

COPACARTA Volume 27, No. 3 March 2010Table 3. Machine-Made Booklets, Foreign Order F4853, overprinted CANAL ZONE by the ABNCo, andreceived by the Canal Zone on May 16, 1916.Stamp# panes/booklet# ofbookletsTotal #of panes# ofstamps1c 4 30,000 120,000 720,0002c 2 30,000 60,000 360,000Fig. 1f.. Advertising Booklets Showing Relative positionof Top Staple to Print on Booklet Cover. Left toRight: Zemer, Helme, Arosemena, Hettinger Auction,and Leeds Booklets.near the staples and locations where some of thered color is missing from the covers exposingspecks of white color from the underlying paper(fig. 1f). Another helpful aid used in identificationis to draw a horizontal line from the bottom of thetop staple to the right and noting its relationship tothe letter “R” and “e” in “Republic” (fig. 1f, Table1).There is no photograph or price for the AdvertisingBooklet in Scott but Roger’s PostalBooklet Catalogue, published in 1947-1948, listedthe unexploded advertising booklet and a price of$ 35. By comparing photographs accumulated inthis research only five different Advertising Bookletswere identified from auction catalogues andfound in private collections.Advertising Booklet Stamps used in Bocas delToroIn January 2010 a new cover was uncoveredwith a block of four ½ cent stamps, Scott NumberFigure 2. Cover from Bocas del Toro, dated January26, 1914 franked with four one-half cent AdvertisingBooklet stamps2c 4 20,000 80,000 480,000Total 80,000 260,000 1,560,000195a. It had clean cut perforations at top and bottomidentifying the stamps as originating from a1911 Advertising Booklet (fig. 2). The cancellationmark is a scarce OFICIAL mark from thetown of Bocas del Toro dated January 26, 1914;only 9 days after the letter rate for internal andUSA mail was reduced from two and one-halfcents to two cents. This date fits in the range of allother documented Advertising Booklet stamps oncover; October 1913 through January 1914. Howeverthe primary importance of this cover is notthe date but that it is the first one found whichcomes from a town, Bocas del Toro (population9,759), other than the two major towns of Colon(population 17,748) or Panama (population37,505). 6The Unique 1910 Series of Gum Free PanamaStampsIn the 1990 ABNCo archive sale there weresheets of Panama one-half cent, one cent, two andone-half cent, five cent and ten cent mint stampsoverprinted SPECIMEN and hand-stamped Sep27, 1910 in purple and F 2659 in red on the selvageof the top strip of specimen five-cent stamps(fig. 3). All stamps were without gum as ordered.As shown in the previous article on AdvertisingBooklets this Foreign Order number, F 2659,matches that shown on the covers of the twospecimen Advertising Booklets; the stamps ofwhich were also gum free.Because of the newly discovered PanamaJournal we can now calculate the number ofstamps of each denomination put into these bookletsand the number that were left over for sale atthe post offices (table 2).Each booklet had ten panes of six stamps fora total of 60 stamps. The total number of stamps in6

COPACARTA Volume 27, No. 3 March 2010Table 3 – Machine-Made Booklets, Foreign Order F 4853, overprinted CANAL ZONE by the ABNCo, and receivedby the Canal Zone on May 16,1916.Stamp # panes/booklet # of bookletsTotal # of panes # of stamps1c 4 30,000 120,000 720,0002c 2 30,000 60,000 360,0002c 4 20,000 80,000 480,000TOTAL 80,000 260,000 1,560,000these 5000 booklets is therefore:10 panes/booklet x 6 stamps/pane x 5000booklets = 300,000 booklet stampsThese booklet stamps came from the 3 horizontalx 10 vertical stamps on the left-hand side ofeach sheet – or 30 stamps per sheet, leaving10,000 partial sheets of 7 horizontal x 10 vertical,or 700,000 stamps left over to be used for postageor other purposes.To come to a total of 2,000,000 stamps asrecorded in the Panama Journal there must havebeen an additional 10,000 sheets, or 1,000,000stamps, printed for this unique, for Panama, issueof ungummed stamps.There was no additional information aboutthis order in the Panama Journal so the denominationsof these additional 10,000 complete sheetscannot be determined.The Machine-made Panama Booklets of 1916In February 1916 the Panama Journal lists2,160,000 book stamps and 110,000 book covers.As stated in the previous articles on MachinemadeBooklets the same Foreign Order number, F4853, was used for both the Canal Zone and Panamaone cent and two cent booklets. The fivecent booklet was only ordered for Panama andnone were over-printed for the Canal Zone. Thetop strip of a specimen sheet of the five cent bookletpanes, long thought to have been cut into separatepanes, has recently surfaced and confirms thatthe Foreign Order number for the five cent bookletsis F 4854 (front cover).The Canal Zone ordered its booklets fromPanama on January 22, 1916, and on May 19,1916, they received 30,000 one cent four-panebooklets, 30,000 two cent two-pane booklets, and20,000 two cent four-pane booklets 7 .The break-Fig. 3. ABNCo Foreign Order F 2659 – Panama Five Cent Stamps overprinted Specimen. Dated September 27,1910 and specifically made without gum for Advertising Booklets.7

COPACARTA Volume 27, No. 3 March 2010down by denomination is shown in Table 3. Becausethe ABNCo foreign order numbers are thesame and the Panama Journal only lists one orderof booklets for Panama during this month it is assumedthat both Panama and Canal Zone bookletsarrived on the Isthmus of Panama together.Subtracting the quantity of Canal Zone bookletsand booklet stamps from the Panama Journal’stotal yields 30,000 booklets made for Panama.With a bit of algebra (3 unknowns but only2 equations) we reach a more precise number ofPanama booklets produced: 10,000 five cent booklets+ 20,000 one cent and two cent booklets.New Early Usage of 1916 Machine-made BookletStampsIn the June 2009 Machine-made bookletstamps article in COPACARTA it was implied thatthese stamps may have been released to the publicas late as 1919 but only in the Interior (in Panama“Interior” commonly refers to places away fromthe two major cities of Colon or Panama) of Panama.This hypnosis came about because allknown covers with these Machine-made stampsand all off-cover stamps with legible cancellationswere from the Interior and dated between September1919 and November 1927. The single exceptionto this late Interior usage is a pair of off-covertwo cent ABNCo Cordoba booklet stamps, ScottNumber 198a, with a 1916 Cristobal, Canal Zonecancellation.In January 2010 the author was able to acquirepart of the late George Brett’s accumulationof Panama covers. In it was a cover cancelled notin the Interior but in Colon on September 27,1916, and franked with four of the two cent Cordobabooklet stamps. This cover moves the EarliestDocumented Usage for any Machine-madebooklet stamps forward three full years and is sixmonths earlier than the Earliest Documented Usageof the similar Canal Zone booklet stamps. 8This newly discovered cover was sent byE.Jaramillo Aviles, Abogado (lawyer), in Colon toSr. Don Juan Ehrman, Chile’s Consul, in PanamaCity. The rating and fees of nine and one-halfcents is correct: two cents for a letter, five centsfor registration, and two and one-half cents forAcknowledgement of Receipt (fig. 4).ConclusionFig. 4. Cover from Colon, Earliest Documented Usage,September 27, 1916, of Machine-made Booklet StampsFinding records pertaining to these two typesof booklets almost 100 years after they were producedwas a pleasant surprise for the author. It isnow possible to quantify the numbers producedand continue to speculate why very few, five inthe case of the Advertising Booklets and one inthe case of the Machine-made Booklets appear tohave survived intact.The two new covers, found during the writingof the final draft of this article, were an added bonusand indicate that both the 1911 and 1916 issuesof these booklet stamps were in use in varioustowns throughout Panama. In the case of thelatter stamps the EDU date is now moved forwardthree years.Any help in locating additional ABNCo orPanama postal records would be greatly appreciatedby the author as would any references to salesof Panama booklets or information on any additionalbooklets, panes or stamps (on or off cover).Mailing address: P.O. Box 654 Skoeyen, NO-0214Oslo, Norway, or email Sosahill@hotmail.com.AcknowledgementsAPS Library, Dr. Ernesto Arosemena, FedericoBrid, Amanda Harvey, Ricardo Magan, BrianMoorhouse, Walter de Rooij and his websitewww.booklets.nl, RyAnne Scott.Endnotes1. David Zemer, “The Panama Advertising Bookletof 1911”, The Collectors Club Philatelist,Jan – Feb 2008, Vol. 87, No.1, pp 35 - 47.2. David Zemer, “The Panama Advertising Book-(Continued on page 17)8

COPACARTA Volume 27, No. 3 March 2010Censorship Markings during the 1,000 Days WarFederico TeppaIn October 1899 the Civil War broke out inColombia. A few days later, the 25th October1899, the government required that correspondencemust be deposited in post offices unsealed,examination of the content would then be carriedout by the officials. This censoring officiallyended on the 6 December 1902.The censorship can be seen in 2 forms, amanuscript mark or a handstamp mark, sometimesboth. These marks (except for Bogotá CU1a) arealways found on the back of the cover.After examination of covers from the 1,000days war period, a few points are interesting tomention:Approximately, 50% of the covers don't haveany censor mark.No censor mark from the 1899 period hasbeen found.All my Cartagena covers from 1900 and 1901have no censor marks. It seems they were onlyapplied from 1902.Similar situation in Barranquilla, where Ihave seen censor marks only from November1901.The Cali covers I have, bear no censor marks,but I remember seeing one handstamped “Calipase” in violet color. A 1901 cover from Cali, hasa censor handstamp (CA1a), probably applied atBuenaventura.In Tumaco, manuscript marks were usedfrom January to April 1901. From April 1901 ahandstamp was sometimes applied. Covers afterApril are very rare.Departmento de Antioquiaa) REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIAPREFECTURA DE LA P. DEL CENTRODEPARTAMENTO DE ANTIOQUIA50mm, violet.26/Mar/1900(Cancelled in Barranquilla)b) REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIADEPARTAMENTO DE ANTIOQUIAGOBERNACION42mm, violet.22/Aug/1901 Dec/1902(7/Oct/02 cancelled in Cartagena)9

COPACARTA Volume 27, No. 3 March 2010Departmento de BolivarBarranquillaa) REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIADEPARTAMENTO DE BOLIVARPREFECTURA DE LA PROVINCIABARRANQUILLA55mm, violet.11/Nov/1901 7/Jun/1902b) REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA(DEP?) DE BOLIVARPREFECTURA DE LA PROVINCIABARRANQUILLA53mm, blue.21/Oct/1902Finally, there are no signs of censorship inmail from Panamá.Lack of covers from different periods is alsovery instructive.We can deduce that during the 1900 periodthe internal postal system was almost paralysed.Only coastal cities kept a regular flow of mail,mainly Cartagena and in lesser volume Barranquillaand Buenaventura. Cúcuta kept a service viaVenezuela, using a private mail system known as“El Correo del Comercio”.The first quarter of 1901, saw a brief emergenceof mail in volume from Tumaco (this mayhave been promoted by the Prefect Lemos), but ingeneral the internal system was still chaotic.It wasn’t until 1902 that the situation beganto stabilize. Until now, based on different collections,articles and sales, I have found 16 differentcensor handstamps, concerning 5 departments,with 8 different cities:• Antioquia:(Medellín) AN1a, AN1b• Bolivar:(Barranquilla) BO1a, BO1b;(Cartagena) BO2a, BO2b, BO2c, BO2d• Cauca: (Buenaventura) CA1a, CA1b;(Popayán) CA2a; (Tumaco) CA3a;• Cundinamarca:(Bogotá) CU1a• Santander:(Cúcuta) SA1a, SA1b, SA1cFrom this list, only 3 marks can be consid-10

COPACARTA Volume 27, No. 3 March 20102)CARTAGENAa) REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIADEPARTAMENTO DE BOLIVARGOBERNACION CARTAGENA44mm, violet. (Black fotocopy)26/Mar/1902(2 covers with same date)b) REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIADEPARTAMENTO DE BOLIVARPREFECTURA DE LA PROVINCIA50mm, violet or blue.3/Apr/1902 28/Aug/1902 (violet)13/Aug/1902 (blue)(4 covers with same date)c) Jefatura Civil y MilitarDel DEPARTAMENTO DE BOLIVAR.52mm, violet.22/Jul/1902 8/Nov/190211

COPACARTA Volume 27, No. 3 March 2010d) REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIADepartamento de BolivarPREFECTURA DE LA PROVINCIACARTAGENA55mm high, violet.1/Oct/1902 28/Oct/19021) BUENAVENTURAa) Rebublica de ColombiaDEPARTAMENTO DEL CAUCAPREFECTURA DE LA PROVINCIA(With or without signature,N. Sandoval 20/Mar/1901).70mm long, black.14/Apr/1900 8/Oct/1901(8/Aug/00 from Ibague and 8/Oct/01 fromCali, handstamp was applied in Buenaventura)DEPARTAMENTO DE CAUCAb) REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIADEPARTAMENTO DEL CAUCAPREFECTURA DE LA PROVINCIADE BUENAVENTURA62mm, black.18/Oct/1901Write for CopacartaWrite up an interesting stamp, cover, or cancel—something that appeals to you—modern or early.12

COPACARTA Volume 27, No. 3 March 20102)POPAYANa)REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIAPREFECTURA PROVINCIAL DEPOPAYANDEPARTAMENTODEL CAUCA(With or without signature:Julio Carvajal 8/May/1902,Gonzalo arboleda… ?/Sep/1901).46mm, violet.?/Sep/1901 8/May/19023)TUMACOa)REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIADEPARTAMENTO DEL CAUCAPREFECTURA DE LA PROVINCIATUMACO(with signature :Lemos 1/Apr/1901 or Jose M.Zonda 24/Aug/1901 ).46mm, violet.1/Apr/1901 24/Aug/1901ered “common”: Cartagena (BO1a, BO2b) and Bogota(CU1a).The Buenaventura handstamp CA1a, is alsofound applied on internal mail from Cali and Ibaguégoing to foreign destinations.Except from Tumaco, covers with just manuscriptmarks are very hard to find. I have seen thefollowing:• Honda 28/Feb/1901• Santa Marta 24/Mar/1901• Segovia 31/Oct/1902• Tumaco 3/Jan/190127/Apr/1901I would be pleased to hear from anyone whocould have any new censor mark or any additionfor the period of usage. You can contact me byemail at fteppa@freesurf.ch .For those interested in a color list, they cansend me an email, and I will gladly reply with acopy.Acknowledgements. Special thanks to Alan Anyonand Dieter Bortfeld for their contribution as well asDr. Vytautas I. Stasiukynas, Jim Cross and DebbyFriedman for their previous articles in CO-PACARTA.References:COPACARTA vol V #3. Censorship during 1000 days,by Dr. Vytautas I. Stasiukynas.COPACARTA vol V #4. Censorship markings of the1000 days, an update, by Jim Cross.COPACARTA vol IX #4. Civil war news from Ibague,by Debby Friedman.13

COPACARTA Volume 27, No. 3 March 20101)BOGOTAa) DIRECCION GENERAL DE COR-REOSY TELEGRAFOS DE COLOMBIABOGOTA40mm violet or black.(only mark applied on the front).11/Mar/1901 12/Nov/1902DEPARTAMENTO DE CUNDINAMARCADEPARTAMENTO DE SANTANDER1)CUCUTAa) REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIADEPARTAMENTO DE SANTANDERJEFATURA CIVIL Y MILITARCUCUTA42mm, black.(signed Jose Garcia).1/Jun/1900b) ALCALDIA San JoséPase65mm, violet.16/Jan/1901c)Jefatura Civil y MilitardelMunicipioSan Joséviolet.?/Apr/190214

COPACARTA Volume 27, No. 3 March 2010The big news in the Panama stamp markethas been the sale of the George Brett collection.George was chiefly known as a Canal Zone collector.He was not a member of COPAPHIL andmarkings from Panama covers in his collectionwere not included in first issue of the PanamaPostal Markings handbook which I published in2003.The gem of his Panama material was the thirdknown cover with the 1885 pink provisional registrationlabel pictured below. The collection wasinitially sold 9 December 2009 in a limited numberof lots by Robert Siegel in New York. Thiscover was lot 3110 and sold for $1800 + 15%buyer’s commission.Market Report—PanamaJim Cross1885 cover with pink provisional registration stamp.Most of the covers were sold in large lots,which are now being offered individually for saleby Ruby stamps with listings on e-bay. The coverincluded a large assortment of early 20 th centurycovers with BUZON markings and other bettercovers (many of them from the Claude Mallet correspondence).Two covers with first issue Panama postagedue markings are worthy of note. E-bay lot390129515447 was a domestic cover from ElRobles 8 September 1915 to Panama franked by1909 1c stamp (Scott 197). It was marked T forpostage due (probably in Aguadulce). There is anAguadulce transit mark 8 September 1915 on the1915 cover from El Robles with solo usage of J2.reverse. Postage due paid by 1915 2c postage duestamp (Scott J2) 10 September 1915. This lot soldfor $639.99 (a record for a Panama postage duecover). This is the only recorded cover with J2used alone and the only recorded domestic coverwith postage due paid by stamps of this issueLot 370304568456 was a cover from Ste.Anne des Monts, Quebec dated 27 December 1916to Panama franked only by a 1 cent war tax stamp,marked T for postage due. Postage due paid by a1915 4c postage due stamp (Scott J3) 9 January1917. This cover was listed with a closing date of12 December 2009, but did not sell.The last on the list of Gandhi covers whichwas published with my article in the December2007 COPACARTA (which also has copies ofScott C361 and 531) was sold again on e-bay inDecember 2009 for $184.50 showing the marketfor Gandhi covers has not diminished.Brian Moorhouse writes with respect to theInvestphila sale reviewed in the last issue. Henotes that the complete sheet of 50 of the 5clilac condor of the 1876-79 issue on laid paper(Lot 1243) was a counterfeit printing. Headvised the agent to tell his client about theactual status of the item. Thanks Brian.15

COPACARTA Volume 27, No. 3 March 2010Hotel Alferez Real, Santiago de Cali (1928-1975)Illustrated covers are an important but relativelyinexpensive means of advertising. In Colombiathey were particularly important during the1920s and 1930s, becoming much scarcer after thesecond world war.Within the genre, hotel covers provide a specialfield of interest as an insight into the era. Acover from the Hotel Alferez Real of Cali isshown in fig. 1. Unfortunately the printer did notinclude his name for his own advertising.Thomas P. MyersFig. 2. Letter carried via FAM 9 to Cristobal, FAM 5to San Lorenzo, FAM 8 to Brownsville, and RAC #3to Monterrey.Fig. 1. 1932 illustrated cover from the Hotel AlferezReal in Cali to Monterrey Mexico.The cover was mailed on 30 Jan 1931. It wasdocketed to travel via SCADTA and Pan Americanto Miami, then to Brownsville, and finally toMonterrey. The sender was not quite familiar withthe airmail routes. Pan Am had different ideas.After passing through Buenaventura on 1 Feb theletter was forwarded to Cristobal where the 20cCanal Zone stamp was canceled to pay the airmailpostage via Pan American. It was forwarded viaFAM 5 to San Lorenzo, then FAM to Brownsvillevia Vera Cruz and Tampico, both on 5 Feb, andfinally Monterrey. 1Attractive, yes, but a Google search providesmuch more information that is of interest.Hotel Alferez Real was the brainchild of Al-Fig. 3. Façade of the hotel as shown on the cover.Fig. 4. Façade from Puente Ortiz16

COPACARTA Volume 27, No. 3 March 2010the place to stay in Cali.Regrettably the hotel was torn down in 1975in a modernization effort anticipation of the PanAmerican Games. 2 Modernization has a great dealto answer for.1. American Air Mail Catalog, vols. 1 & 3.2.(http://www.cali.gov.co/sil/sil.php?id=1385);( h t t p : / / w w w . s k y s c r a p e r c i t y . c o m /showthread.php?t=823232)Fig. 5. Panorama of Av Colombiafonso Vallejo González, a Cali businessman. Between1927 and 1928 he became associated withEnrique Lalinde who already possessed a familyhome on the ground where the hotel was built.The grand hotel was constructed by Borrero &Ospina. Its five stories covered an area of approximately800 square meters. Its original façade, asseen across Puente Ortiz (foreground) is shown onthe cover with a bit of illustrator’s license (fig. 3).A somewhat later photograph (fig. 4) shows thesame view. The hotel’s central location on AvenidaCali is seen in fig. 5; and a close-up of the mainentrance showing the façade is in fig. 6.There were initially 105 rooms, later increasedto 130. The rooms rented for $3 without bath; $5with bath, and $6 for a room with a bath facing theriver; $6.50 for rooms with a sala; and $8 for luxuryrooms. Of course these prices included breakfast,messenger service, and tips. Clearly, it was(Continued from page 8)let of 1911”, COPACARTA, Dec 2007,Vol. 25,No. 2, pp 7 – 15, 20.3. David Zemer, “The Machine-Made PanamaBooklets of 1916”, The Collectors Club Philatelist,Jul – Aug 2009, Vol. 88, No. 4, pp 227- 2374. David Zemer, “The Machine-Made PanamaBooklets of 1916”, COPACARTA, Jun 2009,Vol. 26, No 4, pp 4 – 13.Fig. 5. Main entrance in the 1930s.5. Ricardo M. Magan, notes used in his bookLatin American Bank Note Records - AmericanBank Note Company Archives, 2005 and donatedto the ANA Money Museum.6. David Zemer, “Panama Census of 1915”, CO-PACARTA, December 2008, Vol. 26, no. 2, pp35-367. Plass, Brewster, Salz, “Booklet Panes andBooklets. The 1916 Issue”, Canal ZoneStamps, Canal Zone Study Group, 1986, pp274 – 275.8. Richard Larkin, Pre WW II Canal Zone BookletStamps, Canal Zone Philatelist, Whole No.166, Vol. 44, No. 1, First Quarter 2008, p. 11.17

COPACARTA Volume 27, No. 3 March 2010Colombian Railroads in 1909Bulletin of the Pan American UnionThe following text is taken from the Bulletinof the Pan American Union for 1909—1910, vol.31, pp. 110. 110-113. http://www.archive.org/s t r e a m / b u l l e t i n 3 1 p a n a u o f t /bulletin31panauoft_djvu.txt————————————————-The most noticeable railway achievementduring the year was the establishment of bothfreight and passenger service between Giradot andBogota. This is the successful culmination of aprolonged effort to overcome the isolation of thecapital, which was reached up to this time only bya difficult passage on mule back over the mountains.It brings Bogota several days nearer the restof the world than heretofore. The other railwaysextended their lines, but the objective point towhich each is projected has not yet been reached.The length of the railways in operation in theRepublic is given at 821 kilometers (510 miles). Inaddition to this, there are about 100 kilometers (62miles) in actual construction. The following tableshows the railways in actual operation at the endof 1909:Ferrocarril de Barranquilla ....................15Ferrocarril de Santa Marta .......... ......... 42Ferrocarril de Cartagena ..................... 106Ferrocarril de Cucuta .................. ...... 56Ferrocarril de Puerto Wilches ……....... 30Ferrocarril de Antioquia ..................... 109Ferrocarril de La Dorado .................... 113Ferrocarril del Norte .................... ....... 50Ferrocarril de Giradot .................. ... 132Ferrocarril de la Sabana ....................... 40Ferrocarril del Sur .................................29Ferrocarril del Tolima .......................... 15Ferrocarril del Pacifico ......................... 86There is as yet no continuous system withinthe Republic, but there are many short lines at presentengaged chiefly in local traffic, which, whentheir plans are fully carried out, will connect thecoast on both the Atlantic and Pacific sides withthe centers of production. It should be noticed,also, that the railway tapping the valleys of theAtrato and Cauca rivers will, at some future date,form a part of the Pan-American railway.In February, 1909, the Giradot Railwayjoined the Sabana Railway at Facatativa, thus connectingBogota with Giradot, on the MagdalenaRiver, and establishing a direct communicationwith the coast. The line was opened in Septemberto freight and passenger service between the lasttwo points. This road is, of course, of the utmostimportance to Colombia as it connects the capitalof the Republic with the coast; but another railwayof considerable importance is the Pacific Railway,which will connect the port of Buenaventura, onthe Pacific coast, with Cali. It is expected that inJuly, 1910, the line will be completed as far asRailroad spur at El Limbo, Cartagena.Cali, whence it will be continued to Palmira, thusopening up the fertile valley of the Cauca.During the year the Cauca Railway (that fromBuenaventura inland), having been completed tokilometer 86 in 1908, was placed in service tokilometer 82 on July 20, 1909, with one mixedtrain twice a week. Work on the prolongation wasRailway at Puerto Giradot.18

COPACARTA Volume 27, No. 3 March 2010suspended to determine the route, and later continued,being opened up to kilometer 103. This line,which is now being constructed by a native company,moved its terminal station from "Cisneros"to Caldas, a distance of about 25 kilometers. Theimportance of this prolongation is not so much inthe distance but that it brings the terminal station,Railroad to CaucaCaldas, within six hours ride of Cali, the principalcommercial city of the Cauca Valley.The Antioquia Railway was prolonged 7 kilometersduring the year, making a total of 109 kilometers,to the station "Cisneros."The Great Northern Central Railway of Colombiaought to become one of the most importanttrunk lines in the states of South America. It isnow constructing the first section of 154 kilometers(96 miles) of the railway from a favorablysituated port (Puerto Wilches) to Bucaramanga—agreat trading center already—Bogota being thefinal objective point of the railway. The surveys ofthe first section of 154 kilometers have been completed,and large quantities of rails, rolling stock,and other materials have been received. The Provincesto be served by the railway contain a populationof some 2,500,000 people. The Amaga Railway,the line to connect Medellin with the CaucRiver at a point between the mouths of the Amagaand Paloblanc rivers, is reported to be under activeconstruction. The road is the property of a Colombiancompany capitalized at $1,000,000. Tin railwaywill serve a very fertile region and will beespecially advantageous to coffee growers. During1910 the company will place orders for 1,000 tonsof rails of the Vignole pattern [i.e., flat-bottomedrail].Colombia has a fine system of interior waterways,the most important of which is the MagdalenaRiver, navigable by vessels of considerabledraft for a distance of over 600 miles and bysmaller era! 300 miles farther. The Cesar, theCauca, the Nechi, the Lebrija, th Sogamoso, andsome of the smaller tributaries are all navigable fovarious distances. The Atrato is navigable for 220miles inland an the Sinu for 110 miles.The city of Bogota is best reached via PuertoColombia and Barranquilla, from which latterpoint a regular steamship and railroad service ismaintained with Giradot, on the Magdalena River,whence there is railway connection by way of Facatativato the capital.During the last four years all means of communicationin the Republic—railways, wagonroads, and navigation—have been notable improvedand new highways extended in every direction.The most important of these is the roadPier at Puerto Colombia, 1910from Bogota to Soata, in the Department ofBoyaca, which has been completed as far asBelén, a distance of 50 leagues from Bogota. (112)19

COPACARTA Volume 27, No. 3 March 2010More on the 1910 AR FormsDebby Friedman adds that there are at leasttwo additional AR stramps of the 1910 series on anAR form. The one in her collection is shown to theright. It wassent by AgustoDuffo on 21February 1912addressed toPedro BossioG. in Cartagena.It is onthe same formas the oneshown in thelast issue.The otheris ex- DougBayless collection.UnfortunatelyDebby’sphotocopy isvery poor. It isdated 9 July1912 and wassent from LuisEscobar A. inBogota to JoseA Ahumada inV a l p a r a i s o ,Chile. It wasreceived inValparaiso on15 August1912. Theform appearsto be the internationalformheaded Republiquede Colombia,and iswritten entirelyin French. It isabout half thesize of the domesticARform.Of the three forms reported here, only the firstis dated 1910. The other two are from 1912.Fig. 1. Domestic AR form dated21 Feb 1912.20