The Alfred F. Kugel Collection
June 18-19, 2024
We are pleased to present our June 18-19, 2024 auction, featuring Part One of the Alfred F. Kugel collection of Postal History of the world, being sold on behalf of the American Philatelic Society. The first of many to follow, this sale is only a sample of the vast amount of material yet to be presented. We begin with United States Dollar values on cover, U.S. States Postal Agencies in the Far East, U.S. International Registration Exchange Labels, U.S. Intervention in Mexico and Registered Mail from U.S. Possessions. There is a splendid selection of the International Intervention in China during the Boxer Rebellion, extensive showing of German Colonies in China and the Pacific, with dozens of rare and unusual items, including unique Tientsin handstamps on 2m and 3m Reichspost. In addition, there are selections of World War I British Occupation of Baghdad, Jordan, Salonika, Mafia Island, Saudi Arabia, plus elusive covers from the Austrian, British, Ottoman, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese Empires.
This is a Public Auction, with Floor Bidding and live internet bidding via CherrystoneLIVE
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #3137 ALBANIA 1810 FL to Venice, showing a good strike of "Cattaro in Albania" in black, rated "20" (deci), with "Venezia" arrival handstamp on back, fine and scarce Napoleonic-era cover, with the earliest postal marking which includes the word "Albania". It was introduced in 1810, when the French occupied Dalmatia and considered the southern part as the province of Albania  | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #3138 ALBANIA 1851 (21 Jan) FL from Antivari to Paris, with negative cachet of "Apostolic Mission", posted from the Austrian Post Office in Cattaro, with straight line dated "Cattaro" strike, taxed "19" (deci) on arrival, with red French entry cds alongside, v.f. | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #3139 ALBANIA 1913 registered cover from Vlone to Trieste, franked with overprinted Fiscal adhesives, used as regular postage, Registry Number filled-in by hand, backflap missing, rare usage | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #3140 ALBANIA 1913 1pi ultramarine, used on cover from Vlone (10.9.1913) to Austria, v.f. Catalog #7 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #3141 ALBANIA 1913 2pi blue black, used on registered (Austrian Lloyd Trieste crest on backflap) cover from Vlone (25.8.1913) to Jaromer, Bohemia, with hand-made Registry "label: and number, minor cover tears, otherwise v.f. Registered covers with the first issue are rare Catalog #8 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #3142 ALBANIA 1913 10pa blue green, with red "Behie" overprint, horizontal pair used on cover from Berat to Constantinople, with 1piaster Postage Due added (paying double deficiency rate) on arrival in the Galata Branch (the Double Eagle overprinted stamps paid the domestic letter rate and there was postage due for international mail) (stamps off cover catalogue $1,700) Catalog #13A | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
