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 #3585 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRAQ - Turkish Administration Military Mail 1918 fieldpost cover and card, the former free-frank, sent to Samsoun from a member of Mosul Gendarme Regiment on 23 Sep 1918, with circular marking and Star & Crescent, arrival pmk on back; the card is franked with 25pi carmine, tied by cds, sent (9 July) to a member of the 6th Army via the fieldpost office in Mosul, fine  | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #3586 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRAQ - Turkish Administration Military Mail 1918 20pa stationery card sent by an officer with the First Expeditionary Force Headquarters in RAYAT to Istanbul, clear bilingual "Rayat" departure pmk, circular HQ unit mark and arrival pmks alongside, signed Nakri (rated as "very rare" by Coles & Walker) | Price Realized $525.00 |
