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 #3610 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NAURU 1916 British Occupation, two registered covers from Pleasant Island (Nauru) to England and Australia, franked with N.W.P.I. 6d and 2sh, each cover with a provisional Registry handstamp and "Censored" in violet, transit and arrival pmks, some toning, otherwise fine  | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #3611 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NAURU 1917-18 (British Occupation of German Marshall Islands), five covers with "Nauru" overprints, sent from Pleasant Island, one to USA, others to Switzerland, including registered and censored covers with 2sh6p and 5sh, another with single 10sh franking, tied by departure cds, with censor cachets and arrival markings, v.f. Catalog #1-15 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #3612 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NAURU 1922 (7 Dec) cover franked with single 2p orange, tied by "P.O.Nauru Pleasant Island" departure cds, sent from the British Phosphate Commission on the island (backflap imprint) to its office in Sydney ("The British Phosphate Commission" backflap imprint), fine and scarce commercial usage from Nauru (The British Phosphate Commission was a joint Australian, British and New Zealand company who managed extraction of phosphate from Christmas Island, Nauru, and Ocean Island from 1920-1981) Catalog #4 | Price Realized $130.00 |
