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 #3613 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE 1918 cover from Jaffa to Egypt, franked with 1pi dark blue, sheet margin single, tied by APO SZ45 (5 Mar 1918), triangular censor cachet at left, Cairo transit and Hilwan (8.III.18) arrival backstamps, backflap missing, cover creases away from the stamp,  Catalog #1 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #3614 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PALESTINE 1919 Telegram, written in Arabic on a form specially printed for the OETA (Occupied Enemy Territory Administration Palestine - Telegraphs), "Jaffa O.E.T.P.A. 8 Nov.19" cancel, fine and rare | Price Realized $525.00 |
