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 #3236 CHINA BOXER REBELLION - Dutch Legation Guards 1907 (22 Feb) China 1c stationery card additionally franked with 1/2c and 1c CIP Coiling Dragons, tied by Peking departure pmks, sent via Shanghai to Venlo, Netherlands, with large violet "Nederlandsche Gezantschapswacht Peking" undated cachet, oval "B.4" and arrival (29.3.07) cds, v.f., signed Bloch. The Netherlands had a legation in Peking during the Boxer Rebellion, but no Dutch personnel served in the Allied forces. After the uprising, the Dutch took advantage of the Peace Protocols which allowed the foreign legations to have armed military guards. A rarity  | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #3237 CHINA BOXER REBELLION - Dutch Legation Guards 1917 (19 Apr) registered cover from Peking to Amsterdam, franked with Chinese 4c, 5c, 7c and 10c definitives, tied by departure pmks, endorsed "Via Siberia", with Registry handstamp below, oval "L.Q" handstamp, sender's "Netherlands Legation Guard" docketing, "Opened by Censor" label, another violet censor handstamp, fine and rare (the Netherlands had a legation in Peking during the Boxer Rebellion, but no Dutch personnel served in the Allied forces. After the uprising, the Dutch took advantage of the Peace Protocols which allowed the foreign legations to have armed military guards. The Netherlands did not open its own post office in China, but the legation guards used the Chinese postal service to send their mail) | Price Realized $750.00 |
