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 #3235 CHINA BOXER REBELLION - Japanese Forces in China Naval and Maritime Mail 1900 (21 Oct) cover from Hongo branch post office in Tokyo franked with 1sen and 2sen adhesives, tied by departure pmks, addressed to a sailor on HIJMS "Takasago" in China, small adhesion (possibly part of a removed directional label) adhering to one of the stamps, otherwise fine, exceedingly scarce example of the Japanese Naval mail during the Boxer period (the "Takasago", a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy supported Japanese naval landing forces at Tianjin, as part of the Eight-Nation Alliance and was later stationed at Chefoo, Shanhaiguan and Taku for the duration of the Boxer War. Several years later, the Takasago struck a mine off Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese war and sunk on December 13, 1904)  | Price Realized $675.00 |
