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 #3238 CHINA BOXER REBELLION - Russian Forces in China 1900 (Peking) 7k stationery lettersheet with additional 3k franking, tied by framed "Pekin 19-00" handstamped, repeated alongside, with date filled (20.XI) by hand, sent through the Russian Post Office in Port Arthur (10.XII) and Shanghai (28.XII) to Germany, with Russian Post Office in Chefoo (11 Dec) and Hong Kong transit pmks on back, Prinzenthal arrival, fine and scarce usage of the provisional "Pekin" handstamp, signed Holcombe  | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #3239 CHINA BOXER REBELLION - Russian Forces in China 1900 (Peking) 7k stationery entire envelope, additionally franked with 3k and 10k "Kitai" adhesives, tied by framed "Pekin 19-00" handstamp, repeated below, with date (24.XI) filled-in by hand, Registry label No.526 added alongside, sent through the Russian Post Office in Port Arthur (10.XII) and Shanghai (28.XII) to Germany, with Russian Post Office in Chefoo (11 Dec) and Hong Kong transit pmks on back, Freiburg (1.2.01) arrival, crayon markings, extremely rare registered cover with provisional "Pekin" handstamp (the Russian Post Office in Peking lost its circular datestamp during the siege of the Legations in 1900. The local provisional handstamps were improvised locally, as were the primitive Registry labels) | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #3240 CHINA BOXER REBELLION - Russian Forces in China 1901 (Shanhaiguan) cover to Belgium, franked with unoverprinted Russian 3k and 7k, tied by violet "No.3 Polev (aya) Pocht (ovaya) Kon (tora) Priamur (ski) Okr (ug)" 14.III.01 (3rd Field Post Office Priamur District), with Russian Post Office in Shanghai (18.III), Chefoo (24 Mar), with corresponding Chinese Post Office pmks, forwarded via the British Post Office in Hong Kong (Apr 11), arriving in Anvers (12 May), fine and unusual example of civilian mail sent through the military post office to uncommon destination | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #3241 CHINA BOXER REBELLION - Russian Forces in China 1901-03 five fieldpost cards to Russia and other countries, with markings of the FPO No.15 (Taolaichao), 16 (Liaoyang), 17 (Dalny), 18 (Tongku), with appropriate Fieldpost cancels, Postal Car markings, two addressed to the Empress Maria Feodorovna at The Anichkov Palace in St. Petersburg, all written-up on exhibit pages | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #3242 CHINA BOXER REBELLION - Russian Forces in China 1902 (4 May) unoverprinted 3k stationery card with additional 1k franking, canceled by Inkou (Yinkow) cds, sent via Moscow (26 May) to Germany, with Heilsberg arrival (10.6.02) alongside | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #3243 CHINA BOXER REBELLION - Russian Forces in China 1902 (Mudantsiang) picture postcard to Petersburg, franked with unoverprinted Russian 3k red, tied by "No.7 Polev (aya) Pocht (ovaya) Kon (tora) Priamur (ski) Okr (ug)" 3.4.02 (7th Field Post Office Priamur District), repeated alongside, fine and incredibly rare, actually the discovery example of the FPO 7 postmark (located in what was then just a village of Mudantsiang, today Mudanjiang, a large city about 70 miles west of the Chinese-Russian border. The area was first settled after the completion of the Chinese Eastern Railway in 1903, when a considerable Russian colony was established) | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #3244 CHINA BOXER REBELLION - Russian Forces in China 1903 (16 Sep) registered cover handstamped and further endorsed "Via Siberia" sent from Inkou (Yinkow) to Germany, old Russian Field Post Registry label on front, Chinese 10c (2) CIP stamps on back canceled Tientsin, sent via the Russian Post Office, where a Registry handstamp and 2x10k "Kitai" overprints were added, with Newchwang transit marking, Postal Car and Moscow (18 Sep) pmks, with Stettin (4.10) arrival | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #3245 CHINA BOXER REBELLION - Russian Forces in China 1903 (Shanhaiguan) 3k stationery postcard to Bavaria, additionally franked with unoverprinted Russian 1k and 10k, tied by "No.3 Polev (aya) Pocht (ovaya) Kon (tora) Priamur (ski) Okr (ug)" 14.8.03 (3rd Field Post Office Priamur District), corresponding Registry label in Cyrillic letters, Postal Car and Moscow transits, Neuburg (19 Oct) arrival, fine | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #3246 CHINA BOXER REBELLION - Russian Forces in China 1903 (Newchang) cover originating from Tientsin, with 10c CIP Coiling Dragon tied by bilingual departure (25 June 1903) pmk, sent via the Russian Post Office in Newchang, where 10k "Kitai" was added, tied by "No.13 Polev (aya) Pocht (ovaya) Kon (tora) Priamur (ski) Okr (ug)" 12.6.03 (13th Field Post Office Priamur District), repeated alongside, endorsed and handstamped "Via Siberia" sent to Germany, with additional Chinese Newchang departure and Moscow transit markings on back, Schweinfurt arrival, some toning | Price Realized $325.00 |
