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 #3259 ESTONIA Military Mail 1919 Finnish Volunteers, postcard from Tallinn to Vasa, with oval unit cachet, also postcard from Walk to Lappeenranta sent by a member of the "Sons of the North" Regiment of volunteers, special unit cachet and arrival pmk alongside. In addition, there is a piece showing special marking of Danish Auxiliary Corps which were in Estonia during the War of Liberation, plus a postcard from Tallinn to Sweden, sent by a member of Swedish Corps of Volunteers (stamps removed, possibly by censor, before the card was forwarded). A rare assembly (The Northern Boys (Pohjan Pojat), Finnish volunteers, were mostly Finnish Jaegers who had already participated in the battles of the First World War in Zemgale. In total, between 3,000 and 4,000 Finns took part in Estonian War of Liberation from January to March, 1919)  | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
