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 #3351 GERMAN EAST AFRICA Belgian Occupation 1916-20 five covers or cards to the United States, Holland and France, sent by Belgian soldiers in Kigali, Kitega, Usumbura and Rutshuru, showing various pmks, Registry label, cover from a Naval Flotilla base at Lake Kivu, endorsed by the commanding officer "Flottille du Kivu" and sent free of postage to Paris, mixed condition, mostly fine  | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #3352 GERMAN EAST AFRICA Belgian Occupation 1916-20 collection of 15 covers or cards, neatly described on exhibit pages, showing a good range of Field Post markings, one sent to Mauritius, registered mail with "Congo Belge" labels, Red Cross overprints in covers from Kigoma and Kigali, stationery cards, one to Bogota, Colombia, censor cachets and other markings, fascinating group of covers used by the Belgian troops in German East Africa | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #3353 GERMAN EAST AFRICA Belgian Occupation 1916 (16 Nov) registered cover franked with "URUNDI" handstamp on 40c Congo Belge stamp, tied by B.P.C.V.P. No.4 violet pmk, endorsed "F.M.", sent via Cape Town and Elizabethville, registry label overprinted "Albertville", London (14 Jan 1917) arrival pmk on back, with "Defense du Tanganika Etat Major" censor handstamp on back, fine. Covers with "Urundi" handstamps are very rare | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #3354 GERMAN EAST AFRICA Belgian Occupation 1917 (6 Jan) cover from Kigali to Rukira, franked with 5x50c Congo Belge stamps, each handstamped "RUANDA", tied by B.P.C.V.P.K. No.5 double circle cds, fine (the main goal of the Belgians was to take over the German provinces of Ruanda and Urundi. Once that was accomplished, 250 Congo Belge stamps were hand overprinted with each of the two names to celebrate the capture of those areas). Mail franked with these handstamps is very rare | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
