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 #3374 GERMAN NEW GUINEA Post Offices - Postmarks 1900-01 cover and stationery card, registered and sent from "Matupi" and "Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen" to Germany, franked with five different overprinted adhesives, each with appropriate Registry label, fine-v.f., with arrival pmks  | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #3375 GERMAN NEW GUINEA Post Offices - Postmarks 1906-08 postcard and cover from "Simpsonhafen" to Germany, the latter registered and franked with 30pf, 40pf and 50pf Yacht, tied by departure cds, registry label below, Apolda arrival pmk on back, v.f. (in 1906, Simpsonhafen was declared the capital of German New Guinea, but in 1910, the town was renamed to its native name, Rabaul) | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #3376 GERMAN NEW GUINEA Post Offices - Postmarks 1907 (13 Feb) registered cover from Herbertshoh to Germany, franked with 1m-5m Yacht, with Registry label, Hersfeld arrival (5.4.07) on back, v.f. Also included is a parcel card with single 3m on front and pair of 30pf on back, canceled by the older "Herbertshoh" marking, corresponding label alongside, Frankenberg arrival pmk on back Catalog #16-19 | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #3377 GERMAN NEW GUINEA Post Offices - Postmarks 1907-13 two registered covers to Germany, first franked with 30pf Yacht, the other with 3pf, 30pf and 5m, all tied by "Finshafen D-N-G" departure pmks, with two different types of Registry labels, some cover wear and filing folds away from the stamps, with arrival pmks | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #3378 GERMAN NEW GUINEA Post Offices - Postmarks 1908-14 two registered covers to Germany, first with 40pf, tied by "Berlinhafen" (29/05/08) cds, sent to Berlin, the other with 30pf Yacht (rounded lower right corner), tied by "Kawieng Deutsch-Neuguinea" 1914 departure cds, Stuttgart (1 Dec 14) arrival pmk on back, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #3379 GERMAN NEW GUINEA Post Offices - Postmarks 1909 (25 Mar) cover (backflap missing) franked with single 10pf carmine, canceled by manuscript "S.S. Siar 25/3/09", addressed to a resident of small island of Selen, located near Eitape, signed and accompanied by 1969 Bothe certificate. (Trading vessels traveling between the atolls of Marshall Islands were required to deliver mail to the scattered atolls. Covers received manuscript cancelations with the date of receipt and the name of the ship or name of the atoll. While no regulations were applied in New Guinea, the captain of the steamer "Siar" provided "Atoll Mail" service, canceling stamps by hand and delivering letters to addressees along his route) | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #3380 GERMAN NEW GUINEA Post Offices - Postmarks 1910 (Mar) registered cover from Kieta to Tsingtau, franked with single 50pf Yacht, tied by "Kieta Deutsch Neu Guinea" cds, supported by the corresponding Registry label, with Shanghai China (12 Mar) and "Tsingtau Kiautschou" (15 3 10) arrival pmks on back, fine and scarce inter-colony usage, signed Mansfeld | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #3381 GERMAN NEW GUINEA Post Offices - Postmarks 1911 (14 Dec) cover showing the sender's address "Koromira, Bouganville, Deutsche Salomonen", franked with 10pf Yacht, tied by "Kieta Deutsch-NeuGuinea" cds and addressed to Hamburg, some coverback tears, otherwise fine usage from Bougainville in the German portion of the Solomon Islands (in a 2019 referendum, the citizens of Bougainville voted to become independent from Papua New Guinea by 2027) | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #3382 GERMAN NEW GUINEA Post Offices - Postmarks 1912 two covers from "Maron" to Germany, first endorsed "Via Sibirien", franked with single 10pf carmine, the other registered, with "Maron Deutsch-Neuguinea" label, franked with 2x3pf and 25pf Yacht adhesives, with arrival pmk. Also a single 50pf with a similar departure pmk, fine and extremely rare examples of cancels from this remote post office opened to serve the Hermit Islands to the west of the Admiralty group (opened on 1 October 1910 until the arrival of Australian troops in November 1914) | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #3383 GERMAN NEW GUINEA Post Offices - Postmarks 1912-13 part of a registered cover (reduced at right), with a clear "Eitape Deutsch-Neuguinea" pmk and registry label (no franking), signed Bothe, also a picture postcard, registered from "Namatanai", with 25pf Yacht tied by 20.2.13 pmks, corresponding Registry label and Duisburg arrival (12.4.13) below, minor card abrasions and creases, otherwise fine (a post office operated at Namatanai from January, 1911 until November 1914, with the arrival of Australian forces) | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #3384 GERMAN NEW GUINEA Post Offices - Postmarks 1913 10pf carmine, canceled "Buka Deutsch-Neuguinea", fine, extremely rare, signed Bothe ("RR!") (Buka is the second-largest island in eastern Papua New Guinea. In 1899 the German Empire laid claim to the island and annexed it into German New Guinea. Its post office however, saw limited use) O | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #3385 GERMAN NEW GUINEA Post Offices - Postmarks 1914 1m carmine, canceled on piece by two overlapping strikes of "Buka Deutsch Neuguinea 3.3.14" cds, v.f., signed Bothe, with 1989 Dr.Lantelme certificate (Buka is the second-largest island in eastern Papua New Guinea. In 1899 the German Empire laid claim to the island and annexed it into German New Guinea. Its post office however, saw limited use) O | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #3386 GERMAN NEW GUINEA Post Offices - Postmarks 1913 two covers from Rabaul to Germany, first endorsed "Via Hong Kong/Sibirien", franked with single and block of 4x3pf Yacht, the other registered, with "Rabaul Deutsch-Neuguinea" label, franked with pair of 3pf and 25pf Yacht, showing two different types of Rabaul pmks, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #3387 GERMAN NEW GUINEA Post Offices - Postmarks 1913-14 5pf and 10pf, each canceled on piece by "Morobe D-NG" cds, fine-v.f., rare O | Unsold |
 | Lot #3388 GERMAN NEW GUINEA Post Offices - Postmarks 1914 (8 Sep) cover to Germany, franked with 10pf carmine, tied by "Herbertshohe Deutsch Neu-Guinea" departure pmk, opened by censor and resealed with two blue seals, with four-line "Opened by the Government under the right of war / Rabaul, Sep 1914 / Inspecting officer" handstamp (date filled in by hand), very rare. New Guinea was declared to be on War Status on 6th August, 1914, after which date censorship was imposed on the outgoing (very limited) mail | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #3389 GERMAN NEW GUINEA Post Offices - Postmarks 1914 (22 Aug) postal card with "Herbertshohe Deutsch-Neu-Guinea" departure pmk, overprinted "nur fur die Wehrabteilung und fur die Expeditionstruppe", showing official violet seal "Kaiserlich Deutsche Post Rabaul Deutsch Neuguinea" at left, handstamped "Absender Dienstgrad" and pencil addressed to Rabaul, with 1989 Lantelme certificate. Also included is a top portion only of a similar card, endorsed as Field post card, with Rabaul (9.9) departure pmk and official violet seal (at the start of WWI, German troops in New Guinea were ordered to defend Radio Station and other facilities. A number of cards were prepared for use by the troops in the field, without payment of postage. These cards were overprinted "Field Post only for the defense Corps and the Expeditionary Troops". This handstamp was lost during a raid by Australian forces on Rabaul on 12 August and later supplies were validated in manuscript, until the German surrender on 17th September, 1914) | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #3390 GERMAN NEW GUINEA Post Offices - Postmarks 1914 1m, 2m and 3m Yacht, each canceled on piece by two "Deutsch-Neuguinea" handstamps, with "Maron 5.8.14" cds below, v.f., unrecorded and probably unofficial marking, possibly an essay (in 1914 the "Kaiser's Yacht" stamps were reissued with "Deutsch Neuguinea" (instead of "Deutsch-Neu-Guinea") inscriptions. The new issue was never delivered to the colony, which was occupied by the Allies in September 1914) O | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #3391 GERMAN NEW GUINEA Post Offices - Postmarks 1914 (20 July) cover from Freiberg, Germany, franked with 10pf Deutsches Reich, tied by departure cds and addressed to Herbertshohe "Deutch-Neu-Guinea", with "Wegen Kriegzustandes/Zuruck" handstamp. Letters from Germany to their Colonies were being mailed right up to the outbreak of the war (28 July, 1914). Due to the British blockade and capture of German ships on the high seas, there was no possibility for delivery and mail already in the postal system was marked "Return due to the state of war" and sent back to senders | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #3392 GERMAN NEW GUINEA Post Offices - Postmarks 1914 (23 Apr) registered cover to Germany, franked with 3pf, 10pf, 20pf and 30pf Yacht adhesives, tied by "Manus Deutsche Neuguinea" departure pmks, with corresponding registry label, also "Durch Eilboten Expres" label, handstamped "Einschreiben", with Lagenbeck (14.6.14) arrival cds on back | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #3393 GERMAN NEW GUINEA Post Offices - Postmarks 1914 (16 Mar) picture postcard ("native of the Sek island") to Germany, franked with single 5pf green, tied by "Deulon Deutsch Neuguinea" departure, with framed "Via Sibirien" handstamp, small tape stains at top, rare usage (a post office at Deulon was opened from 1st January to 29th September) | Price Realized $450.00 |
