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 #3454 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Bondelswarts Uprising 1904 (29 Feb) "Feld" Postcard to Germany, with black-violet "Feld-Poststation D-SWA" 9/1/04 provisional pmk (wanderstempel),"Warmbad" departure cds, official Keetmanshoop seal and Modishofen (27 Mar) arrival at bottom, fine usage during the Bondelswarts Uprising in 1904 (The Bondelswarts are a Nama ethnic group of Southern Africa living in the extreme south of Namibia, in an area centered on the town of Warmbad. They rose up against German colonial rule in the Nama War 1903-1906 and were brutally repressed)  | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #3455 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Bondelswarts Uprising 1904 (9 Jan) violet "Feld-Poststation D-SWA" provisional pmk (wanderstempel) tying 5pf Yacht on piece, v.f., signed Bothe | Unsold |
