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 #3456 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Herero and Nama Uprising 1904-06 selection of 8 covers or cards showing "K.D.Feldpostexped, Sudwestafrika" markings, including "a", Nr.1, Nr.2, Nr.3 and Nr.4, five are Registered, with corresponding "Kaisserlich Deutsche Feldpoststation" labels, also Field-Postanweisung and Optische Feld-Telegraphie forms, all written-up on exhibit pages, fine and scarce fieldpost during the Herero Uprising  | Unsold |
 | Lot #3457 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Herero and Nama Uprising 1904 (23 Nov) "Feldpostkarte" franked with 10pf Yacht, tied by violet "Waterberg" straight-line provisional ("Wanderstempel II") and Deutsch Sudwestafrika departure cds, repeated alongside and sent to Germany, with arrival pmks below, fine and scarce usage from Waterberg (a principal town in central German Southwest Africa, overrun by the Hereros in January 1904 during the uprising. The post office was destroyed and the provisional handstamp was used for about three weeks) | Unsold |
 | Lot #3458 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Herero and Nama Uprising 1906-07 Fieldpost card and cover from Germany to Windhuk, SWA, first sent in late 1906, addressee had been repatriated to the home country as indicated by the special markings "Empfanger ist nach Deutschland zuruckgekehrt heim adresse unbekannt Marine-Postbureau" (returned to Germany, home address unknown, Navy Postal Bureau); the other with a four-line handstamp "Ohne genaue Ausgabe des letzingen Truppentails nicht zu erintteln Feldpostelle Windhuk" (could not be delivered because the latest specific military unit address could not be ascertained, Fieldpost office Windhuk). Local forces were unable to put down the native uprisings in Southwest Africa in the early part of the 20th Century. Additional 18,000 troops were sent from Germany. As men were rotated back home, special markings were used on covers to indicate reasons for inability to deliver mail, as shown by these two items | Unsold |
