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 #3422 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1889-1915 collection of 36, mostly registered covers or cards, neatly displayed and written-up on 15 exhibit pages, arranged in chronological order, starting with forerunners "Otyimbingue" (1pf stationery card and registered cover with 4x10pf carmine addressed to Cape Town, plus a pair of 20pf Eagle & Crown, with a perfect "Otyimbingue D-SWA" pmk (in use from 1888-1891), "Windhuk", "Omaruru", "Swakopmund", "Cap Gross", "Gibeon", "Keetmanshoop", "Luderitzbucht", "Okahandja" (including wanderstempel provisional straight-line violet handstamp), "Warmbad", "Rehoboth", "Uhabis" (German 5pf green canceled on piece, rare pmk, used for less than 6 months), "Outjo", "Gross-Barmen", "Hohewarte", "Seeis", "Fobabis", "Khanrivier", "Jakalswater", "Ukamas" and "Bethanien", fine-v.f. and spectacular assembly of rare postmarks from German Southwest Africa  | Unsold |
 | Lot #3423 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1901-15 collection of 30, mostly registered covers or cards, neatly displayed and written-up on exhibit pages, arranged in chronological order, postmarks include "Grootfontein", "Okombahe", "Maltahohe", "Kubub", "Otavi", "Kuis", "Marienthal", "Mariental", "Haris", "Hasuur", "Hasis", "Kubas", "Hatzamas", "Hatsamas", "Karibib", "Kapenousseu" (Wanderstempel), "Waldau", "Nauchas", "Abbabis" (two different Wanderstempel markings), "Owikokorwero" (intaglio seal Wanderstempel), "Usakos", "Kub", "Epukiro" (Wanderstempel), "Gochas" (Wanderstempel), generally fine-v.f., some high value frankings, excellent group of German Southwest Africa covers | Unsold |
 | Lot #3424 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1906-15 collection of 25, mostly registered covers or cards, neatly displayed and written-up on 10 exhibit pages, arranged in chronological order, postmarks include "Otjiwarongo", "Okowakuatjiwi" and "Aus" (each with wanderstempel in violet), "Tsumeb", "Kalkfeld", "Kanus", "Wilhelmsthal", "Gross-Witvley", "Otjosonjati", "Berseba", "Otjihawera", "Richthofen", "Osona", "Okaukwejo", "Hoachanas", "Seeheim" (wanderstempel in violet), "Guchab", "Khan", "Arahoab", mostly fine-v.f. A wonderful group of German Southwest Africa covers | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #3425 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1909-15 collection of 10, mostly registered covers or cards, neatly displayed and written-up on 6 exhibit pages, arranged in chronological order, postmarks include "Johann-Albrechtshohe", "Koes", "Kolmannskuppe", "Prinzebucht", "Neuheusis", "Sudwestafrika-Capstadt Seepost", "Swakopmund-Windhoek Bahnpost" and "Station Rossing" Railway stations,1915 "Feldpostation 1" (provisional pmk, 10pf single on piece) and "Keetmanshoop D-SWA" 1914-15 pmks, one on Field telegram, fine-v.f., scarce | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #3426 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1901-04 registered 10pf stationery card additionally franked with 25pf orange, tied by "Waterberg D-SWA 9/2/01" cds, sent to Grootfontein, with arrival pmk at top, also a registered cover franked with 5pf and 25pf Yacht adhesives, tied by Waterberg departure cds, with "Omaruru" Registry label bearing "wanderstempel II" Waterberg handstamp, sent to Wiesbaden, with arrival pmk on back | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #3427 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1906 (10 July) Feldpostkarte to Germany, with "Kalkontein" straight-line provisional handstamp (Wanderstempel IV type I), supported by D-SWA departure pmk (no year-date), with Charlottenburg (13.8.06) arrival, signed Bothe. Also a picture postcard franked with 2x3pf Yacht, canceled by "Kalkontein" (Wander stempel IV type 2), with D-SWA 3/10/06 departure cds, sent to Braunschweig, fine-v.f. pair of two different types of the provisional departure handstamp | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #3428 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1907 (18 Jan) Feld-Postkarte to Windhuk, with violet "Brackwasser" Provisional handstamp (Wanderstempel I) completed by "Sudwest-Afrika" pmk, arrival (5.2.07) at bottom, also registered cover with Yacht franking, tied by Brackwasser D-SWA cds, with corresponding Registry label at bottom, fine-v.f. The provisional handstamp was used for only three months | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #3429 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1907 (7 Feb) registered cover from "Kuibis" to Germany, Yacht franking tied by departure cds, with Registry label below, backstamped on arrival. Also a single 3pf brown, tied on piece by "Kuibis" provisional (Wanderstempel I) with "Sudwest-Afrika 20/7" (no year date) pmk, v.f., signed Czimek. A rare piece. In addition, there is a printed matter cover franked with 3pf Yacht, tied by "Aris D-SWA" 17.4.08 cds, v.f. | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #3430 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1907 (14 Dec) 5pf stationery reply card (folded), with additional 25pf franking, canceled "Gochaganas" violet provisional (Wanderstempel IV) postmark with "Deutsch Sudwestafrika" below, supported by the Registry label handstamped "Gochaganas", addressed to Leipzig, with arrival markings. Also a registered cover with Yacht franking, canceled "Gochaganas D-SWA" (5.4.08), Registry label with name filled-in by pen, sent to Chemnitz, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #3431 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1908 (22 Feb) cover to Germany, with single 10pf tied by "Otjosondu D-SWA" cds (repeated alongside), with Geisenkirchen (27.3.08) arrival pmk, signed Grobe (Otjosondu was an interior village, located about 120 miles north of Windhuk). Also included is a registered cover franked with vertical strip of 3x10pf Yacht, tied by "Onguati D-SWA" 11.4.12 departure pmks, with corresponding Registry label at bottom, sent to Leipzig, re-addressed to Teplitz, minor cover flaws away from the stamps, fine-v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #3432 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1908 (7 Jan) printed matter cover with single 3pf Yacht, tied by "Neudamm D-SWA" departure pmk, addressed to Jakalswater D-SWA, with arrival (10.1.08) on back, fine and scarce usage from Neudamm, a village in the central part of the colony, about 30 miles northeast of Windhuk | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #3433 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1908 (May) registered cover to Germany, franked with block of 4x3pf and two pairs of 5pf Yacht, tied by "Aub D-SWA" pmks (date not readable), supported by "Aub" (Deutsch-Sudwestafrika) Registry label, Chemnitz (14.6.08) arrival pmk on back, fine and rare usage from Aub, village on the postal route to Rehoboth | Unsold |
 | Lot #3434 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1909 two registered covers to Germany, sent from "Kalkfontein (Sud)" and "Okasise", each with Yacht franking, tied by D-SWA pmks, with corresponding Registry labels, the former with "Seeheim" transit pmk, some back cover adhesions, otherwise v.f. | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #3435 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1911 (7 Jan) printed matter card (using the old "Fieldpostkarte") to Weimar, franked with 3pf Yacht canceled by "Empfangnibucht D-SWA" pmk, v.f., rare, signed Czimek | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #3436 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1911 (10 June) registered cover to Berlin, franked with 5pf and 25pf Yacht, tied by "Fahlgras Bz. Windhuk D-SWA" cds, with corresponding Registry label alongside, cover folded at bottom, well away from the stamps, fine and scarce marking, arrival pmk (24.7.11) on back | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #3437 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1912 (26 Apr) cover with 2x10pf Yacht (one trimmed at right), tied by "Olukonda D-SWA" cds, repeated alongside, addressed to Finland, with Tampere (5.VI.12) and Kuru arrival pmks on back, fine usage from Olukonda, northernmost post office in German Southwest Africa, near the border with Portuguese Angola (Olukonda was founded in 1870 by Finnish missionaries, which explains the uncommon destination) | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #3438 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1912-13 10pf and 20pf Yacht, canceled "Ekuja D-SWA", the former on piece, clear 4.9.12 cds, also another 10pf canceled on piece by "Chairos D-SWA 6.2.13", fine-v.f. (Ekuja was a small interior village in the central part of the colony, to the east of Okahandja. Chairos was in the north central area, to the west of Outjo. Their postmarks are the more elusive from this territory) O | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #3439 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1912-13 10pf carmine, horizontal pair canceled by two fairly clear strikes of "Chairos D-SWA" cds on cover addressed to Germany, scarce usage from this small village (in the north central area, to the west of Outjo), double-signed Bothe BPP ("RR") | Unsold |
 | Lot #3440 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1913 5pf and 25pf Yacht, both tied on small piece by overlapping "Barby D-SWA" 24.9.13 cds, fine-v.f., signed Bothe (Barby was in the south central area, halfway between Gibeon and South Atlantic Ocean) O | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3441 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1913-15 10pf, 20pf and 25pf Yacht (first two watermarked, last one unwatermarked), canceled "Otjundara D-SWA", "Okatjomboa D-SWA" and "Bogenfels D-SWA", each with a clear, readable cancel, fine-v.f., rare group of postmarks of the offices opened during the final 12 months prior to the outbreak of World War I. These post offices were generally in small settlements, away from the main routes, thus there was little chance to develop philatelic mail O | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #3442 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1913-15 20pf Yacht (watermarked) canceled on piece by "Okatjomboa D-SWA" 18.5.14 cds, v.f., extremely rare, signed Bothe ("Selten Stempel") O | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #3443 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1914 20pf Yacht, two singles (left copy watermarked, right stamp unwatermarked) canceled on piece by two bold strikes of "Grundorn D-SWA" 23.10.14 cds, v.f., signed Bothe. A rarity from Grundorn, located in the south central area, 25 miles from Gibeon O | Unsold |
 | Lot #3444 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1914 10pf Yacht (watermarked), canceled "Otjosazu-D-SWA", v.f., signed Czimek, rare O | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3445 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1914 50pf and 3m Yacht (unwatermarked), each canceled "Aroab D-SWA", v.f. O | Unsold |
 | Lot #3446 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1914 5pf and 10pf Yacht, both tied on small piece by overlapping "Bergland D-SWA" 24.5.14 well struck cds, fine-v.f., extremely rare, especially in this quality, signed Bothe (Bergland is located in the central area, about 60 miles south of Windhuk) O | Unsold |
 | Lot #3447 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1914 10pf carmine, tied by "Pomonahugel D-SWA" 25.7.14 pmk on cover to Hamburg, also vertical pair of 80pf Yacht canceled by two strikes of "Pomonahugel D-SWA" cds, fine | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #3448 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1914 5pf stationery card canceled by a clear "Chairos D-SWA 29.1.14" cds, with oval "Arno Becker Chairos Bez. Outjo, D.-S.-W.-Afrika" sender's handstamp, addressed to Hamburg, with 12/3 arrival docketing within the handstamp, fine and rare card, signed Kruschel | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #3449 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Post Offices - Postmarks 1914 (4 Mar) registered cover franked with 20pf, 1m and 2m Yacht, tied by "Klein-Nauas D-SWA" cds and sent to Germany, with "Rehoboth Deutsch-Sudwest-Afrika" (7.3.14) transit and Munich (4 Apr 14) arrival pmks. Also included is a cover franked with single 3pf brown, tied by "Klein-Nauas" cds, addressed to Magdeburg, filing folds away from the stamps, fine (Klein-Nauas was a small interior village in the central part of the colony, to the southeast of Windhuk) | Price Realized $550.00 |
