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 #3517 KIAUCHAU Stamps and covers Military Mail 1900 Chinese 1c stationery card to Germany, canceled "Kiautchou 26.10.00", endorsed "Feldpostkarte", with Dobbeln (5.12.00) arrival, also picture postcard from Kaumi to Tsingtau, endorsed "Feldpost", with Kiautschou 20.11.00 departure pmk, fine usage, probably by German marines sent to Kiautchou City to provide security for the construction of the Shantung Railway, rare  | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #3518 KIAUCHAU Stamps and covers Military Mail 1914 (19 Aug) Feldpost Karte canceled "Tsingtau-Gr.Hafen Kiautschou", also large cover endorsed "Feldpostbrief", Tsingtau 29.8.14 departure pmk, violet "Kaiserlieche Marine III Seebatalion Briefstempel" alongside, filing fold, otherwise fine pair of Fieldpost letters from besieged Kiauchau | Price Realized $2,200.00 |
 | Lot #3519 KIAUCHAU Stamps and covers Military Mail 1914 (15 Sep) Picture postcard endorsed "Feld Postkarte", canceled Tsingtau, Kiautschou 15.9.14, with violet "Kaiserlieche Marine III Seebatalion Briefstempel" alongside, addressed to the Imperial German Consulate in Nanking, China, with faint but readable "Nanking Deutsche Post 19.10.1914" arrival cds, fine and incredibly rare Fieldpost card smuggled by the Chinese out of besieged Tsingtau and delivered over a month later to Nanking, with 1993 Steuer certificate | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
