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 #3649 POLAND Polish Occupation of Minsk 1919 (27 Sep) registered cover to Switzerland, franked with 25f and 50f Polish Eagle definitives, tied by "Minsk Litweski" departure pmks, with "Urzad Pocztowy Minsk" registry box, violet censor cachet, arrival in Geneva (7.X.19), backflap missing, otherwise fine  | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #3650 POLAND Polish Occupation of Minsk 1919 (3 Sep) registered cover to Libawa, franked with 10f, 15f and 50f Polish Eagle definitives, tied by "Minsk" (in Cyrillic letters) departure pmks, with "Urzad Pocztowy Minsk" registry handstamp, Polish military censor cachet alongside, Leepaja (4.10.19) arrival on back, minor faults, rare (Polish Army captured Minsk from the Red Army briefly during the Polish-Soviet War. Polish troops advanced into Russian-controlled Lithuania and Belarus, taking over Slutsk and Minsk in August, 1919. Under the terms of the Peace of Riga, Minsk was handed to Soviet Russia and became the capital of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic) | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #3651 POLAND Polish Occupation of Minsk 1919 (16 Oct) 15f stationery card addressed to Headquarters of the Polish Army in Lublin, redirected to the front, with violet "Szef Inzynierji I Saperow Frontu Litewsko-Bialoruskiego" arrival hs, dated 6.XI.19, with "Frontowa Poczta Polowa No.37" (30.X.19) transit postmark, archival punches at bottom of the card, fine and incredibly rare incoming mail to the Lithuanian-Belarus front during the Polish-Russian War | Unsold |
 | Lot #3652 POLAND Polish Occupation of Minsk 1920 (13 Mar) picture postcard (Minsk) to Poland, with violet "Eksp.Oddz.Dow.Frontu Lit-Bial. Minsk" (HQ of the Lithuanian-Belarus front) postal mark, fine and late usage from Polish held Minsk, signed Mikulski | Unsold |
