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 #3667 SAUDI ARABIA Turkish Administration 1905 registered 1pi stationery entire envelope to India, additionally franked with pair of 20pa carmine, tied by bilingual "MEKKE" (27 Jan 1905) pmks, red "Mecca" Registry label, framed "Sea P.O.B. 12 Fe.05" datestamp, with "Djedda" (3.2.05) transit and Lahore (19 Fe 05) arrival backstamps, minor cover faults and mending, extremely rare use of the special registration label from Mecca  | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #3668 SAUDI ARABIA Turkish Administration 1907 20pa stationery card canceled by specially prepared negative handstamp of "EL ULA", used 19 August, 1907 to commemorate the opening of service on the Hejaz railway to that point, addressed to the chief engineer, v.f. Also included a piece with three Ottoman adhesives, with bilingual "El-Ula" pmks (Al-Ula became a key stop on the Hejaz Railway, linking Damascus to Medina) | Price Realized $1,250.00 |
