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 #3034 United States - Air Post Flight Covers 1933 (23 July) Italo Balbo Armada, registered flight cover paying $3.60 from New York to Rome, franked with 30c (2) and $1 (3), tied by departure cds, with corresponding Italian Air Cruise violet cachet, blue "Crociera Aerea" handstamp, with 2 August arrival markings on back, sent back to the addressed and Officially Sealed by the Sommerville, Mass. Post Office, with strip of three labels, 23 August 1933 arrival pmks, fine and scarce  | Price Realized $650.00 |
