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 #3019 United States 1914-17 Issues 1916 Perf.10, 50c violet, top sheet margin Plate No. single, fine, used on cover from Sagaponack (2 Sep,1918) to New York City, fine and scarce usage on cover, with 2000 APS certificate,  Catalog #477 Catalog Value $2,250 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #3020 United States 1914-17 Issues 1916 Perf.10, $1 violet brown, four singles, used together with 7c black (2), 10c orange yellow, 30c orange red and 50c light violet, on coverfront addressed to Bombay, India, New York Registry cancels and violet box at bottom, some minor faults, spectacular $5.04 franking to India, probably in 1917, with 2003 APS certificate Catalog #478 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #3021 United States 1914-17 Issues 1917 $1 violet black (natural straight edge at right), used with $2 dark blue and $5 light green (2), plus 1c, 10c and 75c Parcel Post, paying $13.86 on registered piece of parcel, with New York, July 13,1917 Registry pmk, overall toning, scarce combination of Perf.10 $1, $2 and $5 adhesives, with 75c Parcel Post Catalog #478,479,480,Q11 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #3022 United States 1914-17 Issues 1917 $2 dark blue and $5 dark green, tied by New York cancels and used on separate 1924 covers to Frank Godden, Ltd., London, v.f. Catalog #479,480 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #3023 United States 1914-17 Issues 1917 $2 dark blue and $5 light green, used on registered tag from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago to its counterpart in New York, additionally franked with 20c (2), 30c (3) and 50c, paying the $8.70 in postage, few acceptable wrinkles, otherwise fine-v.f. and rare franking Catalog #479,480 | Unsold |
 | Lot #3024 United States 1914-17 Issues 1917 $5 dark green, fourteen stamps including a block of nine, vertical pair and three singles, used with additional franking, paying $71.55 on coverfront which must have contained currency or negotiable securities, with Washington, DC cds and another $2.70 War Tax Documentary Revenue stamps, left stamps with natural straight edges, some staining, nevertheless an impressive multiple Catalog #480 | Price Realized $850.00 |
