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 #3061 United States Postal Agency in Shanghai, China 1899 (4 Dec) cover franked with a horizontal pair of 5c Trans-Mississippi, tied by "U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai" pmk, small framed "IPO" tieprint (to discourage theft while in the Imperial Postal system),"Ningpo 20 Nov 99" transit alongside, Shanghai 21 Nov 99 arrival. The cover originated at Kinwha, in the interior of China, was sent via Ningpo to Shanghai and transferred to the U.S. Postal Agency for further transmission to Bradford, Pa, where it arrived on Jan 2nd, minor flaws, rare cover (ex-Siegel March 12, 1986 sale, lot 726, $1,300 hammer)  | Price Realized $6,000.00 |
