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 #3080 United States Postal Agencies in Japan 1868 (26 Nov) FL from Yokohama, Japan to H.Hastings, Esq. in Boston, Mass., endorsed "Pr Great Republic", with red oval "China and Japan Steam Service" and San Francisco Dec.23 entry pmk, internal entry "Hastings & Co. Jan 16, 1869" pmk, franked with 10c green, which does not appear to have originated on this cover, 1989 Royal certificate notwithstanding. There is no dispatch pmk, but the cover did travel on the "Great Republic" from Yokohama in 1868 (earliest recorded use of Yokohama cds is July 1870, per Riddell). A fine cover from Yokohama, sold AS IS  | Price Realized $475.00 |
