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 #3094 United States Postal Agency in Siberia 1919 (23 May) War Department, Official Business, legal size envelope, registered to New York, franked with 10c Franklin (straight edge at right), tied by U.S. Postal Agency Siberia "M.O.B." double circle departure pmk (repeated on back), Registered box showing chipped lower left corner, ascribed to Vladivostok, with self-censored "A.E.F. Siberia Censored" handstamp, signed by Lt. N.C. Streit (the sender), backstamped on arrival (June 25), some cover mending, otherwise fine. This is the only recorded Registered cover from Vladivostok with "M.O.B." datestamp (in this case, the postal clerk used the Money Order handstamp instead of the registry datestamp)  | Price Realized $950.00 |
