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 #3220 CHINA BOXER REBELLION - Italian Forces in China 1901 (12 Jan) cover (opened for display) franked with 20c Umberto, tied by "Ra. Nave Fiera-Mosca" naval cancel, addressed to Livorno, with Japan 4sen rose added on reverse, tied by a private boxed seal in red, with additional Italian markings and Livorno arrival (19.2.01), fine and unusual combination, with Holcombe certificate ("the only explanation for the Japanese stamp without a Japanese cancelation is that the sender thought the letter would have to go through the Japanese postal system if the ship was at that time in a Japanese port and therefore paid the 4sen to cover the internal Japanese postage")  | Price Realized $475.00 |
