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 #3239 CHINA BOXER REBELLION - Russian Forces in China 1900 (Peking) 7k stationery entire envelope, additionally franked with 3k and 10k "Kitai" adhesives, tied by framed "Pekin 19-00" handstamp, repeated below, with date (24.XI) filled-in by hand, Registry label No.526 added alongside, sent through the Russian Post Office in Port Arthur (10.XII) and Shanghai (28.XII) to Germany, with Russian Post Office in Chefoo (11 Dec) and Hong Kong transit pmks on back, Freiburg (1.2.01) arrival, crayon markings, extremely rare registered cover with provisional "Pekin" handstamp (the Russian Post Office in Peking lost its circular datestamp during the siege of the Legations in 1900. The local provisional handstamps were improvised locally, as were the primitive Registry labels)  | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
