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 #3391 GERMAN NEW GUINEA Post Offices - Postmarks 1914 (20 July) cover from Freiberg, Germany, franked with 10pf Deutsches Reich, tied by departure cds and addressed to Herbertshohe "Deutch-Neu-Guinea", with "Wegen Kriegzustandes/Zuruck" handstamp. Letters from Germany to their Colonies were being mailed right up to the outbreak of the war (28 July, 1914). Due to the British blockade and capture of German ships on the high seas, there was no possibility for delivery and mail already in the postal system was marked "Return due to the state of war" and sent back to senders  | Price Realized $270.00 |
