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 #3451 GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Auxiliary markings 1906 "Windhoek DSWA 5.8.06" arrival pmk on picture postcard (large part missing at left) from Boenigheim, Germany (28 Mar) to Windhuk, with a 6-line cachet "Sendung Stammt aus einer a, 4/d Mta.bei Okasise aufgefundene Briefpost die teilweise von Termi-ten beschadigt werden ist. Die naheren Umsande sing noch nicht bekannt. Windhuk, 5 August 1906 Postamt" ("mail originated from a bag which on the 4th of this month was found near Okasise, damaged by termites. Further circumstances are still unknown, Windhuk, 5 August 1906. Post Office"). One of the most exotic of German Colonial auxiliary markings, this "Termite postcard" was included in a mail pouch carried by a native runner who never arrived at the post office at Okasise. His body was found four months later, badly mauled by wild animals, although the cause of death was not determinable. Mail in the pouch, that was still deliverable, was marked by a special handstamp, of which, over 100 years later, only three examples have been recorded, this one signed Bothe, etc.  | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
