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 #3687 WESTERN UKRAINE Romanian Occupation of Pokutia 1919 (2 July) postal card (Kopalnia Nafty w Slobodzie Runguskiej) franked with 20h green, violet CMT overprint, tied by "Pechenizhyn" departure pmk, addressed to Kolomyia, v.f., with what appears to be a penciled censor mark. An interesting card from a manager of an Oil Refinery in Sloboda Rungurska (a village, where industrial oil production began in 1771)  | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
