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- Lots 4001-4333: Al Kugel Collection Part II - United States - Allied Intervention in Russia - Afghanistan - Germany — Tuesday, September 10, 2024 10:00 AM [CLOSED]
- Lots 4334-4622: Al Kugel Collection Part II - G.B. and British Commonwealth - Italy - Russia - Ottoman Empire - Large Lots and Collections — Wednesday, September 11, 2024 10:00 AM [CLOSED]
- Lots 1-376: U.S. & Worldwide - United States - Afghanistan - China — Tuesday, September 24, 2024 10:00 AM [OPEN]
- Lots 377-761: U.S. & Worldwide - Colombia - Germany - Great Britain and Commonwealth through Hong Kong — Tuesday, September 24, 2024 1:00 PM [OPEN]
- Lots 762-1152: U.S. & Worldwide - British Commonwealth India through Uganda - Greece - Romania — Wednesday, September 25, 2024 10:00 AM [OPEN]
- Lots 1153-1507: U.S. & Worldwide - Russia - Yugoslavia - Large Lots and Collections — Wednesday, September 24, 2024 1:00 PM [OPEN]
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #269 AFGHANISTAN 1928 (14 Feb) small cover franked on back with 15p carmine, tied by native pmk, used on combination with India 1a George V, tied by Landikhana cds, additional markings alongside, cover roughly opened at left, fine  | $140.00 To bid in this auction, please login or create a new account. |
 | Lot #4131 AFGHANISTAN 1885 (6 Mar) legal size envelope (opened for display), endorsed "On Her Majesty's Service", with 2x1/2a OHMS overprints tied by grid cancels, sent from Gulran by Sir Peter Lumsden, the head of Afghan Boundary Commission, to General Steward, the Commander of the Army in India, with letter, providing a detailed account of the Russian Annexation of Panjdeh, with Rawalpindi (27 Mar) and Quetta (28 Mar) arrival markings. Cover is dirty and somewhat defective, nevertheless fine and only recorded from "Commission in Afghanistan" during this period (the Afghan Boundary Commission (or Joint Anglo-Russian Boundary Commission) was established to determine the northern border of Afghanistan. The commissioners traveled and documented the northern border area from 1884 to 1886. Tensions between Russia and Afghanistan grew in 1885, in the aftermath of the Panjdeh incident, in which several hundred Afghans were killed by Russian troops, as witnessed by several members of the commission. From March until September, it seemed likely that this would lead to war between Russia and Britain, with the Commission at the epicenter (Britain controlled Afghanistan's foreign affairs following the Treaty of Gandamak). Between 1885 and 1888, the Commission agreed that he Russians would relinquish the most remote territory captured in their military advances, but would retain Panjdeh. The agreement delineated a permanent northern Afghan frontier at the Amu Darya, with the loss of a large amount of territory, especially around Panjdeh) | $1,500.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4132 AFGHANISTAN 1921 (27 Sep) On His Majesty's Service cover (backflap missing), sent by Major Fennel of the Kabul Mission to a fellow officer in Peshawar, North West Frontier Province, boxed "Field Service Postage Free" handstamp, Indian Field Post Office 148 and Peshawar arrival pmks on back (on occasion British forces were dispatched to Afghanistan, illustrated by this 1921 usage) | $280.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #4133 AFGHANISTAN 1928 (Oct) cover sent from Kabul to a Countess in Alessandria, Italy, franked with 40p ultramarine, tied by departure pmk, showing return address of "Alberto Inviziali, Artillery Colonel with the Italian Military Mission", sent via Landikhana, arriving in Italy (29.10.28), minor cover tears, otherwise fine (a small force of Italian officers were sent to Afghanistan in the late 1920s as military advisers to help the King's troops against tribal unrest) | $140.00 Bidding Closed |
