Do the sort using a Schwartzian Transform by storing an indicator on whether the value is alpha or numeric as well as the value itself. The outer sort is alpha then numeric and the inner sort comparator is chosen in a ternary depending on the indicator.

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ perl -E '
> my @values = qw{
>    041351920234
>    Rabbit
>    0343120
>    041271024500
>    0430870
>    Apple
>    041460301399
>    };
> 
> say for 
>    map  { $_->[ 0 ] }
>    sort { 
>         $a->[ 1 ] <=> $b->[ 1 ]
>         ||
>         $a->[ 1 ]
>         ? $a->[ 0 ] <=> $b->[ 0 ]
>         : $a->[ 0 ] cmp $b->[ 0 ]
>         }
>    map  { [ $_, m{^\d} ? 1 : 0 ] }
>    @values;'
Apple
Rabbit
0343120
0430870
041271024500
041351920234
041460301399
knoppix@Microknoppix:~$
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I hope this is helpful.

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