The Alfred F. Kugel Collection, Part Two
September 10-11, 2024
Welcome to Part II of the Al Kugel Collection, being sold on behalf of the American Philatelic Society. We begin with United States Interventions, first in China, during the Boxer Uprising, then in Northern Mexico (looking for Pancho Villa). Spanish American War follows, with U.S. Army in the Caribbean, U.S. involvement in Haiti, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, registered mail from the A.E.F. and the U.S. Army and its Postal Service Abroad during WWII, including "Prexies at War" exhibit. There are solid selections of U.S. Possessions and Allied Intervention in Russia (quite an astounding showing, with many unique items). There are selections from the specialized collections of Albania, Bulgaria, Crete and others. An avid Military historian, Mr. Kugel assembled a splendid collection of the aftermath of the Great War, with French and British Occupation forces in Europe and the Middle East, following the fall of the Austro-Hungarian, German, Russian and Ottoman Empires. There are excellent selections from Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Russia, as well as many uncommon usages from The Holyland, Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. World War I and WWII German and Italian Occupation issues, including satellite Croatia and Slovakia are very well represented in this sale. The sale will take place live via CherrystoneLIVE.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #4092 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Chinese forces in Siberia 1918 (4 Nov) native cover from Nikolsk Ussuriysk, sent via Harbin to Peking, franked with Russia 15k red brown & blue, perf. pair, tied by double ring departure cds, with red handstamp indicating "Chinese Army, 3rd Company, 3rd Regiment, 9th Division", directional tape on reverse "Harbin, Chinese Postal Service", with Peking arrival pmk. fine. (Russian General Dmitry Leonidovich Horvat invited Chinese troops into the Russian-controlled areas of Manchuria to secure the Chinese Eastern Railway against the Bolshevik forces. No Chinese field post offices were established, so mail was sent through the Russian civil postal service. Personal mail required stamps, while some official mail was sent free). This cover is one of only seven (!) recorded examples of mail to/from Chinese Intervention forces  | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
 | Lot #4093 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Chinese forces in Siberia 1919 (18 Sep) cover (opened for display) franked with 50k lilac & brown, tied by "Iman Prim." departure pmk and sent to Nanyuan, China. Red handstamp is the unit marking of the 1st Battalion, 33rd Regiment, 9th Division of the Chinese Army. The cover was sent to the base office of the 9th Division Army Service Supply Company in Nanyuan, probably a requisition for provisions, with Harbin transit markings, also bold bilingual "Nanyuan" and Peking arrival pmks, fine and incredibly rare cover (Iman is located on the left bank of the Bolshaya Ussurka River, about three miles from the Chinese border. Nanyuan was a township and area situated on the eastern side of Fengtai District, Beijing) | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #4094 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Chinese forces in Siberia 1919 two native covers, one official registered mail sent unfranked from the 9th Division Commissariat Administration in Harbin to the unit Commissariat in Nikolsk Ussuriysk, Registry label mostly missing, handstamped "Zakaznoye" alongside, with departure (4.3.19) and arrival (5.3.19) markings. The second cover is franked with strip of 3x20k dark blue & red, tied by Khabarovsk (11 Apr) departure pmks, addressed to the Chinese Army Headquarters in Nikolsk Ussuriysk | Unsold |
 | Lot #4095 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Chinese forces in Siberia 1919 (30 July) registered, red-band cover (opened for display), franked with two pairs of imperf. 15k red brown & blue, with perf. pair of 70k brown & red, paying 2 Rubles from the Garrison of the Chinese Headquarters in "Spasskoye", via Harbin to Peking, with Registry label, well struck departure, transit and arrival markings, fine and extremely rare registered cover from the Chinese Intervention Army in Siberia | Unsold |
