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 #4103 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Japanese forces in Siberia 1919-20 collection of 29 covers or cards, neatly written-up on twelve exhibit pages, numerous Field Post Office markings, "Japonski komendant in Vladivostok" (Japanese commandant in Vladivostok) handstamp, military markings applied in Khabarovsk, Nikolsk, Pogranichnaya, Manchuli, Chita, Razdolnoye, Spasskoye, Ushumun, Verhneudinsk, Blagoveshchensk, Zeya, Nechinsk, Ushumun, Sretensk, etc. In addition, there are FPO markings from the Sakhalin Expeditionary Force (in March 1920, Bolshevik bandits massacred civilians in Nikolayevsk, including some Japanese. In response, the Japanese army occupied northern Sakhalin island), Naval Agency pmks, etc. A most comprehensive collection. (The Japanese deployed 70,000 troops under the command of General Kikuzo Otani and penetrated as far west as Lake Baikal and Buryatia. By 1920, industrial conglomerates such as Mitsubishi, Mitsui and others had opened offices in Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Nikolayevsk-on-Amur and Chita, bringing with them over 50,000 civilian settlers. After the international coalition withdrew its forces, the Japanese army stayed and continued to support Admiral Kolchak, later Ataman Semenov, whose government collapsed by 1922. In March and April 1922, the Japanese Army repelled large Bolshevik offensives against Vladivostok. Japanese casualties from the Siberian Expedition included some 5,000 dead from combat or illness, and the expenses incurred were in excess of 900 million Yen)  | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
