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 #4105 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Polish forces in Siberia 1918 (Sep) cover sent from the "Headquarters of the Polish Army in East Russia" to Samara, with 2.10.18 arrival pmk, red violet Army HQ handstamp, extremely rare, one of only a few recorded  | Unsold |
 | Lot #4106 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Polish forces in Siberia 1920 (ca) cover (reduced at top) with three strikes in red violet (one on reverse) of the rare "Polski Komitet Wojenny w Rosjii" (Polish Military Committee in Russia) handstamp, faint (undecipherable) arrival pmk, fine, extremely rare, only a few recorded | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4107 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Polish forces in Siberia 1920 cover addressed to a Colonel Le Magney in Vladivostok, endorsed "Personelle", with "Mission Militaire Francaise en Siberie Armee Polonaise de Siberie" cachet struck on front and back, carried through the "Ceskoslovenske Vojsko Polni posta Cls.2", "A Repondre" in red crayon, fine and incredibly rare example of the Polish Army in Siberia unit embedded with the French Forces, sent through the Czech Legion post | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4108 ALLIED INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA - SIBERIA Polish forces in Siberia 1920 (9 Mar) Red Cross POW card sent by a Hungarian prisoner of war in a Russian Camp in Nikolsk-Ussuryjsk, mail via the delegate of the Polish Committee, with corresponding violet military cachet, censored in Warsaw, fine, extremely rare, if not the only known card from the Polish Army in Nikolsk-Ussuryjsk, signed Mikulski. The Polish Committee was arranging for repatriation of Polish ex-POWs in Siberia | Price Realized $475.00 |
