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 #4163 BELGIUM German Occupation 1914 picture postcard (Ruins of Louvain) franked with 20c olive brown "Le Courier Provisoire", perforated 13, with 19.10.1914 datestamp, addressed to Brussels, fine (during the early days of German Occupation, a Mr.Armand Berhaut organized a private mail and parcel transport service for Brussels and suburbs, which functioned from 15-21 October,1914. He was was arrested by the Germans and sentenced to prison for competing with the Imperial Post Office)  | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4164 BELGIUM German Occupation 1916-17 two Fieldpost cards from Brussels to Germany, with "Pfadfinderabteilung der Feldpost Kommandatur" and "Polizei-Kommando Sect.II" markings, each endorsed "Feldpost", fine and rare examples of delivery service provided by a unit of Boy Scouts which handled mail from the Occupation Headquarters to the main post office | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #4165 BELGIUM German Occupation 1916-18 collection of 44 covers or cards displayed on exhibit pages, showing selected cachets of various military units and agencies in Brussels, Antwerp, Gent, Hasselt, Brugge, Arel, Namur, Charleroi, Loewen, Liege, Spa, Ostende, Kortrijk, etc. There are German markings and Registry labels from "Feldpostampt des Grossen Hauptquartiers" (Supreme HQ), Naval Stations, postal stationery and issued stamps on covers, special commemorative pmks, etc. | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4166 BELGIUM German Occupation 1917 3c-6fr25c surcharges on German stamps, overprinted "Flandern" instead of "Belgien", 13 different, complete as printed, unused without gum, couple of minor perf. flaws, fresh, fine-v.f., with 1986 Lundin certificate (in the summer of 1917, Belgium was divided into two political administrative areas. As a result, two independent postal administrations were set up on 21 October 1917. Brussels was the main postal center in Flanders, and Namur in Wallonia. Presumably it was planned in Berlin to replace the "Belgien" overprints with "Flandern" and "Wallonien". Trial printings were made at the end of 1917 and in early 1918. This project never came to fruition. Only two or three sets of these proofs exist, including those in the Berlin Postal Museum) (*) | Price Realized $30,000.00 |
