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.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #4178
BULGARIA
1879 10c black & green, used in combination with 15st on FL from Sofia (12.11.81) to Vienna, minor cover erosion and filing fold away from the stamps, fine mixed franking Centimes + Stotinki issues
Envelope
Catalog #2,9
Price Realized
$6,000.00

Lot #4179
BULGARIA
1879 25c black & violet, vertical pair, tied by bilingual "Lovitcha" 1 Nov 1881 departure pmk on registered cover, sent via Roustchouk and St. Petersburg to Viborg, Finland, fine cover, with part of wax seal on back
Envelope
Catalog #3
Price Realized
$5,750.00

Lot #4180
BULGARIA
1879 1fr black & red, used in combination with 50c black & blue (on reverse) of registered cover from "Lom Palanka" 13 Mar 81 to Munich, bilingual departure pmks, filing fold away from the stamps, extraordinary quadruple weight UPU rate to Bavaria, with Munich arrival (29 Mar) on back
Envelope
Catalog #4,5
Price Realized
$5,500.00

Lot #4181
BULGARIA
1882-87 Issues, selection of three items, including two Parcel Address forms, one used in 1890 with 15s, pair of 30s and 10s Fiscal, canceled "Rustchuk", the other used in 1889, with 50s and 1L, additional 10s Fiscal, canceled "Russe", plus 1895 "Noviny" newspaper with single 1s tied by bilingual "Seymen" cds, paying printed matter rate, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #4182
BULGARIA
1885 four covers or cards neatly displayed on exhibit pages, with Military Mail, covers carried free of postage with South Bulgarian Negative seals inscribed "Military Headquarters Plovdiv", 5s stationery card used from Bulgarian Occupied Pirot to Plovdiv, plus a cover with blue circular cachet of the "Commander of the Eastern Army Corps", sent from Plovdiv to Pirot, in occupied Serbia, with arrival pmk and "First Military T.P.O." marking, stated to be one of only two recorded, fine and very scarce. (The Serbo-Bulgarian War lasted from November 14, 1885 to March 3, 1886. The war demonstrated the instability of the Balkan peace settlement imposed by the Congress of Berlin. Serbia started the war but was decisively defeated, with a major Bulgarian victory at Slivnitza and subsequent advance into Serbia. Despite Bulgaria being a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire, the Turks did not intervene and it was Austria that demanded Bulgaria stop its invasion, and a truce resulted)
Envelope
Unsold

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