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 #4187 BULGARIA Eastern Rumelia 1880 (1 Dec) cover (opened for display) from Karlovo to Koprivshtitsa, franked on reverse with Ottoman 10pa lilac and 4x20pa pale green (the overprinted stamps were not yet issued for Eastern Rumelia), tied by four negative seals and "Pochta Karlovo" departure cds, Adrianople transit and TPO "Istoch.Rumelis.Pochta ot Vlakad" (12.12.80) clearly struck on front, cover slightly reduced at left, fine example of the Russian Traveling Post Office mark, with 2009 Sismondo certificate (when Russian army occupied Eastern Rumelia in early 1878, they provided postal cars for the railway line. Mail processed on-board was canceled by special TPO markings inscribed in Cyrillic "Eastern Roumelian Post From Train 1")  | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4188 BULGARIA Eastern Rumelia 1880 (4 Dec) cover posted on the Russian Railway post office for delivery in Philippople (Plovdiv), postmark in Cyrillic reads "Pochta Plovdiv" ("Post" at top, "Plovdiv" at bottom, instead of the listed bilingual Russian and Bulgarian), also Russian Traveling Post Office mark in Cyrillic ("Eastern Roumelian Post From Train 1"), "Franco" hs indicates postage was paid in cash, cover missing backflap, otherwise fine, with 2001 Sismondo certificate | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #4189 BULGARIA Eastern Rumelia 1881 two covers used from "Tatar Pazardchik" and Plovdiv, each with Turkish stamps overprinted in blue "R.O." ("Roumelie Orientale"), sent to Elisavetgrad (Russia) and Leskovac (Serbia), transit markings include Sofia, Rustchuk, Ungeni and Russian TPO, as well as arrival of Leskovac, usual cover wear, otherwise fine | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4190 BULGARIA Eastern Rumelia 1883 two special formula postal cards, one to Plovdiv, with "Roumelie Orientale Du Train" (17.V.83) TPO cancel, the other sent from Plovdiv | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #4191 BULGARIA Eastern Rumelia 1885 (21 Sep) cover from Pechtera to Plovdiv, franked with pair of 1pi black & blue, overprinted in black, tied by bilingual departure pmks, with arrival pmk on back, minor cover mending, otherwise fine, extremely rare usage of provisional issue on cover, as opposed to the usual postcards | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #4192 BULGARIA Eastern Rumelia 1885 five cards, displayed on exhibit pages, including a registered card from "Tchirpan" to "Tchepelare", franked with 20pa black & rose, blue overprint (stamp slightly defective), formula card from Plovdiv to Sofia, franked with 20pa rose, three cards with the final issue, including a Registered card from Aitos, franked with 20pa rose, card from "Hadji Elles", with 5pa lilac and a card from Pazardjik to Seymen, with 10pa green, fine and scarce group, with two Registered cards Catalog #22,29,38-40 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4193 BULGARIA Eastern Rumelia 1885-88 two covers from Plovdiv and Pazardjik to Constantinople, each with Bulgarian franking, which was not recognized (The Turkish authorities refused to accept the Bulgarian annexation of Eastern Rumelia) and charged postage due at double the normal postal rate, indicated by "T", with Ottoman stamps added to reflect the amounts collected from the recipients, mixed condition, some cover faults, markings intact, very rare | Price Realized $475.00 |
