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 #4183
BULGARIA Russo-Turkish War
1877 (29 Dec) cover from London, addressed to an English nursing sister at the Red Cross hospital in "Sistova, Bulgaria, Turkey", endorsed "if departed, please forward to destination", mailed via Bucharest (3 Jan), showing Russian F.P.O.15 (23 Dec 1877) transit (Julian calendar, 12 days earlier than the Gregorian calendar used in the West). This FPO 15 was then located at Zimnica (today Zimnicea, Romania, a port on the Danube, opposite the Bulgarian city of Sistov), used as a forwarding center for mail between Russia and the occupied areas of Northern Bulgaria. A rarity (Tchilingirian states that "no postal material from this FPO appears to have been recorded)
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #4184
BULGARIA Russo-Turkish War
1878 (17 July) FL from Tirnovo, canceled by a bilingual "Tyrnovskaya Pocht. Kont." pmk, addressed to Gabrovo, with arrival cds alongside, letter with handstamp of a Police archival mark Tirnovo, fine, neatly described on exhibit page
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #4185
BULGARIA Russo-Turkish War
1878 (13 Sep) official letter sent to the postmaster at Tirnovo, through FPO 1, showing clear "Polevaya Pocht. Otdel." departure pmk, fine post-war usage (the Russians maintained a significant military presence in Bulgaria pending the implementation of territorial decisions of the Great Powers at the Congress of Berlin)
Envelope
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #4186
BULGARIA Russo-Turkish War
1880 (23 Feb) large portion of wrapper to Constantinople, franked with First Issue 25c black & violet, tied by Bulgarian "Tirnovo" departure cds, with Russian Post Office "Tirnovo" (24 Feb), "Varna" transit and Constantinople (11 Mar) arrival markings on back, fine example of Russian Post Office in Bulgaria, still in operation even after the Bulgarian postal system started
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,700.00

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