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 #4532 Berg Republic 1922 2k, 5k, 10k perforated, also 2k and 5k imperf. singles, used or unused, mounted on exhibit page along with a commercial cover franked with 5k and 10k Star overprints, tied by "Grozny-Tersk" (29.8.22) pmk, repeated at left, addressed to Gudauty Sukhum, with arrival (9.9.22) on front and on back, rare usage, signed Mikulski (with his expertising invoice from 1992 stating only 10 covers from Berg Republic are known)  | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #4533 Berg Republic 1922 (31 Aug) registered "Dr.M.Brender" cover to Berlin, franked on back with 5k lilac single and two blocks of four, paying 45k rate, tied by Vladikavkaz departure cds, Moscow transit (7.IX.22) pmks, filing fold, partially through the stamps, fine early usage from Vladikavkaz, with provisional Berg Republic Star handstamps, signed Ursul (Vladikavkaz is one of the largest cities in the Russian Caucasus, along with Grozny, and was the capital of the Mountain Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, which comprised most of today's Chechnya, North Ossetia and Kabardino-Balkaria) | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
