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 #4110 Czechoslovak Legion in Siberia 1918-20 collection of 21 covers or cards on exhibit pages, showing large Circular Bilingual postmarks, unit cachets, Field Post markings, YMCA labels, straight-line handstamps, Official Mail cover from the Czech Ministry of War, section in Irkutsk, soldier's free-franks, Registered Money letter, mail through the Russian Post Office, cards with "President Grant" postmarks (The "S.S. President Grant" made two trips from Vladivostok to Trieste, each time repatriating about 5,000 Legionnaires), mail to United States and to Yugoslavia, excellent representation of the Czech Army markings, mixed condition, some extremely rare items  | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #4111 Czechoslovak Legion in Siberia 1918-20 selection of 10 covers or cards, neatly written-up on five exhibit pages, including "Polni Posta/Poste Militaire", "Polni Posta Ceskoslovenskych Vojsk", unit cachet of the Epidemiological and Bacterial Diseases Research Institute (Vladivostok), "President Grant" ship markings (Czech troops on the way home via Tobolsk and Port Said), two covers from the Czechoslovak Purchasing office in Kobe, Japan, sent to Harbin, incoming mail from Prague and Japan, with Legion arrival markings, etc. | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #4112 Czechoslovak Legion in Siberia 1919 cover from Hiroshima to Harbin, franked with 2x3sen red, showing return address of the Supplying Dept of the Czechoslovak Army in Hiroshima "Mizoguchi Hotel", various I.J.P.O. transit and Harbin arrival pmks, fine. (The Legion maintained supply offices in Japan) | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #4113 Czechoslovak Legion in Siberia 1919 (ca) cover sent free of charge from Prague to a Czech Legionnaire in Siberia, forwarded three times, showing three different Legion FPO markings, fine and exceptional cover, signed Mikulski | Unsold |
 | Lot #4114 Czechoslovak Legion in Siberia 1919 (26 Nov) picture postcard (Czech Army in Russia) datelined Irkutsk, endorsed "Polni Posta Ceskoslovenska vojska na Russi", addressed to Olomouc, with framed "Od Ceskoslovenskeho vojska Postovneho presto" (From the Czechoslovak Army Postage Free), some card toning and minor faults, scarce and unusual marking | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4115 Czechoslovak Legion in Siberia 1920 (24 Mar) picture postcard from Yokohama to "Czechoslovak Staff" Vladivostok, franked with 4sen red, tied by Yokohama pmk, with Vladivostok arrival, framed censor cachet, fine (incoming mail from countries other than Czechoslovakia had to be paid at international rates and was delivered by the Russian post office to the Czechoslovak field post) | Unsold |
