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 #4440 JAPAN Russo-Japanese War 1904 (7 Aug) cover to England, sent by Grant Wallace, "U.S. San Francisco Bulletin Reporter/2nd Army Headquarters", boxed censor and military mail cachets, cover faults and repairs, rare usage, with arrival pmk  | Unsold |
 | Lot #4441 JAPAN Russo-Japanese War 1905 (8 Aug) picture postcard from a French military observer with the Japanese forces in Manchuria, datelined on reverse "Army of General Oku", rectangular box marking reads "Censored by 2nd Army General Staff", addressed to Paris, readdressed to Gironde, with arrival pmk, scarce observer mail from the Russo-Japanese War | Unsold |
 | Lot #4442 JAPAN Russo-Japanese War 1905 (26 Mar) picture postcard to the Imperial War Ministry in Vienna, sent by an Austrian officer attached to the Japanese Army, message reads "Greetings from the battlefield of Mukden, 21 Mar 1905" (the battle of Mukden lasted 20 days. It was the final and the most decisive major land battle of the Russo-Japanese War. Involving 610,000 combat participants and 164,000 combatant casualties, it was the largest modern-era battle fought prior to World War I) | Unsold |
