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 #4478 POLAND 1918 (27 Nov) cover to New York, franked with horizontal strip of 3x20h green, tied by Lwow departure pmks, red "Wojskowa Cenzura Lwow" military censor hs, also Money Order with 50h and 20h Postage Due used from Krzeszowa to Krakow, with 16 Jan 19 arrival, fine "forerunners" displayed on exhibit page  | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #4479 POLAND 1918-20 selection of 22 covers or cards, showing the early years of Independent Poland, with Lublin overprints, first definitives, registered mail and postal stationery, Semi-Postals, including Red Cross set of four, Polish Occupation of Minsk Litewski, registered cover used 26 Apr 1920, Austrian stamps on cover and parcel card, overprints on German General Government definitives, Polish I.Corps stationery cards, with additional franking, fine and interesting lot | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #4480 POLAND 1919 Suwalki, two covers and card with provisional Suwalki markings, including "Poczta Polska St.Suwalki", two with "40gr" indicating Postage Paid, Registration and Censor handstamps, fine and uncommon selection (at the end of July 1919, the Paris Peace Conference granted the town of Suwalki to Poland. As the newly-established border was disapproved of by the Polish government, it organized the Sejny Uprising on August 23, 1919. The Polish-Lithuanian War erupted for control of Suwalki and other towns in the area. The war ended in September, but during the Polish-Bolshevik War, the town was captured by the Communists and, after the Battle of Warsaw, it was again passed to the Lithuanians. It was eventually retaken by the Polish Army) | Price Realized $260.00 |
| Lot #4481 POLAND NO LOT | Unsold | |
 | Lot #4482 POLAND 1919 (23 Jan) registered cover from Oderberg to Upper Silesia, franked with Krakow 25/80h pair, tied by bilingual "Oderbwerg Bohumin" pmks, provisional Registry handstamp at top, fine and uncommon usage of the Krakow provisional overprints in Eastern Silesia (After the division of Cieszyn/ Silesia in 1920, Bohumin became part of Czechoslovakia. Following the Munich Agreement, it was annexed by Poland in 1938 and by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4483 POLAND 1919 (31 Jan) registered cover from Tarnow to Myslenice, franked with Krakow overprints 15h and 50h (lower right corner folded over), placed over the Austrian registry label, further endorsed "Zlamane" and "Uszkodzone" (postal markings were damaged), filing fold away from the stamps, signed Rachmanow and Bojanowicz | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #4484 POLAND 1919 (16 Apr) registered covered to Poznan, franked with five different Krakow overprints, including two Postage Dues, tied by "Fr.Gl.Poczta Polowa" pmks, with corresponding military "Frontowa Glowna Poczta Polowa" hs, Registry box below (number filled-in by hand), Poznan (18.4.19) arrival pmk on back, filing fold away from the stamps, rare usage of Krakow overprints on cover with Field Post markings, signed Mikulski | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #4485 POLAND 1919 (6 Feb) registered cover from Lwow to Krakow, with Austrian (Lemberg) Registry label, bearing "Poczta Polska Lwow S. Oplacono- zarach.p." four line (Paid) hs, "65" and "6" filled-in by hand, furthermore "Wojskowa Cenzura Lwow" censor hs, with Krakow (8.II.19) arrival pmk on back. A fine example of 65h cash franking on commercial mail | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4486 POLAND 1919-20 Military Mail, selection of 13 covers or cards on exhibit pages, various "Poczta Polowa" Fieldpost markings from Lwow, Przemysl, Krakow, including W.P.12, "Glowna Frontowa Poczta Polowa" pmks, French Military Mission "Tresor et Postes 309", with "Misya Francuska" and other markings applied by the members of the French units from Brzezany and Lwow, also Eastern Silesia covers from Cieszyn, "S.O." overprints on registered cover from Bielitz to Nowy Sacz, "Frontowa Poczta Polowa No.28" Field Artillery Regiment card to Wieliczka, fine | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #4487 POLAND 1914-18 World War I - Vistulla River Flotilla, single frame (16 pages) exhibit with 20 covers or cards, showing Postal History of the Naval Flotilla along the Vistula River, created on 30 July, 1914, when Austria declared war on Serbia, with a variety of markings, destinations, postal rates, Headquarters FPO 186, "S.M.S. Dunajex" and "S.M.S. Goplana", plus many others, fine and rare group, difficult to assemble. In fact it has taken Mr. Kugel more than two decades to put it together. | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #4488 POLAND 1914-18 German Vistula Flotilla, collection of 11 covers or cards on exhibit pages, showing Postal History of this Naval Flotilla along the Vistula River, various stations, Warsaw, Thorn, Modlin, Wloclawek, Fieldpost markings, Panzerboot "Weichsel", Navigation office in Garwolin, "Headquarters Vistula Flotilla Station Bonczki", etc. | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
