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 #4513 ROMANIA Romanian Occupation of Transnistria 1941-44 single frame (16 pages) exhibit with 28 covers or cards, showing Postal History of the Romanian Occupation of Odesa and the area that lies between the Dniester and Bug Rivers, with registered and censored mail, Romanian franking on cards used from Tiraspol, Odesa, stationery cards from Birzula, Odesa, Official and inbound mail, Posta Militar No.52, No.54, covers from small post offices such as Ananiev, Balta, Golta, Kadzelnaia, Moghilev, Oceacov, Ovidiopol, Rudnita, Smerinca, Dubasari, Slobozia-Tiraspol, Grigoriopol, mixed condition, fine and rare group. (In 1941, after Axis forces invaded the Soviet Union, Romania controlled the entire region between Dniester and Southern Bug rivers, including Odesa as local capital. The Romanian-administered territory, known as the Transnistria Governorate was divided into 13 counties: Ananiev, Balta, Berzovca, Dubasari, Golta, Jugastru, Movilau, Oceacov, Odesa, Ovidiopol, Ribnita, Tiraspol, and Tulcin. This expanded Transnistria was home to nearly 200,000 Romanian-speaking residents. The process of Romanianization which ensued, resulted in mass deportation of between 150,000 and 250,000 Ukrainian and Romanian Jews, the majority were murdered or died in the ghettos and concentration camps)  | Price Realized $3,900.00 |
