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 #4538 SAUDI ARABIA - French Military Mission 1917 Picture postcard of Cairo sent as "Souvenir de la Mission Militaire Francaise du Hedjaz 1916-1917" message, with blue "Base Militaire Francaise De Suez" cachet, sent during the period when the Expeditionary Corps was forming in Egypt  | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4539 SAUDI ARABIA - French Military Mission 1917 (6 June) Tresor et Postes 601, cover sent from Hejaz to the French Army Base in Port Said, with military departure cds and violet authorized cachet "Mission Militaire Francaise Au Hedjaz / Le Chef de Mission", fine and rare cover, only a few recorded from this military campaign (Although the contribution of the French in Arabia during WWI is not as well known as that of the British, they played an important part in the war on the Hejaz Railway. Established in 1916 under the command of Col. Bremond, the French Military Mission (40 officers and 1,000 Muslim troops from North Africa) operated in all sectors of the Hejaz Railway. French units were attached to the southern armies of Princes Ali and Abdullah in the Hejaz, as well as to the northern army under Prince Faisal. The artillery battery of Captain Rosario Pisani provided vital support for the Bedouin in their attacks against the well entrenched and heavily armed Ottoman defenders. Pisani's units took part in several raids with T.E. Lawrence and made up part of the great offensive push to capture Damascus at the end of the war) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4540 SAUDI ARABIA - French Military Mission 1918 (18 Apr) Tresor et Postes 601, cover to France, with violet authorized cachet "Mission B.- Detachement de Yambo/Le Chef de Detachement" , franked with five different Hejaz stamps, tied by bilingual Ottoman "Yambo" pmks, showing return address of Sgt. Rachid "Mission du Hedjaz par S.P. 601 Jerusalem", with Villemonble (11.6.18) arrival pmk | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #4541 SAUDI ARABIA - French Military Mission 1918 (14 Feb) Tresor et Postes 601, cover sent from Hejaz to Port Said, with military departure cds and violet authorized cachet "Mission Militaire Francaise Au Hedjaz / Le Chef de Detachement", large "F" (French) handstamp, with British Army Post Office transit and Port Said (16.II.18) arrival pmks on back, filing fold, fine and rare usage | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4542 SAUDI ARABIA - French Military Mission 1918 (25 Sep) Tresor et Postes 601, cover endorsed "F.M.", sent from Hejaz to Lyon, with military departure cds and violet authorized cachet "Mission Militaire Francaise Au Hedjaz / Le Chef de Mission", with emblematic "France" in center, return address "Mission Mil.au Hedjaz par Secteur 601 Armee L'Orient", very rare | Unsold |
 | Lot #4543 SAUDI ARABIA - French Military Mission 1918 (27 Feb) Tresor et Postes 601, picture postcard from a medical officer in Hejaz, with military departure cds and red authorized cachet "Le Medicin Major Mission Francaise Au Hedjaz", fine | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4544 SAUDI ARABIA - French Military Mission 1918 (June) cover from Mecca to Paris, franked with 1pi blue, tied by all-Arabic departure pmk, violet "M.M.F.Hedjaz" (French Military Mission) Fieldpost handstamp, "Djedda" and Port Said transit pmks, arriving Rosny sous Bois (21.7.18), filing fold away from the stamp, fine and highly unusual usage through the civil post office in Mecca | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4545 SAUDI ARABIA - French Military Mission 1918 (Apr) Tresor et Postes 601, cover endorsed "F.M. CSRG Mission Militaire de Hedjaz Yambo SP 601", sent to Gironde, with blue authorized cachet "Mission Militaire Au Hedjaz / Parc D'Artillerie" and "Ambulance / Le Medicine-Chef" in black, fine and previously unrecorded Artillery Instruction cachet used by a small French detachment sent to Yambo (at the time, a minor port on the Red Sea) | Unsold |
