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 #4536 SAUDI ARABIA - Turkish Administration 1913-17 four covers or cards, including "Djedda" 20pa postal stationery card sent 18 Jan 1915 to Vienna, showing the only recorded example of the official negative seal used for censorship, another "Djedda" departure pmks on Registered parcel tag to Zanzibar, 1916 postcard from Medina, sent 27 Feb 1916 to a Turkish doctor in Berlin, with large Ottoman Red Crescent Society Medina Hospital Post Office cachet (one of only two recorded), plus a cover sent by a Turkish officer from Medina to Istanbul, with special seal cachet of the Medina Wireless Telegraph Post Office (only recorded example)  | Price Realized $5,750.00 |
 | Lot #4537 SAUDI ARABIA - Turkish Administration 1916 selection of five covers and additional stamps on pieces, neatly displayed on exhibit pages, showing some of the most elusive markings from Hejaz, including large piece of a money order franked with 20pa red brown tied by a clear "Taif" pmk, postal card from "Tebouk" (the northernmost station on the Hejaz line), picture postcard to Beylerbey, with octagonal pmk of "Mekke", negative military seal of the "Hejaz Command" and censor hs, with arrival pmk, another postcard sent by a Turkish soldier from Mecca to Medina, negative seal of "Mecca of the Revered, Headquarters Command", plus cover and card from Medina to Istanbul, the latter with Damascus-Medina TPO mark, mixed condition, rare O | Price Realized $14,000.00 |
