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.
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 | Lot #4553 SERBIA Serbo-Turkish War 1876 (5 Oct) 10 para (Prince Milan) stationery card (Second issue) for internal mail, uprated with 10 para red brown (IVth printing), addressed to Samara, Russia, canceled by "Vojena Posta 4" FPO 4 cds, to pay correct postage fee of 20 para for postal stationery card sent abroad, boxed in Cyrillic "Vojena Posta" (Military Mail) handstamp, Moscow (14 Oct) transit and Samara (23 Oct) arrival pmks, card reduced at top, with minor additional flaws, otherwise fine and extraordinary military usage to Russia, sent during the Serbo-Turkish War
| Price Realized $1,400.00
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 | Lot #4554 SERBIA Serbo-Turkish War 1876-78 collection of 24 covers or cards, Military mail showing FPOs 1,2,4,5,6,8, HQ handstamps, Sumadija Kor, Timok Kor & Pirot cds, used stationery postal cards with various military handstamps, money letter and mail abroad (Russia, Austria), cover from the Royal Serbian War Ministry to Vienna, mail to and from annexed territory, etc., mixed condition, mostly fine. A highly interesting lot of this elusive material
| Price Realized $2,900.00
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 | Lot #4555 SERBIA Serbo-Turkish War 1877 (17 Sep)10 para stationery card (slightly reduced at top), uprated with 10 para Prince Milan (IV printing) tied by "Sabac" cds and sent to Napoli. The return address in manuscript shows "Army of the Brzna, Italian Legion, Belgrade", with a complete message describing the difficulties of the campaign and hoping for an end to the fighting. Unusual and rare item from an Italian volunteer Garibaldi Legion in Serbia during the Serbo-Turkish War, card folded in the middle, minor flaws
| Price Realized $475.00
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 | Lot #4556 SERBIA Serbo-Turkish War 1878 (8 Aug) Military stationery card uprated with 20 para Prince Milan (IV printing), tied by the military "Vojena Posta Prokuplje" cds, addressed to Austria, with transits of Military HQ and Civilian Post Office at Belgrade, "Maurer" 24.9.77 arrival pmk on front. A rare example of mail sent abroad during the Serbo-Turkish War
| Unsold
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