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 #4598 YEMEN 1900 20pa Ottoman stationery card with additional franking, sent from Sanaa to Taiz , with clear departure and arrival pmks, fine and scarce usage, signed Nakri  | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #4599 YEMEN 1900-15 Ottoman Administration, selection of cancels, mostly on pieces, Sanaa, Souk-ul-Hammiss, Taiz and Zeidie, fine O | Unsold |
 | Lot #4600 YEMEN 1900-18 two covers with Ottoman franking, one from Hodeida to Trieste, with smaller town pmk, the other from "Moka", franked on back with 1pi ultramarine, tied by bilingual departure cds, Suez transit and Paris arrival pmks (the espresso coffee drink was named after this city by the Italian engineer inventor Alfonso Bialetti in 1933. At the time Mocha was a famous leading producer and trader of coffee worldwide with a history going back 500 years, and also became known for its unique Yemini wild Mocha coffee beans). Also included are stamps, two on pieces, showing good strikes of "Beit Berich", "Lahie", "Menahe", "Hodeida" and "Hudeida", neatly displayed on two exhibit pages | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #4601 YEMEN 1911 (21 Oct) registered cover to Egypt, franked on back with Ottoman 2x20pa and 1pi, tied by bilingual "Beit-ul-Fakih" departure cds, with Registry box and 19 Dec 1911 arrival datestamp on front, fine, previously unrecorded usage from Beit-ul-Fakih | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #4602 YEMEN 1913 (20 Aug) picture postcard to France, single 10pa franking with bilingual "CAMARAN" departure pmk, Port Tafiq transit pmks, fine usage from Camaran island, signed Nakri | Unsold |
 | Lot #4603 YEMEN 1914 (19 Oct) picture postcard (Pyramids) to England, with single 20pa franking, tied by "SALIF (Yemen)" departure pmk, fine usage from Yemen (shortly before Turkey entered the war on 2nd November, 1914) | Unsold |
 | Lot #4604 YEMEN 1915 (15 July) official "Administration Sanitaire de L'Empire Ottoman" cover, sent from Hodeida to Kamaran Island, forwarded to Salif, delivery attempted but unsuccessful and cover returned to sender, three months later, fine, with clear markings on both sides | Unsold |
 | Lot #4605 YEMEN 1928 (Mar) registered cover franked with 2 1/2b black and 2 1/2b black on orange, sent by Lt.Colonel Corazzini of the Italian Military Mission in San'a to his wife in Italy, paying internal postage to Italian Eritrea where two adhesives were added to pay for further transmission to Bologna, with Massaua Registry label at bottom, transit and arrival pmks, filing fold away from the stamps, fine and rare cover (a small force of Italian officers was sent to Yemen in the late 1920s as military advisors to help the Imam's troops put down tribal unrest. As a non-UPU country, letters from Yemen to overseas destinations were required to have additional stamps of a UPU country) | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
