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 #4182 BULGARIA 1885 four covers or cards neatly displayed on exhibit pages, with Military Mail, covers carried free of postage with South Bulgarian Negative seals inscribed "Military Headquarters Plovdiv", 5s stationery card used from Bulgarian Occupied Pirot to Plovdiv, plus a cover with blue circular cachet of the "Commander of the Eastern Army Corps", sent from Plovdiv to Pirot, in occupied Serbia, with arrival pmk and "First Military T.P.O." marking, stated to be one of only two recorded, fine and very scarce. (The Serbo-Bulgarian War lasted from November 14, 1885 to March 3, 1886. The war demonstrated the instability of the Balkan peace settlement imposed by the Congress of Berlin. Serbia started the war but was decisively defeated, with a major Bulgarian victory at Slivnitza and subsequent advance into Serbia. Despite Bulgaria being a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire, the Turks did not intervene and it was Austria that demanded Bulgaria stop its invasion, and a truce resulted)  | Unsold |
