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 #4187 BULGARIA Eastern Rumelia 1880 (1 Dec) cover (opened for display) from Karlovo to Koprivshtitsa, franked on reverse with Ottoman 10pa lilac and 4x20pa pale green (the overprinted stamps were not yet issued for Eastern Rumelia), tied by four negative seals and "Pochta Karlovo" departure cds, Adrianople transit and TPO "Istoch.Rumelis.Pochta ot Vlakad" (12.12.80) clearly struck on front, cover slightly reduced at left, fine example of the Russian Traveling Post Office mark, with 2009 Sismondo certificate (when Russian army occupied Eastern Rumelia in early 1878, they provided postal cars for the railway line. Mail processed on-board was canceled by special TPO markings inscribed in Cyrillic "Eastern Roumelian Post From Train 1")  | Price Realized $475.00 |
