The Alfred F. Kugel Collection, Part Three
February 11-12, 2025
Welcome to the third sale dedicated to material meticulously assembled by Alfred "Al" F. Kugel over a multidecade effort to build an expansive collection of philatelic and postal history items focused on military conflicts of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Upon his passing in 2022, Al Kugel entrusted the American Philatelic Society (APS) with his entire philatelic estate, including 180 boxes of philatelic literature and military postal history material. Much of the material offered across the first three sales has not appeared on the market for decades, many of the items originally acquired through Cherrystone Auctions, where Al was a frequent and valued client. Now, this exceptional collection returns to the marketplace, offering collectors a rare opportunity to acquire significant pieces enriched by Al's extensive scholarship and research.
Al's collection spans global conflicts and military mail from the late 19th century through modern times, with a focus on the break-up of Austrian, German, Ottoman Empire and Russian Empires, military campaigns in the Balkans, with Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Allied Interventions in China during the Boxer Rebellion and in Russia during the Civil War as well as the two World Wars and their aftermaths. An extraordinary array of regional Military and Naval mail from those violent actions form the core of Al's exhibits, China, Japan, and other nations.
This sale will take place via CherrystoneLIVE
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #5158 CZECHOSLOVAKIA Czechoslovak Legion Post in Siberia 1918-20 group of 35+ covers or cards, postcards, etc., variety of frankings, Fieldpost usages, censor markings, etc., mixed condition, many better items included  | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #5159 CZECHOSLOVAKIA Czechoslovak Legion Post in Siberia 1919-20 three cards and cover, the latter addressed to Krasnoyarsk POW camp, others with various military markings, fine and well described on two exhibit pages | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5160 CZECHOSLOVAKIA Czechoslovak Legion Post in Siberia 1920 registered cover from Zizkov to Major Hribek in Harbin, franked with imperf. Hradcany adhesives, tied by departure pmks, Russian Post Office Harbin (28.4.20) arrival datetamps on back, returned to sender, with Masaryk label and Czech Legion Post labels added at a later time. Also included are nine covers or cards, variety of frankings, postcards from the Rudolph Gaida uprising against Kolchak's forces, etc. | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
