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 #5262 GREAT BRITAIN British Intervention in North Russia 1919 (6 Mar) 2p registered letter to Cambridge, canceled "Army Post Office P.B.1", with corresponding Registry label, violet "X11" censor and London arrival (16 Mar) datestamp (Postage was not required for cards and letters up to 4 oz within the theatre and the British Empire, but the Registry fee (2 pence minimum) had to be paid. Registered covers from the North Russia Campaign are quite scarce, less than 10 (!) recorded  | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #5263 GREAT BRITAIN British Intervention in North Russia 1919 (16 May) cover to England, franked with 1p-10p George V, seven different, tied by "Army Post Office P.B.2" cds, with corresponding Registry label, violet "X20" censor mark, fine and attractive | Unsold |
 | Lot #5264 GREAT BRITAIN British Intervention in North Russia 1919 (30 Aug) cover addressed to Klivy, Minsk province (then under Polish Occupation), franked on back with single 50k Coat of Arms, tied by Archangelsk departure cds, "Opened by Censor/Base Censor No.1" British label, also with Polish censor handstamp, signed Mikulski | Unsold |
 | Lot #5265 GREAT BRITAIN British Intervention in North Russia 1919 (20 Sep) Field Service Post Card to England, Army Post Office P.B.2 departure and violet "Passed by Censor No.35R" hs alongside, fine. Fieldpost cards were not supposed to be censored, this card may be the only recorded exception | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5266 GREAT BRITAIN British Intervention in North Russia 1919 (23 Sep) "On Active Service" Russian 5k stationery card with the additional 15k franking, canceled "Army Post Office P.B.2", sent from Archangel to England, with violet "Passed by Censor No.35R" hs. Also included is 5sh Seahorse, sheet margin single canceled on piece by "APO PB 12 Sp 18, 19" cds, with censor hs alongside, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #5268 GREAT BRITAIN British Intervention in North Russia 1919 (2 July) Registered 2p stationery entire envelope addressed to Montreal, with corresponding Registry label, two strikes of "P.B.33" (located in Pechenga (a small town in Murmansk oblast, Northwestern European Russia), red London transits and Montreal (9 Aug) arrival pmk, censor label at right, fine. Registered mail from the North Russia campaign is seldom encountered, especially from the P.B.2 (Archangel) post offices | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #5269 GREAT BRITAIN British Intervention in North Russia 1919 incoming mail, card and two covers to the British Expeditionary Force in Russia, one from France, addressed to Brig.General F.W.H.Walshe HQ Archangel, others from England and India, the latter marked on back "Evacuated U.K.", with "Army Post Office P.B.2" and other markings, fine. Incoming mail to N.R.E.F. are scarce (General Walshe served with Denikin and Wrangel during the Russian Civil War and was Aide-de-camp to King George V, between 1920 and 1928) | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #5270 GREAT BRITAIN British Intervention in North Russia 1919 two "On His Majesty's Service" covers, one addressed to Officer of Records N.R.E.F. Archangel, with "Royal Army Service Corps" hs, "Field Post Office P.B.55" (located at Beresnik), Passed by Censor No.30R, with Army Post Office P.B.2 (Archangel) arrival pmk on back. The other cover is addressed to London, bears Army Post Office P.B.66 (located at Oberzerskaya), censored "X20" | Unsold |
