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 #5260 GREAT BRITAIN British Military Mission in Siberia 1919-20 four covers or cards from the British Military Mission in Vladivostok to England or Canada, showing "British Mission Post Office" and "Field Post Office 201" pmks, mixed condition, neatly described on two exhibit pages  | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #5261 GREAT BRITAIN British Military Mission in Siberia 1921 (26 Feb) cover endorsed "On Active Service", sent from Kobe Japan to West Quaco, New Brunswick, Canada, sender's "British Mission Vladivostok" docketing at bottom, with transit and arrival pmks on back. After departure of the British Military Mission, a small number of personnel remained in Vladivostok to perform relief and intelligence functions. These personnel were attached to the British (Diplomatic) Mission and were forced to rely on the diplomatic bag or civilian postal arrangements. The sender, Sgt.Brown, was the Secretary of the Canadian Red Cross, attached to the British Mission | Unsold |
