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 #5024 United States Army in Poland Military Mail 1919 selection of 13 covers or cards showcasing the American presence in post-WWI Poland, showing various free-frank markings, Postal Express Service No.975, with A.E.F. censor handstamps, card sent via APO 702, with 3c franking, American Red Cross M.P.E.S. No.702 corner cacheted cover with 2c franking, with official letterhead, sent from Warsaw to Granger, Texas, bilingual "American Relief Administration Mission for Poland" covers, one addressed to Hawaii; American Army and Navy in Danzig, one with "U.S. Navy Port Office Danzig, Germany" handstamp (possibly the only recorded example), fine and rare group of military mail from Poland (following World War I, the United States extended substantial aid to war-torn European countries through financial assistance, food, clothing, and technical support. This relief effort, initiated in Belgium in 1914, was later expanded to other nations, including Poland, which faced the challenges of the Bolshevik invasion and widespread infectious disease epidemics)  | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
