U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 29-30, 2021
Our Summer Sale will take place live via CherrystoneLIVE on June 29-30, 2021. This 1,525 lot sale features United States and Worldwide countries, including the Mark Hegman collection and several other important properties from all over the world. We begin with United States, followed by Austria, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany & their respective Colonies, comprehensive Italian Area, Poland, Russia with rare numeral dot cancels and Offices in China. British Commonwealth is well represented with strength in Victoria and George V singles and sets. There is noteworthy Colombia with 1920 Scadta vignettes, other South and Central America, selections of Ethiopia, China, and the rest of the world. The auction concludes with close to 200 large lots and collections, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers. We continue to provide additional images of lots and collections up until the auction dates.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #674 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND 1809 FL Ireland, from W.C. Berisford aboard the "HMS Barfluer", at sea, to his wife in Ireland, regarding the battle for Portugal and the defeat of his troops during the Peninsular War (1808-14). "He got a most complete beating for his pains, we have lost our commander Sir John Moor and Sir David Baird lost an arm". The unpaid letter was put ashore at Falmouth and assessed 1/4 Shillings, including the Captains' fees and a Ship Letter Fee. Routed to London and re-assessed 1/11 shillings to pay for further transmission to Ireland, canceled with "Irish Mermaid" in red ink (The Peninsular War was the military conflict fought by Spain, the United Kingdom and Portugal against the invading and occupying forces of France for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars, 1808-14)  | Price Realized $350.00 |
