Lot
905 
(World War II) 1943 (Sep. 20) "Missing in Action" Label Updated to "Prisoner of War", crossed out on printed "66th Bomb Sq. Natousa" label affixed on cover bearing 6¢ airmail (C25) tied by "Columbus, Ohio, Sep 20, 1943" machine cancel to Lt. Thos. B. Hobson, A.P.O. 634, 44th Bomb Group, 506 Bomb Squadron, "Verified, B.P.O. Hq. SOS, Etousa" two-line handstamp, two strikes of "Returned to Sender" hand handstamps, reverse with "War Dept. A.G.O. Status changed to: 'Prisoner of War…23 Feb 44' " handstamp and "U.S. Army Postal Service, A.P.O. 564, Oct 23, 1943" duplex, Very Fine. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $130
Lot
906
Aaron Burr, 1756-1836, 3rd Vice President 1801-1805, manuscript "Free, A. Burr" free frank signature as Senator on circa 1800 folded cover with black "New York, Apr 21" clamshell postmark and matching "Free" rating handstamp to Representative Samuel Smith, Baltimore Md.; light ink offset, otherwise Very Fine and scarce Burr free frank from New York City. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
AN EXTREMELY RARE AARON BURR FREE FRANK FROM NEW YORK CITY.
After serving as a Continental Army officer in the Revolutionary War, Burr became a successful lawyer and politician. He was elected twice to the New York State Assembly (1784-1785, 1798-1799), was appointed New York State Attorney General (1789-1791), was chosen as a United States Senator (1791-1797) from the state of New York, and reached the apex of his career as Vice President during President Jefferson's first term. The highlight of Burr's tenure as President of the Senate (one of his few official duties as Vice President) was the Senate's first impeachment trial, of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase.
On July 12, 1804, during the last full year of his single term as Vice President, Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton famously dueled in New York City. Hamilton later died of the gunshot wound that he sustained during duel, but Burr was never tried for the illegal duel and all charges against him were eventually dropped. Hamilton's death ended Burr's political career.
Realized: $2,300
Lot
907
Booker T. Washington, TS, autograph signature on red "Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama" letterhead paper dated September 3, 1909 reading "Dear Sir, Enclosed I send you a copy of an address made in Atlanta, Georgia, by Mr. Charles L. Coon, a Southern white man, superintendent of schools at Wilson, North Carolina, showing that the Negro pays for his own education, Yours Truly" and signed, Very Fine and interesting. Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot 908
Pierce Butler, Signer of U.S. Constitution, Delegate from South Carolina., ALS, one-page letter signed "P. Butler" and dated "Jun 24. 1812", letter encloses "…statement of some payments made in Charleston on acct of the Claimant of the Salvador Lands…"; letter lower part of letter separated, Fine and rare.Estimate $500 - 750.
Pierce Butler (1744-1822) was a South Carolina rice planter, slaveholder, politician, an officer in the Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as a state legislator, a member of the Congress of the Confederation, a delegate to the 1787 Constitutional Convention, and a member of the United States Senate.
As one of the largest slaveholders in the United States, he defended American slavery for both political and personal motives, even though he had private misgivings about the institution and particularly about the African slave trade. He introduced the Fugitive Slave Clause into a draft of the U.S. Constitution, which gave a federal guarantee to the property rights of slaveholders. He supported counting the full slave population in state totals for the purposes of Congressional apportionment.
Lot
909
Winfield Scott, addressed and signed in his hand on cover with blue "Saratoga Springs N.Y., Aug 24" cds and matching "Paid" handstamp with manuscript "5" rating to Elizabeth N.J., Scott endorsement "Mr. Dayton, Post-Master will oblige me by sending this note at once to its address, Winfield Scott"; some light staining, F.-V.F. Estimate $150 - 200.
Winfield Scott (1786-1866) was a United States Army General serving in the War of 1812, Mexican-American War and the Civil War, and an unsuccessful presidential candidate of the Whig Party in 1852. Captain William C. DeHart served as General Scott's aide-de-camp during the War of 1812 and the Mexican War.
Realized: $110