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Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
1167		Charles A. Lindbergh. 5-page letter signed, dated "Sept. 18, 1927" and written on Hotel Senator stationery from Sacramento Cal., contents incl. "The 'Whilrwind' in my plane has just completed 260 hours and is working perfectly. You people certainly have a right to feel proud of your engines. We have never had the slightest mechanical difficulty with either plane", accompanied by cover bearing 10c Map stamp (CC7) addressed to Joe Hartson c/o Wright Aero Corp., Very Fine and choice, interesting letter sent during Lindbergh's goodwill tour of the U.S. after his New York-Paris flight	E. 1,000-1,500	3,750.00
1168		Charles A. Lindbergh. Signature on two-page handwritten letter datelined "Feb. 1, 1928" on stationery from Government House in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, contents reads in whole "Dear Joe: Mr. Voorhees changed the valves in my engine as you suggested and the new ones are giving as good service as the old. The motor has just completed 446 hours in the air and has never caused me a moment's worry. As you know, a large portion of the 35 to 40,000 miles I have flown in the 'Spirit of St. Louis' has been over mountains, forest, water and jungle where motor failure would be unusually dangerous. I expect to be in St. Louis on February 13th and will fly to New York sometime later. With best regards, Charles A. Lindbergh., accompanied by cover to Joe Hartson at Wright Aero Corp. in Paterson N.J., cover with some wear VERY FINE. AN INTERESTING LETTER DISCUSSING THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS AND ITS OPERATION. This letter was written during a goodwill tour of Latin America, which started with a record 2,000-mile nonstop flight from Washington D.C. to Mexico City.	E. 2,000-3,000	11,500.00
1169		Charles A. Lindbergh. Signature "C. A. Lindbergh" on TLS dated July 22, 1931, accompanied by cover addressed to Joe Hartson in Madison Wis. and postmarked "Hudson Terr. Annex N.Y. Jul. 22, 1931", contents folded and barely affecting signature, Very Fine	E. 400-500	625.00
1170		R. E. Byrd. TLS datelined "Dublin N.H. August 20, 1930", addressed to Joseph Hartson at Air Investors, Inc., contents reads "Dear Mr. Hartson: I am sending you two American flags that we carried with us on our flight to the South Pole for you and Mr. James F. Prince. It was a pleasure to do this for you.", accompanied by American flag which is 9-3/4 x 7 inches VERY FINE. A RARE ARTIFACT FROM BYRD'S HISTORIC FLIGHT TO THE SOUTH POLE. From the Hartson correspondence. (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000	5,000.00
1171		Hartson Air Mail Correspondence. Balance of the Joseph T. Hartson correspondence, comprising several unusual covers and usages, incl. one with ms. "From 'Leviathan' to shore Aug. 1, 1927", first flight from Mexico to Laredo Tex., typed thank you letter from Madame Chiang Kai-shek's secretary, few First Flight covers incl. one from London to Philadelphia dated Aug. 4, 1939, few other interesting usages, most all are Fine-Very Fine, fascinating group of covers and letters from the correspondence of Hartson, who was a sales manager for Wright Aero Corp. and later a member of Air Investors and Glenn L. Martin Co.	E. 750-1,000	1,050.00

Prominent Americans’ Free Franks and Autographs continued...

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

1167

Charles A. Lindbergh. 5-page letter signed, dated "Sept. 18, 1927" and written on Hotel Senator stationery from Sacramento Cal., contents incl. "The 'Whilrwind' in my plane has just completed 260 hours and is working perfectly. You people certainly have a right to feel proud of your engines. We have never had the slightest mechanical difficulty with either plane", accompanied by cover bearing 10c Map stamp (CC7) addressed to Joe Hartson c/o Wright Aero Corp., Very Fine and choice, interesting letter sent during Lindbergh's goodwill tour of the U.S. after his New York-Paris flight

E. 1,000-1,500

3,750.00

1168

Charles A. Lindbergh. Signature on two-page handwritten letter datelined "Feb. 1, 1928" on stationery from Government House in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, contents reads in whole "Dear Joe: Mr. Voorhees changed the valves in my engine as you suggested and the new ones are giving as good service as the old. The motor has just completed 446 hours in the air and has never caused me a moment's worry. As you know, a large portion of the 35 to 40,000 miles I have flown in the 'Spirit of St. Louis' has been over mountains, forest, water and jungle where motor failure would be unusually dangerous. I expect to be in St. Louis on February 13th and will fly to New York sometime later. With best regards, Charles A. Lindbergh., accompanied by cover to Joe Hartson at Wright Aero Corp. in Paterson N.J., cover with some wear

VERY FINE. AN INTERESTING LETTER DISCUSSING THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS AND ITS OPERATION.

This letter was written during a goodwill tour of Latin America, which started with a record 2,000-mile nonstop flight from Washington D.C. to Mexico City.

E. 2,000-3,000

11,500.00

1169

Charles A. Lindbergh. Signature "C. A. Lindbergh" on TLS dated July 22, 1931, accompanied by cover addressed to Joe Hartson in Madison Wis. and postmarked "Hudson Terr. Annex N.Y. Jul. 22, 1931", contents folded and barely affecting signature, Very Fine

E. 400-500

625.00

1170

R. E. Byrd. TLS datelined "Dublin N.H. August 20, 1930", addressed to Joseph Hartson at Air Investors, Inc., contents reads "Dear Mr. Hartson: I am sending you two American flags that we carried with us on our flight to the South Pole for you and Mr. James F. Prince. It was a pleasure to do this for you.", accompanied by American flag which is 9-3/4 x 7 inches

VERY FINE. A RARE ARTIFACT FROM BYRD'S HISTORIC FLIGHT TO THE SOUTH POLE.

From the Hartson correspondence. (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000

5,000.00

1171

Hartson Air Mail Correspondence. Balance of the Joseph T. Hartson correspondence, comprising several unusual covers and usages, incl. one with ms. "From 'Leviathan' to shore Aug. 1, 1927", first flight from Mexico to Laredo Tex., typed thank you letter from Madame Chiang Kai-shek's secretary, few First Flight covers incl. one from London to Philadelphia dated Aug. 4, 1939, few other interesting usages, most all are Fine-Very Fine, fascinating group of covers and letters from the correspondence of Hartson, who was a sales manager for Wright Aero Corp. and later a member of Air Investors and Glenn L. Martin Co.

E. 750-1,000

1,050.00