b'57404D C A CORRESPONDENCE WITH KEITH SMITH: 19171926,A group of letters and postcards, six items in all, all addressed and written by Keith Smith to his friend, B.R. Stevenson (who he addresses as Steve), an employee of Elder, Smith & Co., Adelaide:- 1/11/1917 a postcard from Leeds, start flying from tomorrow if its a decent day. signed K.M.S.,- 25/2/1918 a postcard from Norwich, .Have come down to get a machine to fly back to Cramlington, a nice 250 mile jaunt if the weather is anything like decent signed K.M.S.[Cramlington Airfield was built in 1915 in response to German airship attacks on Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.]- 20/4/1918 a postcard from Ryde, Isle of Wight, .See in todays paper that Neville Swift has gone West, jolly rotten luck signed K.M.S. R.A.F.[Major Neville Cropley Swift of Adelaide died of wounds in France 28th March 1918. He was 22 years old.]- 22/12/1924 an envelope addressed to Stevenson, containing a Christmas and New Year Greeting, dated Sydney 1924 and signed Keith Smith.- 7/8/1926 a typed letter contained in an envelope from Sydney, .Cobham is due here today week and I do not want to miss seeing him land and take part in his welcome. He has done damn well and his flight should do a lot to buck up the interest in flying all over Australia. signed Keith.- 26/12/1926 a typed letter contained in an envelope from Sydney, .I leave here in about 3 weeks for Melbourne where I hope to spend a few days prior to coming over to Adelaide to join the boat signed Keith Smith.Sir Keith Macpherson Smith, KBE (18901955) along with his brother, Sir Ross Macpherson Smith, Sergeant James Mallett (Jim) Bennett and Sergeant Walter (Wally) Shiers, became the first people to fly from England to Australia in 1919.$500750405405PC4 Aug.1919 (AAMC.19) Major Norman Brearley in an Avro biplane dropped a batch of advertising postcards for Charles Moore & Co over Perth and suburbs. [This example is one of 6 known.]Provenance: Nelson Eustis Gold Medal Collection, March 2008, Lot 23 : $3260 incl. BP. . $2,0002,500ImagesLot numbers in black indicate lots not illustrated in this catalogue but which are available online at www.leski.com.au'