Charles Kingsford Smith

Black-and-white postcard photograph of pioneering aviator Charles Kingsford Smith, measuring approximately 3.25 x 5.25 inches. The image shows Smith in flight gear, wearing leather jacket and goggles, in a classic posed portrait. The photograph is inscribed diagonally in dark ink, “With best wishes from Kingsford Smith,” and signed clearly at lower right.

The reverse is a blank Kodak Australia postcard back, unused, with no postal markings. The card exhibits light age toning and minor surface wear; otherwise, well preserved, with the inscription and signature bold and fully legible.

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith (9 February 1897 – 8 November 1935), was an Australian aviation pioneer. He piloted the first transpacific flight and the first flight between Australia and New Zealand.

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