At an Adelaide Postcard Society event in May, Phil Sunman from Philicia Antiques valued epic flight memorabilia including books, photos and the watch given to Sir Ross Smith by Vickers Aviation after the record-breaking 1919 flight.
Philately specialists and Epic Flight Centenary 2019 committee members David Figg and Martin Walker with Judith Rischbieth (whose mother was a family friend of the Smith brothers), Phil Sunman from Philicia Antiques and Smith family descendant Gary Lloyd. Below are vintage postcards from the collection of Martin Walker.
Photos courtesy Tyr Liang.