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Postcard featuring Amy Johnson in flying suit

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c. 1930

Overview

Greyscale or sepia real photo postcard (RPPC) in vertical orientation featuring pioneer aviatrix, Amy Johnson, wearing her flying suit with fur collar, gloves and boots, holding her leather flying helmet.
In the top left hand corner is the text 'With the compliments of "Tit-Bits",' the company that produced the souvenir postcard.
The reverse of the postcard is plain aside from the printed sepia instructions.

Historical information

A brief biography of Amy Johnson is attached as a supplementary link.

'Tit-Bits' probably refers to a popular, long-running British weekly magazine founded by George Newnes in 1881, known for its human-interest stories and popular journalism. The full title of the magazine was 'Tit-Bits from all the interesting Books and Newspapers of the World'. This souvenir postcard was probably included with an issue featuring the exploits of Amy Johnson.
The same image was reproduced more recently by the Nostalgia Postcard Collector's Club, but this is one of the original cards from the early 1930s.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-119-RoW00684

Item type

Themes

Material

Photographic Materials

Width

89 mm

Height or length

140 mm

Inscriptions and markings

On front of postcard:

"With the
Compliments of
"TIT-BITS"."

On reverse of postcard:

"POST CARD
BRITISH MADE
CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS ONLY"

Keywords

History - Social

Place made

United Kingdom

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Links to additional resources

http://amyjohnsonartstrust.co.uk/her-life/

A brief biography of Amy Johnson written by Midge Gillies for the Amy Johnson Arts Trust

Last modified

Friday, 29 August, 2025

Completeness

100

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