Postcard featuring Amy Johnson sent 20 August 1930

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Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd

1930

Overview

Real photo postcard (RPPC) featuring a black and white image of pioneer aviatrix Amy Johnson sitting in the cockpit of a plane. She is wearing a leather flying helmet with her flying goggles resting on top.
The text 'Miss Amy Johnson C.B.E.' appears in white letters along the bottom of the card.
The postcard was sent from Lincolnshire to a Miss B Dunkley in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire on 20 August 1930. A red one penny stamp is affixed to the top right corner.
The card was produced by Raphael Tuck & Sons and features a description of Amy Johnson's record breaking flight to Australia which led to the awarding of the C.B.E. The maker's details, the British Coat of Arms and other writing is printed in sepia, while the greeting is written in black ink.

Historical information

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

Amy Johnson was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) by King George V in the King's Birthday Honours of June 3, 1930, in recognition of her historic solo flight from England to Australia earlier that year. She received the medal in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on August 11, 1930. This dates the card to between June and August 1930.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-119-RoW00682

Item type

Themes

Material

Photographic Materials

Width

140 mm

Height or length

90 mm

Inscriptions and markings

On front of postcard:

"MISS AMY JOHNSON. C.B.E."

On reverse of postcard:

On left margin, printed vertically:

"Copyright, London
Printed in England

Raphael Tuck & Sons' "REAL PHOTOGRAPH" POSTCARD
No. 3867
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN, AND TO H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES"

Across top of postcard:

"TUCK'S POSTCARD
CARTE POSTALE
By Appointment"

On left side of postcard:

"Surely in the whole history of the human
race no girl has achieved such brilliant
world-wide fame as Miss Amy Johnson who
all alone in a second-hand Moth Aeroplane
flew across the wide track of ocean and
desert in her perilous flight from England
to Australia, a distance of 9,500 miles, in
twenty-eight days, eighteen of which were
spent in the air.
For this marvellous feat of endurance and
courage, His Majesty the King awarded
Miss Johnson the C.B.E."

Message and address:

"Dear Girls
Thought
perhaps you have
not heard the name
of Amy lately
Love to all"

"Miss B. Dunkley
The Lodge
Yardley Hastings
W. Northampton"

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Place made

United Kingdom