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Ja-Ja Heraldic Series

Series information :

Date of issue : 1905-17

Number of cards : over 650

Image variants : Several

Company

The cards were issued by Stoddart & Co, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. The company was established in 1905, but had ceased publishing postcards by 1917. Their specialty was heraldic postcards using the trade mark Ja-Ja. They issued both plain heraldic postcards as in the series mentioned here, as well as city views with a small coat of arms, of which one example is shown here.

The company most likely also issued postcards for the Canadian market as BACT, as the design of those cards is very similar to the Ja-Ja cards.

Heraldic series

The Heraldic series is a large series of postcards with mainly arms of cities in the UK and Ireland and a few elsewhere (Halifax, Canada and Potchefstroom, South Africa as examples). It is not clear when the series were first issued and for how long the series was issued, but based on postmarks the dates are around 1905-1915.

Although the basic design is similar, there are at least 4 different types of the design on the front and at least 8 for the reverse.

1 : 3 :
2 : 4 :

Examples of the four types of the design on the lower left-front corner

Type 1 Type 2
Type 1 - Red print on reverse, no text on left.
Type 2 - Brown print on reverse, no text on left.
Type 3 Type 4
Type 3 - Red print on reverse, text on left.
Type 4 - Brown print on reverse, text on left.
Type 5 Type 5

Type 5a - Red print on reverse, with logo.
Text on left 'Printed in Great Britain".

Type 5b - Red print on reverse, with logo.
Text on left 'Heraldic Series. Printed and Designed in Great Britain' or 'Heraldic Tartan Series. Printed in Great Britain'.

Type 8 Type 8
Type 6 - Brown print on reverse, text on left.
with logo
Type 8 - Brown print on reverse, text on left.
less text

Cards issued :

The list below is the list of the +/- 660 cards that I know of that have been issued, as well as many examples (clickable). Most likely the list is not complete. Several cards have been issued with different back or front variations as well. For example, Aberdeen in the list below has been published with front type 2 and reverse types 1 and 3. For London there are even 4 different variations with three different front types.

front type
1
2
3
4
 
reverse type number(s)
Abbey of Glastonbury
5a
Aberdeen
1,3
Aberfeldy
6
Aberystwyth
4
Accrington
3
Airdrie
Alderney Edge
Aldershot
Alloa
3
Altringham
3
Alva
Ambleside
5a
Annan
3
Appleby
3
Arbroath
3
Ardrossan
3
Arms of The Duke of Newcastle
Arundel
1
Ashbourne
5a
Ashton-under-Lyne
3
Athlone
Ayr
2
Bacup
3
Balham
3
Ballymena
3
Ballymoney
6
Banbury
3
Bandon
Bangor
1
Bangor Normal College
Bangor North Wales' Training college
Bangor, Co. Down
3
Barnard Castle
Barnsley
1
Barnstaple
Barrhead
3
Barrow in Furness
1
Basingstoke
Bath
5a
Batley
1
Battersea
3
Beccles
Bedford
Belfast
3, 6
Belfast Queen's College
Berkhamstead
5b
Bermondsey
Berwick-upon-Tweed
3
Beverley
6
Bewdley
6
Birkdale
Birkenhead
1
Birmingham
1
Birmingham University
Bishop Auckland
1
Blackburn
1
Blackpool
3
1
Bognor
Bolton
1
Bootle
3
Borough of Chipping Norton
3
Borough of Islington
Borough of Lambeth
3
Borough of Paddington
3
Borough of Saint Pancras
3
Boston
3
Bournemouth
1
Bradford
3
1
Bray
Bridge of Allan
3
Bridgewater
6
Bridlington
1
Bridport
Brighouse
3
Brighton Blue shield
3
Brighton Gold shield
Bristol
3
1
Bromley
6
Burgh of Keith
3
Burnham
6
Burnley Bold design with armoured head added
Burnley Delicate design
Burntisland
3
Burslem
1
Burton-on-Trent
1
Bury
3
Bury St. Edmunds
Buxton
Camberwell Bold design with armoured head added
Camberwell Delicate design
3
Cambridge
1,3
Cambridge Christs College
3
Cambridge Clare College
Cambridge Corpus Christi College
3
Cambridge Emmanuel College
3
Cambridge Gonville & Caius College
3
Cambridge Jesus College:
Cambridge King's College
3
Cambridge Magdalene College
Cambridge Pembroke College
Cambridge Queen's College
Cambridge St. John's College
3
Cambridge St. Peter's College
Cambridge Sydney Sussex College
3
Cambridge Trinity College
3
Cambridge Trinity Hall College
3
Cambridge University of Cambridge
3
Campbeltown
3
Canterbury (no crown)
1
Canterbury (with crown)
3
Cardiff
3
Carlisle Red cross on gold shield at left
3
Carlisle White cross on red shield at left
1
Carmarthen
Carnarvon
2
Castleford
3
Chatham (without helmet)
1
Chatham (with helmet)
3
Chelmsford Bold design with armoured head added
Chelmsford Delicate design
1
Chelsea
3
Cheltenham
3
Chester
1
Chester, city and borough of
2
Chesterfield
Chichester
1
Chorley
3
Christ's Hospital
City of Truro
6
City of Wells
Clacton-on-Sea
6
Clare
Clarks College London
Cleckheaton
Cleethorpes
5a
Clitheroe
Clonmel
Coatbridge Burgh
Colchester
5a
Coleraine
2
Colne
3
Colwyn Bay
3
Connaught
Conway
1,3
Cork
3
County of Cheshire
1
Coventry
3
Crail
Cromer
5b
Croydon
1
Cullen
6
Cupar
Dalkeith
5b
Darlington Train on shield has yellow carriages
2
Darlington Train on shield is white
1,2
Dartford
Dartmouth
Darwen
Dawlish
6
Deal
Derby
3
Devizies
Devonport
3
Devonshire
6
Dewsbury
3
Dollar
5b
Dollar Institution
Doncaster
3
Donegal
3
Dorchester
6
Dorking
Douglas
3
Dover
1
Drogheda
3
Droitwich
3
Dublin
3
Dudley
3
Dumfries
2,4
Dunbar
3
Dunblane
Dundalk
3
Dundee
2
Dunfermline
3
Dungarvan
2
Dunoon
3
Dunwich
6
Durham
1,3
Durham College of Medicine Newcastle-upon-tyne
Durham University
6
Dysart
5a
Ealing
6
Earl of Ancaster
6
East Anglia
6
East Dereham
6
Eastbourne
1
Edinburgh Delicate Design
3
Edinburgh University
6
Edinburgh Very bold design
Elgin
4
Ely (See & Priory)
Enfield
6
Enniskillen
Eton College
Evesham
6
Exeter
1,3
Falkirk
Farnham
6
Faversham
Felixstowe
Filey
Finchley
Fleetwood
3
Folkestone
Fort William
Fraserburgh
3
Fulham
3
Fulham - Special Victory Loan Campaign issue
3
Gainsborough
Galashiels
2
Gateshead
3
Gillingham
Glasgow
5a
1
Glastonbury
5b
Glossop
3
Gloucester
3
1
Goole
Gosport
6
Gourock
3
Govan
1
Grange Over Sands
Grangemouth
Grantham
Gravesend
Greenock
1
Grimsby
3
Guernsey
Guildford
3
Hackney
6
Haddington
3
Halifax
3
Halifax (Canada)
6
Hamilton
3
Hammersmith
3
Hampshire
Hampstead
4
Hampton Court
6
Hanley
1
Harborough
6
Harrogate
1
Harrow
Harrow School
6
Hartlepool
1
Hastings
1
Haverfordwest
Hawarden
6
Hawick
2
Helensburgh
2
Henley-on-Thames
1
Hereford
3
Hereward the Wake
6
Herne Bay
6
Hertford
Heywood
3
Higham Ferrers
Hitchin
Holborn
6
Hornsea
Hornsey
2
Hove
3
Huddersfield with helmet
3
Huddersfield without helmet
1
Hull
Huntingdon
Hyde
2
Ilfracombe
3
Ilkley
3
Innerleithen (Cleikum)
6
Inveraray
1
Inverness Elephant and Camel standing
1
Inverness Elephant and Camel standing on hind legs
Ipswich
1
Ireland Five small shields
Ireland One large shield
3
Isle of Man (normal shield)
1
Isle of Man (round shield)
6
Isle of Wight
3
Jarrow
3
Jedburgh
Jersey
6
Keighley
Kelso
3
Kendal
Kensington
3
Kent
3
Kidderminster
Kilkenny
Killarney
Kilmarnock
3
Kilsyth
Kilwinning
Kingardine - on - Forth
King's College
5b
King's Lynn
Kingston-on-Thames
1,5a
Kingston-upon-Hull
1
Kingstown
3
Kirby Lonsdale
Kirkcaldy
Kirkintilloch
3
Knaresborough
3
Knutsford
Lanark
Lancashire
Lancashiremon's Coat of Arms
6
Lancaster
3
Langholm
3
Largs
Larne
4
Leamington "sola bona quae honesta"
1
Leamington (no motto)
2
Leeds
3
1
Leicester
3
1
Leinster
Leith
3
Lerwick
3
Lewes
Lewisham
6
Lichfield
Limerick
5a
Lincoln
3
Linlithgow
3
Liskeard
6
Littlehampton
6
Liverpool
6
Llanduno
3
Loanhead
London
6
1,3
1
Londonderry
3
Longton
3
Looe (Cornwall)
6
Lossiemouth
6
Loughborough
Lowestoft
3
Lurgan
2
Luton
3
Lyme Regis
Lytham
3
Macclesfield
Macduff
Maidenhead
3
Maidstone
Maldon
Malmesbury
Malton
Manchester
1
Mansfield
6
Margate
1
Market Drayton
Maryboro'
5b
Marylebone
3
Melrose
2
Middlesborough Blue mantling
1
Middlesborough Green and red mantling
1
Middleton
Moffat
Montrose Armoured head
2
Montrose No armoured head
Morecambe
1
Munster
Musselburgh
3
Neath
Nelson
6
New Ross
Newark
3
Newcastle on Tyne
1
Newhaven (Sussex)
6
Newport Isle of Wight
1
Newport Mon.
3
Newquay
6
Newry
3
Newton Abbot
North Berwick
Northampton
Northwich
Norwich
3
Norwood
Nottingham (with supporters)
3
Nottingham (without supporters)
1
Nuneaton
Nuneaton King Edward Vith School
Nuneaton Priory
Oban (arms)
3
Oban (seal)
1
Oldham
1
Omagh
3
Ormskirk
Ossett
5b
Oswestry
3
Otley
6
Oxford
1,3
Oxford Balliol College
3
Oxford Brasenose College
3
Oxford Christ Church College
3
Oxford Corpus Christi College
3
Oxford Exeter College
3
Oxford Lincoln College
3
Oxford Magdalen College
Oxford Merton College
3
Oxford New College
3
Oxford Oriel College
3
Oxford Oxford University
3
Oxford Queens College
3
Oxford St. John's College
3
Oxford University College
3
Oxford Wadham College
3
Oxford Worcester College
3
Paignton
6
Paisley
Peebles
3
Peel I.O.M.
1
Penrith
Penzance
5b
Perth
1
Peterborough Blue, gold, silver cross keys on shield
1
Peterborough Red tongues of birds very prominent
Peterborough Red, blue, gold, silver armoured head
Peterhead
4
Plymouth
1
Pollokshaws
6
Pontefract
1
Portadown
Portobello
1
Portrush
Portsmouth
1
Potchefstroom
Prescot
Preston
3
Pudsey
3
Putney (overprint of Wandsworth)
3
Pwllheli
3
Queenstown
2
Ramsey Isle of Man
3
Ramsgate
3
Rawtenstall
Reading (no helmet)
1
Reading (Borough of Reading, with helmet)
2
Redcar
Redhill
Reigate
Retford
Rhyl
2
Richmond
2
Richmond (Surrey)
3
1
Rickmansworth
Ripon
4
Rochdale
3
Rochester helmet and mural crown
3
Rochester mural crown
6
Rotherham
1
Rothesay (arms)
2
Rothesay (seal)
1
Rugby
1
Runcorn
Rutherglen
4
Ryde
1
Saffron Walden
6
Salford
1
Salisbury
5b
Saltaire
Saltash
Saltburn by the Sea
Saltcoats
Scarbro
3
Scotchman's Coat of Arms
Scotland
3
Seaford (Sussex)
Seascale
See of Lichfield
Selby
Selkirk
3
Sevenoaks
Shakespeare's Arms. Arms of Stratford upon Avon
Shakespeare's Arms. Arms of Stratford upon Avon horiz
Shamrock of Ireland
5b
Sheffield
1
Shoreham
1,6
Shrewsbury
6
Sidmouth
6
Skegness
6
Skipton
4
Sleaford
Sligo
2
South Shields
3
Southampton
3
Southend-on-Sea
2
Southport
1
Southwark
1
Southwold
6
St. Albans
St. Andrews
3
St. Annes on the Sea
3
St. Helens
3
St. Ives (Hunts)
St. Leonards School (St Andrews)
6
Stafford
5b
Stalybridge
2
Stamford
Stirling
1
Stirlingshire
Stockport
Stockton on Tees
Stoke Upon Trent
3
Strabane con cordia crescit
Strabane concordia crescit
3
Stratford - upon - Avon (Blue chevron on shield)
3
Stratford - upon - Avon (Red Chevron on shield)
1
Streatham
3
Stromness
Sudbury, (Suffolk)
Suffolk
Sunderland
1
Surbiton
Swansea
3
Swansea inrigne: comune: burgentiu: ville: de: siberle
Swindon
3
Tain
Taunton
5b
Teignmouth
6
Tenby
Thirsk
4
Thornaby-on-Tees
3
Tillicoultry
Tobermorey
3
Todmorden
Tonbridge
Tonbridge School
Torquay
3
Totnes
Tralee
Tunbridge Wells
1
Tunbridge Wells without 'heraldic series'
1
Tunstall
Tynemouth
3
Ulster
United Kingdom
1, 3, 5a
Urban District of Hoylake & West Kirby
Uxbridge
Wakefield
3
Wales
5a
Walsall
1
Waltham Abbey (Essex)
Wandsworth
3
Warrington
3
Warwick
1
Warwick sigillum, communitatis: warwychi
6
Waterford
3
Watford
6
Wellingborough
West Bromwich
1
West Ham
1
West Harlepool
Westminster
3,1
Weston Super Mare
5a
Wexford
Weymouth
Whalley
5b
Whitby (no helmet)
1
Whitby (with helmet)
3
Whitehaven
Wicklow
Wigan
Wilmslow
Winchester
3
Windsor
1,3
Wisbech
6
Woking
no text
Wolverhampton. Three shields
1
Wolverhampton. One shield
3
Woodbridge
6
Woolwich
Worcester
3
Workington
5b
Worthing
3
Wrexham
3
Wycombe
Wymondham
6
Yarmouth
3,6
Yeovil
York
1,3
Yorkshireman's Arms
6
Campbell of Breadalbane
6
Campbell of Cawdor
6
Campbell of Loudoun
6
Chief Macintosh
6
Macdonald of Clanranald
6
Macdonald of Glengarry
6
Macdonald of Staffa
6
Macdonald of The Isles & Slate
6
Murray - Tullibardine
6
The Clan Buchanan
6
The Clan Cameron (Lochiel)
6
The Clan Campbell of Argyll
The Clan Chisholm
The Clan Colquhoun
6
The Clan Drummond
6
The Clan Farquharson
6
The Clan Fergusson
6
The Clan Forbes
6
The Clan Fraser
6
The Clan Gordon
6
The Clan Graham
6
The Clan Leslie
6
The Clan Macaulay
6
The Clan Macdonald
5b
The Clan Macdougal
6
The Clan Macduff
The Clan Macfarlane
6
The Clan Macgregor
6
The Clan Macintosh
5a
The Clan Mackay
5a
The Clan Mackenzie
6
The Clan Macleod
6
The Clan Macnaughton
6
The Clan Macneil
6
The Clan Macpherson
6
The Clan Malcolm
6
The Clan Menzies
6
The Clan Monro
6
The Clan of Cumin
6
The Clan of Fraser
6
The Clan of Gordon
6, 5b
The Clan of Grant
The Clan of Gunn
The Clan of Lamond
6
The Clan of Macalister
The Clan of Macduff
5b
The Clan of Macfarlane
5a
The Clan of Macgillivray
6
The Clan of Macintyre
6
The Clan of Mackinnon
6
The Clan of Maclachlan
6
The Clan of Maclaine of Lochbuie
6
The Clan of Maclaren
The Clan of Maclean of Duart
6
The Clan of Macnab
6
The Clan of Macquarrie
6
The Clan of Macrae
6
The Clan of Matheson
6
The Clan of Murray
The Clan of Robertson
6
The Clan of Ross
6
The Clan of Sinclair
6
The Clan of Skene
6
The Clan of Sutherland
The Clan of Urquhart
6
The Dress Stewart
5a
The Jacobite Tartan
6
The Royal Stewart
6

 

 




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