Jaja

JaJa Postcard series

• Date of issue : 1904-07 (approx.)
• Number of cards : over 850
• Image variants : Several

Company

The cards were issued by Stoddart & Co, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. The company was established in the late 19th century (?), but had ceased publishing postcards by 1917. One of their specialties was heraldic postcards using the trade mark Ja-Ja (trademark assigned 26th July 1905). 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.

Although the trade mark was granted only on July 26, 1905 the oldest card in my possession is postmarked October 13, 1904 (Bradford card in Bradford) and I have another 8 postmarked prior to the date of the trademark.

Series and Variations

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 1904-1922 with 80% of postmarks 1905-1907.

Although the basic design is similar, there are at least 4 different types of the design on the front and at least 9 for the reverse. In addition there have been several 'special issues' which do not fit these types.

Examples of the four types of the design on the lower left-front corner
Type 1 :	Type 2 :
Type 3 :	Type 4 :

The different types of the reverse (Back types 1-8) can be divided by colour, image and the numer of text printed, see table below. Many cards have been issued with different fornt and back printings, which is indicated in the series overview below.

Examples of the four types of the design on the reverse of the cards

Back type 1 : Red print on reverse, no text on left.	Back type 2 : Brown print on reverse, no text on left.
Back type 3 : Red print on reverse, text on left	Back type 3b : Red print on reverse, text on right (only one known to me, Bolton)
Back type 4 : Brown print on reverse, text on left.
Back type 5a : Red print on reverse, with logo. Text on left 'Printed in Great Britain".	Back type 5b : Red print on reverse, with logo. Text on left 'Heraldic Series. Printed and Designed in Great Britain' or Designed and Produced in England' or 'Heraldic Tartan Series. Printed in Great Britain'.
Back type 6 : Brown print on reverse, text on left with logo	Back type 8 : Brown print on reverse, text on left with logo, 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.

UK town and regional arms

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The page includes towns and regions in the UK as well as Ireland.

Colleges and Schools

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  Bangor Normal College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 5a

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  Bangor North Wales' Training college
  Front type 1, Reverse type 5a

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  Belfast Queen's College

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  Birmingham University

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  Cambridge Christs College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Cambridge Clare College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Cambridge Corpus Christi College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Cambridge Emmanuel College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Cambridge Gonville & Caius College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Cambridge Jesus College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Cambridge King's College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Cambridge Magdalene College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Cambridge Pembroke College

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  Cambridge Queen's College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Cambridge St. John's College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Cambridge St. Peter's College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Cambridge Sydney Sussex College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Cambridge Trinity College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Cambridge Trinity Hall College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Cambridge University of Cambridge
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Clarks College London

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  Dollar Institution

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  Durham College of Medicine Newcastle-upon-tyne
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Durham University
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  Edinburgh University
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  Eton College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 5a

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  Harrow School
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  King's College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 5b

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  King Edward VIth School, Nuneaton
  Front type 1, Reverse type 5b

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  Oxford Balliol College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Oxford Brasenose College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Oxford Christ Church College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Oxford Corpus Christi College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Oxford Exeter College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Oxford Lincoln College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Oxford Magdalen College

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  Oxford Merton College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Oxford New College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Oxford Oriel College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Oxford Oxford University
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Oxford Queens College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Oxford St. John's College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Oxford University College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Oxford Wadham College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Oxford Worcester College
  Front type 1, Reverse type 3

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  Sheffield University
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  St. Leonards School (St Andrews)
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  Tonbridge School
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

Personal arms

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  Earl of Ancaster
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  Arms of The Duke of Newcastle

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  Arms of The Duke of Portland
  Front type different, Reverse type 5b

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  Hereward the Wake
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  Lancashiremon's Coat of Arms
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  Scotchman's Coat of Arms

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  Shakespeare's Arms
  Front type different, Reverse type 6 (with extra publisher name in Stratford-upon-Avon)

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  Shakespeare's Arms
  Front type different, Reverse type 6 (with extra publisher name in Stratford-upon-Avon)

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  Yorkshireman's Arms
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

Non UK town arms

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  Halifax (Canada)
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  Potchefstroom (South Africa)

The Potchefstroom card does not show the JaJa logo and is, according to the reverse, printed in Saxony. The card is generally listed as a JaJa card based on its front design, but may actually not be part of the series.

Other arms

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  Christ's Hospital

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  See of Lichfield
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  Nuneaton Priory

Scottish Clans

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  The Clan Buchanan
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan Cameron (Lochiel)
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  Campbell of Argyll
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  Campbell of Breadalbane
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  Campbell of Cawdor
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  Campbell of Loudoun
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  Chief Macintosh
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan Chisholm
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan Colquhoun
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Dress Stewart
  Front type 1, Reverse type 5a

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  The Clan Drummond
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan Farquharson
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan Fergusson
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan Forbes
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan Fraser
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan Gordon
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan Graham
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Jacobite Tartan
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan Leslie
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan Macaulay
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan Macdonald
  Front type 1, Reverse type 5b

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  Macdonald of Clanranald
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  Macdonald of The Isles & Slate
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  Macdonald of Glengarry
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6, 5b

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  Macdonald of Staffa
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6, 5b

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  The Clan Macdougal
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan Macfarlane
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan of Macgillivray
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan Macgregor
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan Macintosh
  Front type 1, Reverse type 5a

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  The Clan Mackay
  Front type 1, Reverse type 5a

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  The Clan Mackenzie
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan of Maclaine of Lochbuie
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan of Maclean of Duart
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan Macnaughton
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan Macneil
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan Macpherson
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan Malcolm
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan Macleod
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan Menzies
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan Monro
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  Murray - Tullibardine
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan of Cumin
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan of Fraser
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6 , 5b

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  The Clan of Gordon
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6, 5b

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  The Clan of Gunn
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan of Lamond
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan of Macalister
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan of Macduff
  Front type 1, Reverse type 5b

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  The Clan of Macfarlane
  Front type 1, Reverse type 5a

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  The Clan of Macintyre
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan of Mackinnon
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan of Maclachlan
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan of Maclaren
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan of Macnab
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan of Macquarrie
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan of Macrae
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan of Matheson
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan of Robertson
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan of Ross
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan of Sinclair
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan of Skene
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Clan of Urquhart
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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  The Royal Stewart
  Front type 1, Reverse type 6

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