Selling this Jaco-Lac Decal from my comprehensive collection by the company, hundreds of subjects produced between 1942 and about 1965. I've posted many many new sheets on eBay this week, many more to follow, please take a look when you have the time.

Here is Vintage Jaco-Lac Lacquer Color Decals Sheet 70 SMALL Version U.S. Aviation Insignia. The sheet is 6" x 2.5" which is MUCH RARER than its smaller brother. The insignia logos are from WWII and this sheet was either issued late in the war or just after it. This sheet features two confirmed Hank Porter Disney Studios insignia on it the Marine Fighting Squadron (Butch On Cloud With Wings) and 45th Air Base Squadron (Center). The decals are often assigned to models in listings but Jaco-Lac often intended them for larger applications on books, windows, bikes, and you name it.

The sheet is excellent, yellowed with age, tightly cropped on right but decals are there, good back showing ghosting from stacking in the printing process. Some handling shows, attractive still. There is a wax envelope with this lot, showing not much wear.

I once had an epic Disney Militaria collection so I'll include a scan or two of related Disney studio applications allowed during WWII. This time another of the delightful characters helping to win the war, this is NOT NOT NOT included in this lot only the decal sheet with envelope is for sale, this is just to showcase over 1,500 insignia Disney Studies supplied to the troops.

Postage is based on a good bubble or rigid photo-style envelope for safe delivery. I'm happy to batch multiple purchases to save postage costs for you.  If you buy two or more using Buy Now options, I'll refund some postage at my end.

THE HORRIBLE WAX ENVELOPES ruined more decals than they protected. When stored in humidity, like the basement of hobby shops,the wax affixed itself to the sheets, either resisting removal and leaving residue, or permanently spoiling the decal. Conservation could remove the wax,but the value of the sheets prohibits that approach. I’ll include surviving envelopes when I have them for nostalgia reasons. They are not branded in anyway, so they don’t matter much. I store the decals in acrylic top loaders, and never inside the envelopes.

GRADING 60-YEAR-OLD DECALS isa speculative proposition. If the decal has vibrant colors, few if any crackles, full images, and the ability to still function as intended, I’ll call it excellent. The backs of decals often were stacked in the printing process,so ghost images are common, and have no effect on the decal. My goal was to document changing home decorative styles or military insignia through these small artifacts of American life.

ABOUT JACO-LAC. Located for years at 234 South Wells Street in Chicago, Jaco-Lac led the industry in the production of“lacquer color” decals, often with a sheen that competitors couldn’t match.They used a “Soak ‘em Slide ‘em Stick ‘em” Motto for most of the company’s existence. Most of the decal sheets were 9” x 3.75” with images far too large for model airplanes or toy vehicles. Advertisements in craft magazines suggested their use on furniture, kitchens, windows, bathroom décor, nurseries,books, and full-sized vehicles. Often, a sheet would have a little brother sized 6.25” x 2.5”. But for a decade, Jaco-Lac made home décor sheets that were printed on 6” x 7” paper. The company began to rely on made-to-order tourism decals and disappears in the early 1960s. Other prominent decal companies lived on in Chicago, and Jaco-Lac could have merged with one. Decalcomania Company isa leading candidate because they released some sheets that used Jaco-Lac’s images and exact sheet numbers with "J"  added.