FORMATS FOR 2002 ISSUES IN
WHITE ACE REGULAR ISSUE SUPPLEMENTS

This preliminary compilation is published to assist collectors in obtaining currently available regular issue stamps in the formats in which they will be shown in the 2002 White Ace album supplements. A separate compilation deals with the 2002 commemorative stamp issues.

REGULAR ISSUE ALBUMS

34¢ UNITED WE STAND TWO-SIDED CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET PANE OF 20 (02/20/02)

 -Singles Simplified – not included

 -Singles Complete – not included

 -Blocks – 1 full pane of 20

 -Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20 with plate number

 -Booklet panes – 1 full pane of 20

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

34¢ UNITED WE STAND SELF-ADHESIVE VENDING MACHINE BOOKLET OF 20 (02/20/02)

 -Singles Simplified – not included

 -Singles Complete – not included       

 -Blocks – 1 full pane of 20

 -Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20 (with plate number on back of pane)

 -Booklet panes – 1 full pane of 20

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

5¢ AMERICAN TOLEWARE GUMMED COIL OF 3,000 & 10,000 (05/31/02)

 -Singles Simplified – 1 single

 -Singles Complete – 1 pair

 -Blocks – 1 pair

 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3

 -Booklet panes – not included

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

NON-DENOMINATED (37¢) AMERICAN FLAG GUMMED SHEET STAMP (06/07/02)

 -Singles Simplified – 1 single (any of the 7 varieties is appropriate)

 -Singles Complete – 1 single

 -Blocks – 1 block of 4

 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

 -Booklet panes – not included

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

NON-DENOMINATED (37¢)AMERICAN FLAG SELF-ADHESIVE SHEET STAMP (06/07/02)

 -Singles Simplified – not included

 -Singles Complete – 1 single

 -Blocks – 1 block of 4

 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

 -Booklet panes – not included

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

NON-DENOMINATED (37¢) AMERICAN FLAG S.A. COIL OF 100 (06/07/02)

 -Singles Simplified – not included

 -Singles Complete – 1 pair

 -Blocks – 1 pair

 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3

 -Booklet panes – not included

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

NON-DENOMINATED (37¢) AMERICAN FLAG S.A. CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (06/07/02)

 -Singles Simplified – not included

 -Singles Complete – not included

 -Blocks – 1 full pane of 20

 -Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20 with plate number

 -Booklet panes – 1 full pane of 20

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

NON-DENOMINATED (37¢) AMERICAN FLAG S.A. 2-SIDED CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (06/07/02)

 -Singles Simplified – not included

 -Singles Complete – not included

 -Blocks – 1 full pane of 20

 -Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20 with plate number

 -Booklet panes – 1 full pane of 20

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

NON-DENOMINATED (37¢) AMERICAN FLAG S.A. VENDING BOOKLET OF 20 (06/07/02)

 -Singles Simplified – not included

 -Singles Complete – not included

 -Blocks – 1 full pane of 20

 -Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20 with plate number (on back of pane)

 -Booklet panes – 1 full pane of 20

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

NON-DENOMINATED (37¢) AMERICAN FLAG S.A. ATM PANE OF 18 (06/07/02)

 -Singles Simplified – not included

 -Singles Complete – not included

 -Blocks – 1 full pane of 18

 -Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 18 with plate number

 -Booklet panes – 1 full pane of 18

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

37¢ AMERICAN FLAG S.A. SHEET STAMP (06/07/02)

 -Singles Simplified – 1 single (any of the 8 varieties is appropriate)

 -Singles Complete – 1 single

 -Blocks – 1 block of 4

 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

 -Booklet panes – not included

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

37¢ AMERICAN FLAG S.A. CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 10 (06/07/02)

 -Singles Simplified – not included

 -Singles Complete – not included

 -Blocks – 1 full pane of 10

 -Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 10 with plate number

 -Booklet panes – 1 full pane of 10

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

37¢ AMERICAN FLAG S.A. CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (06/07/02)

 -Singles Simplified – not included

 -Singles Complete – not included

 -Blocks – 1 full pane of 20

 -Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20 with plate number

 -Booklet panes – 1 full pane of 20

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

37¢ AMERICAN FLAG S.A. 2-SIDED CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (06/07/02)

 -Singles Simplified – not included

 -Singles Complete – not included

 -Blocks – 1 full pane of 20

 -Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20 with plate number

 -Booklet panes – 1 full pane of 20

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

37¢ AMERICAN FLAG S.A. VENDING BOOKLET OF 20 (06/07/02)

 -Singles Simplified – not included

 -Singles Complete – not included

 -Blocks – 1 full pane of 20

 -Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20 with plate number (on back of pane)

 -Booklet panes – 1 full pane of 20

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

37¢ AMERICAN FLAG S.A. COIL OF 100 (06/07/02)

 -Singles Simplified – not included

 -Singles Complete – 1 pair

 -Blocks – 1 pair

 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3

 -Booklet panes – not included

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

37¢ AMERICAN FLAG S.A. COIL OF 3,000 & 10,000 (06/07/02)

 -Singles Simplified – not included

 -Singles Complete – 1 pair

 -Blocks – 1 pair

 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3

 -Booklet panes – not included

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

37¢ AMERICAN FLAG GUMMED COIL OF 100; 3,000 & 10,000 (06/07/02)

 -Singles Simplified – not included

 -Singles Complete – 1 pair

 -Blocks – 1 pair

 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3

 -Booklet panes – not included

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

NON-DENOMINATED (37¢) ANTIQUE TOYS S.A. CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (06/07/02)

 -Singles Simplified – 1 set 4 singles (from either convertible or vending booklet )

 -Singles Complete – 1 set 4 singles and 1 full pane

 -Blocks – 1 full pane of 20

 -Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20 with plate number

 -Booklet panes – 1 full pane of 20

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

NON-DENOMINATED (37¢) ANTIQUE TOYS S.A. VENDING BOOKLET OF 20 (06/07/02)

 -Singles Simplified – not included

 -Singles Complete – not included

 -Blocks – 1 full pane of 20

 -Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20 (with plate number on back of pane)

 -Booklet panes – 1 full pane of 20

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

3¢ STAR S.A. SHEET STAMP (BCA PRINTING) (06/07/02)

 -Singles Simplified – 1 single (either BCA or Guilford is appropriate)

 -Singles Complete – 1 single

 -Blocks – 1 block of 4

 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

 -Booklet panes – not included

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

3¢ STAR S.A. SHEET STAMP (GUILFORD PRINTING) (06/07/02)

 -Singles Simplified – not included

 -Singles Complete – 1 single

 -Blocks – 1 block of 4

 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

 -Booklet panes – not included

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

3¢ STAR GUMMED COIL (06/07/02)

 -Singles Simplified – not included

 -Singles Complete – 1 pair

 -Blocks – 1 pair

 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3

 -Booklet panes – not included

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

23¢ GEORGE WASHINGTON GUMMED SHEET STAMP (06/07/02)

 -Singles Simplified – 1 single (any of the 4 varieties is appropriate)

 -Singles Complete – 1 single

 -Blocks – 1 block of 4

 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

 -Booklet panes – not included

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

23¢ GEORGE WASHINGTON S.A. COIL OF 100 (06/07/02)

 -Singles Simplified – not included

 -Singles Complete – 1 pair

 -Blocks – 1 pair

 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3

 -Booklet panes – not included

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

23¢ GEORGE WASHINGTON S.A. CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 10 (06/07/02)

 -Singles Simplified – not included

 -Singles Complete – not included

 -Blocks – 1 full pane of 10

 -Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 10 with plate number

 -Booklet panes – 1 full pane of 10

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

23¢ GEORGE WASHINGTON S.A. VENDING BOOKLET OF 10 (06/07/02)

 -Singles Simplified – not included

 -Singles Complete – not included

 -Blocks – not included (same as Washington convertible booklet)

 -Plate Blocks – not included (same as Washington convertible booklet)

 -Booklet panes – not included (same as Washington convertible booklet)

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included (same as Washington convertible booklet)

60¢ COVERLET EAGLE S.A. SHEET STAMP (07/12/02)

 -Singles Simplified – 1 single

 -Singles Complete – 1 single

 -Blocks – 1 block of 4

 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

 -Booklet panes – not included

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

37¢ ANTIQUE TOYS SELF-ADHESIVE COIL OF 100 (07/26/02)

 -Singles Simplified – 1 strip of 4

 -Singles Complete – 1 strip of 4 and 1 set of 4 singles

 -Blocks – 1 strip of 4

 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 8

 -Booklet panes – not included

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

37¢ ANTIQUE TOYS S.A. CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (07/26/02)

 -Singles Simplified – not included

 -Singles Complete – not included

 -Blocks – 1 full pane of 20

 -Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20 with plate number

 -Booklet panes – 1 full pane of 20

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

37¢ ANTIQUE TOYS S.A. VENDING BOOKLET OF 20 (07/26/02)

 -Singles Simplified – not included

 -Singles Complete – not included

 -Blocks – 1 full pane of 20

 -Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20 (with plate number on back of pane)

 -Booklet panes – 1 full pane of 20

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

83¢ EDNA FERBER S.A. SHEET STAMP (07/29/02)

 -Singles Simplified – 1 single

 -Singles Complete – 1 single

 -Blocks – 1 block of 4

 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

 -Booklet panes – not included

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – 1 single & 1 block or plate block of 4

$3.85 JEFFERSON MEMORIAL PRIORITY MAIL S.A. SHEET STAMP (07/30/02)

 -Singles Simplified – 1 single

 -Singles Complete – 1 single

 -Blocks – 1 block of 4

 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

 -Booklet panes – not included

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

$13.65 U.S. CAPITOL AT DUSK EXPRESS MAIL S.A. SHEET STAMP (07/30/02)

 -Singles Simplified – 1 single

 -Singles Complete – 1 single

 -Blocks – 1 block of 4

 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

 -Booklet panes – not included

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

37¢ OFFICIAL MAIL GUMMED COIL OF 100 (08/02/02)

 -Singles Simplified – 1 single

 -Singles Complete – 1 pair

 -Blocks – 1 pair

 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3

 -Booklet panes – not included

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

NONDENOMINATED (5¢) SEA COAST COIL (08/02/02)

 -Singles Simplified – 1 single

 -Singles Complete – 1 pair

 -Blocks – 1 pair

 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3

 -Booklet panes – not included

 -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – not included

Our decisions to include or exclude some stamps from our regular issue albums seem to become less obvious in each successive year. For this reason we offer the following explanations:

In our Regular Singles Simplified pages we attempt to show each face different stamp issue only once. Thus perforation, booklet format, coil format, and other varieties having the same face design, are considered equivalent and space is provided for only one example. We indicate above that the following will be shown in these pages: Non-denominated American Flag Gummed Sheet Stamp; 37¢ American Flag Self-adhesive Sheet Stamp; 23¢ George Washington Gummed Sheet Stamp; Non-denominated Antique Toys and 37¢ Antique Toys. It should be noted that each of these has varieties in other formats, and that any of the existing formats is appropriate to fill the space provided.

The Regular Singles Complete album is intended to show all stamps in sheet and coil formats. To maintain a measure of completeness, booklet stamps are included when they don't exist in sheet or coil form. However, we have a strong conviction that booklet stamps should be collected as unbroken panes. Thus, for the collector who wishes to properly collect booklet stamps, a separate White Ace album is available for full booklet panes.

Alternatively, omitted booklet stamp or pane varieties can be included with the Regular Singles Complete pages on matching border blank pages. These are available wherever White Ace products are sold.

The United We Stand stamps released in 2002 differ only in the date at the bottom from those issued in 2001. Had these been sheet or coil stamps, like the 1996 $3 Space Shuttle Challenger Priority Mail, which differed from the 1995 original release of this stamp only in the date in the margin, we would have included them in our Regular Singles Complete supplement. However, these designs are booklet varieties of the 2001 coil stamps. And, as we explained above, is is inappropriate to include them in this supplement - in spite of the date change.

Also potentially confusing, is our treatment of the American Flag self-adhesive coils. We indicate above that our Regular Singles Complete pages, as well as blocks and plate block pages, will include examples from both the roll of 100 and the roll of 3000 or 10,000. This is because there is no gap between the stamps in the roll of 100, whereas the larger rolls have gaps between the stamps of approximately 3 mm.  For the determined collector, it is also possible to distinguish between single stamps from from the small and large size rolls: examining the corners of the stamps (with a magnifying glass) reveals that those from the 3000 and 10,000 rolls have diagonally clipped corners; while those from the rolls of 100 have sharp rectangular corners.

It seems reasonable to question our omission of the George Washington Vending Booklet of 10 from all of our supplements. However, (we expect that) the vending booklet was created from the convertible booklet pane by removing the dividing strip from the center of the pane, folding it, gluing it shut, and trimming it. Thus, we show only the convertible booklet variety in our albums.

The Non-denominated Antique Toys booklets are much like the 2001 Apple and Orange booklets as far as the Regular Singles Complete pages are concerned. The convertible booklet and vending booklet stamps of this issue appear to be the same except for perforations, hence we show two singles and a full pane of the convertible booklet. As we make no effort to exhaustively treat booklet stamps in these pages, we will not show the vending booklet stamps. 

Because the Non-denominated Antique Toys are a distinct face-different issue, a set of 4 singles will be shown in the Regular Singles Simplified pages (as was done with the 2001 Apple & Orange booklet stamps). While it might seem that se-tenant issues should be displayed as a block, a set of singles has been shown in these pages for se-tenant regular booklet panes since the first of these in 1981, the Wildlife Booklet of 10.

For the Stars issue, we have chosen to include the BCA printing & Guilford Gravure printing in all of our albums except Singles Simplified. Guilford Gravure is owned by Banknote Corporation of America (BCA), so the plate number begins with "B" on both sheets.  To determine who printed which: the BCA printing stamps have the 2002 date at bottom left; the plate number on the sheet consists of "B" followed by digits in the sequence blue, red and black; and the copyright marking on the sheet is "© 2002 USPS."   The Guilford printing has the date on bottom right, the plate number consists of "B" followed by digits in black, blue and red; and the copyright marking is "© USPS 2002."

The Distinguished Americans series commenced in 2000 with the release of the Joseph W. Stillwell and Claude Pepper issues. In 2001, Hattie Caraway was added to this series. With the addition in 2002 of Edna Ferber, there are now a sufficient number of issues in this series to produce an album for Distinguished Americans Specialized (in the same format as the Great Americans Specialized). Thus, it is likely that there will be an initial supplement for this series will be released in 2003.