FORMATS FOR
2008 ISSUES IN WHITE ACE
COMMEMORATIVE SUPPLEMENTS
This compilation is being published to assist in collecting currently available issues in advance of publication of the 2008 White Ace album supplements.
The Commemorative Singles SIMPLIFIED
pages are intended to
simplify the collector's stamp purchasing requirements, and are thus an
ideal choice for a beginning collector. Released for the first time by
White Ace for the 1996 issues, they have been continued for each
subsequent year's issues and will continue to be published, in the same
format,
for the 2008 issues. These pages will generally seek to show each face
different stamp only once. For stamps issued in se-tenant format - i.e.
more than one stamp design in a pane - the smallest intact unit will
be shown that contains all designs. This will usually be a strip, block
or full booklet pane. All face different versions of each commemorative
issue will be included and will thus enable the collector to assemble
a complete commemorative collection.
The Commemorative Singles
(complete) pages will continue to
be
published in their original format for collectors wishing to assemble a
more
detailed and comprehensive collection. For se-tenant issues, these
pages
will show a set of singles and a strip or block as in the past.
Other
stamp formats will continue to be shown in a manner consistent with
prior
printings of this album.
COMMEMORATIVE ALBUMS
LUNAR NEW YEAR--YEAR OF THE RAT (01/09/08)
- -Singles – 1 single
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 single
- -Blocks – 1 block of 4
- -Plate Blocks – 1 full sheet (there are no plate
numbers)
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 full sheet (there are
no plate numbers)
- -Copyright Singles – not included
- -Copyright Blocks – not included
CHARLES W. CHESNUT (01/31/08)
- -Singles – 1 single
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 single
- -Blocks – 1 block of 4
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 plate block of 4
- -Copyright Singles – 1 single with copyright tab
- -Copyright Blocks – 1 block of 6 with copyright tab
MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS (02/21/08)
- -Singles – 1 single
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 single
- -Blocks – 1 block of 4
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 plate block of 4
- -Copyright Singles – 1 single with copyright tab
- -Copyright Blocks – 1 block of 6 wih copyright tab
AMERICAN SCIENTISTS (03/06/08)
- -Singles – 4 singles and a horizontal strip of 4
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 horizontal strip of 4
- -Blocks – 1 horizontal block of 8
- -Plate Blocks – 1 horizontal plate block of 8
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 horizontal plate block
of 8
- -Copyright Singles – 1 single with copyright tab
- -Copyright Blocks – 1 block of 12 with copyright
markings
AMERICAN JOURNALISTS (04/22/08)
- -Singles – 5 singles and a vertical strip of 5
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 vertical strip of 5
- -Blocks – 1 vertical block of 6
- -Plate Blocks – 3 plate blocks of 6 - UL or LR, LL
& UR
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 plate block of 6
- -Copyright Singles – 1 single with copyright tab
- -Copyright Blocks – 1 block of 6 with copyright tab
FRANK SINATRA (05/13/08)
- -Singles – 1 single
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 single
- -Blocks – 1 block of 4
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 plate block of 4
- -Copyright Singles – 1 single with copyright tab
- -Copyright Blocks – 1 block of 6 with copyright
markings
MINNESOTA STATEHOOD (05/17/08)
- -Singles – 1 single
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 single
- -Blocks – 1 block of 4
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 plate block of 4
- -Copyright Singles– 1 single with copyright tab
- -Copyright Blocks– 1 block of 6 with copyright
markings
LOVE ALL HEART (06/10/08)
- -Singles – 1 single
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 single
- -Blocks – 1 full booklet pane of 20
- -Plate Blocks – 1 full booklet pane of 20
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 full booklet pane of 20
- -Copyright Singles – not included
- -Copyright Blocks – not included
- -Booklet Panes – 1 full booklet pane of 20
42¢ WEDDING CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET (06/10/08)
- -Singles – 1 single
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 single
- -Blocks – 1 full booklet pane of 20
- -Plate Blocks – 1 full booklet pane of 20 (plate
number is on the back of the pane)
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 full booklet pane of 20
(plate number is on the back of the pane)
- -Copyright Singles – not included
- -Copyright Blocks – not included
- -Booklet Panes – 1 full booklet pane of 20
59¢ WEDDING SHEET STAMP (06/10/08)
- -Singles – 1 single
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 single
- -Blocks – 1 block of 4
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 plate block of 4
- -Copyright Singles – 1 single with copyright tab
- -Copyright Blocks – 1 block of 6 with copyright
markings
FLAGS OF OUR NATION - SET #1 (06/14/08)
- -Singles – 10 singles and 2 strips of 5
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 2 strips of 5
- -Blocks – 2 strips of 5
- -Plate Blocks – 2 strips of 5 - one with plate number
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 2 strips of 5 - one with
plate number
- -Copyright Singles – not included
- -Copyright Blocks – not included
CHARLES & RAY EAMES (06/17/08)
- -Singles – 16 singles and a full sheet of 16
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 full sheet of 16
- -Blocks – 1 full sheet of 16
- -Plate Blocks – 1 full sheet of 16
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 full sheet of 16
- -Copyright Singles – not included
- -Copyright Blocks – not included
OLYMPIC GAMES (06/19/08)
- -Singles – 1 single
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 single
- -Blocks – 1 block of 4
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 plate block of 4
- -Copyright Singles – 1 single with copyright tab
- -Copyright Blocks – 1 block of 6 with copyright
markings
CELEBRATE (07/10/08)
- -Singles – 1
single
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 single
- -Blocks – 1 block of 4
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 plate block of 4
- -Copyright Singles – 1 single with copyright tab
- -Copyright Blocks – 1 block of 6 with copyright
markings
VINTAGE BLACK CINEMA (07/16/08)
- -Singles – 5 singles & strip of 5
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – strip of 5
- -Blocks – 1 horizontal block of 6 (3 wide x 2
high)
- -Plate Blocks – 3 plate blocks of 6 - UL or LR, LL
& UR
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 plate block of 6
- -Copyright Singles – 1 single with copyright
marking
- -Copyright Blocks – 1 block of 6 with copyright
markings
TAKE ME OUT THE BALL GAME (07/16/08)
- -Singles – 1 single
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 single
- -Blocks – 1 block of 4
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 plate block of 4
- -Copyright Singles – 1 single with copyright tab
- -Copyright Blocks – 1 block of 6 with copyright
markings
THE ART OF DISNEY: IMAGINATION (08/07/08)
- -Singles – 4 singles and a block of 4
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 block of 4
- -Blocks – 1 block of 4
- -Plate Blocks – 2 plate blocks of 4 - 1 upper &
1 lower
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 plate block of 4
- -Copyright Singles – 2 singles with copyright tabs -
2nd down on left & 2nd from right at bottom of sheet
- -Copyright Blocks – 2 blocks of 6 with copyright
markings - vertical bl of 6 from upper left & horizontal bl of 6
from lower right
ALBERT BIERSTADT - "VALLEY OF THE
YOSEMITE"
DOUBLE-SIDED BOOKLET PANE (08/14/08)
- -Singles – 1 single
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED
– 1 single
- -Blocks – 1 full
booklet pane of 20
- -Plate Blocks – 1
full booklet pane of 20
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED
– 1 full booklet pane of 20
- -Copyright Singles
– 1 vertical pair with copyright marking in gutter
- -Copyright Blocks –
1 full booklet pane of 20
- -Booklet Panes – 1
full booklet pane of 20
FLAGS OF OUR NATION - SET #2 (09/02/08)
- -Singles – 10 singles and 2 strips of 5
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 2 strips of 5
- -Blocks – 2 strips of 5
- -Plate Blocks – 2 strips of 5 - one with plate number
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 2 strips of 5 - one with
plate number
- -Copyright Singles – not included
- -Copyright Blocks – not included
LATIN JAZZ (09/08/08)
- -Singles – 1 single
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 single
- -Blocks – 1 block of 4
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 plate block of 4
- -Copyright Singles – 1 single with copyright tab
- -Copyright Blocks – 1 block of 6 with copyright
markings
BETTE DAVIS (09/18/08)
- -Singles – 1 single and 1 full sheet
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 single
- -Blocks – 1 block of 4 and 1 full sheet
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4 and 1 full sheet
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 plate block of 4
- -Copyright Singles – 1 strip of 5 with copyright
markings on selvage
- -Copyright Blocks – 1 block of 10 (from lower left
corner of sheet) with copyright markings on selvage
42¢ EID (09/23/08)
- -Singles – 1 single
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1
single
- -Blocks – 1 block of 4
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate
block of 4
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED
– 1 plate block of 4
- -Copyright Singles – 1
single with copyright tab
- -Copyright Blocks – 1 block of 6 with copyright
markings
GREAT LAKES DUNES (10/02/08)
- -Singles – 10 singles and 1 full sheet
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 full sheet
- -Blocks – 1 full sheet
- -Plate Blocks – 1 full sheet (there are no plate
numbers)
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 full sheet (there are
no plate numbers)
- -Copyright Singles – not included
- -Copyright Blocks – not included
AMERICA ON THE MOVE - FINS &
CHROME (10/03/08)
-Singles
– 5 singles and 1
vertical strip of
5
-Singles SIMPLIFIED
– 1 vertical strip of
5
-Blocks – 1 vertical
block of
6 (2 stamps wide x 3 stamps high)
-Plate
Blocks – 1 pane of 12 from top of sheet with plate numbers at left
& right with decorative header and a plate block of 6 from bottom
left
-Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED
– 1 plate block of
6
-Copyright Singles –
1 single with copyright
tab
-Copyright Blocks –
1 block of 6 with copyright
markings
ALZHEIMER'S AWARENESS (10/17/08)
-Singles – 1 single
-Singles SIMPLIFIED
– 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of
4
-Plate Blocks – 1
plate block of 4
-Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED
– 1 plate block of 4
-Copyright Singles –
1 single with copyright tab
-Copyright Blocks –
1 block of 6 with copyright markings
CHRISTMAS -
VIRGIN & CHILD WITH
JOHN THE BAPTIST DOUBLE-SIDED BOOKLET PANE (10/23/08)
- -Singles – 1 single
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED
– 1 single
- -Blocks – 1 full
booklet pane of 20
- -Plate Blocks – 1
full booklet pane of 20
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED
– 1 full booklet pane of 20
- -Copyright Singles
– 1 single with copyright marking in gutter & attached selvage
- -Copyright Blocks –
1 full booklet pane of 20
- -Booklet Panes – 1
full booklet pane of 20
HOLIDAY NUTCRACKERS DOUBLE-SIDED
BOOKLET PANE (10/23/08)
- -Singles – 4 singles
and 1 full pane of 20
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1
full pane of 20
- -Blocks – 1 full pane
of 20
- -Plate Blocks – 1 full
pane of 20
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED
– 1 full pane of 20
- -Copyright Singles – 1
single with copyright marking in gutter & attached selvage
- -Copyright Blocks – 1 full booklet pane of 20
- -Booklet Panes – 1 full booklet pane of 20
HOLIDAY NUTCRACKERS VENDING BOOKLET PANE OF 20 (10/23/08)
- -Singles – 4 singles and 1 full pane of 20
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 full pane of 20
- -Blocks – 1 full pane of
20
- -Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20 (Plate number is
on back
of
pane)
- -Plate blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 full pane of 20 (Plate
number is on back of
pane)
- -Copyright Singles – not included
- -Copyright Blocks – not included
- -Booklet Panes – 1 full booklet pane of 20
HOLIDAY NUTCRACKERS ATM PANE OF 18 (10/23/08)
- -Singles – 4 singles and 1 full pane of 18
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 full pane of
18
- -Blocks – 1 full pane of
18
- -Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 18
- -Plate blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 full pane of 18
- -Copyright Singles – 1 vertical pair with copyright
marking in gutter
- -Copyright Blocks – 1 full pane of 18
- -Booklet Panes – 1 full booklet pane of 18
42¢ KWANZAA (10/24/08)
- -Singles – 1 single
- -Singles – 1 single
- -Blocks – 1 block of 4
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 plate block of 4
- -Copyright Singles
– 1 single with copyright tab
- -Copyright Blocks – 1 block of 6 with copyright
markings
42¢ HANUKKAH (10/24/08)
- -Singles – 1 single
- -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 single
- -Blocks – 1 block of 4
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
- -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 plate block of 4
- -Copyright Singles – 1 single with copyright tab
- -Copyright Blocks – 1 block of 6 with copyright
markings
Many of the 2008 commemorative issues listed are unexceptional and
follow formats long established for each of the albums listed. For
those which do not fit these established patterns, we offer the
following explanations.
In the White Ace Plate Block Albums, a plate block is considered the
smallest block (of 4 or more stamps) that can be taken from the margin
of the sheet, that contains all stamp designs, and has attached selvage
bearing a plate number. If more than one such block can be removed from
a sheet and the plate number is adjacent to a different stamp design in
any of these, then each such example is shown in our Plate Blocks
Complete
pages. In our Plate Blocks Simplified pages, any such plate position
can be shown. In most cases, there will be two rows or columns of
stamps opposite the plate number. (This definition may vary somewhat
where there is a
particularly attractive header or illustrated selvage or where there is
more than one plate number along the same margin of the sheet).
With this as guidance, we will show American Journalists and Vintage
Black Cinema as 3 plate blocks of 6 stamps in our Plate Blocks Complete
pages (one lower left, one upper right and one of either upper left or
lower right), and as one
plate block of 6 in our Plate Blocks Simplified pages. Precedents for
showing plate blocks of 6 in this
arrangement are Pacific Coast Lighthouses (2007), Southeastern
Lighthouses (2003), Reptiles and Amphibians (2003), All Aboard
(1999), Bright Eyes (1998), River Boats (1996), Recreational Sports
(1995) and Antique Cars (1995).
Our layout for the Art of Disney issue, following the same logic,
requires 2 plate blocks of four (one upper and one lower).
Our treatment of the Fins & Chrome Issue is the same as for
All Aboard (1999) and Bright Eyes (1998). We would normally show three
plate positions, as there are three stamps which have adjacent plate
numbers - upper left, upper right, and lower left. However, we are
reluctant to break the header at the top of the sheet. We thus show the
top two plates together, and a single plate block of 6 from the bottom
left.
Several issues, having souvenir sheet or booklet formats, have either
no plate number (Lunar New Year and Great Lakes Dunes), or have plate
numbers on the back of the pane (42¢ Wedding booklet pane, Great
lakes Dunes and Chritmas Nutcracker vending pane). Our practice has
been, and continues to be, to include examples of such issues in our
plate block pages.
What is more unusual, are the several issues that have copyright
markings on the back of the sheet (Lunar New Year, Love All Heart
booklet pane, 42¢ Wedding booklet pane, Charles & Ray Eames,
Great Lakes Dunes and
Christmas Nutcracker vending pane). Because the copyright markings are
not on the face of the pane, these will not be shown inour
Copyright Singles or Copyright Blocks album pages.
In deciding what to include in our Commemorative Singles pages, the
contemporary holiday issue is often the most challenging. This issue
usually has stamps released in three or four formats, and several times
we have felt that stamps of one format we identical to stamps of
another, and have omitted one of the formats. For the 42¢ Holiday
Knits
stamps, the double-sided booket stamps must be included without
question as the images on these are somewhat larger than on the other
two formats. The
Vending Stamps and ATM stamps have a similar sized image which differ
slightly in
color, likely because they were printed by different printers. So, we
include all three of these in our 2007 Commemorative Singles pages..
For other issues which may be puzzling, we direct the
interested collector to prior issues which may be a
precedent. For example: Great Lakes Dunes - see Alpine Tundra (2007),
Florida Wetland (2006),
Northeast Deciduous Forest (2005), Pacific
Coral Reefs (2004), Arctic
Tundra (2003), Longleaf Pine Forest
(2002) and earlier Nature of America issues.