Formats of Commemorative Issues in 2009 White Ace Supplements

FORMATS FOR 2009 ISSUES IN WHITE ACE COMMEMORATIVE SUPPLEMENTS

This compilation is being published to assist in collecting currently available issues in advance of publication of the 2009 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 2009 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

ALASKA STATEHOOD (01/03/09)

-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

LUNAR NEW YEAR--YEAR OF THE OX (01/08/09)

-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 (copyright marking is on the back of the sheet)

OREGON STATEHOOD (01/14/09)

-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

EDGAR ALLEN POE (01/16/09)

-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 single with copyright tab

-Copyright Blocks – 1 block of 6 with copyright markings

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (02/09/09)

-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

CIVIL RIGHTS PIONEERS (02/21/09)

-Singles – 6 singles and a full sheet of 6

-Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 full sheet of 6

-Blocks – 1 full sheet of 6

-Plate Blocks – 1 full sheet of 6

-Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 full sheet of 6

-Copyright Singles – not included

-Copyright Blocks – not included

61¢ RICHARD WRIGHT (04/09/09)

-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

WEDDING RINGS (05/01/09)

-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

61¢ WEDDING CAKE (05/01/09)

-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 SIMPSONS CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET PANE (05/07/09)

-Singles – 5 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 horizontal center block of 10 with copyright marking in gutter (5 x 2)

-Copyright Blocks – 1 full booklet pane of 20

-Booklet Panes – 1 full booklet pane of 20

KING & QUEEN OF HEARTS CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET PANE (05/08/09)

-Singles – 2 singles & 1 full pane of 20

-Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 full pane of 20

-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

BOB HOPE (05/29/09)

-Singles – 1 single and full sheet

-Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 single

-Blocks – 1 block of 4 and full sheet

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4 and full sheet

-Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 plate block of 4

-Copyright Singles – not included

-Copyright Blocks – not included

44¢ CELEBRATE! (06/10/09)

-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

ANNA JULIA COOPER (06/11/09)

-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

GULF COAST LIGHTHOUSES (07/23/09)

-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

FLAGS OF OUR NATION - SET #3 (08/06/09)

-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

EARLY TV MEMORIES (08/11/09)

-Singles – 20 singles and a full sheet of 20

-Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 full sheet of 20

-Blocks – 1 full sheet of 20

-Plate Blocks – 1 full sheet of 20

-Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 full sheet of 20

-Copyright Singles – 1 single with copyright markings

-Copyright Blocks – 1 full sheet of 20

HAWAII STATEHOOD (08/21/09)

-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

44¢ EID (09/03/09)

-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

THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE (09/09/09)

-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

GARY COOPER (09/10/09)

-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 4 with copyright markings on selvage

-Copyright Blocks – 1 block of 8 (from lower left corner of sheet) with copyright markings on selvage

JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT (09/22/09)

-Singles – 4 singles and a full souvenir sheet

-Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 full souvenir sheet

-Blocks – 1 full souvenir sheet

-Plate Blocks – 1 full souvenir sheet (there are no plate numbers)

-Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 full souvenir sheet (there are no plate numbers)

-Copyright Singles – not included

-Copyright Blocks – not included (copyright marking is on the back of the sheet)

KELP FOREST (10/01/09)

-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

WINTER HOLIDAYS DOUBLE-SIDED BOOKLET PANE (10/08/09)

-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

WINTER HOLIDAYS ATM PANE OF 18 (10/08/09)

-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 – not included (copyright marking is on back of the sheet)

-Copyright Blocks – not included (copyright marking is on back of the sheet)

-Booklet Panes – 1 full booklet pane of 18

44¢ KWANZAA (10/09/09)

-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

44¢ HANUKKAH (10/09/09)

-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 BY SASSOFERRATO DOUBLE-SIDED BOOKLET PANE (10/20/09)

-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

Many of the 2009 commemorative issues listed are unexceptional and follow formats long established for each of the albums listed. For those which are not common or do not fit established patterns, we offer the following explanations.

As most users of White Ace Commemorative pages are aware, we show a full pane of the Legends of Hollywood series issue―with a large illustrated area of selvage on one side of the sheet―in all of our Commemorative pages except for the Singles Simplified, Plate Blocks Simplified, and Copyright Singles or Blocks. Including a full sheet when it has this layout, began with the Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe issues in the early 1990s, and has continued for issues having similar format ever since. For example, refer to Frida Kahlo (2001), Daffy Duck (1999), Andy Warhol (2002), etc. In our 2009 pages, we have followed this pattern by including full sheets of Edgar Allen Poe, Bob Hope and Gary Cooper.

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 collected. 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 Gulf Coast Lighthouses 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).

Several issues, having souvenir sheet or booklet formats, have either no plate number (Lunar New Year, Civil Rights Pioneers, Kelp Forest and Supreme Court Justices), or have plate numbers on the back of the pane (Simpsons and King & Queen of Hearts). 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, Civil Rights Pioneers, Simpsons, King & Queen of Hearts, Supreme Court, Kelp Forest and Winter Holidays ATM Pane). Because the copyright markings are not on the face of the pane, these will not be shown in our Copyright Singles or Copyright Blocks album pages.

In 2008, we included the first and second sets of the Flags of our Nation Coil issues and after publication discovered that some collectors took exception to the sequence in which we displayed these stamps. In the White Ace plate block albums, we have always shown a plate number coil with the plate number at the center of the strip for an odd number of stamps (Tropical Fruit 2008 for example); or with the plate number on the stamp whose position is half of the total for an even number of stamps (Fruit Berries 1999 for example). In our singles and blocks pages, we have always shown a coil strip without plate number in the same sequence as the strip with the plate number.

On the Flags of our Nation coil, the USPS placed the plate number on the first stamp of the roll, and on every subsequent tenth stamp. However, unlike prior se-tenant coils, the subsequent nine stamp designs on the first set and all ten stamps on the second set were arranged alphabetically.

In planning our layout we choose retain our usual placement of the plate number, and to ignore the sequence chosen by the postal service. Thus, for the five-stamp strip of the Flags of our Nation that contained the plate number, we displayed it with the plate number on the center stamp; to complete the set of ten stamps we showed the remaining five stamps as a strip without plate number. In our singles pages, we showed the same two five-stamp strips. We will continue to use this arrangement for this series for the 2009 and subsequent Flags of our Nation issues until the series is complete.

We are aware that our sequence places the stamps out of alphabetical order, which some collectors have found objectionable. One should note however, that the collector is free to break up the coil in any sequence preferred and mount it in the space provided.

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.

Not in notes above:
1) Copyright singles & blocks - where sheet has no copyright markings on front, but has them on back we don't show.
2) Full sheets like Legend of Hollywood - Gary Cooper, but also Edgar Allen Poe & Bob Hope
3) Gulf Coast Lighthouses - like lighthouses in 2007 & 2003
4) Winter Holidays DS Booklet & ATM Pane - stamps different size & slight color differences

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..