FORMATS FOR 2009 ISSUES IN
WHITE ACE REGULAR ISSUE SUPPLEMENTS
This compilation is published to assist collectors in obtaining currently available regular issue stamps in the formats in which they will be shown in the 2009 White Ace album supplements. A separate compilation deals with the 2009 commemorative stamp issues.
REGULAR ISSUE ALBUMS
$4.95 REDWOOD FOREST PRIORITY MAIL (01/16/09)
- -Singles Simplified – 1 single
- -Singles Complete – 1 single
- -Blocks – 1 block of 4
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
$17.50 OLD FAITHFUL EXPRESS MAIL (01/16/09)
- -Singles Simplified – 1 single
- -Singles Complete – 1 single
- -Blocks – 1 block of 4
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
NON-DENOMINATED (10¢) PATRIOTIC BANNER PRESORTED STANDARD
MAIL GUMMED COIL (02/24/09)
- -Singles Simplified – not included
- -Singles Complete – 1 pair
- -Blocks – 1 pair
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3
1¢ OFFICIAL MAIL SELF-ADHESIVE SHEET STAMP (02/24/09)
- -Singles Simplified – not included
- -Singles Complete – 1
single
- -Blocks – 1 block of 4
- -Plate Blocks – not included (no plate number)
NON-DENOMINATED (42¢) LIBERTY BELL FOREVER ATM PANE (02/24/09)
- -Singles Simplified – not included
- -Singles Complete – not included
- -Blocks – not included
- -Plate Blocks – not included
- -Booklet panes – not included
28¢ POLAR BEAR SELF-ADHESIVE SHEET STAMP (04/16/09)
- -Singles Simplified – 1 single in sheet or coil
format
- -Singles Complete – 1 single
- -Blocks – 1 block of 4
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
28¢ POLAR BEAR SELF-ADHESIVE COIL (04/16/09)
- -Singles Simplified – not included - see above
- -Singles Complete – 1 pair
- -Blocks – 1 pair
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3
44¢ PURPLE HEART SELF-ADHESIVE SHEET STAMP (04/28/09)
- -Singles Simplified – 1 single
- -Singles Complete – 1 single
- -Blocks – 1 block of 4
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
1¢ TIFFANY LAMP GUMMED COIL OF 10000 (04/28/09)
- -Singles Simplified – not included
- -Singles Complete – 1 pair
- -Blocks – 1 pair
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3
44¢ AMERICAN FLAG SELF-ADHESIVE COIL OF 3,000 & 10,000
(05/01/09)
- -Singles Simplified – 1 single - in any format in
which this was produced
- -Singles Complete – 1 pair
- -Blocks – 1 pair
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3
44¢ AMERICAN FLAG GUMMED COIL (05/01/09)
- -Singles Simplified – not included - see above
- -Singles Complete – 1 pair
- -Blocks – 1 pair
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3
44¢ AMERICAN FLAG SELF-ADHESIVE COIL OF 100 ASHTON POTTER
PRINTING (05/08/09)
- -Singles Simplified – not included - see above
- -Singles Complete – 1 pair
- -Blocks – 1 pair
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3
44¢ AMERICAN FLAG SELF-ADHESIVE COIL OF 100 AVERY DENNISON
PRINTING (05/08/09)
- -Singles Simplified – not included - see above
- -Singles Complete – 1 pair
- -Blocks – 1 pair
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3
44¢ AMERICAN FLAG SELF-ADHESIVE COIL OF 100 SENNETT SECURITY
PRODUCTS PRINTING (05/08/09)
- -Singles Simplified – not included - see above
- -Singles Complete – 1 pair
- -Blocks – 1 pair
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3
78¢ MARY LASKER (05/15/09)
- -Singles Simplified – 1 single
- -Singles Complete – 1
single
- -Blocks – 1 block of 4
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
- -Distinguished Americans Series Specialized – 1
single & 1 block or plate block of 4
NON-DENOMINATED (44¢) LIBERTY BELL FOREVER DOUBLE-SIDED
BOOKLET PANE SENNETT SECURITY PRODUCTS PRINTING (05/15/09)
- -Singles Simplified – not included
- -Singles Complete – not included
- -Blocks – not included
- -Plate Blocks – not included
- -Booklet panes – not included
44¢ AMERICAN FLAG SELF-ADHESIVE BOOKLET OF 10
(06/05/09)
- -Singles Simplified – not included - see above
- -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
64¢ DOLPHIN SHEET STAMP (06/12/09)
- -Singles Simplified – 1 single
- -Singles Complete – 1
single
- -Blocks – 1 block of 4
- -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
17¢ SHEEP SELF-ADHESIVE SHEET STAMP (June 2009)
- -Singles Simplified – not included (see explanation
below)
- -Singles Complete – not included
- -Blocks – not included
- -Plate Blocks – not included
NON-DENOMINATED (44¢) LIBERTY BELL FOREVER DOUBLE-SIDED
BOOKLET PANE ASHTON POTTER PRINTING (08/07/09)
- -Singles Simplified – not included
- -Singles Complete – not included
- -Blocks – not included
- -Plate Blocks – not included
- -Booklet panes – not included
NON-DENOMINATED (44¢) LIBERTY BELL FOREVER DOUBLE-SIDED
BOOKLET PANE AVERY DENNISON PRINTING (08/07/09)
- -Singles Simplified – not included
- -Singles Complete – not included
- -Blocks – not included
- -Plate Blocks – not included
- -Booklet panes – not included
AIR MAIL ALBUMS
79¢ ZION NATIONAL PARK (06/28/09)
- -Airmail Singles – 1 single
- -Airmail Blocks – 1 block of 4
- -Airmail Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
98¢ GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK (06/28/09)
- -Airmail Singles – 1 single
- -Airmail Blocks – 1 block of 4
- -Airmail Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
In our Regular Singles Simplified pages we attempt to show each face
different stamp issue only once. Perforation, booklet format, coil
format, gum, color and other varieties having the same face design, are
considered
equivalent and space is provided for only one example. Thus we have
included only one variety each of Polar Bear, and American Flag stamps.
Also, Patriotic Banner, 1¢ Official Mail Sheet Stamp, Tiffany Lamp
Gummed Coil, and Liberty Bell Forever have been
excluded because we do not consider them sufficiently
different from the previously released versions of these stamps.
The Regular Singles Complete album is intended to show all major stamp
varieties issued 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. Accordingly, we have not included the American Flag
booklet of 10 stamp in the 2009 supplement.
If production of a stamp is moved
to a new printing firm, the process
almost certainly involves starting over from conventional art, or
re-composing electronic art and typography. The
preparation of electronic files for output will likely differ from the
process used in the prior printing and will result in an image that is
slightly different. Additionally, it may be printed on different
paper or have changes in perforation or die cut measurements. Because
of these differences, the USPS usually changes the date printed at the
bottom edge of the stamp, so the origin of the stamp is less ambiguous.
These observations apply to three
stamps released in 2009: Non-denominated Patriotic Banner gummed coil; 1¢ Official Mail self-adhesive
sheet stamp; and the
1¢ Tiffany Lamp Gummed Coil. The
differences between each of these and their predecessors are listed in
the section that follows. For each of these, the 2009 versions are
sufficiently different that the new versions will be included in the
Regular Singles Complete, Regular Blocks, Regular Plate Blocks, but not
in the Regular Singles Simplified pages.
Five other stamps re-issued in 2009 were printed by the same printer as
previously: Liberty Bell double-sided booklets printed by AP, AV
& SSP; Liberty Bell ATM Pane printed by SSP; and 17c Bighorn
Sheep self-adhesive sheet stamp
printed by AP. These are
described in the section that follows. For the first four of these, the
date on
the margin of the stamp has been changed to 2009, but there are no
other
differences from their predecessors. For the Big Horn Sheep the
difference consists of a change in tagging––
there is no date. Our policy in
such cases
has been to require some visible change to the stamp design in addition
to the date change, and failing this to not show the stamp in
our pages. Note that we do not consider changes in tagging significant.
(The sole exception to this rule was our inclusion
of the "1996" $3 Challenger which
was otherwise identical to the first release of that stamp in 1995 with
"1995" date - which we now regret).
As a consequence,
none of these varieties are included in any of our regular issue pages.
For a collector wishing to include any of these, matching border blank
pages are available from your dealer.
Our last
Airmail
Supplements for Singles, Blocks and Plate Blocks were
published in 2007, and included all of these issues through 2006. Two
airmails were issued in 2007, and two in 2008, and two in 2009.
We now have a sufficient number to fill an Airmail Singles page and
will publish
a supplement for all three Airmail albums in 2010.
Only one Distinguished Americans Series stamp was released in 2009, and
our last supplement contained all of these issues through 2008. Because
of this, no supplement for this specialty will be released in 2010.
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As an aid to identifying and purchasing the stamps listed, we provide
the
following additional
information:
REGULAR
ISSUES 2009
$4.95
Redwood Forest Priority Mail (01/16/09) - Printed by AP; Scott
#4378;
USPS #113540 pane 20, #113420 Plate Block of 4
$17.50
Old Faithful Express Mail
(01/16/09) - Printed by AP; Scott #4379; USPS #113540 pane of
20, #113520 Plate Block of 4
Non-denominated
Gummed Patriotic Banner (02/24/09) - Printed by SSP; Scott
#4385; USPS #787430 strip of 25. Previously
issued 7/4/07 in 2 self-adhesive varieties: The first, printed
by AV,
has round corner diecuts, bright gold, and red bar at top is narrow;
Scott # 4157; USPS #784640 roll of 3000;
784630 strip of 25 from roll of 3000; 784741 roll of 10,000; 784731
strip of 25 from roll of 10000. The second, printed
by SSP, has pointed corner die cuts, dull gold, and red bar at bottom
is narrow; Scott # 4158; USPS #784740 roll
of 10000; 784730 strip of 25 from roll of 10000.
1¢
Official Mail Self-adhesive Sheet Stamp (02/24/09) - Printed by SSP; "2009" date;
Microprinted "USPS";Scott #O163; USPS
#574440 pane of 20; Replaces 1¢
Official Mail gummed sheet stamp, of the same design, issued 5/9/1995,
printed by the Bureau of Engraving & Printing.
Non-denominated
(42¢) Liberty Bell Forever ATM Pane of 18
(02/24/09) - Printed by
AV; Scott #4128b; USPS
#513340 pane of 18; Previously released
(04/12/07) and sold for 41¢ - Printed by
AV; Scott #4128; USPS #569940 ATM pane 18.
28¢ Polar Bear Self-adhesive Sheet Stamp
(4/16/09) - Printed by
SSP; Scott #4387; USPS #113140 pane of 20.
28¢ Polar Bear Self-adhesive Coil Stamp
(4/16/09) - Printed by
AV; Scott #4389; USPS #787240 coil of 100.
44¢ Purple Heart Self-adhesive Sheet
Stamp (4/28/09) -
Printed by AP; Scott #4390; USPS #113740 pane of 20.
1¢
Tiffany Lamp Gummed Coil of 10,000 (04/28/09) - Printed by BCA for SSP; "2008"
date;
Scott #3758A;
USPS #786430 strip of 25. Last issued as a gummed coil on 3/1/03; 3000
subjects printed by American Packaging Corp. for SSP; “2003”
date; Scott
#3757; USPS
#781520 strip of 5 or #781530 strip of 25. Differences of 2009
version from 2003: 2009 version has large date - 2003 has small date,
while the ink colors are the same, the "1¢" on the new stamp is
more
yellow
than prior version which was slightly orange and on the 2009 version
the lamp has a washed out appearance compared to the 2003 variety.
44¢
American Flag Self-adhesive Coil of 3,000 & 10,000 (05/01/09) - Printed by AV; Scott #4395; USPS
#787830 strip of 25.
44¢
American Flag Gummed Coil (05/01/09) - Printed by SSP; Scott #4391; USPS
#787730 strip of 25.
44¢
American Flag Self-adhesive Coil of 100 Ashton Potter Printing (05/08/09) - Printed by SSP; Die Cut 11;
"USPS" microprinted at bottom center of flag; Scott
#4392; USPS #787042 coil of 100.
44¢
American Flag Self-adhesive Coil of 100 Avery Dennison Printing (05/08/09) - Printed by AP; Die Cut 9.5; No
microprinting; Scott
#4393; USPS #787040 coil of 100.
44¢
American Flag Self-adhesive Coil of 100 Sennett Security Products
Printing (05/08/09) - Printed by AV; Die Cut 8.5;
"USPS" microprinted on red bar in upper right; Scott
#4394; USPS #787041 coil of 100.
78¢
Mary Lasker (05/15/09) - Printed by AP; Scott #3432B; USPS
#113240 pane of 20.
Non-denominated
(44¢) Liberty Bell Forever Double-sided Booklet
Pane Sennett Security Products
Printing (05/15/09) - Printed by SSP; dated "2009" in
screened gold ink; Scott #4127m;
USPS #678940; other details same as prior versions. Last prior version
issued 5/12/08 & sold for 42¢; printed by SSP; large "2008"
date in solid black ink;
microprinting is in same medium size on white background & bell is
15.4
mm wide as in 2007
version; #4127f solid tagging &
#4127h
mottled tagging; USPS #677740 double-sided pane 20. First
version issued 4/12/07; printed
by SSP and sold
for 41¢; small "2007" date in medium gray screened font; had
medium
microprinted “Forever,”
on white background & bell is 15.4 mm wide; Scott #4127; USPS
#676642 double-sided pane 20.
17¢
Big Horn Sheep Self-adhesive Sheet Stamp (June 2009) - Printed
by AV; Scott #4138a; USPS #181540 pane of 20. (Linns Aug 10, p2).
This is a reprinting on prephosphored paper of the original design
issued 05/14/07, which was also printed by
AV; Scott #4138; USPS #101540.
44¢American
Flag Self-adhesive Booklet of 10 (06/05/09) - Printed
by AV; Scott #4396; USPS #679340 pane of 10.
64¢
Dolphin Sheet Stamp (06/12/09) - Printed by AV; Scott #4388;
113340.
Non-denominated
(44¢) Liberty Bell Forever Double-sided Booklet
Pane Ashton Potter Printing (08/07/09) - Printed by AP; dated
"2009" in screened gold ink; Scott
#4126d; USPS #678941; other details same as prior versions. Last prior version issued 8/22/08
& sold for 42¢; printed by AP; medium size black
screened "2008" date; small
microprinted “Forever,” &
base of bell is 16mm wide; Scott #4126b; USPS #677742 double-sided
pane of 20. First version issued 4/12/07;
printed by AP and sold for 41¢; "2007" medium
sized date in
light gray screened font; had small
microprinted “Forever,” &
bell is 16mm wide; Scott #4126; USPS #676640 DS pane 20.
Non-denominated
(44¢) Liberty Bell Forever Double-sided Booklet
Pane Avery Dennison Printing (08/07/09) - Printed by AV; dated "2009" in
screened black ink; Scott #4125d; USPS
#678942; other details same as prior versions. Last prior version
issued 8/22/08 & sold for 42¢; medium size screened
"2008" date
in demi-bold font; large
microprinted
“Forever,” & base of bell is 16mm wide; Scott #4125b; USPS
#677741 double-sided pane of 20. Previously printed by AV, released
4/12/07
and sold for 41¢; "2007" date in small black screened font; had
large
microprinted
“Forever,” & bell is 16mm wide; Scott #4125; USPS
#676641 double-sided pane 20.
AIRMAILS
2009
79¢ Zion National Park (06/28/09)
- Canada & Mexico Rate -
Printed
by AP; Scott #C146; USPS #574740.
98¢ Grand Teton National
Park (06/28/09) - International Letter Rate
- Printed
by AV; Scott #C146; USPS #574640.