FORMATS FOR 2012 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 2012 White Ace album supplements. A separate compilation deals with the 2012 commemorative stamp issues.
REGULAR ISSUE ALBUMS
25¢ SPECTRUM SE-TENANT COIL OF 6 DESIGNS - 3000
& 10000 SUBJECTS (01/03/12)
-Singles Simplified – 1 se-tenant strip
of 6
-Singles Complete – 6 singles & 1
strip of 6
-Blocks – 1 strip of 6
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of
6
32¢ ALOHA SHIRTS SE-TENANT SHEET OF 5 DESIGNS
(01/19/12)
-Singles Simplified – 1 se-tenant strip
of 5 in either sheet or coil format
-Singles Complete – 5 singles & 1
strip of 5
-Blocks – 1 block of 6
-Plate Blocks – 3 plate blocks of 6 - UR,
LL & either UL or LR
32¢ ALOHA SHIRTS SE-TENANT COIL OF 5
DESIGNS - 100 SUBJECTS (01/19/12)
-Singles Simplified – see above
-Singles Complete – 5 singles & 1
strip of 5
-Blocks – 1 coil strip of 5
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of
10
45¢ WEATHER VANES SE-TENANT COIL OF 5 DESIGNS -
3000 & 10000 SUBJECTS (01/20/12)
-Singles Simplified – 1 strip of 5
-Singles Complete – 5 singles & 1
strip of 5
-Blocks – 1 strip of 5
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of
10
65¢ BALTIMORE CHECKERSPOT SHEET OF 20 (01/20/12)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
65¢ DOGS AT WORK SHEET OF 20 (01/20/12)
-Singles Simplified – block of 4
-Singles Complete – 4 singles &
block of 4
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
85¢ BIRDS OF PREY SE-TENANT SHEET
OF 5 DESIGNS (01/20/12)
-Singles Simplified – 1 strip of 5
-Singles Complete – 5 singles & 1
strip of 5
-Blocks – 1 block of 6
-Plate Blocks – 3 plate blocks of 6 - UR,
LL & either UL or LR
65¢ WEDDING CAKE (01/20/12)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
45¢ FOUR FLAGS COIL OF 100 - AP PRINTING
(02/22/12)
-Singles Simplified – 1 strip of 4 from
any printer
-Singles Complete – 4 singles & 1
strip of 4
-Blocks – 1 strip of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 8
45¢ FOUR FLAGS COIL OF 100 - AV PRINTING (02/22/12)
-Singles Simplified – see above
-Singles Complete – 4 singles & 1
strip of 4
-Blocks – 1 strip of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 8
45¢ FOUR FLAGS COIL OF 100 - SSP PRINTING
(02/22/12)
-Singles Simplified – see above
-Singles Complete – 4 singles & 1
strip of 4
-Blocks – 1 strip of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 4
45¢ FOUR FLAGS CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 - AP
PRINTING (02/22/12)
-Singles Simplified – not included
-Singles Complete – not included
-Blocks – 1 full pane of 20
-Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20
-Booklet Panes – 1 full pane of 20
45¢ FOUR FLAGS CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 - SSP
PRINTING (02/22/12)
-Singles Simplified – not included
-Singles Complete – not included
-Blocks – 1 full pane of 20
-Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20
-Booklet Panes – 1 full pane of 20
$5.15 SUNSHINE SKYWAY BRIDGE PRIORITY MAIL
(02/28/12)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
$18.95 CARMEL MISSION EXPRESS MAIL (02/28/12)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
(45¢) JOSE FERRER (04/26/12)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
-Distinguished Americans Series – 1
single & 1 block or plate block
1¢ BOBCAT S.A. COIL OF 3000 (06/01/12)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single
-Singles Complete – 1 pair
-Blocks – 1 pair
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3
45¢ FOUR FLAGS CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 10 - AV
PRINTING (06/01/12)
-Singles Simplified – not included
-Singles Complete – not included
-Blocks – 1 full pane of 10
-Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 10
-Booklet Panes – 1 full pane of 10
32¢ ALOHA SHIRTS CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 10 - AP
PRINTING (06/02/12)
-Singles Simplified – not included
-Singles Complete – not included
-Blocks – 1 full pane of 10
-Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 10
-Booklet Panes – 1 full pane of 10
(32¢) PURPLE HEART (09/04/12)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
45¢ FOUR FLAGS ATM PANE OF 18 - (09/22/12)
-Singles Simplified – not included
-Singles Complete – not included
-Blocks – 1 full pane of 18
-Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 18
-Booklet Panes – 1 full pane of 18
$1 WAVES OF COLOR SHEET OF 10 (12/01/12)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
$2 WAVES OF COLOR SHEET OF 10 (12/01/12)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
$5 WAVES OF COLOR SHEET OF 10 (12/01/12)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
$10 WAVES OF COLOR SHEET OF 10 (12/01/12)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
AIR MAIL ALBUMS
85¢ GLACIER NATIONAL PARK (01/19/12)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
$1.05 LANCASTER COUNTY, PA (01/20/12)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-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.
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.
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 unambiguous.
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).
For se-tenant coil stamps we have always shown a strip
containing two sets of the stamp designs in sequence, with the
plate number on the last stamp of the first set of stamps in the
sequence. Thus, for the Aloha Shirts coil we call for a plate
strip of 10 with the plate number on the fifth stamp from the
left. This arrangement is consistent with our treatment of several
previously issued se-tenant coils (for example, the 2008
tropical fruit coil, 2008 Flags coil, 2007 Beautiful Blooms coil,
2006 Crops coil, 2004 Eagle coil and the 1999 fruit berries coil).
Our last Airmail supplements for Singles, Blocks and Plate Blocks
were published in 2010, and included the last of these issues
through 2009. Only two airmail stamps were issued in 2012, one
airmail stamp was issued in 2011, and none in 2010. As we require
five or six to fill a singles page, we do not have a sufficient
number of such issues to release Air Mail Supplements in 2013.
One Distinguished Americans Series stamp was released in 2012, one
in 2011 and one in 2009. Our last supplement contained all such
issues through 2008. As we require four Distinguished Americans
issues to fill a singles page, no supplement for this specialty
will be released in 2013.