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.