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FORMATS FOR 2014 ISSUES IN WHITE ACE COMMEMORATIVE SUPPLEMENTS

This compilation is being published to assist in collecting currently available issues in advance of publication of the 2014 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 2014 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 SNAKE (01/15/14)

 -Singles – 1 single

 -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 single

 -Blocks – 1 block of 4

 -Plate Blocks – 1 full sheet of 12 (there are no plate numbers)

 -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 full sheet of 12 (there are no plate numbers)

CUT PAPER HEART (01/21/14)

 -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

SHIRLEY CHISHOLM (01/31/14)

 -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

WINTER FLOWERS CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (02/14/14)

 -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

 -Booklet Panes – 1 full booklet pane of 20

JIMI HENDRIX (03/13/14)

 -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)

SONGBIRDS CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (04/05/14)

 -Singles – 10 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

 -Booklet Panes – 1 full booklet pane of 20

CHARLTON HESTON (04/11/14)

 -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

WHERE DREAMS BLOSSOM (05/02/14) (re-issue of 2013 stamp)

 -Singles – not included

 -Singles SIMPLIFIED – not included

 -Blocks – not included

 -Plate Blocks – not included

 -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – not included

VINTAGE CIRCUS POSTERS (05/05/14)

 -Singles – 8 singles & block of 8

 -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 block of 8

 -Blocks – 1 block of 8

 -Plate Blocks – 1 full sheet of 16 (there are no plate numbers)

 -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 full sheet of 16 (there are no plate numbers)

HARVEY MILK (05/22/14)

 -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

NEVADA STATEHOOD (05/29/14)

 -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

HOT RODS CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (06/06/14)

 -Singles – 2 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

 -Booklet Panes – 1 full booklet pane of 20

MEDAL OF HONOR:  KOREAN WAR (07/26/14)

 -Singles – 2 singles, 1 pair & 1 full pane souvenir sheet of 2 (with photos around the stamps)

 -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 full pane souvenir sheet of 2 (with photos around the stamps

 -Blocks – 1 block of 4 & 1 full pane souvenir sheet of 2 (with photos around the stamps)

 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4 & 1 full pane souvenir sheet of 2 (with photos around the stamps)

 -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 plate block of 4

 

CIVIL WAR: 1864 (07/30/14)

 -Singles – 2 singles, 1 pair & 1 souvenir sheet

 -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 souvenir sheet

 -Blocks – 1 block of 4 & 1 souvenir sheet

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

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

FARMERS MARKETS  (02/14/14)

 -Singles – 4 singles and 1 strip of 4

 -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 strip of 4

 -Blocks – 1 block of 8

 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 8

 -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 plate block of 8

JANIS JOPLIN (08/08/14)

 -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)

HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (08/21/14)

 -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

 -Booklet Panes – 1 full booklet pane of 20

CHRISTMAS POINSETTIA CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (08/21/14) (reissue of 2013 stamp)

 -Singles – not included

 -Singles SIMPLIFIED – not included

 -Blocks – not included

 -Plate Blocks – not included

 -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – not included

 -Booklet panes – not included

WAR OF 1812 - FORT McHENRY (09/13/14)

 -Singles – 1 single & full sheet

 -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 single

 -Blocks – 1 block of 4 & 1 full sheet

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

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

CELEBRITY CHEFS (09/26/14)

 -Singles – 5 singles & 1 strip of 5

 -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 strip of 5

 -Blocks – 1 horizontal block of 10

 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 10 from bottom of sheet

 -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 plate block of 10 from bottom of sheet

BREAST CANCER RESEARCH (09/30/14) (re-issue of 1998 stanp)

 -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

BATMAN (10/09/14)

 -Singles – 8 singles, vertical strip of 4 & full sheet of 20

 -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 4 singles & vertical strip of 4

 -Blocks – 1 block of 8 & 1 full sheet of 20

 -Plate Blocks – 1 full sheet of 20 (there are no plate numbers)

 -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 full sheet of 20 (there are no plate numbers)

SILVER BELLS CHRISTMAS WREATH GLOBAL FOREVER STAMP (10/23/14)

 -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

WINTER FUN CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (10/23/14)

 -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

 -Booklet Panes – 1 full booklet pane of 20

WINTER FUN ATM PANE OF 18 (10/23/14)

 -Singles – 4 singles and 1 full ATM pane of 18

 -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 full ATM pane of 18

 -Blocks – 1 full ATM pane of 18

 -Plate Blocks – 1 full ATM pane of 18

 -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 full ATM pane of 18

 -Booklet Panes – 1 full ATM pane of 18

RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (10/23/14)

 -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

 -Booklet Panes – 1 full booklet pane of 20

CHRISTMAS MAGI CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (10/11/13)

 -Singles – 1 single

 -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 single

 -Blocks – 1 full pane of 20

 -Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20

 -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 full pane of 20

 -Booklet panes – 1 full pane of 20

WILT CHAMBERLAIN (12/10/14)

 -Singles – 2 singles, 1 pair & 1 full sheet

 -Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 pair

 -Blocks – 1 block of 4 & 1 full sheet sheet

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

 -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – 1 plate block of 4

$2 Circus Souvenir Sheet (12/10/14)

 -Singles – not included

 -Singles SIMPLIFIED – not included

 -Blocks – not included

 -Plate Blocks – not included

 -Plate Blocks SIMPLIFIED – not included

 

 


Many of the 2014 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.

The Civil War sheet has relatively unusual layout, but is similar to Jamestown Settlement (2007). There is one stamp of each of the sheet's two stamp designs on one side—which  we categorize as a souvenir sheet. The remaining ten stamps are in se-tenant format on the other side.  Accordingly, in our Singles Complete pages we show two different singles, a se-tenant pair and a full souvenir sheet—which is the same as we treated the previous issues of this series in 2011, 2012 and 2013. 

Similar reasoning applies to the Medal of Honor: Korean War issue.  In this case we regard the side with the pair surrounded by photos to be a souvenir sheet, which we show as a full pane in all supplements except Plate Blocks Simplified.  In the Singles Complete pages we additionally show each single and a se-tenant pair as we do for any such souvenir sheet.  As the other page of the folder consists of 16 stamps with plate numbers at the bottom left and right, we will show additionally a conventional plate block of 4 in our plate block pages. This layout is the same as for Medal of Honor: World War II issued in 2013.

As most users of White Ace Commemorative pages are aware, we showed 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 albums 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 2014 pages, we will follow this pattern by including a full sheet of the Charlton Heston and Wilt Chamberlain issues in all but the Singles Simplified and Plate Blocks Simplified pages.

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).

Sometimes, issues having souvenir sheet or booklet format have either no plate number, or have plate numbers on the back of the pane. Our practice has been, and continues to be, to include examples of such issues in our plate block pages as souvenir sheets. Issues of this sort for 2014 are Lunar New Year, Jimi Hendrix, Vintage Circus Posters, Civil War, Janice Joplin, War of 1812 and Batman.

In recent years it has become increasingly difficult to distinguish between commemoratives and definitives. Sometimes the USPS makes the designation in the Postal Bulletin and sometimes not.  The Wikipedia entries for Definitive Stamp and Commemorative Stamp are instructive.  Commemoratives are issued to celebrate some event, person or cultural feature and are usually not reprinted when sold out.  Definitives are intended to satisfy a particular postal rate or be used in conjunction with other stamps to pay postage for a period of time and are reprinted when inventory is depleted.  In addition to these categories, the USPS issues "special" stamps such as love and greeting stamps, which we include in our commemorative pages.  The difficulty with these definitions is that definitives can often be regarded as "commemorating" the image they bear, commemoratives are not restricted to the first class one ounce rate and at the time of the first printing even the USPS may not know if it will reprint an issue when it is depleted.    

In 2012, the USPS advised that its 65¢ Wedding Cake stamp was a definitive.  Likewise, the 2013 66¢ Wedding Cake and 66¢ Yes I Do stamps were declared to be definitives.  In 2014, the Postal Bulletin announcements for the 70¢ Wedding Cake and 70¢ Yes I Do stamps the USPS indicates that these are definitives.  While our instinct is to regard these as "special" stamps, we will never-the-less accept the USPS's judgment and place these in our Regular Issue pages. 

By definition, commemorative stamps are seldom reprinted.  "Special" stamps are often reprinted, and usually without any change that would indicate that they had been re-run.  In 2014, the Where Dreams Blossom, Christmas Poinsettia Convertible Booklet of 20 and Breast Cancer Research stamps were re-issued.  In all three cases, the date in the margin of the stamp was changed to 2014 and printed in a new location.  No other changes were made to the the first two of these, so we will not include them in our commemorative pages.  The Breast Cancer stamp has visibly different color tones, the image is about 5% smaller and it was printed by a different printer.  For this reason we will include it in all of our commemorative pages.

Global Forever stamps are a new category, and the third such issue, the Sea Surface Temperatures stamp issued in April, is clearly a definitive which will be reprinted as necessary until it is replaced by a new design.  However, the Christmas Silver Bells Wreath Global Forever stamp would seem to be a one time holiday design and like the 2013 Christmas Wreath, the USPS would be expected to replace it with a new design in the next holiday season.  For this reason we are guessing this is a commemorative and including it in all of our commemorative supplements.

As the last issue of 2014, the USPS issued a $2 souvenir sheet containing a single $1 Circus Poster stamp and two 50¢ Circus Wagon stamps.  However, this adhesive can only be obtained by purchasing the USPS 2014 Stamp Yearbook.  For this reason, it will not be included in any of our 2014 commemorative pages. 

What the USPS began in 2010 and has continued since, is that copyright markings are either absent or on the back of the sheet for every issue. Because there are no copyright markings on the face of any pane, there will  be no Copyright Singles or Copyright Blocks album pages for 2012.

For other issues for which our format may be puzzling, we direct the interested collector examine our format guides posted on-line for prior issues of similar configuration which may be a precedent.


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