FORMATS FOR 2015 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 2015 White Ace album supplements.

REGULAR ISSUE ALBUMS

$1 PATRIOTIC WAVES PANE OF 10 (01/12/15)

-Singles Simplified – 1 single

-Singles Complete – 1 single

-Blocks – 1 block of 4

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

$2 PATRIOTIC WAVES PANE OF 10 (01/30/15)

-Singles Simplified – 1 single

-Singles Complete – 1 single

-Blocks – 1 block of 4

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

70¢ VINTAGE TULIP 2 oz RATE WEDDING STAMP (02/14/15)

-Singles – 1 single

-Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 single

-Blocks – 1 block of 4

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

1¢ BOBCAT S.A. COIL OF 10,000 (02/21/15)

-Singles Simplified – not included

-Singles Complete – not included

-Blocks – not included

-Plate Blocks – not included

PRESORTED STANDARD (10¢) STARS & STRIPES COIL OF 3 DESIGNS (02/27/15)

-Singles Simplified – 1 strip of 3

-Singles Complete – 3 singles and 1 strip of 3

-Blocks – 1 strip of 3

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 6

NONDENOMINATED (49¢) WATER LILIES DOUBLE-SIDED CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 - 4 DESIGNS (03/20/15)

-Singles Simplified – 4 singles

-Singles Complete – 4 singles

-Blocks – 1 full pane of 20

-Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20

-Booklet Panes – 1 full pane of 20

NONDENOMINATED (49¢) FERNS SE-TENANT COIL OF 3,000 - 5 SE-TENANT DESIGNS (WITH 2015 DATE) (03/27/15)

-Singles Simplified – not included

-Singles Complete – 5 singles & 1 strip of 5

-Blocks – 1 strip of 5

-Plate Blocks – 1 strip of 5

NONDENOMINATED (49¢) FERNS SE-TENANT COIL OF 10,000 - 5 SE-TENANT DESIGNS (WITH 2014 DATE) (03/27/15)

-Singles Simplified – not included

-Singles Complete – not included

-Blocks – not included

-Plate Blocks – not included

ADDITIONAL OUNCE RATE (22¢) EMPEROR PENGUINS SHEET OF 20 STAMPS (06/01/15)

-Singles Simplified – 1 single

-Singles Complete – 1 single

-Blocks – 1 block of 4

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

ADDITIONAL OUNCE RATE (22¢) EMPEROR PENGUINS COIL OF 100 SUBJECTS (06/01/15)

-Singles Simplified – not included

-Singles Complete – 1 pair

-Blocks – 1 coil pair

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3

POSTCARD RATE (35¢) COASTAL BIRDS SHEET OF 20 STAMPS - 4 SE-TENANT DESIGNS (06/01/15)

-Singles Simplified – 1 single

-Singles Complete – 1 single & 1 block of 4

-Blocks – 1 block of 4

-Plate Blocks – 2 plate blocks of 4 - 1 upper & 1 lower

POSTCARD RATE (35¢) COASTAL BIRDS COIL OF 100 - 4 SE-TENANT DESIGNS (06/01/15)

-Singles Simplified – not included

-Singles Complete – 4 singles & 1 strip of 4

-Blocks – 1 coil strip of 4

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 8

NON-MACHINABLE SURCHARGE RATE (71¢) EASTERN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL (06/01/15)

-Singles Simplified – 1 single

-Singles Complete – 1 single

-Blocks – 1 block of 4

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

TWO OUNCE RATE (71¢) WEDDING CAKE STAMP (06/01/15)

-Singles – 1 single

-Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 single

-Blocks – 1 block of 4

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

TWO OUNCE RATE (71¢) YES I DO WEDDINGS SERIES STAMP (06/01/15)

-Singles – 1 single

-Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 single

-Blocks – 1 block of 4

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

TWO OUNCE RATE (71¢) VINTAGE TULIP STAMP (06/01/15)

-Singles – 1 single

-Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 single

-Blocks – 1 block of 4

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

NONDENOMINATED (49¢) SUMMER HARVEST DOUBLE-SIDED CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 - 4 DESIGNS (07/11/15)

-Singles Simplified – 4 singles

-Singles Complete – 4 singles

-Blocks – 1 full pane of 20

-Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20

-Booklet Panes – 1 full pane of 20

NONDENOMINATED (25¢) SPECTRUM EAGLE SE-TENANT COIL OF 10,000 - 6 SE-TENANT DESIGNS (09/02/15)

-Singles Simplified – not included

-Singles Complete – 6 singles & 1 coil strip of 6

-Blocks – 1 coil strip of 6

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 6 (normally would show 12 stamps, but won't fit).

NONDENOMINATED (49¢) PURPLE HEART MEDAL - SSP PRINTING - (October 2015) (re-issue of 2012 stamp)

-Singles – not included

-Singles SIMPLIFIED – 1 single

-Blocks – 1 block of 4

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

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 two Ferns coils 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 many 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).

Several stamps released in 2014 are re-issues of previous designs. The 4¢ Chippendale Chair was first printed in 2004 by Ashton Potter in self-adhesive sheet of 20 format. It was re-issued as a gummed coil in 2007 printed by Sennett Security Products. The 2014 gummed coil was printed by Ashton Potter and the most obvious difference is the greater width of the dark brown frame surrounding the outside design. There are additionally slight differences in the size of the type and other design elements and slight color differences. Thus, we will include this in all of our regular issue supplements except Regular Singles Simplified.

Another re-issue is the Purple Heart Medal stamp printed by CCL Label and released in October 2014. This replaces a Purple Heart Medal stamp issued in September 2012 printed by Avery Dennison. Ordinarily, when the printer of a stamp changes it is expected that there will be detectible differences in the new issue. In this case, there are none as the stamps were printed in the same plant and on the same press as the 2012 version. The explanation for this is that the printing plant was sold to CCL Label by Avery Dennison in early 2014. Accordingly, we will omit the 2014 Purple Heart Medal from all of our 2014 regular issue pages.

The third 2014 re-issue is the SSP printed Flag for All Seasons booklet pane released March 17, 2014. The SSP printed Flag for All Seasons booklet pane released May 17, 2013, was printed on the same press (Alprinta, 74 at Browns Summit, NC) as the new pane, and differs only in the date on the stamps and the plate number. For this reason the 2014 pane will not be shown in any of the 2014 White Ace supplements.

Our last Airmail supplements for Singles, Blocks and Plate Blocks were published in 2010, and included the last of these issues through 2009. No airmails were issued in 2010; one was issued in 2011, and only two airmail stamps were issued in 2012. As we require five or six stamps to fill a singles page, we did not have a sufficient number of such issues to release Air Mail Supplements in 2013. In as much as it appears that airmail has become an obsolete postage class, we will publish final airmail supplements for each of those album series in 2015.

One Distinguished Americans Series stamp was released in 2014. Previously one stamp of this series were issued in each of the years 2012, 2011 and 2009. Our last supplement contained all such issues through 2008. As four Distinguished Americans issues are sufficient to fill a singles page, a supplement for this specialty will be released in 2015.