FORMATS FOR 2017 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 2017 White Ace album supplements.

REGULAR ISSUE ALBUMS

$6.65 LILIUOKALANI GARDENS PRIORITY MAIL PANE OF 4 (01/22/17)

-Singles Simplified – 1 single

-Singles Complete – 1 single

-Blocks – 1 block of 4

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4(full sheet)

$23.75 GATEWAY ARCH PRIORITY MAIL EXPRESS PANE OF 4 (01/22/17)

-Singles Simplified – 1 single

-Singles Complete – 1 single

-Blocks – 1 block of 4

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4 (full sheet)

NONDENOMINATED (49¢) US FLAG BOOKLET OF 10 - 1 DESIGN (01/27/17)

-Singles Simplified – 1 single from any sheet, booklet or coil of this flag design

-Singles Complete – not included

-Blocks – 1 full pane of 10

-Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 10

-Booklet Panes – 1 full pane of 10

NONDENOMINATED (49¢) US FLAG CONVERTIBLE AP BOOKLET OF 20 - 1 DESIGN (01/27/17)

-Singles Simplified – see above

-Singles Complete – not included

-Blocks – 1 full pane of 20

-Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20

-Booklet Panes – 1 full pane of 20

NONDENOMINATED (49¢) US FLAG CONVERTIBLE BCA BOOKLET OF 20 - 1 DESIGN (01/27/17)

-Singles Simplified – see above

-Singles Complete – not included

-Blocks – 1 full pane of 20

-Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20

-Booklet Panes – 1 full pane of 20

NONDENOMINATED (49¢) US FLAG ATM PANE OF 18 - 1 DESIGN (01/27/17)

-Singles Simplified – see above

-Singles Complete – not included

-Blocks – 1 full pane of 18

-Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 18

-Booklet Panes – 1 full pane of 18

NONDENOMINATED (49¢) US FLAG AP COIL OF 100 - 1 DESIGN (01/27/17)

-Singles Simplified – see above

-Singles Complete – 1 coil pair

-Blocks – 1 coil pair

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3

NONDENOMINATED (49¢) US FLAG BCA COIL OF 100 - 1 DESIGN (01/27/17)

-Singles Simplified – see above

-Singles Complete – 1 coil pair

-Blocks – 1 coil pair

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3

(34¢) SEASHELLS SHEET OF 20 STAMPS - 4 DESIGNS (01/28/17)

-Singles Simplified – 4 sheet or coil singles

-Singles Complete – 4 singles & strip of 4

-Blocks – 1 block of 6

-Plate Blocks – 2 plate number blocks of 6 (UL & LR) or (LL & UR)

(34¢) SEASHELLS COIL OF 100 STAMPS - 4 DESIGNS (01/28/17)

-Singles Simplified – see above

-Singles Complete – 4 singles & strip of 4

-Blocks – 1 strip of 4

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 8

NONDENOMINATED (5¢) USA STAR NON-PROFIT S.A. COIL OF 3,000 & 10,000 (02/10/17)

-Singles Simplified – 1 single

-Singles Complete – 1 pair

-Blocks – 1 pair

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3

(21¢) UNCLE SAM'S HAT ADDITIONAL OUNCE-RATE SHEET OF 20 STAMPS (02/18/17)

-Singles Simplified – 1 single

-Singles Complete – 1 single

-Blocks – 1 block of 4

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

5¢ GRAPES SHEET OF 20 STAMPS (02/24/17)

-Singles Simplified – not included

-Singles Complete – 1 single

-Blocks – 1 block of 4

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

10¢ RED PEARS SHEET OF 20 STAMPS (03/23/17)

-Singles Simplified – not included

-Singles Complete – 1 single

-Blocks – 1 block of 4

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

NONDENOMINATED (70¢) ROBERT PANARA - DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS SERIES SHEET STAMP (04/11/17)

-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 and 1 block or plate block of 4

NONDENOMINATED ($1.15) GREEN SUCCULENT (ECHEVERIA) GLOBAL FOREVER STAMP (04/28/17)

-Singles Simplified – 1 single

-Singles Complete – 1 single

-Blocks – 1 block of 4

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

NONDENOMINATED (70¢) CORSAGE (05/02/17)

-Singles Simplified – 1 single

-Singles Complete – 1 single

-Blocks – 1 block of 4

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

3¢ STRAWBERRIES COIL OF 10,000 (05/05/17)

-Singles Simplified – 1 single

-Singles Complete – 1 pair

-Blocks – 1 pair

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3

NONDENOMINATED (49¢) FLOWERS FROM THE GARDEN DOUBLE-SIDED CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 - 4 DESIGNS (08/16/17)

-Singles Simplified – 4 sheet or coil singles

-Singles Complete – 4 booklet singles & 1 full booklet pane

-Blocks – 1 full pane of 20

-Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20

-Booklet Panes – 1 full pane of 20

NONDENOMINATED (49¢) FLOWERS FROM THE GARDEN COIL OF 3000 & 10000 - 4 DESIGNS (08/16/17)

-Singles Simplified – see above

-Singles Complete – 4 singles & 1 coil strip of 4

-Blocks – 1 coil strip of 4

-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number coil strip of 8

In our Regular Singles Simplified pages we show each face different design only once. In this Format Guide, we indicate that we will show only one example of the non-denominated 49¢ US Flag stamp and one each of the non-denominated 34¢ seashells stamps. Additionally, because the 5¢ Grapes and 10¢ Red Pears sheet stamps are not face different from the 2016 versions of these stamps we will omit them from the 2017 Regular Singles Simplified supplement. The Nondenominated 5¢ USA Star coil is similar the 2016 USA star stamp, but has reduced type and an added blue border making it face different and inclusion in our 2017 pages.

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 (and only then). Where we show booklet stamps, the full pane will be shown if it contains se-tenant designs. For this reason no full panes of the four US Flag Booklets are included in this album supplement.

The Flowers from the Garden Booklet Pane is another matter. On examination, one can see that the Flowers Booklet stamp design images are larger than the Flowers Coil stamps and thus they have no equivalent sheet or coil versions. For this reason the Flowers from the Garden Booklet stamps will be included in the 2017 Regular Singles Complete supplement.

We do however have a strong conviction that booklet stamps should be collected as unbroken panes. Thus, for the collector who wishes to properly collect booklet stamps that are not included in the Regular Singles Complete pages, 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 such a case, the new variety is almost certainly included in all White Ace albums except Regular Singles Simplified. There were no such reprint issues in 2017.

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, in our Regular Plate Blocks pages, 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 Seashells and Flowers from the Garden coils we call for a plate strips of 4 with the plate number on the second 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).

It would seem to us and probably to many other collectors, that the Corsage stamp should have been placed in our Commemorative pages. However, in the last few years we have placed similar issues in our Regular Issue pages because the Postal Service classified them as "mail use," which is their euphemism for a definitive.