FORMATS FOR 2019 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 2019 White Ace album supplements. A separate compilation deals with the 2019 commemorative stamp issues.
REGULAR ISSUE ALBUMS
ADDITIONAL OUNCE (15¢) UNCLE SAM'S HAT COIL OF 100 - 1 DESIGN (01/27/19)
-Singles Simplified – not included
-Singles Complete – 1 pair
-Blocks – 1 pair
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate strip of 3
NONMACHINEABLE SURCHARGE RATE (70¢) CALIFORNIA DOGFACE BUTTERFLY SHEET OF 20 (01/27/19)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
$7.35 JOSHUA TREE PRIORITY MAIL PANE OF 4 (01/27/19)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4 (full sheet)
$25.50 BETHESDA FOUNTAIN PRIORITY MAIL EXPRESS PANE OF 4 (01/27/19)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4 (full sheet)
NONDENOMINATED (55¢) US FLAG AP CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 - 1 DESIGN (02/09/19)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single from any booklet or coil of this flag design -
-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 (55¢) US FLAG BCA CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 - 1 DESIGN (02/09/19)
-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 (55¢) US FLAG AP COIL OF 100 - 1 DESIGN (02/09/19)
-Singles Simplified – see above
-Singles Complete – 1 coil pair
-Blocks – 1 coil pair
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3
NONDENOMINATED (55¢) US FLAG BCA COIL OF 100 - 1 DESIGN (02/09/19)
-Singles Simplified – see above
-Singles Complete – 1 coil pair
-Blocks – 1 coil pair
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3
NONDENOMINATED (55¢) CACTUS FLOWERS DOUBLE-SIDED CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (02/15/19)
-Singles Simplified – 10 singles
-Singles Complete – 10 singles & 1 full pane of 20
-Blocks – 1 full pane of 20
-Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20
-Booklet Panes – 1 full pane of 20
NONDENOMINATED (55¢) STAR RIBBON SHEET OF 20 - 1 DESIGN (03/22/19)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single from any sheet or coil of this design
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
NONDENOMINATED (55¢) STAR RIBBON COIL OF 3,000 & 10,000 - 1 DESIGN (03/22/19)
-Singles Simplified – see above
-Singles Complete – 1 coil pair
-Blocks – 1 coil pair
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3
NONDENOMINATED (55¢) CORAL REEFS SHEET OF 20 - 4 DESIGN (03/29/19)
-Singles Simplified – 4 singles from any sheet or coil of this design
-Singles Complete – 4 singles and a (horizontal) strip of 4
-Blocks – 1 (horizontal) strip of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 8
NONDENOMINATED (55¢) CORAL REEFS COIL OF 100 - 4 DESIGN (03/29/19)
-Singles Simplified – see above
-Singles Complete – 4 singles and a strip of 4
-Blocks – 1 strip of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 8
NONDENOMINATED (55¢) FROGS DOUBLE-SIDED CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (07/09/19)
-Singles Simplified – 4 singles
-Singles Complete – 4 singles & 1 full pane of 20
-Blocks – 1 full pane of 20
-Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20
-Booklet Panes – 1 full pane of 20
NONDENOMINATED (55¢) MILITARY WORKING DOGS DOUBLE-SIDED CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (08/01/19)
-Singles Simplified – 4 singles
-Singles Complete – 4 singles & 1 block of 4
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Booklet Panes – 1 divided pane of 20
NONDENOMINATED (55¢) WINTER BERRIES DOUBLE-SIDED CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (09/17/19)
-Singles Simplified – 4 singles
-Singles Complete – 4 singles & 1 full pane of 20
-Blocks – 1 full pane of 20
-Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20
-Booklet Panes – 1 full pane of 20
NONDENOMINATED (55¢) PURPLE HEART MEDAL SHEET OF 20 (10/04/19)
-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 show each face different design only once. In this Format Guide, we indicate that we will show only one example each of the non-denominated 20¢ Brush Rabbit stamp and the non-denominated 36¢ Barns stamps.
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. An exception had to be made for the 2019 Military Working Dogs issue, as the booklet was too large to include.
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. Uncle Sam's Hat is such a reprint issue in 2019.
For se-tenant coil stamps we have always shown a strip containing two sets of the stamp designs in sequence (space permitting), with the plate number on the last stamp of the first set of stamps in the sequence.
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).