Formats of Regular Issues in 2020 White Ace Supplements

FORMATS FOR 2020 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 2020 White Ace album supplements. A separate compilation deals with the 2020 commemorative stamp issues.

REGULAR ISSUE ALBUMS

$7.75 BIG BEND PRIORITY MAIL PANE OF 4 (01/18/20)

-Singles Simplified – 1 single
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4 (full sheet)

$26.35 GRAND ISLAND ICE CAVES PRIORITY MAIL EXPRESS PANE OF 4 (01/18/20)

-Singles Simplified – 1 single
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4 (full sheet)

PRESORTED RATE (10¢) STAR COIL OF 3,000 & 10,000 - 1 DESIGN (02/03/20)

-Singles Simplified – 1 single
-Singles Complete – 1 pair
-Blocks – 1 pair
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3

NONDENOMINATED (55¢) WILD ORCHIDS DOUBLE-SIDED CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (02/21/20)

-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¢) WILD ORCHIDS COIL OF 3,000 & 10,000 - 10 DESIGNS (02/21/20)

-Singles Simplified – see above
-Singles Complete – 10 singles and 1 strip of 10
-Blocks – 1 coil strip of 10
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 10

NONDENOMINATED (55¢) EARTH DAY DOUBLE-SIDED CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (04/18/20)

-Singles Simplified – 1 single
-Singles Complete – 1 pair
-Blocks – 1 full pane of 20
-Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20

GLOBAL RATE ($1.20) CHRYSANTHEMUM SHEET OF 10 (04/24/20)

-Singles Simplified – 1 single
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

NONDENOMINATED (55¢) FRUITS AND VEGETABLES DOUBLE-SIDED CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (07/17/20)

NONDENOMINATED (55¢) THANK YOU SHEET OF 20 (08/21/20)

-Singles Simplified – 4 singles
-Singles Complete – 4 singles & 1 block of 4
-Blocks – 1 full pane of 20
-Plate Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Booklet Panes – 2 plate blocks of 4 and 2 plate blocks of 6

NONDENOMINATED (55¢) WINTER SCENES DOUBLE-SIDED CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (10/16/20)

In our Regular Singles Simplified pages we show each different face design only once. In this Format Guide, we indicate that we will show only one example each of the non-denominated 55¢ Wild Orchids 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.

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 2020.

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).