FORMATS FOR 2021 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 2021 White Ace album supplements. A separate compilation deals with the 2021 commemorative stamp issues. Please note that while the formats herein listed are believed to be accurate as of this date, we assume no responsibility for any changes made before publication of these albums.

REGULAR ISSUE ALBUMS

ADDITIONAL OUNCE (20¢) BRUSH RABBIT SHEET OF 20 (01/24/21)

 -Singles Simplified – 1 single from sheet or coil
 -Singles Complete – 1 single
 -Blocks – 1 block of 4
 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4

ADDITIONAL OUNCE (20¢) BRUSH RABBIT COIL OF 100 - 1 DESIGN (01/24/21)

 -Singles Simplified – see above
 -Singles Complete – 1 coil pair
 -Blocks – 1 coil pair
 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3

POSTCARD RATE (36¢) BARNS SHEET OF 20 (01/24/21)

 -Singles Simplified – 4 singles from sheet or coil
 -Singles Complete – 4 singles and 1 block of 4
 -Blocks – 1 block of 4
 -Plate Blocks – 2 plate blocks of 4 from top of sheet

POSTCARD RATE (36¢) BARNS COIL OF 100 - 4 DESIGNS (01/24/21)

 -Singles Simplified – see above
 -Singles Complete – 4 singles and 1 coil strip of 4
 -Blocks – 1 coil strip of 4
 -Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 8

$7.95 CASTILLO DE SAN MARCOS PRIORITY MAIL PANE OF 4 (01/24/21)

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

(55¢) GARDEN BEAUTY DOUBLE-SIDED CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (02/23/21)

 -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

NONMACHINEABLE SURCHARGE RATE (75¢) COLORADO HAIRSTREAK BUTTERFLY SHEET OF 20 (03/09/21)

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

(55¢) ESPRESSO DRINKS DOUBLE-SIDED CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (04/09/21)

 -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

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.

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 2021.

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).