FORMATS FOR 2024 ISSUES IN WHITE ACE REGULAR ISSUE SUPPLEMENTS
(July 2024)
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 2024 White Ace album supplements. A separate compilation deals with the 2024 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
$9.85 PILLARS OF CREATION PRIORITY MAIL PANE OF 4 (01/22/24)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4 (full sheet)
$30.45 COSMIC CLIFFS PRIORITY MAIL EXPRESS PANE OF 4 (01/22/24)
-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¢) RADIANT STAR COIL OF 3,000 & 10,000 - 1 DESIGN (02/19/24)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single
-Singles Complete – 1 coil pair
-Blocks – 1 coil pair
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3
NONDENOMINATED (68¢) GARDEN DELIGHTS DOUBLE-SIDED CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (03/16/24)
-Singles Simplified – 4 singles
-Singles Complete – 4 singles and a full pane of 20
-Blocks – 1 full pane of 20
-Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20
-Booklet Panes – 1 full booklet pane of 20
NONDENOMINATED (68¢) SAVE MANATEES DOUBLE-SIDED CONVERTIBLE BOOKLET OF 20 (03/27/24)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 full pane of 20
-Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20
-Booklet Panes – 1 full booklet pane of 20
$1.00 FLORAL GEOMETRY PANE OF 4 (04/26/24)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
NONDENOMINATED (68¢) U.S. FLAGS AP COIL OF 100 - 4 DESIGNS (06/14/24)
-Singles Simplified – 1 strip of 4 from any printer
-Singles Complete – 4 singles & 1 strip of 4
-Blocks – 1 strip of 4 from any printer
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 8
NONDENOMINATED (68¢) U.S. FLAGS BCA COIL OF 100 - 4 DESIGNS (06/14/24)
-Singles Simplified – see above
-Singles Complete – 4 singles & 1 strip of 4
-Blocks – see above
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 8
NONDENOMINATED (68¢) U.S. FLAGS COIL OF 3,000 & 10,000 - 4 DESIGNS (06/14/24)
-Singles Simplified – see above
-Singles Complete – 4 singles & 1 strip of 4
-Blocks – 1 strip of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 8
NONDENOMINATED (68¢) U.S. FLAGS CONVERTIBLE AP BOOKLET OF 20 - 4 DESIGNS (06/14/24)
-Singles Simplified – not included
-Singles Complete – not included
-Blocks – 1 full pane of 20 from either printer
-Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20
-Booklet Panes – 1 full booklet pane of 20
NONDENOMINATED (68¢) U.S. FLAGS CONVERTIBLE BCA BOOKLET OF 20 - 4 DESIGNS (06/14/24)
-Singles Simplified – not included
-Singles Complete – not included
-Blocks – see above
-Plate Blocks – 1 full pane of 20
-Booklet Panes – 1 full booklet pane of 20
1¢ PURPLE FRINGED TULIP SHEET OF 20 (07/18/24)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single from sheet or coil
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
1¢ PURPLE FRINGED TULIP COIL OF 10,000 - 1 DESIGN (07/18/24)
-Singles Simplified – see above
-Singles Complete – 1 coil pair
-Blocks – 1 coil pair
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3
2¢ YELLOW DAFFODILS SHEET OF 20 (07/18/24)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single from sheet or coil
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
2¢ YELLOW DAFFODILS COIL OF 10,000 - 1 DESIGN (07/18/24)
-Singles Simplified – see above
-Singles Complete – 1 coil pair
-Blocks – 1 coil pair
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3
3¢ RED PEONIES SHEET OF 20 (07/18/24)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single from sheet or coil
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
3¢ RED PEONIES COIL OF 10,000 - 1 DESIGN (07/18/24)
-Singles Simplified – see above
-Singles Complete – 1 coil pair
-Blocks – 1 coil pair
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3
5¢ RED TULIPS SHEET OF 20 (07/18/24)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single from sheet or coil
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
5¢ RED TULIPS COIL OF 10,000 - 1 DESIGN (07/18/24)
-Singles Simplified – see above
-Singles Complete – 1 coil pair
-Blocks – 1 coil pair
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3
10¢ POPPIES AND CONEFLOWERS SHEET OF 20 (07/18/24)
-Singles Simplified – 1 single from sheet or coil
-Singles Complete – 1 single
-Blocks – 1 block of 4
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate block of 4
10¢ POPPIES AND CONEFLOWERS COIL OF 10,000 - 1 DESIGN (07/18/24)
-Singles Simplified – see above
-Singles Complete – 1 coil pair
-Blocks – 1 coil pair
-Plate Blocks – 1 plate number strip of 3
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 Red Fox stamp, the Sailboats stamps and the U.S. Flags stamps. We have provided space for booklet singles and a coil pair for the School Bus and Tulip Blossoms stamps, as the designs are of different sizes.
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 two U.S. Flags Booklets are included in this album 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 2024.
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. Plate number strips of eight and a booklet pane for both printers are included in the Plate Blocks album.
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).
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July 29, 2024
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