Preface

The first 3 pages of the Regular Issues album are shown below. I start out with a Preface and Introduction that describes the collecting philosophy, provide an example of an 1836 stampless cover from Greensburgh to Franklin County, Kentucky, and then provide examples of a Postmaster's Provisional, Carrier Stamp, Local Delivery Stamp, and Independant Mail Route Stamp.

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Regular Issues - 1847-1980

Highlights

See philosophy for details on what is, and what is not, included. All se-tenant blocks and coil strips are in Scott Number Order (SNO). Many times when the blocks and singles are both shown on a White Ace page, the singles are not in SNO, but I didn't both correcting those pages. It is sufficient that the block itself is in SNO. I generally tried to get a Plate Number Coil (PNC) strip in SNO for coils.

Second Bureau

This is, without a doubt, the single most difficult era to define what belongs in the collection according to the philosophy. There were a few test marketed coils and a few sheets of 4c stamps sent imperforate to Schermack for a very limited use (314A). It was a painful decision to exclude the experimental government coils of the Second Bureau.

Third Bureau

Although with the Second Bureau it was hard to define what belonged in the collection according to the philosophy, the Third Bureau was also a challenge because of the sheer volume of catalog numbers. Click here for link to spreadsheet I used for Third Bureau .

• Kansas City Roulettes were imperforate sheets of #408 and #409 rouletted (scored with dashed lines) to make the stamps more salable in the Kansas City Post Office. Although difficult to categorize, they don't warrant inclusion because:
  • If they are considered imperforates, there are already examples of these issues imperforate (481 and 482) on page 11a.
  • If they are considered perforation variations, there are already examples of these issues perforated (498 and 499) on page 10.
  • If they are considered a third-party perforation - those are excluded from this collection anyway.
    
  But I do have to admit that this could go either way and I plan to put BOTH of those in by Beyond BOB album so I will have them if I change my mind!
  
  
• #505 (5c red error - perf 11) is included because it fits the collection philosophy. #467 (perf 10) isn't needed because it's a perforation variety. #485 is an imperforate of the 5c red error, but is not included in this collection because it's the plate error being documented, not the perf/imperf variations.

Missing

The only stamp missing from the definitive section is:

• #356

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Regular Issues - 1981 - 2004

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Regular Issues - 2005 - present

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