Any information on White Ace albums

[crazyquilter]

I have been looking for a USA album for my Niece's 9 year old son. When I was looking on an auction site that a seller had pages for US White Ace commemorative 1983-87. Just curious if this would be a good way to start for a young collector. Did they make world wide pages? Any info or thoughts would be wonderful..

[I.M. DeBear]

crazyquilter, Will he be filling the spaces, or collecting whatever appeals to him?

[crazyquilter]

Jun 15, 2023 14:59:55 GMT -5 I.M. DeBear said:

crazyquilter , Will he be filling the spaces, or collecting whatever appeals to him?

Thanks I.M. DeBear, I told Conner he can collect what he likes just like his Mom did. He wants to have printed pages and a stockbook for Worldwide animals, dino, and cars.

[khj]

Most White Ace is out of print, so you will not be able to get anything current except for US. The White Ace album pages are considered to be some of the most beautiful (most pages I've seen are in color except for the stamp illustrations), and a lot of collectors (who aren't stuck on drab gray like me) really like White Ace pages. They primarily cover US and US areas (such as Trust Territories...)

The drawbacks -- most out of print except for probably US, the annual supplements are more expensive than most, no WW pages but they do have blank pages.

I don't think I have any US pages that go past the 1980s/1990s, so probably not useful for your niece's son.

[khj]

Also, note that White Ace separates commemorative pages from regular issue pages in their packaging.

[I.M. DeBear]

crazyquilter, I believe American Topical Association has topical pages available, as well as checklists for the various topics.