Aloha Shirts Question

The Aloha Shirts stamps are now available in:

A Sheet of 20
A Coil of 100
A booklet of 10

Has anyone bought all these formats yet?

Are the coil stamps connected? Are the booklet stamps die-cut on all sides, or is there a smooth side?

The coils are connected and the booklets have the standard two or three sides die cut.

Any change you could provide measurements?

Actually, Andy, I have neither the coils nor the booklet formatted stamps. I just pulled the info from internet sources. I'm planning on contacting Stamp Fulfillment about the coils. Are you interested in a set if I purchase a strip of them? I'm like you; I just want the five and don't even care about the plate numbers. Let me know if you'd like five.

Here are the specs. The sheet and booklet formats are exactly the same size; the coil is so slightly different, it would take an accurate measure to discern the minor difference:

I'd love a set.

The July Linn's only gives a catalog number to the whole booklet (4686b) and not individual stamps. Does this mean the individual stamps are not unique?

These are the Scott Nos. for the booklet pane of 10 variety of the Aloha Stamps:

The stamps should have been die-cut inthe shape of shirts. Just my humble opinion.

The people and Prinz and Shaufix just breathed a collective sigh of relief that the USPS didn't do that.

But I think it would have been very cool.

Agreed. I mean, it is a whimsical stamp issue. Why not take it all the way?

Are the perforations different on the pane vs. booklet stamps? If not, any tips on distinguishing them in used condition? Obviously, if perf'd on 4 sides, it's the pane variety. Are the color differences significant enough to distinguish them?

Only one coil variety, right?

I assume the fact that it has straight edges would be enough...

Oops... you're right. I thought the pane version had straight edges around the perimeter of the sheet, but it does have selvage. Thanks.

If it interest anyone, I just received a post card with a coil stamp of the Aloha shirt. Seems to have a plate# imprinted at the bottom as well. To bad the post office didn't cancel it
Sorry but the stamp is on a white post card and it makes it hard to see the outline of the coil, serpentine perf's There is suppose to be "S" followed by seven single digits I'm guessing the second "1" is the same color as the background, I cant see it through the scan or with a loop.

Nice example of a plate number single stamp from a coil of 100. With the "S" prefix, the printer was SSP (Sennett Security Printers), who was the printer for the coil version of this stamp.

By the way, did you spot the clever place where the USPS microprinting was inserted? Microprinting is only used on the coil version of the stamp: