Details

Snapshot 1: with more than one stamp, the number of unlabeled stamp foldings is less than , the number of permutations of items; even with , unlabeled foldings are identical regardless of which stamp is on the top of the stack

Snapshots 2 and 3: for stamps, the number of labeled stamp foldings is less than , since many permutations lead to impossible foldings

For example, is an impossible folding, since the perforation joining stamps 1 and 2 would intersect the perforation joining 3 and 4. In addition, for unlabeled stamps, a folding that would be valid for labeled stamps could be identical to up to three other foldings, taking into account left-to-right reflections, top-to-bottom reflections, or both.

For more information, see Sequence A001011 in "The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences."

Reference

[1] M. Gardner, "The Combinatorics of Paper Folding," in Wheels, Life and Other Mathematical Amusements, New York: W. H. Freeman, 1983 pp. 60–61.