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By Topic – March 2024

Mar 6, 2024, 12 PM
Christmas Island's Christmas stamp issue included this stamp issued Nov. 1, 2013. This stamp is included in four categories in the March By Topic Listing.

The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the March 2024 Scott Stamp Monthly fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.

Architecture

Azerbaijan (1322, 1350); Colombia (1605, 1612, 1630b); Croatia (1326, 1332); Curaçao (441); Dominican Republic (1753); Faroe Islands (839, 841); Finland (Aland) (466, 472, 472d); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (706i, 706l, 706o, 706p, 707); Great Britain (4445, 4447b); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1709, 1709a, 1747); Great Britain (Jersey) (2637, 2638, 2639, 2641); Greece (3005, 3008-3009, 3010b, 3010e, 3010f, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3022, 3024); Hungary (4680, 4682); Kosovo (505-506, 527); Macao (1703-1704, 1707); Malta (1756, 1758); Poland (4688, 4694, 4695, 4696, 4698, 4699); Sweden (2897c, 2899-2901, 2910b, 2910d, 2910h, 2911e, 2911f, 2913)

Bridges

Colombia (1612a, 1612d); Kosovo (526); Sweden (2899, 2901d, 2910b)

Castles

Great Britain (4441, 4441h); Hungary (4682); Sweden (2901a)

Lighthouses

Macao (1704)

Art

Czech Republic (3950); Kosovo (509); Poland (4690)

Children’s Art

Croatia (1325)

Paintings

Greece (3023); Poland (4691, 4692, 4695, 4696)

Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media

Finland (1683); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1709, 1709a)

Nudes

Croatia (1331)

Sculpture & Statues

Azerbaijan (1350); Colombia (1605a, 1605b); Croatia (1330-1331); Greece (3011, 3021); Kosovo (517); Macao (1703c, 1703d, 1704, 1706a); Sweden (2900, 2907)

Aviation

Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters

Azerbaijan (1322); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (706a, 706d, 706e, 706f, 706j, 706m, 706n, 706t); Kosovo (514); Macao (1705); Poland (4693); Sweden (2890)

Zeppelins, Airships & Balloons

Sweden (2904a, 2904c)

Bicycles

Colombia (1630c); France (6495); Greece (3010b, 3010e, 3010f); Kosovo (516)

Black Americans

United States (5830)

Children

Croatia (1325); Cyprus (1392, 1393a, RA40); Denmark (1929, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1935a); Finland (Aland) (472, 472d); Great Britain (Jersey) (2636, 2639); Greece (3006-3007, 3010b, 3010e, 3010f); Kosovo (528b, 528c); Macao (1706a); Poland (4694, 4695); Sweden (2897, 2910a, 2910h, 2913f)

Coins & Currency

Dominican Republic (1753)

Europa

Cyprus (1392-1393, 1393a); Denmark (1924b); Finland (1690); Finland (Aland) (470-471); Great Britain (Jersey) (2653, 2656, 2656a); Greece (3010, 3010c, 3010f); Kosovo (512-513); Malta (1757, 1757a); Sweden (2887, 2903)

Explorers

French Southern & Antarctic Territories (707)

Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology

Christmas Island (628-630, 630b); Czech Republic (3950); Denmark (1929, 1932, 1935a); Dominican Republic (1748, 1751d); Finland (1691-1695, 1695a); Great Britain (4427, 4427a, 4428c, 4430g); Great Britain (Guernsey) (17489-1753, 1753a); Great Britain (Jersey) (2650-2651); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2277); Greece (3011, 3013); United States (5829)

Famous People

Zaire Mohandas K. Gandhi (1662, 1664)

Royalty

Great Britain (Alderney) (765-770, 765a-770a, 770b); Poland (4696); Sweden (2898, 2907-2908)

Fauna

Land Mammals

Christmas Island (628-630, 630b); Denmark (1927, 1933, 1935, 1935a); Finland (1687, 1689, 1689a); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (705, 707); Great Britain (4441a, 4441h, 4447b); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1739, 1741, 1742, 1743, 1744, 1745); Great Britain (Alderney) (774, 776, 777, 778); Great Britain (Jersey) (2636, 2637, 2640, 2642); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2277, 2278b); Malta (1756b, 1758); Sweden (2897f, 2910c)

Land Mammals: Cats

Denmark (1926, 1929, 1935a); Finland (1685, 1689a); Great Britain (4441a, 4441h); Greece (3008); Luxembourg (1623); Malta (1758); Sweden (2892-2893, 2893f, 2910a, 2913b)

Land Mammals: Dogs

Finland (1688, 1689a); Finland (Aland) (472a, 472d); Greece (3009); Sweden (2897d, 2897f, 2897i, 2909, 2913h, 2913j)

Land Mammals: Elephants

Denmark (1928, 1929, 1935a); Sweden (2902)

Land Mammals: Horses

Poland (4696); Sweden (2901c, 2906, 2906f, 29123f)

Sea Mammals

Christmas Island (638b))

Birds

Christmas Island (637-640, 638b, 639a, 640a, 640b); Colombia (1605, 1612, 1630); Cyprus (1392, 1393a); Denmark (1929, 1935, 1935a); Finland (1686, 1689a); Finland (Aland) (468, 472c, 472d); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (705b); Great Britain (4441c, 4441g); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2278-2279); Greece (3010b, 3010e, 3010f); Kosovo (512-513, 519, 528b); Poland (4696); Sweden (2896, 2897a, 2897c, 2897f, 2897h, 2897j, 2904c, 2904d, 2910c, 2910j); United States (5826)

Insects

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2279a); Sweden (2910i, 2910j)

Insects: Butterflies & Moths

Denmark (1933, 1935a); Finland (1685, 1689a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2279c); Kosovo (528b); Sweden (2909, 2910i)

Fish & Fishing

Faroe Islands (839); Finland (Aland) (472b, 472c, 472d)

Fish & Fishing: Marine Life

Christmas Island (637-640, 638b, 639a, 640a, 640b); Great Britain (Jersey) (2655); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2279b)

Fish & Fishing: Shells

Great Britain (Jersey) (2654, 2656, 2656a, 2659); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2278c); Sweden (2909, 2910g)

Reptiles & Amphibians

Christmas Island (638, 638b, 639, 639a); Great Britain (Jersey) (2638)

Other Terrestrial Life

Great Britain (4441d, 4441g)

Flags

Azerbaijan (1350); Colombia (1605, 1612, 1630); Curaçao (459); Finland (Aland) (472, 472d, 473); Great Britain (4427, 4427a, 4428c, 4430g); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1747); Hungary (4682); Malta (1756); Poland (4687b, 4687c, 4693, 4696, 4697, 4700, 4700a); Sweden (2890a, 2890b, 2913b)

Flora

Curaçao (441, 459); Great Britain (Jersey) (2652, 2653, 2656a, 2657, 2658); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2278d); Greece (3005)

Flowers

Colombia (1605); Faroe Islands (840); Finland (1684, 1687, 1689, 1689a, 1691-1695, 1695a); Finland (Aland) (471, 472, 472d); France (6495); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1752, 1753a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2277d, 2278e); Greece (3010b, 3010e, 3010f); Kosovo (528b, 528c); Macao (1706a); Malta (1756d); Poland (4695); Sweden (2887, 2888-2889, 2891, 2895d, 2895f, 2902c, 2902d, 2910, 2912); United States (5830)

Flowers: Orchids

Luxembourg (B546-B549)

Flowers: Roses

Cyprus (1394)

Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops

Christmas Island (630, 630b); Denmark (1929, 1935a); Dominican Republic (1750); Kosovo (528a); Luxembourg (B551); Sweden (2889e, 2889f, 2889j, 2897g, 2906e, 2906f, 2909, 2910, 2913j)

Gems, Minerals & Jewelry

Poland (4700, 4700a)

Heraldry & Coats of Arms

Colombia (1605, 1612, 1630); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1747); Hungary (4679); Malta (1756, 1757a, 1758)

Maps & Globes

Curaçao (459); Dominican Republic (1749); Finland (1682, 1683, 1684, 1685-1689, 1689a, 1690, 1691-1695, 1695a); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (707); Great Britain (Jersey) (2642); Kosovo (515, 516, 518); Malta (1756a, 1758); Poland (4693); Sweden (2890, 2904c)

Military

Dominican Republic (1754); Great Britain (Alderney) (768, 768a, 770b); Kosovo (508); Poland (4689, 4693, 4696, 4697); Sweden (2890)

Motor Vehicles

Colombia (1615); Finland (Aland) (465-466); Poland (4697); Sweden (2910c)

Automobiles

Kosovo (506, 526); Macao (1708)

Mushrooms

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2279d)

Nobel Prize

Poland (4686, 4686a)

Performing Arts

Dance

Greece (3015, 3020, 3020c, 3020d, 3020g)

Music

Colombia (1628); Croatia (1332); Czech Republic (3951); Finland (1691, 1692, 1695a); Great Britain (4421-4430, 4427a, 4428b, 4428c, 4429e, 4443-4447, 4443a, 4444a, 4447b, 4447c, 4448-4459, 4454a, 4456a, 4457b, 4458f, 4468g, 4458h); Greece (3020b, 3020c, 3020f, 3020g, 3025); Kosovo (520); Sweden (2913d)

Movies, Television & Stars

Great Britain (4431-4442, 4439a, 4440a, 4444g, 4441h, 4441i); Kosovo (520); Poland (4693)

Theater

Croatia (1326, 1332); Faroe Islands (841); Greece (3015-3019, 3025)

Petroleum

Azerbaijan (1322)

Philately

Colombia (1630); Czech Republic (3950); Poland (4698)

Prepared Foods and Culinary Arts

Croatia (1328); Great Britain (Jersey) (2638, 2641); Luxembourg (B550); Macao (1704, 1706a); Sweden (2897, 2910g, 2913)

Railroads

Kosovo (524); Malta (1756); Poland (4697, 4698)

Religion

Azerbaijan (1350); Colombia (1612, 1630b); Croatia (1327); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1709, 1709a); Great Britain (Alderney) (766, 766a, 770b); Great Britain (Jersey) (2639); Greece (3014, 3021-3024); Macao (1703c, 1703d, 1704); Poland (4690-4691, 4692, 4695); Sweden (2901a, 2901c, 2901e)

Christmas

Christmas Island (637-640, 638b, 639a, 640a, 640b); Croatia (1328); Faroe Islands (842-843); Great Britain (4443-4447, 4443a, 4444a, 4447b, 4447c); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1739-1746); Great Britain (Alderney) (771-778); Great Britain (Jersey) (2635-2642); Hungary (4680); Luxembourg (B550-B551); Sweden (2896-2897, 2912-2913)

Science & Technology

Greece (3006-3007); Kosovo (518)

Archaeology

Kosovo (521, 530)

Astronomy

Sweden (2913b); United States (5827-5828)

Earth Science & Earth Features

Christmas Island (633-636, 636a); Colombia (1612b, 1612c); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (706e, 706f, 706h, 706i, 706m, 706q); Kosovo (524-526); Luxembourg (1624); Sweden (2895c, 2895e, 2895f)

Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls

Luxembourg (1624b)

Medicine

Denmark (1929, 1935a)

Ships & Watercraft

Christmas Island (637-640, 638b, 639a, 640a, 640b); Colombia (1612d); Denmark (1935, 1935a); Dominican Republic (1754); Faroe Islands (839); Finland (Aland) (469, 472c, 472d, 473); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (706, 707); Hungary (4682); Macao (1705, 1709); Poland (4687); Sweden (2890)

Sports

Kosovo (515-517); Malta (1758)

Olympics

Sweden (2905, 2906a, 2906f)

Stamps On Stamps

Colombia (1630b, 1630c); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (707)

Telecommunications

Azerbaijan (1322); Germany (3372, 3372a); Macao (1704)

Textiles

Native Costumes

Christmas Island (628-630, 630b); Dominican Republic (1748); Great Britain (Jersey) (2635); Sweden (2891)

Toys & Games

Sweden (2897f, 2906e, 2906f, 2913f)

United Nations

Colombia (1615); Dominican Republic (1749, 1750)

Wine

Macao (1706b)

Women

Azerbaijan (1350); Colombia (1605); Croatia (1330-1331); Denmark (1929, 1935a); Dominican Republic (1734, 1748, 1751); Faroe Islands (839); Finland (Aland) (469, 472b, 472d); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (707); Great Britain (4421-4430, 4427a, 4428b, 4428c, 4429e, 4432, 4433, 4434, 4435, 4436, 4439a, 4442, 4448-4459, 4454a, 4456a, 4457b, 4458f, 4468g, 4458h); Great Britain (Alderney) (765, 765a, 766, 766a, 769, 769a, 770b); Great Britain (Jersey) (2636, 2639); Greece (3010b, 3010e, 3010f, 3020, 3020c, 3020d, 3020g, 3025); Kosovo (520, 528a, 530); Macao (1706a); Malta (1756b, 1756e); Poland (4685, 4686, 4686a, 4695); Sweden (2898, 2905, 2906a, 2906b, 2906c, 2906f, 2910a, 2911b, 2911d, 2911f, 2913d, 2913e, 2913f, 2913j); United States (5830)

Writers & Literature

Denmark (1926-1935, 1935a); Dominican Republic (1734, 1748, 1751); Great Britain (4431-4442, 4439a, 4440a, 4444g, 4441h, 4441i); Kosovo (520, 522-523, 530); Macao (1707-1709); Poland (4686, 4686a)

Journalism

Dominican Republic (1751c); Kosovo (520)

Addendum

Unaccompanied minors, such as French Polynesia (1229f, 1229g), will only appear in By Topic listings that differ from those of the original stamps.

Number changes: To stamps in the December 2023 update Great Britain (4326a becomes 4328a).