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By Topic - December 2012
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the December 17 Linn's Stamp News Special Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.
Antarctic & Arctic
Ascension (1060-1061); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (468, 469);Mongolia (2746); Russia (7374)
Architecture
Algeria (1554-1556); Andorra (French) (703, 705); Ascension (1061a); Croatia (849);French Southern & Antarctic Territories (469); Gibraltar (1342, 1343, 1344, 1345, 1346); Guyana (4128); Hungary (4254-4255); Mexico (2774, 2776, 2778, 2781, 2782, 2788, 2790); Micronesia (966); Moldova (742, 756, 757); Monaco (2689); Mongolia(2735, 2737, 2738, 2741, 2746, 2747a); Namibia (1247-1248); Nepal (849, 855, 856, 857, 858, 859, 860, 861, 862, 863b, 871); Norway (1679a); Oman (515c); Pakistan(1159, 1160, 1162, 1164, 1166c, 1166d, 1168b, 1168e, O132); Palestinian Authority(191, 194, 195); Philippines (3420a, 3421a, 3421b, 3421c, 3421e, 3422); Pitcairn Islands (742b, 742d); Poland (4051); Portugal (3393, 3394, 3396, 3397, 3398-3399, 3401, 3402-3411, 3413, 3431, 3432); Portugal (Azores) (545, 546-551); Portugal(Madeira) (301); Romania (5279a, 5336-5337, 5336a, 5352-5355, 5352a-5355a, 5355b, 5359b, 5373, 5373a, 5374b); Russia (7366, 7372, 7373, 7376, 7379, 7388); St. Martin(13, 19, 20b, 20c); St. Pierre & Miquelon (949, 955, 956); Salvador (1715b); Serbia(588-590, 592, 593-594, RA47); Singapore (1549, 1552, 1554, 1560-1564); Slovakia(643); Slovenia (955); South Africa (1476b, 1479h, 1479j, 1479k); Spain (3862, 3863, 3868, 3869); Sri Lanka (1815, 1816a, 1831, 1832b, 1835-1836, 1836a, 1838, 1840);Tonga (1177, 1184); Turkey (3284-3287, 3297-3304, 3305-3306); Tuvalu (1212);Ukraine (873); United States (4710k, 4710n, 4714, 4715, 4715b); Uzbekistan (692);Viet Nam (3449)
Bridges
Mongolia (2747a); Pakistan (1167); Poland (4051); Portugal (3399, 3432); Slovenia(955); Turkey (3285, 3286, 3291); Viet Nam (3445-3447)
Castles
Gibraltar (1341); Moldova (750-753); Portugal (3397); Romania (5352a, 5353a, 5354, 5354a, 5355a, 5355b, 5357, 5357a, 5357b, 5357c)
Lighthouses
Norway (1681-1682, 1682a, 1682b)
Windmills
Mexico (2790); Portugal (3399); Sri Lanka (1830)
Art
Morocco (1145); Romania (5340, 5340a); Serbia (589); Sweden (2694-2695, 2695f);Turkey (3306)
Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips: Disney
Guyana (4122, 4123, 4124)
Children's Art
Oman (515); Pakistan (1168)
Paintings
Guyana (4108); Mexico (2782, 2783); Nepal (867); Romania (5351, 5351a); Russia(7379, 7380, 7381, 7383, 7384, 7393); St. Pierre & Miquelon (955); Slovenia (950);South Africa (1476); Spain (3864a, 3864d); Tonga (Niuafo'ou) (288d, 289a); Ukraine(870-871); Uzbekistan (692-695)
Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media
Morocco (1138); Norway (1680); Venezuela (1719-1720)
Sculpture & Statues
Gibraltar (1346c); Mexico (2782); Nepal (855, 856, 857, 859, 863); Philippines (3421d, 3421e); Portugal (3397); Romania (5302b, 5335); Russia (7365-7366, 7381, 7382); St. Martin (10); Salvador (1716); Serbia (591, RA47); Slovakia (636, 642a); Spain (3864b, 3864d); Sri Lanka (1828-1829); Turkey (3306); Turks & Caicos Islands (1503d)
Aviation
Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters
Norway (1677-1679, 1679a); Pakistan (1157); Romania (5341, 5341a); Russia (7374, 7386, 7387); St. Martin (13, 17, 20b)
Zeppelins, Airships & Balloons
French Southern & Antarctic Territories (468e); Micronesia (971-972); Turkey (3304)
Parachutes
Russia (7385); Turkey (3305)
Bicycles
Micronesia (977e); Moldova (759); Namibia (1241); Oman (514d); Portugal (3398);Singapore (1564); Spain (3869); Turkey (3287)
Children
Germany (2691); Gibraltar (1344, 1345, 1346, 1347, 1348); Mexico (2779-2780, 2783);Micronesia (976); Norway (1683); Pakistan (1165, 1168a, 1168f); Romania (5363, 5363a); Russia (7380, 7383); Serbia (RA44, RA45); Singapore (1562); Slovakia (639-640, 640a); South Africa (1476a, 1476i); Sri Lanka (1826a, 1830, 1832a, 1832c, 1841);Tajikistan (386); Tonga (1184); Turks & Caicos Islands (1503e)
Coins & Currency
Romania (5338-5344, 5338a-5344a)
Endangered Species
Mexico (2786)
Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Croatia (848); Niue (878-881, 881a)
Europa
Portugal (3400-3401); Portugal (Azores) (544-545); Portugal (Madeira) (300-301);Romania (5356-5357, 5356a, 5357a, 5357b, 5357c); Serbia (593-594); Slovakia (637)
Explorers
Ascension (1060); Mongolia (2746)
Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
Cyprus (1177); Mongolia (2739, 2742, 2745); Slovakia (642a)
Famous People
Ghana Kwame Nkrumah (2674A, 2689A, 2689C); Guyana Bill Clinton (4115); MicronesiaSun Yat-sen (947Cd); Venezuela Simón Bolívar (1718e)
Reagan
Micronesia (965-966)
Royalty
Gibraltar (1346c, 1352); Micronesia (967-968); Niue (876-877, 877a); Pakistan(1164); Romania (5337); Russia (7365); Slovakia (641); United Arab Emirates (1044-1045)
Fauna
Land Mammals
Croatia (848); Guyana (4122, 4123, 4124); Mexico (2786); Mongolia (2746); New Zealand (2427, 2430, 2433a, 2433b); Niue (878-881, 881a); Palestinian Authority(190a); Romania (5301a, 5302a, 5302b, 5326, 5326a, 5328, 5328a, 5331, 5331a, 5332, 5332a, 5337, 5359a, 5359b); Russia (7377, 7388, 7397); Salvador (1716b); Singapore(1567-1571, 1571a); South Africa (1477e, C108, C111, C112a); Sri Lanka (1832b, 1832d); Ukraine (849e); United States (4711, 4711a, 4712, 4714, 4715b); Viet Nam(3440-3444)
Land Mammals: Bats
Namibia (1236-1238)
Land Mammals: Cats
Germany (2691); Gibraltar (1352); Guyana (4122c); Mexico (2789); Mongolia (2737, 2743, 2744); Pakistan (1168d); Romania (5330, 5330a, 5352a, 5353a, 5354a, 5355a, 5355b); Slovakia (639-640, 640a); South Africa (C110, C112, C112a); Sri Lanka (1816, 1816a, 1826, 1826a); Tuvalu (1227)
Land Mammals: Dogs
Guyana (4122a, 4122d, 4122f, 4123a, 4123b, 4123d, 4124); Micronesia (973-974); St. Pierre & Miquelon (955d); Tuvalu (1226); Ukraine (871)
Land Mammals: Elephants
Micronesia (965-966); Pakistan (1168d); South Africa (C109, C112a)
Land Mammals: Horses
Mexico (2782); Moldova (752); Mongolia (2741); Oman (514l); Pakistan (1166b);Portugal (3399, 3427); Romania (5337, 5359b); Russia (7366, 7373, 7380); Slovakia(637, 641); Spain (3858); Sweden (2694, 2695d, 2695f); Uzbekistan (685, 690, 691, 695); Venezuela (1718a, 1718b, 1719); Viet Nam (3448)
Sea Mammals
Pakistan (1167, 1168c)
Sea Mammals: Whales
Mexico (2771-2772)
Birds
Cyprus (1175-1176, 1177); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (468b); Germany(2691); Guyana (4112, 4118, 4122, 4123e, 4123g, 4123h); Mexico (2774, 2787);Moldova (754-757); Monaco (2688); Mongolia (2735b, 2746); Namibia (1224-1235, 1248); Oman (514); Pakistan (1161, 1167, 1168d, 1168e, 1168g, 1168h); Palestinian Authority (190b); Philippines (3420d); Portugal (3424, 3425); Romania (5275b, 5279a, 5298a, 5301a, 5302a, 5302b, 5325, 5325a, 5327, 5327a, 5333, 5333a, 5336-5337, 5336a, 5338, 5338a, 5341, 5341a, 5350, 5356, 5356a, 5357a, 5357b, 5357c, 5359a, 5359b, 5368-5372, 5368a-5372a, 5372b); St. Martin (18); St. Pierre & Miquelon (940);Salvador (1715a); Singapore (1524a, 1555, 1560, 1564, 1565-1566); South Africa(1477b, 1477h); Sri Lanka (1816, 1816a, 1831); Surinam (1422); Ukraine (873);Uzbekistan (694); Venezuela (1718d, 1718f); Viet Nam (3439)
Insects
Cyprus (1177); Romania (5368, 5368a); Singapore (1555); Slovenia (951-954)
Insects: Butterflies & Moths
Croatia (848); Mexico (2775, 2787); St. Martin (9, 16, 22)
Fish & Fishing
Germany (2691); Gibraltar (1344); Guyana (4107, 4122h); Romania (5364-5367, 5364a-5367a); Russia (7372); St. Pierre & Miquelon (948, 955); Slovakia (627, 627a);South Africa (1477f); Sri Lanka (1832a, 1832c); Tuvalu (1214-1225)
Fish & Fishing: Marine Life
Niue (878-881, 881a); Romania (5329, 5329a); St. Pierre & Miquelon (950); Tuvalu(1214-1225)
Reptiles & Amphibians
Guyana (4122e, 4122f); Nepal (848); Pakistan (1168d); Romania (5324, 5324a);Russia (7367); Serbia (595); Turkey (3306)
Other Terrestrial Life
Namibia (1243-1246)
Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals
Guyana (4117); Russia (7384); Spain (3861b)
Flags
Gibraltar (1343); Guyana (4115, 4127); Mexico (2782); Micronesia (947Ce, 962, 965-966); Moldova (742); Mongolia (2735, 2737, 2740, 2741, 2747); Morocco (1143);Namibia (1239-1242); Nepal (870); New Zealand (2421, 2423, 2424, 2425, 2425a);Norway (1679a); Oman (515i); Pakistan (1164, 1166d, 1168a, 1168b, 1168f);Palestinian Authority (191-196); Philippines (3421c, 3421e, 3422c, 3422d); Poland(4050, 4054); Portugal (3422, 3433); Portugal (Azores) (544-545); Romania (5298a, 5351, 5351a, 5352a, 5353a, 5354a, 5355a, 5355b); Russia (7373, 7397); St. Martin(21d, 21f); St. Pierre & Miquelon (948, 957); Slovakia (641); South Africa (1477a); Sri Lanka (1816, 1816a, 1825); Tonga (1178, 1181); Tonga (Niuafo'ou) (288-289);Turkey (3287, 3310b, 3310c); Turks & Caicos Islands (1506); Ukraine (872b);Venezuela (1719-1720)
Flora
Germany (2688); Norfolk Island (1049c); St. Martin (15); Serbia (596-597);Singapore (1554-1555); Slovenia (954); South Africa (1477d, 1478e, 1478i); Ukraine(853-865); United States (4710d, 4710i)
Flowers
Guyana (4110, 4111, 4113, 4114, 4125-4126, 4128); Mexico (2784, 2787, 2790);Micronesia (976); Mongolia (2741); Nepal (857); Niue (876-877, 877a); Pakistan(1164); Philippines (3422d); Romania (5324-5333, 5324a-5333a, 5363, 5363a); Russia(7383); St. Martin (6, 9, 23); Singapore (1554-1555); Slovenia (951, 952, 953); South Africa (1477g, 1478); Sweden (2695a, 2695f); Ukraine (849, 872); Uzbekistan (694, 696-700); Viet Nam (3450-3451)
Flowers: Orchids
Guyana (4119, 4120, 4121, 4130-4131); Philippines (3420c)
Flowers: Roses
Mexico (2779); St. Martin (6f); Turkey (3294b)
Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops
Mexico (2784); Namibia (1236); Romania (5360-5362, 5360a-5362a); St. Martin (11, 12); United States (4710j)
Gems, Minerals & Jewelry
Micronesia (967-968); Pakistan (1158); St. Martin (10); South Africa (1457, 1457a)
Heraldry & Coats of Arms
Gibraltar (1352); Monaco (2691); Pitcairn Islands (742); Romania (5275b, 5298a, 5301a, 5302a, 5302b, 5336-5337, 5336a, 5352a, 5353a, 5354a, 5355a, 5355b, 5359a, 5359b); Russia (7372, 7377, 7388); South Africa (1477b); Ukraine (872a, 873);Venezuela (1718a, 1718b, 1719)
Judaica
Hungary (4254-4255)
Maps & Globes
French Southern & Antarctic Territories (468a); Mexico (2776, 2782a, 2786);Mongolia (2736, 2746); Namibia (1247-1248); Oman (515a, 515b, 515c, 515e);Palestinian Authority (190b); Pitcairn Islands (742a); Romania (5356-5357, 5356a, 5357a, 5357b, 5357c); Russia (7373, 7374, 7378, 7388); St. Martin (7); Serbia (590);South Africa (1479e); Sri Lanka (1818, 1834, 1835-1836, 1836a); Tonga (1178-1179);Turkey (3310b); Ukraine (849); Viet Nam (3439)
Masks
Portugal (3426); Romania (5342, 5342a)
Military
Canada (2577-2580, 2578a, 2579a, 2580a); Gibraltar (1342, 1346); Guyana (4109);Mexico (2782); Micronesia (967-968); Moldova (750-753); Mongolia (2740); Norway(1677, 1679a); Pakistan (1157, 1163); Portugal (3433-3436); Romania (5352-5355, 5352a-5355a, 5355b); Russia (7380, 7387, 7397); Slovakia (641)
Motor Vehicles
French Southern & Antarctic Territories (469); Guyana (4124a, 4124e); Mongolia(2747a); Namibia (1248b); Singapore (1560, 1561); Tonga (1177c); United States(4710o)
Automobiles
Oman (515c); Romania (5302b); Singapore (1560-1564); Slovakia (639-640, 640a);Sri Lanka (1811-1814); Tuvalu (1212); United States (4710o)
Motorcycles
Portugal (3399); Singapore (1563, 1564)
Mushrooms
Poland (4053); Spain (3865-3867)
Nobel Prize
Micronesia (975-976)
Performing Arts
Dance
Andorra (French) (705); Turkey (3306); Uzbekistan (693); Zambia (1112)
Music
Cyprus (1177); Gibraltar (1346a, 1352); Mexico (2773); Moldova (742); Monaco(2690); Nepal (850, 867b); Norway (1686-1689); Portugal (3395); Romania (5339, 5339a); Russia (7370, 7382); Serbia (588); South Africa (1477c); Tajikistan (385-386); United States (4713, 4715b)
Music: Rock Stars: Elvis
Nevis (1708-1709); Tuvalu (1210-1213)
Movies, Television & Stars
Micronesia (977-978); Oman (515b, 515e); Sri Lanka (1819-1824); Tuvalu (1210-1213)
Theater
Croatia (849); Romania (5334-5335, 5334a, 5342, 5342a); Turkey (3297, 3298);Tuvalu (1212)
Personalized Stamps
Slovakia (639); Ukraine (841, 866-869)
Petroleum
Sri Lanka (1833)
Philately
Germany (2689); Pakistan (1168); Poland (4054); Singapore (1524a, 1565-1566)
Railroads
Croatia (850); Guyana (4116); Romania (5347, 5347a); Singapore (1552); Spain(3869); United States (4710m)
Religion
Algeria (1551-1553); Germany (2692); Guyana (4108); Micronesia (970, 975-976);Mongolia (2746); Nepal (855-863, 867); Pakistan (1160); Palestinian Authority (191-196); Philippines (3421, 3421e, 3422); Portugal (3398, 3402-3411, 3420, 3424, 3425);Romania (5338, 5338a, 5351, 5351a, 5352, 5352a, 5355, 5355a, 5355b); Russia (7369, 7373, 7376, 7388); St. Pierre & Miquelon (949); Salvador (1716); Serbia (593, RA36);Slovakia (641, 643); Spain (3862, 3863, 3868); Sri Lanka (1817, 1828-1829, 1832, 1834, 1835-1836, 1836a, 1837, 1838, 1840); Turkey (3285, 3300, 3306)
Christmas
New Zealand (2426-2433, 2431a, 2432a, 2433a, 2433b); Palestinian Authority (186-189); Slovakia (627, 627a); Sri Lanka (1815-1816, 1816a); Turks & Caicos Islands(1503f); United States (4711-4715, 4711a, 4715b)
Popes
Micronesia (963-964)
Science & Technology
Ecuador (2047); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (468); Ghana (2689A);Mexico (2790); Portugal (3412-3413); Serbia (590); Spain (3861b); Sri Lanka (1830)
Archaeology
Turkey (3301, 3303, 3304)
Astronomy
Portugal (3420-3421); South Africa (1479, 1480)
Computers & Mathematics
Morocco (1146); Oman (515); Pitcairn Islands (742a); Sweden (2696c, 2696e);Uzbekistan (688, 689)
Earth Science & Earth Features
Barbados (1204); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (468d); Nepal (864-866);Pakistan (1166a); Philippines (3420d); Poland (4050); Portugal (3428-3432); St. Martin (20a); Spain (3861a); Ukraine (849); United States (4710)
Medicine
Guyana (4122a); Mexico (2775, 2776); Norway (1683); Pakistan (1165); Romania(5373-5374, 5373a-5374a, 5374b); Russia (7371); South Africa (1478e, 1478g, 1478i);Sri Lanka (1818); Tonga (1177c); Viet Nam (3449)
Scouting
Sri Lanka (1826, 1826a); Tonga (1177, 1180, 1182, 1184)
Service Organizations (Intl.)
Tonga (1177, 1183); Zambia (1123)
Ships & Watercraft
Ascension (1060-1061); Barbados (1204-1207); Gibraltar (1343, 1344); Guyana(4127); Micronesia (969-970); Mongolia (2740, 2746); New Zealand (2421-2425, 2425a); Oman (514); Pitcairn Islands (742); Poland (4051a); Portugal (3399, 3400-3401, 3429, 3432, 3433-3436); Portugal (Azores) (544-545); Romania (5376); Russia(7373, 7397); St. Martin (14, 19, 20a, 20c, 21); St. Pierre & Miquelon (948, 955, 957);Singapore (1558); Sri Lanka (1825); Tonga (1178-1179); Tonga (Niuafo'ou) (288-289); Turkey (3285, 3298, 3300); Turks & Caicos Islands (1507-1508); Ukraine (870-871); United Arab Emirates (1046-1047); United States (4710l)
Space
French Southern & Antarctic Territories (468c, 468e); Oman (515); Russia (7386);South Africa (1479d, 1479e, 1479g); Turks & Caicos Islands (1505-1506)
Sports
Andorra (French) (704); Oman (514); Pakistan (1157); Romania (5358, 5358a);Serbia (592, 594, RA47); Slovakia (638); Turkey (3284-3287, 3291, 3305); United Arab Emirates (1046-1047)
Olympics
Guyana (4129); Micronesia (971a); Moldova (758-759); Mongolia (2747); Namibia(1239-1242); Poland (4051); Portugal (3416-3419); Romania (5375-5378); Russia(7378); St. Pierre & Miquelon (958); Singapore (1556-1559); Slovakia (642);Slovenia (949); Spain (3858-3860); Tonga (1185-1187, 1187a, 1187b)
Soccer
Oman (514c); Portugal (3414-3415, 3422); Romania (5298a)
Stamps On Stamps
Germany (2689); Morocco (1143)
Telecommunications
Namibia (1247); Oman (515)
Textiles
Slovenia (950); Spain (3870); Sweden (2694-2695, 2695f)
Native Costumes
Andorra (French) (705); Mongolia (2738, 2741, 2748-2754); Morocco (1143);Namibia (1248a); New Zealand (2422, 2425a); Russia (7393); South Africa (1476e);Tajikistan (385-386); Turkey (3306); Uzbekistan (692, 694, 695); Viet Nam (3448);Zambia (1112)
Toys & Games
Mongolia (2741); Oman (515b); Pakistan (1168f); Slovakia (639-640, 640a); South Africa (1476a); United States (4713, 4715b)
Chess
Slovenia (955)
United Nations
Mongolia (2735, 2736); Pakistan (1166); Poland (4050); Serbia (RA44); Singapore(1549-1553)
Women
Andorra (French) (703, 705); Germany (2689); Gibraltar (1346, 1352); Guyana(4109); Mexico (2774, 2779-2780, 2783, 2789, 2790e); Micronesia (967-968, 969b, 975-976); Moldova (742); Mongolia (2748-2754); Namibia (1240); Nevis (1708); Niue(876-877, 877a); Norway (1683); Pakistan (1164); Philippines (3420b); Pitcairn Islands (742c, 742d); Portugal (3394, 3398-3399, 3423, 3424); Romania (5279a, 5309a, 5335, 5337, 5375); Russia (7370, 7380, 7383, 7393); St. Martin (10); St. Pierre & Miquelon (941-947, 951-954, 955, 958); Serbia (588-590, RA44); Singapore (1562, 1563, 1564); Slovenia (949, 950); South Africa (1476); Spain (3864); Sri Lanka (1820, 1823, 1832, 1839); Sweden (2696, 2696e); Tajikistan (385-386); Tonga (1177d, 1184, 1187, 1187a, 1187b); Turkey (3284, 3286, 3291a, 3291b); Turks & Caicos Islands(1503b, 1503e); Uzbekistan (692, 694, 695); Venezuela (1718c)
Writers & Literature
Germany (2690); Gibraltar (1347-1351); Nepal (851); Norway (1684-1685); Pitcairn Islands (742); Portugal (3437-3438); Romania (5334-5335, 5334a, 5338, 5338a, 5342, 5342a, 5343, 5343a, 5344, 5344a); Sri Lanka (1837); Turks & Caicos Islands (1503-1504); Ukraine (874); Uzbekistan (686, 687); Viet Nam (3448)
Journalism
Nepal (871)
Addendum
Unaccompanied minors, such as Canada (2235b), will only appear in "By Topic" listings that differ from those of the original stamps.
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