STAMP PROGRAMS
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By Topic - June 2012
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the June 18 Linn's Stamp News Special Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.
Antarctic & Arctic
Venezuela (1713)
Architecture
Italy (3104); Monaco (2663, 2674, 2675); Norway (1673, 1673a, 1674, 1674a, 1675, 1675a); Pakistan (1153, 1154); Peru (1791, 1792b, 1793, 1794); Philippines (3353, 3416, 3417, 3418-3419); Romania (5290, 5290a, 5291, 5291a, 5292, 5292a, 5293, 5293a, 5295, 5295a, 5297, 5297a, 5297b, 5298, 5299, 5301-5302, 5318a, 5323); Russia(7323-7324); Salvador (1711b); Thailand (2586, 2589, 2591, 2592, 2595, 2596, 2597, 2597a, 2602, 2605b, 2607, 2615, 2617-2618, 2619, 2621n); Tonga (1157b); Tristan da Cunha (956, 957); Tunisia (1522); Turkey (3240, 3247a, 3258, 3261, 3263, 3264, 3269-3270, B298); Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (717); Tuvalu (1161, 1179d, 1185a, 1187); Ukraine (823, 829, 832a, 833, 834b, 834c, 834e); United Arab Emirates (1018, 1021-1023); United States (4664-4665); Uruguay (2334, 2336, 2346-2347, 2351a, 2352, 2353, 2364); Uzbekistan (656, 657, 658a, 659, 660, 661b, 662, 664a, 667, 668, 669, 672a, 673a, 676, 677, 681, 682); Venezuela (1711, 1712, 1713f, 1717); Viet Nam(3416, 3422, 3424, 3425)
Bridges
Romania (5294); Turkey (3263, 3264c, B298); Ukraine (832a); Uzbekistan (662, 679b)
Castles
Turkey (3264a); Tuvalu (1167); Uruguay (2348)
Lighthouses
Tonga (1157a); Uruguay (2351c)
Windmills
Ukraine (834)
Art
Romania (5312, 5312a, 5312b); Thailand (2592); Turkey (O290-O293); Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (714); Tuvalu (1154a, 1184-1185)
Children's Art
Uruguay (2337); Uzbekistan (651-654)
Paintings
Italy (3108); Monaco (2664); Papua New Guinea (1610-1615); Peru (1802); Portugal(3382-3387); Romania (5310, 5311, 5311a, 5312b); Trinidad & Tobago (881); Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (715, 717); Ukraine (816); United States (4653);Uruguay (2329, 2332, 2341, 2349, 2359-2361, 2362-2363); Vatican City (1495-1498);Venezuela (1707, 1709-1710, 1711, 1716-1717)
Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media
Romania (5317-5323, 5317a, 5318a, 5319a, 5320a, 5321a, 5322a); Thailand (2620h, 2621e); Ukraine (804, 820); Uruguay (2324)
Nudes
Monaco (2664)
Sculpture & Statues
Monaco (2664); Pakistan (1153); Peru (1790); Philippines (3418-3419); Russia(7324); Thailand (2588a. 2588c, 2588d, 2588f, 2592, 2594, 2597a, 2608, 2619d, 2619e);Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (716); Tuvalu (1160-1161, 1175); Ukraine (803, 803a, 833, 834e, 838); Uruguay (2321, 2325); Uzbekistan (657, 658b, 681); Venezuela(1717)
Aviation
Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters Monaco (2672); Norway (1669); Peru (1794); St. Vincent (3770A); Tristan da Cunha (963, 965); Turkey (3259); Tuvalu (1176);Uruguay (2354); Venezuela (1708t, 1708ao, 1708ap, 1708aq, 1708ar, 1708as, 1708at, 1708au)
Zeppelins, Airships & Balloons
Ukraine (829)
Black Americans
Togo (2070, 2071-2073); Tuvalu (1171, 1172b); United States (4655, 4657)
Children
Netherlands (B764c); Pakistan (1156); Peru (1791); St. Vincent (3770A); Thailand(2484, 2486a, 2620s, 2620t, 2621, 2628); Togo (2071); Tristan da Cunha (950); Turkey(3262, 3282); Tuvalu (971A, 1163, 1182-1183); Ukraine (832); Uzbekistan (663);Venezuela (1712d, 1712f, 1712g, 1712h, 1712i, 1712j); Viet Nam (3424)
Coins & Currency
Italy (3104); Peru (1792); Salvador (1714b)
Endangered Species
Peru (1800-1801)
Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Thailand (2629-2632, 2632a); Togo (2074, 2074e); Tokelau (386-389, 389a); Vanuatu(979, 1007, 1007e); Zaire (1638-1641)
Europa
Norway (1674-1676, 1674a, 1675a, 1676a); Turkey (3254-3255); Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (709-710, 710a)
Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
Peru (1793); Romania (5303-5308, 5303a, 5304a, 5305a, 5306a, 5307a, 5308a, 5308b, 5312, 5312a, 5312b); Thailand (2484-2486, 2486a, 2568, 2577-2584, 2584a, 2621j);Tokelau (385); Tuvalu (1189b); Uganda (1916); Ukraine (832)
Famous People
Salvador Sun Yat-sen (1711a), Benjamin Franklin (1714b); Thailand Mao Zedong (2601);Togo Barack Obama (2070); Trinidad & Tobago Jawaharlal Nehru (883), Nehru, Gerald Ford, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Mao Zedong (884); Turkey Kemal Ataturk (3258); TuvaluMahatma Gandhi (1155), Abraham Lincoln (1158-1159), Barack Obama (1171, 1172b);Uruguay Nelson Mandela (2362); Venezuela Simon Bolivar (1714); Viet Nam Ho Chi Minh (3416)
Reagan
Tuvalu (1177-1178, 1183)
Royalty
Bermuda (1034-1040, 1039a); Viet Nam (2516); Romania (5317a, 5318, 5318a, 5319a, 5320, 5320a, 5321a, 5322, 5322a); Thailand (2395, 2465A, 2547-2560, 2556a, 2560a, 2567, 2585, 2586, 2593, 2616, 2619e, 2619f, 2619j, 2627, 2628); Tokelau (390);Trinidad & Tobago (884); Tristan da Cunha (943, 944, 947, 949, 952-955, 960, 966-972, 971a); Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (711); Tuvalu (1165-1167); Uganda(1917-1918); United Arab Emirates (1018); Virgin Islands (1146)
Royalty: Princess Diana
Tuvalu (1186-1187)
Fauna
Land Mammals
Italy (3109); Peru (1795, 1804); Romania (5306, 5306a, 5308b, 5310, 5316, 5319, 5319a, 5320a, 5323); Thailand (2568, 2594, 2597a, 2620d, 2621a, 2621l, 2629-2632, 2632a); Togo (2074, 2074e); Tokelau (385, 386-389, 389a); Turkey (3255, 3282);Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (717); Tuvalu (1184-1185); Uganda (1912-1915, 1916, 1919-1921); Ukraine (823, 834a); Uruguay (2321, 2326); Vanuatu (979, 1007, 1007e); Venezuela (1712a, 1712b); Viet Nam (3411, 3418-3421); Wallis & Futuna Islands (693); Zaire (1638-1641)
Land Mammals: Cats
Bermuda (1039a); Monaco (2662); Peru (1803); Romania (5308b, 5321, 5321a, 5322a, 5323); Thailand (2621p, 2629-2632, 2632a); Tristan da Cunha (949); Turkey (3264d);Ukraine (823a, 838); Viet Nam (3415)
Land Mammals: Dogs
Monaco (2666); Thailand (2600); Ukraine (823e, 832a); Uruguay (2349)
Land Mammals: Elephants
Thailand (2617, 2619f, 2619h, 2620j); Tuvalu (1178)
Land Mammals: Horses
Thailand (2569, 2621i); Tristan da Cunha (945, 948); Turkey (3248-3249, 3258);Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (717); Tuvalu (1179-1181, 1188-1190); Ukraine(803, 803a, 832a); United States (4665); Uruguay (2327, 2329, 2330b, 2339, 2349);Uzbekistan (681); Venezuela (1707, 1708, 1709, 1712, 1713, 1714, 1715, 1716-1717)
Sea Mammals
Tuvalu (1192)
Sea Mammals: Whales
Russia (7332); Tonga (Niuafo'ou) (269-270); Tuvalu (1152-1153, 1192); Uruguay(2351); Venezuela (1713j)
Birds
Papua New Guinea (1612, 1614); Peru (1789b, 1800-1801); Romania (5317, 5317a, 5318a, 5323); Senegal (1679, 1680); Thailand (2620a, 2620b, 2621, 2622); Togo(2070); Tonga (1158-1170); Trinidad & Tobago (881); Tristan da Cunha (936a, 971a);Turkey (3254, 3259, 3260); Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (724a); Tuvalu(1168-1169, 1179-1181, 1192a); Uganda (1912-1915); Ukraine (823b, 832); United Arab Emirates (1017); Uruguay (2352); Uzbekistan (651-654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 667, 668, 669, 670, 671, 672, 673, 674, 675, 676, 677, 678, 679, 680); Vanuatu (979, 1007, 1007e); Venezuela (1713h, 1713i); Viet Nam(3412); Wallis & Futuna Islands (695)
Insects
Thailand (2621d); Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (709, 710a); Uganda (1914, 1915); Viet Nam (3418-3421); Wallis & Futuna Islands (691)
Fish & Fishing
Papua New Guinea (1610); Peru (1789c); Romania (5308, 5308a, 5308b); Thailand(2621c); Tristan da Cunha (960); Turkey (3250-3252, 3264c, 3265-3268); Tuvalu(1192-1193)
Fish & Fishing: Marine Life
Tristan da Cunha (936a, 960, 971a)
Fish & Fishing: Shells
Niue (872-875, 875a); Thailand (2609)
Reptiles & Amphibians
Peru (1793); Thailand (2620g, 2620u); Tokelau (386-389, 389a); Vanuatu (1008-1011, 1011a); Viet Nam (3413, 3414)
Other Terrestrial Life
Romania (5304, 5304a, 5308b)
Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals
Peru (1798)
Fire Fighting
Norway (1669)
Flags
Viet Nam (2531-2538, 2537a, 2538a); Pakistan (1153); Philippines (3417a); Romania(5301-5302, 5309); Salvador (1711a, 1713b, 1714b, 1714c); Thailand (2592, 2602, 2605, 2620x); Togo (2070); Trinidad & Tobago (881); Tristan da Cunha (945, 948, 949); Tunisia (1522); Turkey (3240, 3247a, 3258, 3267, 3275, 3276); Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (724a, 724b); Tuvalu (1158-1159, 1167, 1172, 1177, 1178b, 1179-1181, 1191); Uganda (1917-1918); Ukraine (831, 834d); United Arab Emirates (1018);United States (4664-4665); Uruguay (2340); Uzbekistan (655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 667, 668, 669, 670, 671, 672, 673, 674, 675, 676, 677, 678, 679, 680, 682); Vatican City (1493); Venezuela (1708, 1709-1710, 1712, 1713, 1715, 1716-1717); Viet Nam (3422)
Flora
Monaco (2663); Peru (1796-1797); Thailand (2620k, 2620l, 2621b); Tonga (Niuafo'ou)(268); Turkey (3254-3255); Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (709-710, 710a, 712-713); Ukraine (822); United Arab Emirates (1016); Uruguay (2318, 2323, 2345, 2348); Venezuela (1711c, 1711e, 1711f)
Flowers
Bermuda (1039a, 1040); Viet Nam (2516); Monaco (2664a); Thailand (2390-2393, 2393a, 2547-2560, 2556a, 2560a, 2602c, 2602d, 2619b, 2619i, 2621d, 2621s); Tokelau(385); Trinidad & Tobago (881); Tristan da Cunha (936a, 952, 953, 971a, 972);Turkey (O286-O289); Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (711, 718-723); Tuvalu(1165, 1166b, 1167, 1184); Uganda (1917, 1918a); Ukraine (823, 830, 837); United States (4653); Uruguay (2318); Uzbekistan (651); Vanuatu (1008-1011, 1011a);Venezuela (1712c, 1712d); Wallis & Futuna Islands (690)
Flowers: Orchids
Thailand (2611-2614, 2614a)
Flowers: Roses
Thailand (2483, 2590a, 2591); Togo (2072); Tristan da Cunha (945); Tuvalu (1167);Ukraine (835)
Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops
Italy (3107, 3108); Peru (1789, 1792b, 1804, 1806); Thailand (2567, 2573-2576, 2603, 2621l); Tokelau (385); Turkey (3271-3274, 3280, 3281, 3283); Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (718, 719, 722, 723); Ukraine (831); Venezuela (1708, 1709, 1712, 1713, 1715, 1716)
Gems, Minerals & Jewelry
Thailand (2621m); Uruguay (2322, 2357); Uzbekistan (666)
Heraldry & Coats of Arms
Bermuda (1039a); Monaco (2673, 2673a); Peru (1804); Romania (5317. 5317a, 5318a, 5319, 5319a, 5320a, 5321, 5321a, 5322a, 5323); Salvador (1714c); Tristan da Cunha(936a, 971a); Tuvalu (971A, 1167, 1170); Uganda (1912-1915); Uruguay (2358);Venezuela (1708, 1709, 1712, 1713, 1715, 1716); Wallis & Futuna Islands (692)
Judaica
Trinidad & Tobago (884); Ukraine (835, 836)
Maps & Globes
Canada (2531, 2532, 2534a, 2535, 2536, 2537, 2537a, 2538, 2538a); Italy (3102);Philippines (3416); Poland (4030); Romania (5299); Salvador (1713, 1714a, 1714c);Thailand (2622); Trinidad & Tobago (881); Tunisia (1521); Turkey (3240, 3248-3249, 3253); Tuvalu (1168-1169); Uganda (1912-1915, 1919-1921); Ukraine (814); United Arab Emirates (1018); Uzbekistan (655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 667, 668, 669, 670, 671, 672, 673, 674, 675, 676, 677, 678, 679, 680);Venezuela (1714); Wallis & Futuna Islands (693)
Masks
Papua New Guinea (1614d); Uruguay (2350); Venezuela (1708d); Wallis & Futuna Islands (690)
Military
Italy (3102); Thailand (2429, 2465A, 2547-2560, 2556a, 2560a, 2585, 2617a, 2620w);Tristan da Cunha (945, 948, 951, 963, 965); Turkey (3259, 3261, 3275-3277); Tuvalu(1158-1159, 1175, 1176, 1179-1181, 1188); Ukraine (835); United States (4664-4665);Uruguay (2329, 2330, 2331, 2339, 2349, 2365); Venezuela (1708, 1715, 1717); Wallis & Futuna Islands (693)
Motor Vehicles
Italy (3107); Uzbekistan (678); Venezuela (1708q, 1708r, 1708s, 1708t, 1708u, 1708v, 1708w, 1708x, 1709b, 1709e, 1712j); Viet Nam (3423-3424)
Automobiles
Monaco (2671); Trinidad & Tobago (879); Tristan da Cunha (955); Tuvalu (1187);Uruguay (2346-2347); Uzbekistan (661); Venezuela (1709b, 1709e)
Motorcycles
Thailand (2622); Viet Nam (3424)
Nobel Prize
Togo (2070); Trinidad & Tobago (878, 884); Tuvalu (1154b, 1154d, 1171, 1172b, 1182-1183); Uruguay (2362); Viet Nam (3417)
Performing Arts
Dance
Monaco (2664c); Thailand (2429, 2623-2626, 2626a); Uzbekistan (664, 680a)
Music
Monaco (2664b, 2664d); Peru (1799); Poland (4030); Portugal (3379); Romania(5295-5297, 5295a, 5296a, 5297a, 5297b); Thailand (2583, 2584a, 2620f, 2620i);Ukraine (819); Uruguay (2361b); Uzbekistan (667b, 680); Venezuela (1712c)
Music: Rock Stars
Togo (2071-2073); Trinidad & Tobago (882)
Music: Rock Stars: Elvis
Tuvalu (1156-1157)
Movies, Television & Stars
Portugal (3381); Tuvalu (1154c); Ukraine (837); United States (4666); Uruguay(2338)
Theater
Uruguay (2350)
Personalized Stamps
Netherlands (1402-1403); Tuvalu (1170); Ukraine (824); United States (CVP86)
Petroleum
Uzbekistan (673b); Venezuela (1709-1710)
Philately
Thailand (2623-2626, 2626a, 2627); Tuvalu (1154-1155, 1184-1185); Ukraine (833, 834); United Arab Emirates (1017); Viet Nam (3418-3421)
Railroads
Romania (5290-5294, 5290a, 5291a, 5292a, 5293a); Thailand (2589); Ukraine (825-828); Uzbekistan (679)
Red Cross
Netherlands (B764); Thailand (2593)
Religion
Norway (1674-1676, 1674a, 1675a, 1676a); Peru (1790, 1791); Philippines (3418-3419); Portugal (3382-3387); Romania (5299); Russia (7324, 7325); Salvador(1711b); Thailand (2588, 2594-2597, 2597a, 2602, 2606-2609, 2610, 2617-2618, 2619c, 2619g, 2619h, 2620s); Turkey (3240, 3261, 3263, 3264b, 3264d); Tuvalu (1182-1183);United Arab Emirates (1021-1023); Vatican City (1493, 1494, 1495-1498); Wallis & Futuna Islands (692, 694)
Christmas
Italy (3108-3109); Peru (1802); Romania (5310); Tokelau (391-394); Tonga (1157);Tonga (Niuafo'ou) (268); Uruguay (2356); Venezuela (1712); Wallis & Futuna Islands (690)
Popes
Penrhyn (504); Togo (2069); Tuvalu (1162-1164)
Science & Technology
Monaco (2674); Portugal (3388-3392); Romania (5300, 5300a, 5315, 5316); Thailand(2615); Tristan da Cunha (950); Turkey (3269-3270); Tuvalu (1154b); Uruguay(2357); Uzbekistan (655, 661, 666, 668b, 670, 671, 672, 673a, 678a); Venezuela(1713b); Viet Nam (3425)
Archaeology
Uzbekistan (656b)
Astronomy
Vatican City (1494)
Computers & Mathematics
Pakistan (1156); Romania (5313); Thailand (2615, 2622); Uzbekistan (670b); Vatican City (1494); Venezuela (1712g)
Earth Science & Earth Features
Peru (1807); Russia (7323-7324); Samoa (1129-1136); Tristan da Cunha (956-960, 961-965); Tuvalu (1185); United States (4667); Uzbekistan (674, 675)
Medicine
Romania (5314); Uganda (1912-1915); United Arab Emirates (1019); Uruguay(2342); Uzbekistan (663, 683)
Scouting
Thailand (2616)
Service Organizations (Intl.)
Philippines (3417)
Ships & Watercraft
Bermuda (1039a); Viet Nam (2531-2538, 2537a, 2538a); Monaco (2674); Norway(1669); Peru (1792b); Thailand (2345, 2617-2618, 2619a, 2621h, 2621k); Tristan da Cunha (936a, 938-942, 958, 960, 961, 965, 971a); Turkey (3277); Ukraine (834d);United States (4664); Uruguay (2351a, 2353); Venezuela (1713i); Wallis & Futuna Islands (693)
Space
Russia (7323); Thailand (2586); Tuvalu (1173-1176); Ukraine (814, 815, 840);Venezuela (1712b)
Sports
Monaco (2665, 2671); Norway (1670, 1671, 1673a); St. Vincent (3770A); Thailand(2620o); Trinidad & Tobago (879); Turkey (3263); Tuvalu (1190); Uruguay (2343);Uzbekistan (660a, 665)
Olympics
Turkey (3265-3268)
Soccer
Tuvalu (1143-1150, 1191); Uruguay (2340, 2344)
Stamps On Stamps
Viet Nam (2516); Thailand (2622, 2627); Tristan da Cunha (960); Ukraine (834);Uruguay (2335)
Telecommunications
Thailand (2586); Togo (2070c); Ukraine (839); Uruguay (2353b); Uzbekistan (670b, 682)
Textiles
Peru (1796-1797); Russia (7327-7330); Uruguay (2319); Uzbekistan (671)
Native Costumes
Thailand (2599, 2602a, 2602b, 2620n, 2620q, 2621o); Turkey (3280); Ukraine (816, 823, 837); Uzbekistan (680); Venezuela (1708c, 1708d, 1708e, 1708f); Wallis & Futuna Islands (694)
Toys & Games
Thailand (2621r); Togo (2072); Uruguay (2320); Venezuela (1712d, 1712j)
United Nations
Romania (5299); Salvador (1714a); Tunisia (1521); Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (724c); Tuvalu (971A)
Women
Bermuda (1034-1040, 1039a); Viet Nam (2516); Monaco (2664, 2665); Netherlands(B764b); Norway (1670, 1671, 1673a); Peru (1791, 1799); Philippines (3353b);Portugal (3381); Romania (5308b, 5309); St. Vincent (3770A); Thailand (2429, 2571, 2572, 2586, 2593, 2602a, 2602b, 2610, 2620m, 2620q, 2622, 2624, 2626, 2626a, 2627, 2628); Tokelau (390); Trinidad & Tobago (880, 882, 884); Tristan da Cunha (943, 949, 952-955, 958, 959, 960, 966-972, 971a); Turkey (3258, 3262, 3280); Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (711, 714); Tuvalu (971A, 1154a, 1164, 1165-1167, 1171, 1172a, 1182-1183, 1189, 1191); Uganda (1913, 1915, 1917-1918); Ukraine (816, 823, 832a, 835, 836, 837, 838); United Arab Emirates (1020); United States (4655, 4658, 4659, 4661); Uruguay (2333-2334, 2349, 2350, 2361b, 2362); Uzbekistan (663, 664, 665a, 668a, 671b, 680a); Venezuela (1707, 1708c, 1708e, 1708o, 1711a, 1712e, 1712f, 1713a, 1713c, 1713g, 1716-1717); Viet Nam (3417, 3423-3424); Virgin Islands (1146)
Writers & Literature
Norway (1672, 1673, 1673a); Peru (1791); Philippines (3417b); Thailand (2569-2572);Trinidad & Tobago (878, 879, 884); Turkey (3248-3249); Tuvalu (1154d); United States (4654-4663); Uruguay (2333); Viet Nam (3417)
Journalism
Portugal (3380)
Addendum
Unaccompanied minors, such as Portugal (3330a, 3331a), will only appear in "By Topic" listings that differ from those of the original stamps.
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