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By Topic - December 2013
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the December 16 Linn's Stamp News Special Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.
Antarctic & Arctic
Australian Antarctic Territory (L172-L176, L176b)
Architecture
Argentina (2680, 2681); Armenia (948); Austria (2460, 2461, 2462, 2462a, 2463, 2463a, 2464, 2464a, 2465, 2465a, 2466, B392); Azerbaijan (1023d, 1025, 1027); Bahrain (679, 680, 686, 687, 687a, 689-691, 692); Belarus (861, 862, 863, 868a); Belgium (2628, 2629, 2638a, 2639-2643, 2643a, 2655a, 2656); Bosnia & Herzegovina (698); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (283, 283a); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (473-475); Brazil (3234, 3238); Bulgaria (4630, 4634b, 4634c, 4645, 4648); Burkina Faso (1325-1326); Burma (393); Canada (2685); Chile (1587, 1591b); Colombia (1393, 1396); Cuba (5273, 5274, 5275, 5276, 5278a, 5279);Dominican Republic (1533h, 1533i, 1533j, 1533l); Ecuador (2088c, 2090, 2100); Egypt(2097); Equatorial Guinea (306a, 306d, 307d); Estonia (734, 737); Faroe Islands (609, 610); France (4407, 4409, B726, B727, B728, B729, B730, B731, B732, B733, B734a);Germany (2749); Greenland (643); Hungary (4294, 4297); Iceland (1318); Ireland(2002, 2003a, 2005, 2005a, 2006, 2006b, 2006c, 2012, 2015); Malaysia (1433d, 1441);Mauritania (834); Mauritius (1124-1127); Moldova (789-790); Nevis (1752); New Caledonia (1151); New Zealand (2449b, 2480, 2483a); Saudi Arabia (1421, 1422-1423); Spain (3922, 3923, 3927, 3928, 3929, 3931, 3932); Uruguay (2432)
Bridges
Bahrain (681, 686, 687a); Colombia (1393); France (B728, B730, B732, B734a);Germany (2748-2749); Hungary (4297); Liechtenstein (1582-1583); Spain (3929-3932)
Castles
Croatia (876-879, 879a); Germany (2748)
Lighthouses
Barbados (1208-1211); Croatia (883-885); Iceland (1316-1317); Lithuania (1007-1008)
Windmills
Curaçao (117); Mauritius (1131)
Art
Curaçao (107-112)
Children's Art
Bulgaria (4645); Kuwait (1723)
Paintings
Austria (2466, 2469, 2470); Belarus (864); Belgium (2629-2638, 2638a); Brazil (3200, 3201b); Bulgaria (4648); Colombia (1393); Croatia (882); Cuba (5276); Ecuador(2091-2092); Faroe Islands (607-608); Hungary (4293, 4296); Spain (3928); United States (4815, 4815a); Uruguay (2432)
Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media
China (Taiwan) (4126-4127, 4127a, 4139-4140)
Nudes
Belgium (2635, 2638a); Hungary (4296)
Sculpture & Statues
Argentina (2681); Armenia (939); Austria (2459); Bangladesh (815); Belarus (863);Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (478a); Cuba (5280); Dominican Republic (1533h);Ecuador (2089, 2094a); Hungary (4294h); Kyrgyzstan (437); Mauritius (1125);Mongolia (2775); Zimbabwe (1163-1166)
Aviation
Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters
Azerbaijan (1030); Bahrain (679); Belgium (2626, 2626a, 2628); Chile (1587b);Ecuador (2096); France (4448, C75, C75a); Ireland (2007-2010, 2007a, 2008a);Lithuania (1006); Marshall Islands (1068); Moldova (784a); New Caledonia (1151)
Zeppelins, Airships & Balloons
Belgium (2655); Moldova (784a, 785a)
Parachutes
France (C75, C75a)
Bicycles
Argentina (2681); Bulgaria (4630); Burkina Faso (1325); Ecuador (2088c, 2090);France (4409); Moldova (785a)
Children
Bahrain (681); Bangladesh (813); Belarus (868a); Belgium (2638, 2638a); Bulgaria(4640, 4645); Canada (2685-2686, 2686a); Chile (1587); Cuba (5275, 5277); Ecuador(2089); France (4411-4436, 4428a, 4428b, 4428c, 4429a, 4437a); Ireland (2006, 2006b, 2006c, 2013); Kuwait (1723); Marshall Islands (1066); Moldova (790); Nevis (1755-1756); New Zealand (2480-2483, 2483a, 2484-2489, 2489d, 2489e, 2489f); Pitcairn Islands (757); Saudi Arabia (1426); Spain (3927); Virgin Islands (1148, 1149)
Coins & Currency
Kyrgyzstan (432); Malaysia (1412-1413); Montserrat (1323a)
Endangered Species
Bangladesh (817, 817e, 818, 818e); Mongolia (2766-2769, 2769a)
Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Kyrgyzstan (439)
Europa
Armenia (947, 947a); Bosnia & Herzegovina (699, 699c, 699d); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (283, 283c); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (473-475); Bulgaria(4636-4640, 4638a, 4639a); Faroe Islands (603-604, 604a); Moldova (784-785, 784a, 785a)
Explorers
Australian Antarctic Territory (L176, L176b)
Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
Argentina (2674); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (287); Egypt (2094a, 2094c);Moldova (791-792); Mongolia (2765); Montserrat (1321-1322); New Caledonia (1149)
Famous People
Azerbaijan Bill Clinton (1024b), Helmut Kohl (1024c), Vladimir Putin (1024d), Jacques Chirac (1024e), Jiang Zemin (1024f); Cuba Fidel Castro (5277)
Royalty
Bahrain (679-682, 685-687, 687a, 688, 689-691, 692); Belgium (2656); Bulgaria(4634d); Canada (2685-2686, 2686a); China (Taiwan) (4139); Curaçao (120);Germany (2747); Hungary (4293); Malaysia (1412-1413, 1443); Nevis (1735-1736, 1755-1756); New Zealand (2480-2483, 2483a); Pitcairn Islands (756, 757); Saudi Arabia (1414, 1415, 1417, 1424-1425); Spain (3928); Virgin Islands (1147-1150)
Fauna
Land Mammals
Australian Antarctic Territory (L174, L176b); Bangladesh (818, 818e); Belarus (866, 868, 868a); Belgium (2648, 2649, 2651, 2652, 2653, 2653a); Bulgaria (4630, 4648);Burkina Faso (1326); China (Taiwan) (4139d); Colombia (1392); Ecuador (2091);Faroe Islands (610); Fiji (1287, 1290); Greenland (644, 646, 646a, 649); Iceland(1314); Kyrgyzstan (433-436, 436a, 439); Malaysia (1440); Mauritania (832-833);Moldova (787); Mongolia (2766-2769, 2769a, 2771); United States (4813)
Land Mammals: Cats
Armenia (949); Austria (B392); Bangladesh (817, 817e); Belarus (865, 868, 868a);Belgium (2646, 2650, 2653a); Bulgaria (4634, 4636-4640, 4638a, 4639a, 4643);Curaçao (120); Kyrgyzstan (439); Moldova (786)
Land Mammals: Dogs
Chad (845F)
Land Mammals: Elephants
Belgium (2645, 2653a); Chile (1588); Malaysia (1442); Mongolia (2771)
Land Mammals: Horses
Argentina (2669); Austria (2466); Belgium (2632, 2638a); Bulgaria (4634d); Cuba(5280); Dominican Republic (1533h, 1538-1539); Kyrgyzstan (437); Liechtenstein(1582a); Moldova (785, 785a); Montserrat (1321-1322)
Sea Mammals: Whales
Dominican Republic (1533k); Greenland (645)
Birds
Armenia (948); Australian Antarctic Territory (L174, L176b); Azerbaijan (1028);Belarus (865, 867, 868a); Belgium (2644, 2647, 2653a); Brazil (3236); Bulgaria (4628, 4643, 4648b); China (Taiwan) (4122-4125); Colombia (1393a); Croatia (876, 878, 879a); Ecuador (2094b, 2095a, 2095c, 2095d, 2095e); Egypt (2095, 2098); France(4409h, 4410d); Kyrgyzstan (432); Malaysia (1413, 1443-1446); Marshall Islands(1058); Moldova (785a, 788); Mongolia (2758-2763, 2770, 2771); Nevis (1742-1743, 1750-1751); New Caledonia (1150); Saudi Arabia (1419)
Insects
Bosnia & Herzegovina (697); Chad (991-994); China (Taiwan) (4132, 4134-4137);Curaçao (116); Estonia (738); Kuwait (1723p); Nevis (1744-1745)
Insects: Butterflies & Moths
Belgium (2626-2627, 2626a, 2627a); Tokelau (415-418, 418a)
Fish & Fishing
Argentina (2675); Bosnia & Herzegovina (696a, 696b, 696d, 696e); Ecuador (2090, 2094c, 2094e, 2095g); Egypt (2098); Faroe Islands (609); Kuwait (1723k, 1723p)
Fish & Fishing: Marine Life
Bosnia & Herzegovina (696c, 696d, 696e); Ecuador (2094d); Egypt (2098); Pitcairn Islands (755)
Fish & Fishing: Shells
Kuwait (1723p)
Reptiles & Amphibians
Bangladesh (818, 818e); Belgium (2639, 2643a); Bosnia & Herzegovina (702);Curaçao (115); Ecuador (2094d, 2102-2103); Malaysia (1412); Mongolia (2765); Nevis(1748-1749); New Caledonia (1149, 1150)
Other Terrestrial Life
Chad (991, 994); Dominican Republic (1534)
Fire Fighting
Austria (2458)
Flags
Argentina (2669, 2680b, 2681, 2682); Australian Antarctic Territory (L176b); Austria(2459-2465, 2462a, 2463a, 2464a, 2465a); Azerbaijan (1023-1025, 1027, 1030);Bahrain (693-694); Belarus (861, 862); Belgium (2628, 2656); Benin (1485-1489);Brazil (3199, 3201a); Bulgaria (4634, 4646); Burkina Faso (1342-1343); Canada(2685); Chad (996); Chile (1588); Costa Rica (655); Croatia (873-874); Cuba (5272, 5276); Dominican Republic (1533e, 1533i, 1538-1539); Egypt (2096); Equatorial Guinea (307d); Faroe Islands (609b, 609c); Fiji (B11-B14); France (4410c); Ireland(2003a, 2015); Kuwait (1723m, 1723r, 1723t); Malaysia (1433b, 1434a); Marshall Islands (1066c, 1066d, 1067c, 1067f); Mongolia (2764); Saudi Arabia (1420); Virgin Islands (1149); Zimbabwe (1163-1166)
Flora
Bangladesh (813); Belgium (2655); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (287); Brazil(3189-3190); Bulgaria (4643); Canada (2684, 2684a); Cuba (5278); Curaçao (113, 119); France (4437-4446, 4437a, 4442a, 4442b)
Flowers
Argentina (2682); Austria (2457, 2466); Bangladesh (816); Bulgaria (4643); Chile(1588); China (Taiwan) (4118-4121, 4132, 4140); Colombia (1393a); Cuba (5277);Curaçao (114); Dominican Republic (1533); Ecuador (2094g); Egypt (2094b);Hungary (4293b); Malaysia (1412-1413, 1433a, 1433b, 1433c, 1434a, 1434d); Mongolia(2759, 2763); Nevis (1744-1745, 1750-1751); United States (4816, 4816a, 4821, 4821a); Virgin Islands (1148, 1149)
Flowers: Orchids
Malaysia (1434c)
Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops
Argentina (2676); Armenia (939); Azerbaijan (1023-1025, 1027); Belarus (862);Brazil (3236); Bulgaria (4628); China (Taiwan) (4118-4121, 4133, 4140); Curaçao(114, 118); Ecuador (2090); Egypt (2098); Greenland (647-648); Malaysia (1439);Marshall Islands (1066b); Nevis (1746-1747)
Gems, Minerals & Jewelry
Bulgaria (4644); China (Taiwan) (4139d)
Heraldry & Coats of Arms
Argentina (2682); Armenia (949); Austria (B392); Azerbaijan (1023-1025, 1027);Bahrain (687a); Belarus (862); Benin (1485-1489); Bulgaria (4634); Colombia(1393a); Croatia (876-879, 879a, 882); Hungary (4293); Malaysia (1442); Nevis (1739, 1753); Spain (3925)
Maps & Globes
Armenia (949); Australian Antarctic Territory (L176b); Bahrain (685, 687a, 693-694);Belgium (2655); Benin (1485-1489); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (478); Bulgaria(4648); Burkina Faso (1342-1343); Chad (991-994, 995-998); Egypt (2096, 2097, 2098); Malaysia (1442); Nevis (1740-1741); Saudi Arabia (1419)
Masks
Egypt (2094b)
Military
Argentina (2669); Austria (2460); Azerbaijan (1023b, 1023e, 1030); Belarus (863);Bulgaria (4634); Canada (2684, 2684a); Dominican Republic (1538-1539); Ecuador(2088, 2093); Hungary (4294g); Ireland (2007-2010, 2007a, 2008a, 2009a, 2010b, 2015); Marshall Islands (1068)
Motor Vehicles
Armenia (947, 947a); Azerbaijan (1030); Bosnia & Herzegovina (699, 699c, 699d);Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (283a, 283c); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (473-475);Bulgaria (4636-4640, 4638a, 4639a); Faroe Islands (603-604, 604a); Ireland (2010, 2010b); Moldova (784, 784a); Spain (3927)
Automobiles
Argentina (2680b); Bahrain (680); Cuba (5278b); Curaçao (114); Germany (2749);Kuwait (1723h, 1723n, 1723r); Liechtenstein (1588-1591); Uruguay (2432)
Motorcycles
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (283b, 283c)
Mushrooms
China (Taiwan) (4128-4132); Croatia (880); Estonia (738)
Nobel Prize
Mauritius (1128)
Performing Arts
Dance
Belarus (859); Liechtenstein (1584, 1586); Moldova (792)
Music
Argentina (2674); Austria (2466); Belarus (869); Belgium (2634, 2638a, 2639-2643, 2643a); Bosnia & Herzegovina (700-701); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (476-477);Brazil (3229, 3236); Bulgaria (4629, 4631, 4642); Mongolia (2772); New Zealand(2488)
Music: Rock Stars
Belgium (2654)
Music: Rock Stars: Elvis
Nevis (1754)
Movies, Television & Stars
Colombia (1392); Croatia (875); Monaco (2736); New Zealand (2490-2496, 2490a, 2491a, 2492a, 2493a, 2494a, 2495a, 2496g)
Movies, Television & Stars: Marilyn Monroe
St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2291)
Theater
Bahrain (692); Belarus (859, 869); Belgium (2639-2643, 2643a); Estonia (737);Liechtenstein (1585, 1586); Montserrat (1319-1320)
Entertainers
Bulgaria (4629); Liechtenstein (1587)
Personalized Stamps
Belgium (2625); Nevis (1739)
Petroleum
Argentina (2677); Bahrain (679-682)
Philately
Albania (2936, 2936c); Bangladesh (818e); Belgium (2628); Brazil (3232); Germany(B1082); Malaysia (1439-1442); Mongolia (2775); New Zealand (2449b); Saudi Arabia(1420); Spain (3928)
Railroads
Austria (B392); Bulgaria (4641); Chile (1590); Germany (B1082); Ireland (2012);Liechtenstein (1583); Moldova (784a)
Red Cross
Equatorial Guinea (307); Mauritius (1128)
Religion
Argentina (2681); Austria (2461, 2463, 2463a, 2464, 2464a, 2469, 2470, B392);Bangladesh (815); Belarus (860, 864); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (283b, 283c, 289); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (478); Bulgaria (4647, 4648); Burma (393); Chile(1589); Colombia (1393, 1396); Dominican Republic (1533h); Ecuador (2089, 2090a, 2100); Estonia (734); France (4407, 4409h); Germany (2749); Hungary (4293);Iceland (1318); Mongolia (2775); Saudi Arabia (1421, 1427); Spain (3921-3923, 3928, 3931)
Christmas
Brazil (3228-3230); Chile (1587); Ecuador (2091-2092); Faroe Islands (610-611); Fiji(1287-1291); Monaco (2738); New Zealand (2484-2489, 2489d, 2489e, 2489f); United States (4813-4821, 4815a, 4816a, 4820b, 4821a)
Popes
Argentina (2682); Benin (1485-1489); Ecuador (2101); Nevis (1752-1753)
Science & Technology
Argentina (2681); Bahrain (682); Colombia (1393f); Cuba (5274); Curaçao (113, 114, 115, 117); Mauritius (1130-1131)
Archaeology
Argentina (2670-2672); Colombia (1393); Ecuador (2094a); Egypt (2094, 2095)
Computers & Mathematics
Cuba (5275)
Earth Science & Earth Features
Argentina (2678-2679); Australian Antarctic Territory (L172-L176, L176b); Belgium(2629, 2638a, 2655); Brazil (3232); Bulgaria (4644); Colombia (1392, 1393);Dominican Republic (1533); Ecuador (2094f, 2094h, 2095f, 2095h); Equatorial Guinea(306b, 306c); France (B725-B734, B734a); Iceland (1315); Kyrgyzstan (438); Monaco(2735)
Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls
Colombia (1393)
Medicine
Chad (991-994); Chile (1591); Ecuador (2089, 2104); Pitcairn Islands (758)
Scouting
Ecuador (2098)
Service Organizations (Intl.)
Brazil (3236)
Ships & Watercraft
Azerbaijan (1030); Bahrain (681, 686, 687a); Belarus (860); Cayman Islands (1125-1129); Ecuador (2090c); Estonia (736); Faroe Islands (609); France (4410a, B730, B734, B734a); Greenland (643); Hungary (4297); Ireland (2001-2003, 2003a, 2009, 2009a); Kuwait (1723c, 1723k, 1723t); Mauritius (1127); Moldova (785a); Nevis(1739); Pitcairn Islands (755, 756, 757, 758)
Space
Azerbaijan (1029); Bulgaria (4646); Ecuador (2099); Marshall Islands (1067)
Sports
Bosnia & Herzegovina (702); Colombia (1394); Estonia (736); France (4406, 4409);Ireland (2013); Kyrgyzstan (437); Lebanon (585); New Zealand (2487, 2489c, 2489f);Spain (3924)
Baseball
Curaçao (121-127)
Olympics
Fiji (B11-B14)
Soccer
Bulgaria (4632, 4633, 4635); Colombia (1395); Egypt (2096); Mauritius (1129); Spain(3927c)
Stamps On Stamps
Malaysia (1439, 1440, 1441)
Telecommunications
Australian Antarctic Territory (L175, L176b); Cuba (5275); Ecuador (2088); Nevis(1740-1741)
Textiles
Azerbaijan (1028); China (Taiwan) (4140); Malaysia (1433c); Spain (3926)
Native Costumes
Armenia (948); Austria (2457, 2468); Bahrain (679-682, 685-687, 687a, 688); Brazil(3199-3201, 3234); Ecuador (2088a, 2097); Estonia (735); Kuwait (1723a, 1723c, 1723n, 1723s); Moldova (789, 791-792); Mongolia (2770f, 2772, 2773)
Toys & Games
Chile (1587b); Germany (2747); Marshall Islands (1066)
United Nations
Bahrain (685-687, 687a, 689-691); Egypt (2098); Ireland (2010, 2010b); Nevis (1740-1741); New Caledonia (1150)
Wine
Armenia (939); Bulgaria (4628)
Women
Argentina (2673, 2674, 2676, 2677, 2681); Austria (2466, 2467, 2468); Azerbaijan(1026, 1029); Bangladesh (813); Belarus (859); Belgium (2630, 2631, 2633, 2634, 2635, 2636, 2638, 2638a, 2640, 2641, 2642, 2643, 2643a, 2656); Benin (1485-1489);Brazil (3199-3201, 3234); Burkina Faso (1325); Canada (2685-2686, 2686a); China (Taiwan) (4138); Colombia (1392, 1398); Costa Rica (655); Cuba (5276); Curaçao(108, 120b); Ecuador (2089, 2090f, 2097c); Egypt (2095); Equatorial Guinea (307b);Estonia (735); France (4406, 4410, 4411-4436, 4428a, 4428b, 4428c, 4429a, 4437-4446, 4437a, 4442a, 4442b); Germany (2747); Hungary (4295, 4296); Ireland (2001-2006, 2006b, 2006c, 2011, 2014); Kuwait (1723); Kyrgyzstan (432); Liechtenstein (1582a, 1584, 1585, 1586); Moldova (789, 792); Mongolia (2773); Nevis (1735-1736, 1755, 1756a); New Zealand (2480-2483, 2483a, 2484-2489, 2489d, 2489e, 2489f); Pitcairn Islands (756, 757, 758); Virgin Islands (1147-1150); Zimbabwe (1163-1166)
Writers & Literature
Armenia (948-949); Azerbaijan (1026); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (289);Colombia (1398); Croatia (881); Dominican Republic (1535); Ecuador (2104);Hungary (4292); Moldova (789-790); Montserrat (1319-1320)
Journalism
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (479); Hungary (4295)
Addendum
Unaccompanied minors, such as Andorra (French) (710a), will only appear in "By Topic" listings that differ from those of the original stamps.
Number changes:
To stamps in July 15, 2013 Update, Faroe Islands (603-604 become 605-606).
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