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By Topic – April 2025

Apr 9, 2025, 3 PM

The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the April 2025 Scott Stamp Monthly fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.

Antarctic & Arctic

Greenland (967-968, 969-970, 975-976, 976a, 977, 978-979, B50a, B51a); Norway (2000, 2001a)

Architecture

Albania (3073b); China (Taiwan) (4757, 4758, 4760); Czech Republic (3987); Ghana (2979-2980, 2981, 2983-2984, 3008); Great Britain (4524, 4524e, 4536, 4537, 4538, 4539, 4541, 4542, 4564, 4565b, 4569, 4569b, 4569c, 4569d, 4573, 4574a, 4575-4579, 4575a, 4577a, 4579b, 4579c, KC13c); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1806, 1808, 1809); Great Britain (Alderney) (797); Great Britain (Jersey) (2706, 2707, 2708, 2708a, 2716, 2719, 2729, 2730a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2318b, 2319b, 2322d, 2377, 2377a, 2377d, 2380, 2380a, 2382, 2382a, 2396c, 2398b, 2398c, 2398d, 2398e, 2399, 2400, 2401, 2404, 2405, 2414, 2428a, 2428d, 2429a, 2429b, 2429c, 2430d, 2437); Greenland (967-968, 975-976, 976a); Grenada (4495); Hong Kong (2430, 2430a); Hungary (4681, 4693, 4699b, 4699c, 4705-2707); Israel (2388A, 2388Ab, 2394, 2395, 2401, 2405, 2408-2410, 2411a); Italy (4010, 4011, 4023-4027, 4028); Jordan (2560, 2561, 2562, 2563, 2564, 2577c); Latvia (1174); Liechtenstein (1933, 1934-1935); Lithuania (1248); Macao (1741); Macedonia (997); Morocco (1354, 1355, 1363, 1367, 1368, 1370); Norway (1984, 1995, 1999); Slovenia (1605, 1615, 1619, 1627, 1628); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (690, 691, 692, 693, 694); Tunisia (1813s, 1813u, 1825, 1830); United States (5959, 5960i, 5960l, 5960y, 5960ab)

Bridges

China (Taiwan) (4759); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2318b, 2378, 2380, 2380a, 2382a, 2430e, 2430f); Macao (1741); Norway (1984, 1998); United States (5960i, 5960o, 5960y, 5960ae)

Castles

Great Britain (Alderney) (801); Great Britain (Jersey) (2706, 2708a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2410, 2428c); Hungary (4705-4707); Liechtenstein (1936-1938); Slovenia (1623, 1628a)

Lighthouses

Great Britain (Guernsey) (1811); Great Britain (Jersey) (2704, 2708a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2322d, 2430b); Morocco (1373)

Windmills

Czech Republic (3987); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2322d, 2380a)

Art

Czech Republic (3984); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2410, 2411, 2414); Tunisia (1820)

Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips

Great Britain (4569, 4569b, 4569c, 4569d); Slovenia (1624)

Paintings

Great Britain (4582, 4587b, 4588c); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2413); Greenland (967-968); Hungary (4703, 4707); Liechtenstein (1936-1938); Macedonia (995); Montenegro (537)

Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2412, 2414, 2415); Morocco (1372); Tunisia (1813q, 1831, 1831c)

Nudes

Italy (4022)

Sculpture & Statues

Czech Republic (3987); Great Britain (4523, 4523b, KC13c); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1803); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2318b, 2395b, 2397c, 2398c, 2398d); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2409); Greenland (966, B51, B51a); Hungary (4698, 4700, 4706); Italy (4011); Jordan (2577g); Morocco (1368); Slovenia (1605)

Aviation

Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters

Ghana (2975-2976, 2977-2978); Great Britain (4516-4524, 4519b, 4523b, 4524e, 4567, 4569b, 4568c, 4569d, KC13c); Great Britain (Alderney) (807); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2318b, 2373, 2377a, 2379, 2380a, 2382a, 2409, 2437i, 2437j); Israel (2397); Slovenia (1613)

Parachutes

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2379, 2380a, 2382a)

Bicycles

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2322d, 2438); Italy (4010); Slovenia (1598b)

Black Americans

Great Britain (4569, 4569b, 4569c, 4569d)

Children

Ghana (2979a, 2981c); Great Britain (4542, 4575-4579, 4575a, 4577a, 4579b, 4579c); Great Britain (Jersey) (2689, 2691, 2694, 2694a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2396a, 2397c, 2398c, 2398d, 2399, 2432); Greenland (974, 974a, 975-976, 976a, B50, B50a); Hong Kong (2425, 2426, 2430a); Israel (2394, 2398, 2411); Latvia (1171-1173); Morocco (1369); Tunisia (1813, 1832)

Coins & Currency

Czech Republic (3985); Grenada (4493b); Liechtenstein (1939); Montenegro (536)

Europa

Hungary (4697); Norway (1992-1993)

Explorers

Great Britain (4542d); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (695)

Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology

Great Britain (Wales & Monmouthshire) (62); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1812-1817, 1817b); Great Britain (Alderney) (796. 797, 798, 800, 801, 802); Great Britain (Jersey) (2753-2754); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2382a); Grenada (4491-4492); Hungary (4713)

Famous People

Ghana Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (3007-3008); Grenada Mohandas K. Gandhi (4489-4490); Macedonia Woodrow Wilson (994)

Royalty

Ghana (2979-2980, 2981-2982, 2983-2984, 3026-3027); Great Britain (4542, KC15-KC16); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2318b, 2319b, 2407, 2408, 2409); Jordan (2556-2558); Montenegro (538); Morocco (1358-1361, 1360a, 1361a, 1362); Norway (2000, 2001a)

Fauna

Land Mammals

Czech Republic (3987); Ghana (2967-2968, 2969-2970, 2993a, 2994, 2995-2996, 2997-2998, 3016-3017, 3018-3019, 3020-3021, 3022-3023); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1805); Great Britain (Alderney) (797, 799, 800, 802); Great Britain (Jersey) (2738, 2739, 2743, 2744); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2322d, 2433); Greenland (960, 972); Grenada (4477-4478); Hungary (4695, 4696); Israel (2388A, 2388Ab, 2395); Liechtenstein (1937, 1940); Macao (1736a); Montenegro (540); Norway (1993, 2004, 2005a); Slovenia (1601-1604, 1619); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (694, 704); Tunisia (1824, 1831b, 1831c)

Land Mammals: Bats

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2410)

Land Mammals: Cats

Czech Republic (3985a); Ghana (2971-2972, 2973-2974, 2985-2986, 2987-2988); Great Britain (Alderney) (796, 797, 798); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2407, 2429e); Jamaica (1148-1150); Norway (1984)

Land Mammals: Dogs

Great Britain (4505-4515, 4576, 4578, 4579, 4579b, 4579c); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2400, 2410); Greenland (977, B50a); Hungary (4695, 4696); Norway (2005, 2005a); Tunisia (1831, 1831c)

Land Mammals: Elephants

Ghana (2993)

Land Mammals: Horses

Great Britain (4605a); Great Britain (Jersey) (2691, 2694a, 2722, 2736, 2736a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2319b, 2409); Hungary (4692, 4695, 4712); Israel (2397, 2405); Latvia (1169b); Macao (1736c); Morocco (1356); Tunisia (1831, 1831c)

Sea Mammals: Whales

Greenland (968); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (702)

Birds

Albania (3073c); Ghana (2989-2990, 2991-2992, 3001-3002, 3007-3008); Great Britain (4541, 4542b, 4568, 4569b, 4569c, 4569d); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1808); Great Britain (Alderney) (796, 801); Great Britain (Jersey) (2733, 2736a, 2752); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2322d, 2382a, 2415, 2416-2421); Greenland (968, 978-979); Grenada (4479-4480, 4481-4482); Hungary (4695, 4696, 4708); Israel (2411a); Latvia (1169); Macao (1736a, 1737); Montenegro (534); Morocco (1354); New Zealand (3170); Norway (1985, 1985a, 1988); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (702, 703, 705, 706, 707)

Insects

Great Britain (Jersey) (2734, 2736a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2412); Slovenia (1608)

Insects: Butterflies & Moths

Ghana (3024-3025); Israel (2394); Slovenia (1614); Tunisia (1832)

Fish & Fishing

Great Britain (Jersey) (2732, 2736a); Greenland (968, 971); Grenada (4483-4484); Hungary (4697); Norway (1992)

Fish & Fishing: Marine Life

Great Britain (Guernsey) (1807); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2318b); Norway (1993)

Fish & Fishing: Shells

Ghana (3003-3004); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2318b)

Reptiles & Amphibians

Ghana (2999-3000, 3013); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1812-1817, 1817b); Great Britain (Jersey) (2735, 2736a, 2753-2754); Grenada (4485-4486, 4487-4488, 4493a); Hungary (4713); Macedonia (1001-1004); Slovenia (1624)

Other Terrestrial Life

Ghana (3003b, 3013); Great Britain (4552-4561)

Fire Fighting

Tunisia (1823)

Flags

Ghana (2969, 2979-2980, 2988, 3001, 3007-3008, 3026); Great Britain (4535, 4535a, 4562, 4565b, 4569, 4568b, 4569c, 4569d, 4571, 4574a); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1809); Great Britain (Jersey) (2706, 2708a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2319b, 2380a, 2382, 2382a, 2395b, 2396b, 2396c, 2397a, 2397c, 2398c, 2398d, 2404, 2405, 2414, 2437g, 2438); Greenland (973-974, 974a, 977); Grenada (4493-4494); Hungary (4708); Israel (2397); Jamaica (1146-1147); Jordan (2561); Latvia (1169c); Macedonia (994); Morocco (1354, 1358-1361, 1360a, 1361a, 1366); Norway (1992); Slovenia (1628a); Tunisia (1825)

Flora

China (Taiwan) (4760); Ghana (2993b); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1812, 1814, 1817b); Hong Kong (2427, 2429, 2430a); Liechtenstein (1940, 1942, 1943)

Flowers

Czech Republic (3987); Ghana (3005-3006, 3024a, 3024b); Great Britain (4589, 4598); Great Britain (Jersey) (2734, 2736a, 2753-2754); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2318b, 2400, 2401, 2433, 2435, 2436); Greenland (974, 974a, 980-981); Grenada (4491-4492, 4494); Hungary (4703, 4708); Jordan (2557); Liechtenstein (1945); Macao (1736b, 1736d); Slovenia (1614); Tunisia (1813, 1832); United States (5960j, 5960z)

Flowers: Orchids

Ghana (3005c)

Flowers: Roses

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2412); Morocco (1355)

Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops

Ghana (3024); Great Britain (Wales & Monmouthshire) (61); Great Britain (Jersey) (2746, 2747, 2748, 2749, 2750, 2752); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2414); Greenland (976, 976a); Jamaica (1148-1150); Liechtenstein (1944); Tunisia (1814-1815, 1824, 1833-1835)

Heraldry & Coats of Arms

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2319b, 2429c); Greenland (960); Hungary (4693, 4698, 4705-4707); Jamaica (1148-1150)

Judaica

Hungary (4709); Israel (2395, 2396, 2411a)

Maps & Globes

Ghana (3013a); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1802); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2406, 2409); Greenland (980-981); Italy (4028); Jordan (2577); Liechtenstein (1939); Morocco (1362, 1364, 1366, B37); Norway (2001, 2001a); Slovenia (1606)

Masks

Ghana (3013); Great Britain (Jersey) (2694, 2694a); Israel (2411)

Military

Ghana (2975-2976, 2977-2978, 2979d, 2979f, 2980, 2983d); Great Britain (4516-4524, 4519b, 4523b, 4524e, 4569, 4569b, 4569c, 4569d, 4570, 4581, 4584, 4586a, 4587b, 4588b, 4588e, 4599-4607, 4605a, 4606b, 4607e, KC12d, KC13c); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1808); Great Britain (Alderney) (807); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2373-2377, 2377a, 2377b, 2378-2382, 2380a, 2382a, 2395, 2396c, 2397b, 2397c, 2398b, 2398c, 2398d, 2398e, 2437); Greenland (977); Israel (2401); Italy (4031); Jordan (2558); Morocco (1358, 1360, 1360a); Norway (1991)

Motor Vehicles

Ghana (3013b); Great Britain (4569, 4569b, 4569c, 4569d); Great Britain (Jersey) (2691, 2694a, 2723-2730, 2730a, 2741); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2319b, 2375, 2377a, 2377b, 2378, 2380, 2380a, 2382a, 2405g, 2405h); Israel (2388A, 2388Ab, 2397); Macao (1741)

Automobiles

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2405, 2436); Israel (2400); Jordan (2560, 2563, 2564); Macao (1741b); Morocco (1366); Slovenia (1599, 1628b)

Motorcycles

Great Britain (4569, 4569b, 4569c, 4569d); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2411); Italy (4028)

Mushrooms

Great Britain (Jersey) (2745)

Nobel Prize

Great Britain (4535a, 4580-4588, 4586a, 4587b, KC12c); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2377, 2377a, 2377b, 2437); Macedonia (994)

Performing Arts

Dance

Great Britain (Alderney) (802); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2403); Lithuania (1247); Macedonia (999); Tunisia (1813o)

Music

Ghana (3011-3012); Great Britain (4533b, 4533g, 4576, 4579b, 4579c); Great Britain (Alderney) (805); Great Britain (Jersey) (2703-2709, 2708a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2318b, 2400, 2402, 2403, 2409, 2434, 2435); Hungary (4691, 4700); Liechtenstein (1941); Macedonia (999, 1000); Tunisia (1813l, 1813n)

Music: Rock Stars

Great Britain (4562-4574, 4565b, 4569b, 4569c, 4569d, 4570e, 4570f, 4574a, KC13d); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2318b); Norway (1994, 1995, 1997)

Music: Rock Stars: Elvis

Ghana (3014-3015)

Movies, Television & Stars

Great Britain (4543-4551, 4589-4598); Great Britain (Alderney) (808); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2402); Hungary (4695); Italy (4029); Macedonia (992); Morocco (1357); Tunisia (1813h)

Theater

Czech Republic (3986); Great Britain (Jersey) (2721); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2402); Hungary (4691); Italy (4023-4027, 4029); Norway (1981b, 1983, 1983a); Tunisia (1813k, 1813l, 1813m, 1813n)

Entertainers

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2399, 2401); Hungary (4709)

Philately

Czech Republic (3984); Greenland (974a); Hungary (4705-4707); Montenegro (538); Morocco (1367); Norway (1992)

Prepared Foods and Culinary Arts

Great Britain (4569, 4569b, 4569c, 4569d); Great Britain (Jersey) (2742, 2745-2752); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2318b, 2396c, 2397a, 2397c, 2398c, 2398d, 2431); Montenegro (539-540); Tunisia (1814-1815)

Railroads

China (Taiwan) (4757); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2405i); Hungary (4699); Morocco (1371); Norway (1998-1999); Slovenia (1628b)

Red Cross

Ghana (3013)

Religion

Albania (3073b); Czech Republic (3984. 3985b, 3987); Ghana (2984, 3026-3027); Great Britain (4539, 4589-4598); Great Britain (Alderney) (806); Great Britain (Jersey) (2722); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2319b, 2395, 2397c, 2398c, 2398d, 2429a, 2429b); Israel (2411b); Italy (4011); Jamaica (1148-1150); Liechtenstein (1933, 1935); Macao (1736a, 1736d); Macedonia (997); Montenegro (536, 537); Morocco (1354, 1370); Slovenia (1619-1620, 1628); Tunisia (1813p, 1813r, 1825); United States (5960i, 5960y)

Christmas

Great Britain (4575-4579, 4575a, 4577a, 4579b, 4579c); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1805-1811); Great Britain (Alderney) (796-802); Great Britain (Jersey) (2745-2752); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2431-2436); Greenland (975-976, 976a); Hungary (4681, 4710); Latvia (1171-1173); Liechtenstein (1946-1949); Lithuania (1250-1251); Montenegro (539-540); Norway (2004-2005, 2005a); Slovenia (1615-1616)

Science & Technology

Great Britain (Guernsey) (1818-1821); Great Britain (Jersey) (2720); Grenada (4493a); Israel (2402); Italy (4018); Jordan (2571-2575); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (706); Tunisia (1830)

Archaeology

Great Britain (Alderney) (798)

Astronomy

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2422-2430, 2427b, 2427c)

Computers & Mathematics

Jordan (2572, 2573); Tunisia (1813j)

Earth Science & Earth Features

Albania (3073a, 3073c); China (Taiwan) (4760); Ghana (2993-2994); Great Britain (Alderney) (799); Great Britain (Jersey) (2703, 2708a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2413, 2422-2430, 2427b, 2427c); Morocco (B37); Norway (1981, 1986, 1986a, 1987, 1987a, 1989, 1990, 2000-2001, 2001a); Slovenia (1627); United States (5960, 5960p)

Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls

Great Britain (4524a, 4524e); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2318b); Morocco (1363); United States (5960c, 5960e, 5960k, 5960, 5960u, 5960aa)

Medicine

Great Britain (4549, 4551g); Great Britain (Alderney) (804); Great Britain (Jersey) (2694, 2694a, 2719, 2722); Greenland (B50, B50a); Hungary (4694); Liechtenstein (1942-1945); Norway (2002-2003); Tunisia (1813a, 1813c)

Medicine: COVID-19 Pandemic

Ghana (3013)

Service Organizations (Intl.)

Great Britain (Jersey) (2689-2694, 2694a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2318b)

Ships & Watercraft

Albania (3073a); Ghana (2977, 3004); Great Britain (4569, 4569b, 4569c, 4569d); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1809); Great Britain (Alderney) (800); Great Britain (Jersey) (2720, 2731, 2732, 2736a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2319b, 2374, 2375, 2377a, 2377b, 2405l, 2430e); Greenland (971); Hungary (4693); Israel (2397); Liechtenstein (1938); Macao (1741a); Norway (2000, 2001a); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (703); United States (5958)

Space

Ghana (3009-3010); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2318b)

Sports

Ghana (3014b); Great Britain (4569, 4569b, 4569c, 4569d); Great Britain (Alderney) (808); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2411, 2438); Hungary (4692, 4704); Italy (4015); Morocco (1356); Norway (1996); Slovenia (1597, 1607)

Basketball

Slovenia (1597)

Golf

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2396a, 2397c, 2398c, 2398d);

Olympics

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2408); Hungary (4693); Latvia (1169); Slovenia (1598, 1610, 1611-1612)

Stamps On Stamps

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2407, 2408, 2409, 2437a, 2437b, 2437e, 2437f, 2437j); Hungary (4700)

Telecommunications

Israel (2398); Slovenia (1599)

Textiles

Great Britain (4548, 4551f); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2412); Israel (2403-2404, 2405-2407); Tunisia (1813t)

Native Costumes

Greenland (967-968, 970, 973-974, 974a, 979); Hong Kong (2425-2430, 2430a); Macedonia (999); Morocco (1356, 1372)

Toys & Games

Great Britain (4525-4534, 4525a, 4526a, 4527a, 4531a, 4532b, 4533g, 4533h, 4569, 4569b, 4569c, 4569d, KC12b); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2432, 2433, 2434, 2435); Hungary (4714); Slovenia (1609)

Chess

Great Britain (Jersey) (2693, 2694a); Hungary (4702)

United Nations

Morocco (1363)

Universal Postal Union

Great Britain (Guernsey) (1801-1804); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2406-2409); Hungary (4700); Latvia (1168); Lithuania (1249); Macedonia (998); Montenegro (534); Slovenia (1606)

Women

Ghana (2979d, 2979e, 2981-2982, 2983-2984, 3009a, 3009f, 3010, 3013d, 3026-3027); Great Britain (4537, 4542, 4569, 4569b, 4569c, 4569d, 4575-4579, 4575a, 4577a, 4579b, 4579c, 4583, 4586a, 4588, 4589, 4590, 4593, 4594, 4595, 4596, 4597a, 4597d, 4598KC12c, KC13d); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1802); Great Britain (Alderney) (809a); Great Britain (Jersey) (2689-2694, 2694a, 2705, 2707, 2708a, 2716-2722, 2731, 2736a, 2737, 2738, 2744); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2318b, 2319b, 2376, 2377a, 2380a, 2382, 2382a, 2395, 2396b, 2396c, 2397b, 2397c, 2398, 2398c, 2398d, 2398e, 2399, 2400, 2403, 2405, 2406); Greenland (974, 974a, B50a); Grenada (4494, 4495a); Hong Kong (2425, 2426, 2427, 2428, 2430, 2430a); Hungary (4698, 4703, 4704); Israel (2394, 2397, 2398, 2399, 2411); Italy (4029); Jordan (2556-2558, 2560, 2577a); Latvia (1169a, 1171-1173); Liechtenstein (1939); Lithuania (1247); Macao (1737); Morocco (1369, 1372, B37); Norway (1981-1983, 1982a, 1983a, 1997, 1999, 2003); Slovenia (1598a, 1607a, 1611-1612, 1625, 1626); Tunisia (1813, 1814, 1832)

Writers & Literature

Great Britain (Alderney) (809); Hungary (4691); Italy (4021); Tunisia (1813f)

Journalism

Great Britain (Alderney) (808); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2376, 2377a); Macedonia (993); Montenegro (541); Tunisia (1813i)

Addendum

Unaccompanied minors, such as Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2322c), will only appear in By Topic listings that differ from those of the original stamps.

Number changes: To stamps in October 2024 Update, Great Britain (Jersey) (2688 becomes 2649a).