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By Topic - November 2015
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the Nov. 16, 2015 Linn's Stamp News Monthly Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.
Antarctic & Arctic
China (People’s Republic) (4249)
Architecture
Belarus (917, 918, 919, 920, 928, 932); Bolivia (1565, 1568, 1575, 1588, 1589); Bosnia & Herzegovina (735, 736); Brunei (655b, 655c, 655e); Bulgaria (4720); Burma (414, 416); Cayman Islands (1151-1156, 1156a); Chile (1616); China (Taiwan) (4225, 4236, 4240); China (People’s Republic) (4237c, 4246, 4247a, 4249a, 4251, 4254, 4265-4267); Costa Rica (663, 665, 667); Cuba (5587, 5590, 5592, 5596, 5613, 5651, 5653); Czech Republic (3636); Denmark (1719, B109-B110, B110a); Dominican Republic (1569, 1572a, 1576, 1577, 1579); Ecuador (2130a, 2132, 2141, 2149-2153); Ghana (2687, 2687a, 2689Fh, 2689Fj); Guatemala (705, 707); Honduras (397); Italy (3265, 3267, 3269, 3270b, 3270k, 3270o, 3280); Kosovo (267-268); Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Express Post) (11); Malta (1549); Marshall Islands (1119-1122); Romania (5546, 5546a, 5546b, 5546c, 5556, 5558-5559, 5558a, 5562, 5562a, 5563, 5563a, 5564, 5564a, 5566-5567, 5566a)
Bridges
Burma (415); China (People’s Republic) (4251, 4265, 4266); Cook Islands (1506c); Cuba (5567); Czech Republic (3634); Italy (3266); Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Express Post) (11); Romania (5558-5559, 5558a)
Castles
Chile (1616); Italy (3270j); Poland (4174)
Lighthouses
Chad (1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018); Poland (4176)
Windmills
Belarus (935); Denmark (B110, B110a); Ecuador (2136)
Art
Bahamas (1428); Romania (5552, 5552a, 5552b)
Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips
Germany (2862-2864, 2864a); United States (5021-5030, 5030b, 5030c, 5030d)
Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips: Disney
Poland (4174)
Children’s Art
Cuba (5581-5587)
Paintings
Bahamas (1429); Belarus (919); Chile (1616a); China (Taiwan) (4243, 4243c); China (People’s Republic) (4251, 4254-4255, 4257-4258); Cook Islands (1506-1507, 1526); Cuba (5606); Czech Republic (3635); Denmark (1719); Dominican Republic (1573g); Italy (3275); Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Express Post) (11-12); Malta (1545-1547, 1548, 1549); Romania (5535, 5535a, 5548, 5548a)
Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (513); Romania (5552, 5552a, 5552b)
Sculpture & Statues
Bahamas (1430); Belarus (932); Bulgaria (4720); China (People’s Republic) (4237); Cuba (5594, 5660); Ecuador (2130); Italy (3259)
Aviation
Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters
Bolivia (1567); Bosnia & Herzegovina (738a, 738c, 738d); Chile (1616c); China (Taiwan) (4242); China (People’s Republic) (4237c, 4247a); Cuba (5576-5579); Gibraltar (1522, 1523, 1524, 1525); Kyrgyzstan (492)
Bicycles
China (Taiwan) (4240b, 4241); Cook Islands (1518d); Costa Rica (664); Cuba (5587); Kosovo (267)
Children
Belarus (937c); Bolivia (1568, 1575-1576); Brunei (655a, 655c, 655e); China (Taiwan) (4240-4241); China (People’s Republic) (4253, 4256a, 4256d, 4256e, 4266); Cook Islands (1512a); Cuba (5582, 5585, 5587, 5592, 5606, 5612); Dominican Republic (1570, 1571a); Ecuador (2149); Honduras (C1319, C1321, C1322, C1323); Italy (3276); Marshall Islands (1123g, 1123i); Papua New Guinea (1799, 1802a); Surinam (1485e); United States (5021-5030, 5030b, 5030c, 5030d)
Endangered Species
Cuba (5599-5605)
Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Cocos Islands (379-382); Cook Islands (1520-1525); Denmark (B109-B110, B110a)
Europa
Belarus (937, 937c); Bosnia & Herzegovina (738, 738c, 738d); Bulgaria (4714-4718, 4717a, 4718a); Poland (4170); Romania (5545-5546, 5545a-5546a, 5546b, 5546c)
Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
Belarus (930); China (Taiwan) (4237a, 4237c); China (People’s Republic) (4233-4236, 4252, 4252a); Christmas Island (536-538, 537a, 538m, 538n, 538o, 538p, 538q, 538r); Cook Islands (1527); Kyrgyzstan (485)
Famous People
China (People’s Republic) Mao Zedong (4255); Cook Islands Bill Clinton (1512b); Ghana Kwame Nkrumah, Zhou Enlai (2689Fi)
Royalty
Cuba (5589, 5592, 5608); Germany (B1108); Gibraltar (1521); Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Express Post) (10); Papua New Guinea (1799-1803, 1802a); Romania (5555, 5555a, 5556)
Fauna
Land Mammals
Belarus (922a, 922c, 922d, 922e, 923-927, 930); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (310); Bulgaria (4719); Chad (1003, 1004, 1005, 1006); Chile (1613, 1616); China (Taiwan) (4222-4223); China (People’s Republic) (4238a, 4249b, 4252, 4252a, 4253, 4256c, 4256d, 4256f); Christmas Island (536, 537a, 538, 538m, 538n, 538o, 538p, 538q, 538r); Cocos Islands (379-382); Colombia (1413); Cook Islands (1520-1525, 1526, 1527); Cuba (5580, 5583); Czech Republic (3633); Denmark (B109-B110, B110a); Dominican Republic (1573i); Ecuador (2133, 2146-2148); Germany (2862b, 2863, 2864a); Honduras (C1317); Kyrgyzstan (485, 486); Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Express Post) (8, 8a); Romania (5558-5559, 5558a)
Land Mammals: Cats
China (Taiwan) (4222f, 4223f); China (People’s Republic) (4261); Christmas Island (538i, 538p); Cuba (5555-5561); Dominican Republic (1576); Kyrgyzstan (489, 490, 491a); Romania (5558-5559, 5558a)
Land Mammals: Dogs
China (Taiwan) (4222c, 4223c); China (People’s Republic) (4256e); Christmas Island (538h, 538n); Cuba (5548-5554); Germany (2862a); Kyrgyzstan (488, 491, 491a); United States (5023, 5025, 5029, 5030b, 5030c, 5030d)
Land Mammals: Elephants
China (Taiwan) (4222e, 4223e); China (People’s Republic) (4233); Cuba (5580)
Land Mammals: Horses
Belarus (933, 937b, 937c); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (310a); Bulgaria (4714, 4716, 4717, 4717a); Chile (1612a); China (Taiwan) (4224); China (People’s Republic) (4235, 4237, 4251); Christmas Island (538k, 538r); Croatia (965d); Cuba (5591, 5651, 5654, 5655, 5656. 5657, 5658, 5659); Curaçao (223); Dominican Republic (1579); Poland (4177)
Sea Mammals: Whales
Cook Islands (1508n, 1511e, 1517a); Cuba (5572); Dominican Republic (1573h)
Birds
Bahamas (1429); Belarus (922, 922e, 936); Bolivia (1589); Botswana (935A); Chad (1007, 1008, 1009, 1010); Chile (1616); China (Taiwan) (4225, 4237b, 4237c, 4238-4239, 4240b, 4241, 4242b); China (People’s Republic) (4233, 4248, 4249a, 4256b); Christmas Island (537a, 538, 538n); Cocos Islands (379-382); Colombia (1414); Cook Islands (1508c, 1509, 1510, 1511, 1517d, 1520-1525); Cuba (5559, 5573, 5580, 5583, 5594, 5595, 5599-5605); Czech Republic (3634); Denmark (B109-B110, B110a); Dominican Republic (1572-1575); Ecuador (2133, 2142b, 2142c, 2142d, 2144, 2154-2158); Gibraltar (1522, 1523, 1525, 1526a, 1526b, 1526d); Guatemala (703-704, 704a); Honduras (C1313, C1315); Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Express Post) (6-8, 8a); Marshall Islands (1117, 1123); Papua New Guinea (1793-1798); Romania (5536-5539, 5536a-5539a, 5550, 5550a, 5558-5559, 5558a)
Insects
Belarus (922b); Bolivia (1567); Bosnia & Herzegovina (734); Chad (1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026); Cook Islands (1519); Ecuador (2143, 2145)
Insects: Butterflies & Moths
Belarus (922d, 922e); China (People’s Republic) (4256e); Cook Islands (1519b); Dominican Republic (1572-1575); Honduras (C1314)
Fish & Fishing
Chad (999, 1000, 1001, 1002, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018); China (People’s Republic) (4234, 4248, 4256b); Cook Islands (1508f, 1508k, 1508l, 1508m, 1508o, 1511, 1514d, 1515d, 1517c); Cuba (5555, 5556, 5557, 5575, 5594, 5595); Curaçao (217); Dominican Republic (1572c, 1572j); Germany (B1105-B1107, B1107a); Italy (3268, 3271); Marshall Islands (1117h); Romania (5542, 5542a); Surinam (1484); Tokelau (438-441, 441a)
Fish & Fishing: Marine Life
Chad (999, 1000, 1001, 1002); China (Taiwan) (4214-4217); Christmas Island (534-535, 534a, 535a); Cook Islands (1514d); Cuba (5570); Dominican Republic (1572c, 1574g); Tokelau (442-445, 445a)
Fish & Fishing: Shells
Chad (1011, 1012, 1013, 1014); Chile (1616); Cuba (5569, 5595)
Reptiles & Amphibians
Christmas Island (538d, 538r); Cook Islands (1515c); Cuba (5571, 5574, 5601); Dominican Republic (1573e); Honduras (C1309, C1312)
Other Terrestrial Life
Ecuador (2131)
Fire Fighting
Cuba (5654-5660)
Flags
Belarus (931-932); Bolivia (1567, 1580-1581, 1590); Bosnia & Herzegovina (733, 740); Bulgaria (4712, 4713, 4720); Cayman Islands (1150, 1150a); Chile (1616); China (Taiwan) (4236); China (People’s Republic) (4237b, 4245, 4249a, 4254); Colombia (1414); Cook Islands (1506c, 1506d, 1508c, 1508p, 1509, 1510, 1511); Cuba (5588, 5591, 5595, 5661); Czech Republic (3637); Denmark (1718, 1721-1725, 1723a, 1725a, 1725b); Dominican Republic (1572a, 1576, 1577, 1578); Ecuador (2133, 2141b, 2142b, 2142c, 2142d); Germany (2860); Ghana (2689Fh, 2689Fi, 2693Eh); Honduras (395); Kyrgyzstan (493); Malta (1545, 1546, 1549); Marshall Islands (1122, 1123); Romania (5549, 5549a, 5551)
Flora
Belarus (922, 922e); Bulgaria (4719); Cuba (5605); Dominican Republic (1572-1575); Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Express Post) (13, 14a)
Flowers
Belarus (932, 940-943, 943a); Cayman Islands (1151-1156, 1156a); China (Taiwan) (4218-4221, 4222a, 4222b, 4222h, 4222i, 4223a, 4223b, 4223h, 4223i, 4228, 4230, 4232, 4234, 4240a, 4241, 4244-4247); China (People’s Republic) (4248, 4252, 4252a, 4256a, 4264, 4267); Cuba (5599-5605); Curaçao (218, 222); Denmark (1719); Germany (2862); Honduras (C1318); Kosovo (258); Papua New Guinea (1802a, 1803); Poland (4171, 4173, 4179); Surinam (1486)
Flowers: Orchids
Cuba (5602)
Flowers: Roses
Christmas Island (538); Cook Islands (1506a)
Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops
Belarus (939); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (510); Cape Verde (1001-1003); Chile (1615b); China (Taiwan) (4218-4221, 4244-4247); China (People’s Republic) (4238, 4238a, 4248); Christmas Island (534-535, 535a); Costa Rica (RA133); Ghana (2727); Italy (3270); Poland (4172); Romania (5543, 5543a, 5544, 5544a)
Gems, Minerals & Jewelry
Chad (1027, 1028, 1029, 1030); Chile (1615d); China (People’s Republic) (4250); Christmas Island (538)
Heraldry & Coats of Arms
Belarus (920); Chile (1616); Ecuador (2142b, 2142c, 2142d); Honduras (393)
Judaica
Marshall Islands (1123e)
Maps & Globes
Belarus (920, 935, 939); Bolivia (1567, 1574, 1579, 1590); Bosnia & Herzegovina (740); Chile (1615); China (People’s Republic) (4249); Cook Islands (1508-1511); Cuba (5562); Ecuador (2159-2160); Ghana (2693B, 2693C, 2693D, 2693O, 2693Q); Kyrgyzstan (493); Poland (4168-4169); Romania (5547-5548, 5547a-5548a)
Masks
Croatia (965a); Cuba (5589); Curaçao (219)
Military
Belarus (931-932); Bolivia (1580-1581); Bulgaria (4713); Chile (1612); China (People’s Republic) (4235, 4237b, 4247a, 4255); Cuba (5591, 5610, 5649b, 5652, 5663); Dominican Republic (1577); Gibraltar (1522-1526); Kyrgyzstan (492-494); Malta (1549); Marshall Islands (1123); Poland (4167, 4171); Romania (5549-5551, 5549a, 5550a)
Motor Vehicles
Belarus (929, 939); Bulgaria (4719); Chile (1616e); China (Taiwan) (4242); China (People’s Republic) (4237a); Cuba (5583, 5586); Kyrgyzstan (493)
Automobiles
Cuba (5581, 5582, 5584, 5585, 5587); Ecuador (2138); Marshall Islands (1119-1122)
Motorcycles
Bolivia (1585); Cook Islands (1514b); Italy (3277d)
Mushrooms
Belarus (922c, 922e); Chad (1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026); Honduras (C1310)
Nobel Prize
Cook Islands (1512)
Performing Arts
Dance
Bolivia (1569-1572); Bosnia & Herzegovina (737); Cook Islands (1513c); Cuba (5630-5631, 5632)
Music
Belarus (919, 932b); Bolivia (1579); Bosnia & Herzegovina (737); China (Taiwan) (4232-4235); China (People’s Republic) (4256d, 4260); Croatia (965b, 965c); Cuba (5561, 5630); Czech Republic (3634); Kyrgyzstan (487a, 487b, 487c); Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Express Post) (12); Poland (4177); Romania (5545-5546, 5545a-5546a, 5546b, 5546c)
Movies, Television & Stars
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (514); Bulgaria (4708); Poland (4165, 4174); Romania (5523-5534, 5523a-5534a, 5534b); United States (5020, 5020a, 5021-5030, 5030b, 5030c, 5030d)
Theater
Colombia (1412); Ghana (2689Fh); Poland (4166)
Petroleum
Dominican Republic (1572-1575)
Philately
China (Taiwan) (4213i, 4237, 4237c, 4238-4239, 4240-4241, 4242, 4243, 4243c); Cuba (5548-5554, 5555-5561, 5588-5594, 5607-5613, 5651); Czech Republic (3636); Dominican Republic (1570); Ecuador (2142); Germany (B1108); Italy (3277); Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Express Post) (10)
Printing
Belarus (938); China (People’s Republic) (4244); Cuba (5610); Ecuador (2142)
Railroads
Cuba (5562-5568, 5581, 5586)
Red Cross
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (RA35, RA35a); Bulgaria (4720)
Religion
Bahamas (1428-1430); Belarus (915, 918, 920, 928, 934, 944); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (311a); Burma (414, 416); China (People’s Republic) (4265, 4267); Cook Islands (1506-1507, 1514a); Costa Rica (667); Cuba (5653); Czech Republic (3633, 3635, 3636); Ecuador (2130, 2132a, 2141e, 2149-2153); Guatemala (705-707); Italy (3265, 3278, 3280); Malta (1545-1547, 1548); Poland (4173); Romania (5535, 5535a, 5545-5546, 5545a-5546a, 5546b, 5546c, 5562-5565, 5562a-5565a, 5566-5567, 5566a)
Christmas
Belarus (916); Bolivia (1575-1576); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (311b); Cayman Islands (1151-1156, 1156a); Chile (1613); Christmas Island (534-535, 534a, 535a); Colombia (1413); Cook Islands (1526); Ecuador (2139-2140); Honduras (C1316-C1318); Italy (3275-3276); United States (5021-5030, 5030b, 5030c, 5030d)
Popes
Bolivia (1591); Bosnia & Herzegovina (739); Ecuador (2159-2160); Italy (3260); Poland (4168)
Science & Technology
Chile (1615); China (People’s Republic) (4239-4244, 4249); Cuba (5629); Ecuador (2135-2137); Italy (3265); Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Express Post) (14, 14a)
Archaeology
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (512-513); Chile (1614); Dominican Republic (1572a, 1572l, 1573g); Kosovo (269)
Computers & Mathematics
Brunei (655a, 655e); Bulgaria (4721); China (People’s Republic) (4244); Cuba (5563)
Earth Science & Earth Features
Bolivia (1566, 1567, 1584, 1586); China (Taiwan) (4242b); Cook Islands (1508a, 1508b, 1509a, 1509c); Cuba (5649); Dominican Republic (1572-1575); Ecuador (2141a); Honduras (394, C1311); Italy (3278); Poland (4181); Romania (5540, 5540a, 5540b)
Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls
Cook Islands (1517b); Dominican Republic (1572b, 1573a, 1573c); Honduras (C1308)
Medicine
Bolivia (1568); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (RA35, RA35a); Bulgaria (4720); Chile (1615a); China (People’s Republic) (4236); Costa Rica (665); Cuba (5587, 5597-5598, 5606); Dominican Republic (1571a); Ecuador (2130, 2146-2148); Poland (4175)
Scouting
Colombia (1411)
Service Organizations (Intl.)
Dominican Republic (1576)
Ships & Watercraft
Chile (1616); China (People’s Republic) (4245, 4249b, 4256b, 4265, 4266); Cook Islands (1508f, 1508g, 1508h, 1508i, 1508j, 1510, 1515, 1516, 1517c); Croatia (964); Cuba (5588, 5634, 5661); Denmark (1721-1725, 1723a, 1725a, 1725b); Dominican Republic (1575a); Ecuador (2142b, 2142c, 2142d); Germany (2860); Malta (1544, 1545-1547); Marshall Islands (1121); Romania (5549-5551, 5549a, 5550a)
Space
Belarus (921, 928); Bolivia (1582-1583); Bulgaria (4712); China (People’s Republic) (4247b); Cuba (5560, 5593, 5611, 5662); Italy (3279); Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Express Post) (9); Marshall Islands (1118)
Sports
Belarus (921); Bolivia (1585-1586); Bosnia & Herzegovina (733); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (514); Bulgaria (4723); Cayman Islands (1150, 1150a); Cook Islands (1518a, 1518b); Costa Rica (664); Cuba (5597); Czech Republic (3637); Italy (3264); Kosovo (245); Papua New Guinea (1793-1798); Romania (5560-5561, 5560a-5561a, 5561b)
Golf
Cook Islands (1518c)
Olympics
Romania (5521)
Soccer
Bolivia (1584, 1590); Bulgaria (4722); Germany (2861); Ghana (2693B, 2693C, 2693D, 2693E, 2693O, 2693Q, 2693R); Romania (5557, 5557e)
Stamps On Stamps
Cuba (5589, 5590, 5591, 5592, 5593, 5608, 5610, 5611, 5612, 5613); Denmark (1719); Ecuador (2142b, 2142c, 2142d); Germany (B1108); Italy (3277); Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Express Post) (10)
Telecommunications
Belarus (921, 928); Bulgaria (4707, 4721); Cuba (5558, 5662)
Textiles
Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Express Post) (13, 14a)
Native Costumes
Belarus (937c); Bolivia (1569-1572); Chile (1612, 1616a); China (Taiwan) (4224-4227, 4228-4231, 4243, 4243c); China (People’s Republic) (4233-4236, 4251, 4257-4258, 4259-5264); Cook Islands (1513b, 1513c); Croatia (965); Curaçao (218-223); Ecuador (2149, 2153); Guatemala (702); Kyrgyzstan (487a, 487c); Papua New Guinea (1788-1792, 1791a, 1793-1798); Poland (4177); Surinam (1485)
Toys & Games
Belarus (937, 937c); Bolivia (1576); Bosnia & Herzegovina (738, 738c, 738d); Bulgaria (4714-4718, 4717a, 4718a); China (Taiwan) (4240a, 4241); China (People’s Republic) (4256e); Poland (4170)
United Nations
Croatia (965-966); Honduras (C1319-C1324); Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Express Post) (13-14, 14a)
Universal Postal Union
Belarus (917)
Wine
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (311a); Italy (3270)
Women
Bolivia (1569-1572, 1576); Bosnia & Herzegovina (737); Bulgaria (4723); Cape Verde (1001-1003); Cayman Islands (1150, 1150a); China (Taiwan) (4227, 4228-4231, 4232-4235, 4240-4241, 4242); China (People’s Republic) (4234, 4235, 4237a, 4251d, 4251f, 4256e, 4256f, 4257-4258, 4259-4264, 4266); Colombia (1412); Cook Islands (1513, 1514, 1515a, 1515b, 1516c, 1517c, 1518b, 1518d); Costa Rica (668); Cuba (5587, 5589, 5606, 5631, 5632, 5634); Curaçao (218, 221, 222, 223); Denmark (1718); Ecuador (2134, 2142a, 2149); Germany (2862, B1108); Gibraltar (1521); Italy (3264, 3271); Kyrgyzstan (487c); Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Express Post) (10); Marshall Islands (1123g, 1123i); Papua New Guinea (1793, 1794, 1797, 1798, 1799-1803, 1802a); Poland (4177); Romania (5521c, 5523, 5523a, 5525, 5525a, 5528, 5528a, 5529, 5529a, 5532, 5532a, 5534, 5534a, 5534b, 5545, 5545a, 5546b, 5546c, 5560-5561, 5560a-5561a, 5561b); Surinam (1485)
Writers & Literature
Belarus (933); Bolivia (1574); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (511, 515); Bulgaria (4707); China (Taiwan) (4228-4231, 4251, 4259-4264); Cuba (5649a); Ecuador (2134); Kyrgyzstan (487d); Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Express Post) (11); Poland (4173, 4177)
Journalism
Marshall Islands (1123i)
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