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By Topic - October 2019

Oct 4, 2019, 1 PM
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The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the Oct. 21, 2019 Linn's Stamp News Monthly Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.

Antarctic & Arctic

Argentina (2838, 2862, 2865, 2866); Russia (8039)

Architecture

Andorra (Spanish) (464); Antigua (3463); Argentina (2845c, 2845f, 2846d, 2846e, 2847e, 2862, 2866b); Armenia (1186-1187, 1191); Australia (4973-4980, 4977a, 4978a, 4979a, 4980a); Austria (2811, 2812); Bahamas (1483-1486); Bahrain (742); Belarus (1104, 1109, 1111, 1123, 1125, 1133b); Belgium (2887, 2888, 2890, 2895); Colombia (1490, 1491e, 1494, 1495, 1497, 1499); Costa Rica (704, 707); Czech Republic (3786); Denmark (1813, 1814a, 1816,  1816a, 1817, 1817a, 1817b, 1818, 1818a, 1821, 1822, 1822a); Fiji (1390); Grenada (4318c, 4318d, 4323); Iraq (2056, 2064); Israel (2221, 2229, 2230); Jordan (2407); Kuwait (1751, 1761); Malta (1648, 1652); Moldova (1031, 1031a); New Caledonia (1251d); Oman (537, 579, 581-583, 584, 608-609, 609a, 613-614, 614a, 615, 616, 618, 618a); Peru (1974, 1977, 1982, 1983); Qatar (1144-1145, 1146, 1147); Russia (8026, 8030, 8031); Serbia (863); Sierra Leone (4753a, 4755c, 4761c, 4772, 4774, 4778, 4779, 4781); Uruguay (2662, 2663, 2666); Vatican City (1720)

Bridges

Antigua (3456, 3504); Argentina (2846d, 2858, 2859); Peru (1973b)

Castles

Sierra Leone (4757a, 4776)

Lighthouses

Argentina (2847f, 2860); Denmark (1823-1827, 1827a)

Windmills

Costa Rica (704)

Art

Antigua (3517); Peru (1974); Sierra Leone (4751, 4770)

Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips

Peru (1975)

Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips: Disney

Sierra Leone (4757, 4776)

Children’s Art

Chile (1664)

Paintings

Antigua (3444); Belarus (1112, 1113, 1117); Colombia (1499, 1502c); Grenada (4321-4322); Israel (2211); Italy (3558); Niue (982-985, 985a); Peru (1984); Russia (8024, 8025); Sierra Leone (4752, 4753d, 4756a, 4771); Vatican City (1719, 1720)

Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media

Oman (536c, 536f)

Nudes

Serbia (860); Sierra Leone (4752d); Vatican City (1719)

Sculpture & Statues

Antigua (3466, 3510); Armenia (1191); Austria (2814); Belgium (2886); Denmark (1811, 1812a); Grenada (4320); Malta (1651); Peru (1977); Qatar (1146); Russia (8026, 8032); Serbia (859); Sierra Leone (4753b, 4772, 4781d)

Aviation

Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters

Antigua (3450); Argentina (2865, 2866); Australia (4957, 4959, 4959a); Bahrain (742, 750); Chile (1660c); Falkland Islands (1248, 1249); Iraq (2059); Oman (614a); Russia (8031); Sierra Leone (4775, 4780)

Zeppelins, Airships & Balloons

Antigua (3451)

Bicycles

Belarus (1126, 1129a); Iraq (2059); Israel (2227-2229); Kuwait (1761)

Black Americans

Uruguay (2661)

Children

Aruba (624-627); Austria (2812); Belarus (1115a); Belgium (2887d, 2888); Cape Verde (1024); Chile (1664); Colombia (1499a, 1499f, 1499g); Iraq (2056-2059); Israel (2209, 2214, 2215, 2226); Jordan (2407); Kenya (887A); Oman (617, 618a); Russia (8032d); Serbia (859); Sierra Leone (4743a, 4752b, 4754, 4755, 4773, 4774); Vatican City (1718)

Coins & Currency

Czech Republic (3787); Israel (2212a); Kuwait (1761)

Endangered Species

Argentina (2850, 2851, 2852, 2853); Israel (2220); Sierra Leone (4750, 4769)

Europa

Andorra (Spanish) (462); Armenia (1188); Belgium (2898); Czech Republic (3788); Denmark (1828); Malta (1649-1650, 1649a); Moldova (1031-1032, 1031a, 1032a); Serbia (857-858)

Explorers

Chile (1662)

Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology

Antigua (3493, 3515); Argentina (2868); Denmark (1808, 1811, 1812a); Fiji (1408-1411); New Caledonia (1251); Peru (1981); Russia (8033); Sierra Leone (4754, 4753)

Famous People

Antigua George Washington (3437, 3440, 3442), Benjamin Franklin (3439, 3441), Abraham Lincoln (3443), Zachary Taylor (3446); Armenia Mohandas K. Gandhi (1189); Belarus Lenin (1117); Fiji Mohandas K. Gandhi (1404-1407); Grenada Donald Trump (4320); Grenada Grenadines Donald Trump (3016); Iraq Mohandas K. Gandhi (2063); Oman Mao Zedong (537)

Kennedy

Sierra Leone (4761c)

Royalty

Antigua (3460, 3461, 3465, 3468, 3471, 3472, 3481, 3482, 3485, 3486, 3487, 3490, 3491, 3494, 3499, 3500, 3501, 3502, 3503, 3505, 3507, 3511, 3513, 3514, 3518, 3519, 3524, 3525, 3526, 3527); Australia (4954-4956, 4955a, 4956a); Bahrain (741-745, 749, 750, 752, 753, 753a); Belgium (2881-2882, 2882a, 2883, 2883a); Italy (3558); Oman (581e, 535, 608, 609a, 612, 612a); Qatar (1147); Sierra Leone (4753b, 4754, 4755, 4772, 4773, 4774, 4775)

Fauna

Land Mammals

Antigua (3438, 3447, 3478, 3480, 3523); Argentina (2846b, 2851, 2852, 2854, 2863, 2868, 2872); Australia (4941, 4942, 4945, 4945a, 4946, 4946a, 4947b); Belarus (1111, 1118); Belgium (2887, 2891); Colombia (1487a, 1494, 1502); Costa Rica (704); Fiji (1408-1411); Grenada Grenadines (3015, 3022); Israel (2220, 2224, 2227); Moldova (1040, 1041, 1042, 1044); New Caledonia (1251); Oman (536c); Peru (1974, 1981a); Sierra Leone (4750a, 4750d, 4769, 4773, 4774, 4776); Uruguay (2664a)

Land Mammals: Bats

Belgium (2891)

Land Mammals: Cats

Antigua (3492, 3520); Argentina (2853, 2868); Armenia (1190); Belgium (2892-2894); Colombia (1494, 1502i); Grenada Grenadines (3021); New Caledonia (1251c); Oman (584); Peru (1975, 1980, 1981a); Russia (8026); Sierra Leone (4743, 4744, 4754, 4762, 4763, 4772, 4773, 4776); Uruguay (2664b)

Land Mammals: Dogs

Argentina (2868); Austria (2812); Belgium (2887e); Chile (1663); Colombia (1494, 1499e, 1499g); New Caledonia (1251a, 1251c, 1251k); Peru (1975, 1979, 1981); Russia (8032b); Sierra Leone (4745, 4764)

Land Mammals: Horses

Antigua (3496, 3509); Argentina (2847d, 2868); Austria (2812); Belarus (1104); Belgium (2887, 2895); Colombia (1494, 1499a); Israel (2212b); Moldova (1043); New Caledonia (1251a, 1251c, 1251g); Oman (584, 608, 609a); Peru (1981a); Sierra Leone (4753b)

Sea Mammals

Bahamas (1488, 1489); Sierra Leone (4746, 4750c, 4765, 4769)

Sea Mammals: Whales

Argentina (2850); Bahamas (1487, 1489, 1490)

Birds

Andorra (Spanish) (462); Antigua (3435-3436, 3445, 3462, 3483, 3515, 3530, 3531, 3534); Argentina (2848, 2861, 2865, 2868); Armenia (1188, 1190); Australia (4940, 4944, 4944a, 4947b, 4950a, 4957, 4959, 4959a, 4961-4964, 4964a); Belarus (1116, 1131); Belgium (2885, 2895, 2898, F7); Chile (1661-1662, 1664c); Colombia (1491, 1492, 1494, 1499, 1502); Czech Republic (3788); Denmark (1828); Falkland Islands (1252-1257); Fiji (1406, 1410); Grenada (3928A, 4318); Grenada Grenadines (3016, 3019, 3023); Iraq (2064); Israel (2213, 2213f, 2221, 2222-2223, 2226, 2230); Kuwait (1751j); Malta (1649-1650, 1649a); Moldova (1031-1032, 1031a, 1032a); New Caledonia (1251a, 1251c, 1251l); Peru (1977, 1981a); Russia (8023, 8032a, 8032d, 8039); St. Martin (188, 189); Serbia (857-858); Sierra Leone (4747, 4748, 4751, 4766, 4767, 4770, 4778); Surinam (1561); Syria (1704); United States (5409)

Insects

Australia (4965-4972, 4969a, 4970a, 4971a, 4972a); Belarus (1134, 1137a); Belgium (2891); Sierra Leone (4749, 4768)

Insects: Butterflies & Moths

Belgium (2891); Colombia (1492); Grenada (4313); Grenada Grenadines (3015); Iraq (2060-2062); Surinam (1563)

Fish & Fishing

Australia (4948-4953, 4950a, 4953a); Belarus (1135, 1137a); Cocos Islands (405, 406a); Grenada (4318, 4319); Grenada Grenadines (3017-3018, 3020-3022); Israel (2230); Sierra Leone (4748b, 4748c, 4767)

Fish & Fishing: Marine Life

Argentina (2838); Australia (4982-4984); Belarus (1136, 1137a); Belgium (2896b, 2896c); Cocos Islands (405, 406a); Grenada (4319); Grenada Grenadines (3017-3018)

Fish & Fishing: Shells

Argentina (2838); Belarus (1137, 1137a); Oman (615-618, 618a)

Reptiles & Amphibians

Argentina (2868); Australia (4943, 4947, 4947a, 4947b); Belarus (1106-1108, 1108a); Cape Verde (1022-1024); Costa Rica (706a); Grenada Grenadines (3017-3018); New Caledonia (1251a, 1251c, 1251d, 1252); Peru (1981a); Sierra Leone (4750b, 4767, 4769, 4772)

Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals

United States (5410-5413)

Fire Fighting

Armenia (1185); Belarus (1104)

Flags

Antigua (3445, 3491, 3534); Argentina (2839, 2866a); Armenia (1191); Australia (4957-4959, 4958a, 4959a, 4985, 4987, 4989, 4990, 4990a, 4991a, 4992, 4992a, 4993a, 4993b); Austria (2811); Bahrain (741-745, 749); Belarus (1123, 1125); Chile (1660, 1661-1662); Colombia (1490, 1501, 1503); Denmark (1813-1822, 1814a, 1816a, 1817a, 1817b, 1818a, 1822a); Iraq (2064); Italy (3558); Kuwait (1751c, 1751g, 1761); Malta (1647-1648); Moldova (1045); Niue (988, 989a); Oman (537, 579, 584, 615, 616, 618, 618a, 619, 619a); Qatar (1147); Russia (8030, 8032c, 8034, 8039); Sierra Leone (4753a, 4754d, 4755, 4756c, 4756d, 4761c, 4773, 4774, 4775, 4779, 4780, 4781-4782); Surinam (1562b, 1562e)

Flora

Belgium (2896); Fiji (1389, 1410, 1411); Israel (2210-2211); Moldova (1036); Qatar (1147)

Flowers

Antigua (3434, 3477, 3479); Argentina (2868); Armenia (1188); Australia (4965-4972, 4969a, 4970a, 4971a, 4972a); Belarus (1112b, 1118. 1133); Belgium (2891, 2896c, 2896e); Colombia (1492h, 1492i, 1492j, 1492n, 1494, 1499a); Costa Rica (704); Denmark (1828); Fiji (1408, 1409); Grenada (4313); Grenada Grenadines (3015, 3019); Iraq (2056, 2058, 2059, 2060-2062); Israel (2210, 2222-2223, 2229, 2230); Moldova (1033-1035, 1044); New Caledonia (1251i); Oman (532-535); Peru (1985); Russia (8024, 8033, 8035); Sierra Leone (4749, 4754c, 4768, 4771, 4773); Surinam (1563); Uruguay (2666)

Flowers: Orchids

Belgium (2891d); Colombia (1489); Israel (2222)

Flowers: Roses

Antigua (3477); Belarus (1112a)

Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops

Andorra (Spanish) (463); Argentina (2791A, 2802A, 2840, 2842, 2844, 2846a, 2855, 2856, 2857); Belarus (1115a, 1116, 1118, 1120, 1121, 1123, 1124, 1125, 1130); Belgium (2896c, 2896d); Chile (1664e); Colombia (1491b, 1491c); Fiji (1391); Jamaica (1127-1131); Jordan (2407); Moldova (1044); Russia (8033, 8038); Sierra Leone (4771); Surinam (1544); Uruguay (2665)

Gems, Minerals & Jewelry

Belgium (2888a); Denmark (1809, 1812a); Oman (536e); Serbia (864)

Heraldry & Coats of Arms

Antigua (3438, 3470, 3492, 3497, 3508, 3509, 3520, 3528, 3530, 3534, 3536); Bahrain (745); Belarus (1109, 1111); Colombia (1491, 1492, 1499, 1502); Grenada Grenadines (3016); Malta (1649a); Sierra Leone (4754)

Holograms & 3-D

Andorra (Spanish) (464); Iraq (2062); United States (5410-5413)

Judaica

Argentina (2867); Grenada (4320c); Israel (2212, 2215, 2216, 2230)

Maps & Globes

Antigua (3456, 3483); Argentina (2838, 2855, 2856, 2857, 2866); Armenia (1186-1187); Australia (4985-4993, 4990a, 4991a, 4992a, 4993a, 4993b); Bahrain (751, 753a); Belarus (1116, 1120, 1121, 1124, 1125, 1130); Belgium (2888a, 2897

); Cape Verde (1022-1024); Chile (1662); Colombia (1503); Israel (2209); Italy (3558); Malta (1653, 1654); Moldova (1045); Oman (609a); Peru (1982); Sierra Leone (4781d, 4782)

Masks

Argentina (2849); St. Martin (188)

Military

Antigua (3491); Argentina (2865); Australia (4957-4959, 4958a, 4959a); Bahrain (741-745); Belarus (1133); Belgium (2888b); Chile (1660); Colombia (1490, 1493, 1496, 1499a, 1499b); Falkland Islands (1248-1251); Grenada (4320); Israel (2214); Italy (3558); Malta (1652-1654); Niue (989, 989a); Russia (8030, 8032c, 8036); Sierra Leone (4756b, 4775); Surinam (1562c, 1562d)

Motor Vehicles

Armenia (1185); Bahrain (741); Belarus (1118, 1133); Costa Rica (RA137b); Falkland Islands (1251); Moldova (1044a); Russia (8030, 8036); Sierra Leone (4762, 4775, 4778)

Automobiles

Costa Rica (704, RA137a, RA137c, RA137d); Iraq (2056); Kuwait (1761); Oman (615, 616, 618a); Qatar (1146); Sierra Leone (4759, 4774, 4778); Uruguay (2662)

Nobel Prize

Russia (8029); Sierra Leone (4756c); Uruguay (2660)

Performing Arts

Dance

Israel (2216); Serbia (856)

Music

Antigua (3532, 3533); Austria (2812); Bahamas (1483-1486); Belarus (1115, 1115a); Colombia (1504); Israel (2216); Russia (8028); Sierra Leone (4754, 4773); United States (5409)

Movies, Television & Stars

Australia (4988, 4989b, 4993, 4993a, 4943b); Kuwait (1762); Peru (1975); Russia (8021); Sierra Leone (4757)

Theater

Oman (581, 583)

Personalized Stamps

Israel (2208a)

Petroleum

Argentina (2838); Oman (615-618, 618a)

Philately

Belgium (2888b); Chile (1661-1662); Kuwait (1761); Oman (579); Sierra Leone (4781-4782)

Printing

Belarus (1105); Belgium (2892-2894)

Railroads

Antigua (3449); Austria (2811); Belgium (2888, 2895); Peru (1973); Russia (8032); Sierra Leone (4760, 4779); Uruguay (2662)

Religion

Antigua (3512); Armenia (1186); Belarus (1109, 1111, 1113, 1114, 1115a); Colombia (1499); Costa Rica (707); Czech Republic (3786); Grenada (4320, 4321-4322); Iraq (2064); Israel (2225); Italy (3562); Jordan (2407); Kenya (887A); Oman (584); Serbia (863); Vatican City (1718, 1719)

Christmas

Bahamas (1483-1486); Belarus (1115, 1115a); Chile (1664); Colombia (1498); Grenada (4314-4317); Peru (1985)

Popes

Peru (1982); Vatican City (1720)

Science & Technology

Argentina (2846c, 2865); Bahamas (1487-1490); Costa Rica (704); Czech Republic (3784, 3785, 3785a); Israel (2209); Moldova (1037); Oman (617, 618, 618a); Russia (8021, 8029, 8031, 8037); Serbia (861); Sierra Leone (4751, 4770)

Archaeology

Argentina (2841, 2845c, 2849); Belarus (1119); Denmark (1808-1812, 1812a); Israel (2211)

Astronomy

Australia (4986, 4989a, 4991, 4991a, 4993b); Belgium (2890, 2896a)

Computers & Mathematics

Belarus (1118); Belgium (2897b)

Earth Science & Earth Features

Argentina (2838, 2845, 2846f, 2846g, 2846h, 2847, 2848, 2854, 2855, 2856, 2857, 2870, 2871, 2872, 2873, 2874, 2875, 2877, 2878); Chile (1661-1662); Colombia (1491, 1502); Grenada (4323-4324); Israel (2210-2211, 2224-2226); Serbia (862, 864-865)

Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls

Argentina (2847b, 2869, 2876)

Medicine

Belarus (1118); Costa Rica (706); Oman (610, 610a)

Scouting

Italy (3562)

Service Organizations (Intl.)

Sierra Leone (4743, 4762)

Ships & Watercraft

Antigua (3448, 3459, 3474, 3475, 3491, 3512, 3521, 3535); Argentina (2838, 2846e, 2865); Australia (4948-4953, 4950a, 4953a, 4957-4959, 4958a, 4959a); Austria (2813); Bahrain (743); Belarus (1128, 1129a); Bermuda (1160-1163); Cape Verde (1024); Chile (1660); Denmark (1816, 1816a, 1817a, 1821, 1822a); Falkland Islands (1250, 1251); Fiji (1388, 1407); Grenada (4318, 4324); Italy (3558); Kuwait (1751, 1761, 1762); Moldova (1038); Niue (989, 989a); Qatar (1147); Russia (8039); Surinam (1562)

Space

Antigua (3435-3436); Australia (4985-4993, 4990a, 4991a, 4992a, 4993a, 4993b); Belarus (1110); Belgium (2890); Israel (2209); Moldova (1045); Niue (986-989, 989a); Sierra Leone (4761, 4780)

Sports

Australia (4973-4980, 4977a, 4978a, 4979a, 4980a); Austria (2813); Bahrain (749); Belarus (1126-1129, 1129a); Cape Verde (1022-1024); Cocos Islands (403-406, 406a); Colombia (1487); Moldova (1038-1039); Peru (1983); Sierra Leone (4759d)

Basketball

Belarus (1103, 1129a)

Soccer

Armenia (1190); Cape Verde (1024); Denmark (1815, 1817a, 1817b, 1820, 1822a); Grenada (4311-4312, 4312a, 4312b); Uruguay (2662)

Stamps On Stamps

Antigua (3437-3536); Belgium (2888b, 2892-2894); Iraq (2056, 2057, 2058); Kuwait (1761)

Telecommunications

Argentina (2865); Belarus (1118); Belgium (2897c, 2898); Colombia (1493); Oman (580, 614a)

Textiles

Belarus (1121); Oman (536a, 536g); Peru (1978)

Native Costumes

Antigua (3517); Chile (1664a); Israel (2215); Peru (1984b); Russia (8032a); Sierra Leone (4743b)

Toys & Games

Aruba (624-627); Moldova (1037); Sierra Leone (4774)

Chess

Belarus (1119); Sierra Leone (4758, 4777)

United Nations

Belarus (1125); Fiji (1388-1391); Moldova (1037); Uruguay (2666)

Wine

Argentina (2840, 2842, 2844, 2855, 2856, 2857); Israel (2212c); Uruguay (2665)

Women

Antigua (3460, 3461, 3464, 3468, 3483, 3484, 3485, 3486, 3490, 3491, 3499, 3500, 3501, 3502, 3503, 3505, 3507, 3513, 3514, 3516, 3517, 3518, 3524, 3525, 3526, 3527); Argentina (2846a); Australia (4954-4956, 4955a, 4956a, 4957-4959, 4958a, 4959a, 4981); Austria (2812); Belarus (1103, 1117, 1129, 1129a, 1133); Belgium (2887b, 2887c, 2888, 2895, 2897); Chile (1660d, 1664a); Cocos Islands (406, 406a); Colombia (1499); Costa Rica (705, 706b); Fiji (1389); Grenada Grenadines (3016a, 3016d); Israel (2212c, 2215, 2216, 2225, 2229); Jordan (2407); Malta (1652-1654); Moldova (1044); Oman (608, 609a, 610, 610a, 619, 619a); Peru (1975); Russia (8032a, 8032d, 8038); St. Martin (188); Serbia (856, 860); Sierra Leone (4743a, 4743b, 4752c, 4752d, 4754a, 4754d, 4755a, 4755d, 4756, 4771, 4772, 4773, 4774, 4775, 4781d); Uruguay (2660, 2661, 2666); Vatican City (1720)

Writers & Literature

Argentina (2864); Colombia (1500); Costa Rica (705); Russia (8022)

Journalism

Israel (2217-2219); Oman (608, 609a)

Addendum

Unaccompanied minors, such as Czech Republic (3781a), will only appear in By Topic listings that differ from those of the original stamps.