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By Topic - October 2019
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.
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