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By Topic – April 2024

Mar 30, 2024, 6 AM
Hong Kong on May 26, 2022, issued a set of Local Snacks stamps. These stamps are included in the Prepared Foods and Culinary Arts categories in the April By Topic Listing.

The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the April 2024 Scott Stamp Monthly fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.

Antarctic & Arctic

Great Britain (4462)

Architecture

Germany (3377, 3383, 3384, 3386); Gibraltar (1866, 1868, 1869, 1871, 1871a); Great Britain (4469, 4472); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2286-2287, 2291g, 2298, 2298a, 2301, 2301a, 2303b, 2308, 2309, 2310, 2311, 2317, 2317a, 2318a, 2322b, 2329, 2330, 2333, 2334, 2339d); Greenland (931, 935-936, 941); Guyana (4712e, 4720, 4721); Hong Kong (2235, 2244, 2246, 2247, 2247a, 2248, 2293, 2324-2330, 2353, 2354); Italy (3966, 3969, 3973, 3975, 3978, 3980); Kenya (864, 865); Liechtenstein (1903-1904); Lithuania (1221, 1223, 1226-1227, 1229); Moldova (1184, 1193, 1204); Monaco (3151, 3152, 3162); Nigeria (B11-B12); Oman (707, 707em 709-710); Slovakia (922, 927-928, 940, 945); United States (5831); Vatican City (1837, 1841, 1845, 1846)

Bridges

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2286a, 2287a, 2287b); Hong Kong (2247a); Lithuania (1221c)

Castles

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2319, 2319a, 2322b, 2331); Guyana (4722); Liechtenstein (1900-1902); Moldova (1204); Monaco (3163)

Lighthouses

Gibraltar (1903); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2332)

Windmills

Kenya (866)

Art

Andorra (French) (878); Hong Kong (2238, 2335, 2336); Italy (3975e); Liechtenstein (1900-1902); Lithuania (1230); Oman (707, 707e); Slovakia (939)

Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips

Germany (3373, 3374-3376, 3375a, 3380-3381); Hong Kong (2268-2276); Italy (3969, 3981); Slovakia (930)

Children’s Art

Moldova (1205-1206); Slovakia (9472)

Paintings

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2286-2287, 2288d, 2289b, 2289c, 2289d, 2320, 2320a, 2321, 2321a, 2322b); Greenland (935-936); Hong Kong (2293-2300); Italy (3975, 3979); Monaco (3152); Slovakia (944-945); Vatican City (1842, 1843-1844, 1844a, 1847, 1848, 1849)

Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media

Hong Kong (2237, 2242, 2243)

Sculpture & Statues

Andorra (French) (877); Germany (3377, 3383); Gibraltar (1868, 1871a, 1875); Great Britain (4475); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2318a2320, 2320a, 2322b); Hong Kong (2236, 2241, 2246, 2247a, 2353); Italy (3977); Penrhyn (650, 652); Slovakia (925, 946); Vatican City (1841)

Aviation

Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters

Gibraltar (1875); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2318a); Guyana (4719-4720); Hong Kong (2248, 2353)

Zeppelins, Airships & Balloons

Great Britain (4462)

Bicycles

Italy (3973); Monaco (3161); Slovakia (949)

Black Americans

Canada (3412, 3412a); Monaco (3153)

Children

Gibraltar (1881, 1894a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2317, 2317a, 2322b); Greenland (942, B49); Guyana (4725d); Hong Kong (2241, 2247, 2247a, 2307, 2310, 2311a); Italy (3975f); Liechtenstein (1911, 1912, 1913); Moldova (1205-1206); Slovakia (935, 939); Vatican City (1848)

Coins & Currency

Great Britain (4471); Moldova (1204); Monaco (3162)

Endangered Species

Lithuania (1224-1225)

Europa

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2316, 2316a, 2317, 2317a, 2318, 2318a, 2319, 2319a, 2320, 2320a, 2322, 2322a, 2322b); Moldova (1168-1169); Slovakia (932-933, 933a)

Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2309, 2318a); Greenland (932); Hong Kong (2277-2288); Hungary (4683); Liechtenstein (1915); Moldova (1193-1195); Penrhyn (649); Slovakia (945)

Famous People

Guyana Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (4721-4722), Boris Johnson (4721a); Kenya Mohandas K. Gandhi (928-929)

Royalty

Gibraltar (1872-1878); Great Britain (Jersey) (2643-2649); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2288-2291, 2316, 2316a, 2317, 2317a, 2318a, 2319. 2319a, 2320, 2320a, 2321, 2321a, 2322, 2322a, 2322b, 2339a, 2339b, 2340); Greenland (938); Guyana (4721b, 4721d, 4725); Italy (3974); Moldova (1204); Monaco (3154-3156, 3159, 3160); Oman (710); Penrhyn (650, 652); Slovakia (943)

Fauna

Land Mammals

Germany (3378-3379, 3379a, 3380, B1213-B1214, B1214a); Gibraltar (1879, 1880, 1884a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2280b, 2330, 2331, 2334); Greece (3027a); Greenland (936, 939-940, B49); Guyana (4704-4705); Hong Kong (2277-2288); Italy (3975b); Liechtenstein (1900-1902); Lithuania (1232); Moldova (1171, 1172, 1204); Vatican City (1843, 1844a)

Land Mammals: Cats

Germany (3381); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2309, 2319, 2319a, 2322b, 2333); Guyana (4718); Hong Kong (2281k, 2282k, 2283k, 2284k, 2285c, 2286a); Italy (3978); Monaco (3158); Penrhyn (649)

Land Mammals: Dogs

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2321, 2321a, 2322b); Guyana (4708-4709); Hong Kong (2281g, 2282g, 2283g, 2284g); Lithuania (1228)

Land Mammals: Horses

Germany (3377, 3383); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2291g, 2317, 2317a, 2322b, 2339d); Hong Kong (2239, 2240, 2242, 2243, 2281c, 2282c, 2283c, 2284c); Italy (3975b, 3981); Liechtenstein (1913); Lithuania (1220, 1229); Moldova (1194); Monaco (3162); Nigeria (B12); Slovakia (943, 945, 949); Vatican City (1842)

Sea Mammals

Cape Verde (1039)

Birds

Cape Verde (1037); Germany (3381, 3382); Gibraltar (1882, 1894a); Great Britain (4471); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2280, 2319, 2319a, 2322b, 2323-2328, 2329, 2332); Greenland (932, 935. 937, 941); Guyana (4714-4715, 4716-4717, 4718); Hong Kong (2281f, 2282f, 2283f, 2284f, 2296, 2306, 2311a); Moldova (1169, 1171, 1173, 1175, 1176, 1204, 1207); Nigeria (B12); Penrhyn (651, 653-659, 657e, 657f); Slovakia (942, 943, 949)

Insects

British Indian Ocean Territory (510-515); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2280f); Hong Kong (2299); Moldova (1171); Slovakia (936)

Insects: Butterflies & Moths

Gibraltar (1866-1871, 1871a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2280h)

Fish & Fishing

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2334); Hong Kong (2243)

Fish & Fishing: Marine Life

British Indian Ocean Territory (516-520); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2280, 2318a)

Fish & Fishing: Shells

British Indian Ocean Territory (516)

Reptiles & Amphibians

Bulgaria (5070); Guyana (4706-4707); Hong Kong (2281b, 2282b, 2283b, 2284b); Moldova (1174, 1189-1192)

Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2280c); Hong Kong (2262-2267, 2267a)

Fire Fighting

Moldova (1165-1166)

Flags

Germany (3383); Great Britain (4463); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2291g, 2309, 2317, 2317a, 2319, 2319a, 2320, 2320a, 2322, 2322a, 2322b, 2333); Greenland (932); Guyana (4710, 4712d, 4718, 4719b, 4721-4722, 4725); Hong Kong (2244, 2247, 2247a, 2248); Italy (3978, 3980); Monaco (3160, 3163); Oman (709-710); Vatican City (1839)

Flora

Cape Verde (1038); Gibraltar (1883, 1894a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2280d, 2337b); Guyana (4718); Hong Kong (2289-2292, 2292a, 2296); Liechtenstein (1907); Lithuania (1221); Moldova (1171); Slovakia (937)

Flowers

British Indian Ocean Territory (511); Gibraltar (1866, 1867, 1869, 1870, 1871a, 1901); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2280e, 2288c, 2291, 2318a); Guyana (4718, 4723-4724); Hong Kong (2237, 2242, 2247a, 2256, 2257, 2258, 2259, 2261, 2277-2288, 2308, 2311a); Lithuania (1221d, 1224-1225); Moldova (1167, 1171, 1178-1180); Monaco (3157); Penrhyn (655, 657c, 657f); Slovakia (936, 939)

Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops

Gibraltar (1884, 1894a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2299, 2299a, 2303b); Hong Kong (2229, 2249-2255, 2281e, 2306, 2311, 2311a, 2332-2338); Italy (3967); Moldova (1164, 1193, 1207-1208); Monaco (3151)

Gems, Minerals & Jewelry

Great Britain (4468, 4474)

Heraldry & Coats of Arms

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2309); Greenland (939-940); Guyana (4718); Moldova (1204); Monaco (3159); Slovakia (934)

Holograms & 3-D

Hong Kong (2247a, 2275)

Maps & Globes

Great Britain (4461, 4463, 4464, 4465, 4466, 4467, 4468-4475); Greenland (932); Hong Kong (2347-2360); Liechtenstein (1908a); Lithuania (1221b); Monaco (3154b, 3155a, 3156b); Nigeria (B12); Oman (710); Vatican City (1841)

Masks

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2298. 2298a, 22300, 2300a, 303b)

Military

Gibraltar (1872, 1874, 1875, 1900); Great Britain (4464); Great Britain (Jersey) (2647); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2281-2285, 2283a, 2284a, 2285a, 2285b, 2288b, 2288c, 2289c, 2291g, 2291h, 2320, 2320a, 2322b, 2339c, 2339d); Greenland (933); Guyana (4712d, 4722); Hong Kong (2244, 2247a, 2248); Italy (3977, 3978); Lithuania (1220); Penrhyn (650b, 650d, 652b, 652d); Slovakia (922)

Motor Vehicles

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2281, 2283, 2283a, 2285a, 2285b); Guyana (4719b); Hong Kong (2248)

Automobiles

Moldova (1166, 1206); Oman (707b, 707e)

Motorcycles

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2304-2307, 2305c, 2306c, 2307c, 2307d, 2321, 2321a, 2322b)

Mushrooms

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2280i)

Nobel Prize

Kenya (914); United States (5831)

Performing Arts

Dance

Lithuania (1230)

Music

Germany (3384); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2291h, 2318a); Greenland (932); Moldova (1176, 1177, 1196-1197, 1199); Nepal (1158c); Penrhyn (650b, 652b)

Music: Rock Stars

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2318a)

Music: Rock Stars: Elvis

Guyana (4712-4713)

Movies, Television & Stars

Germany (3380-3381); Great Britain (4466); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2298-2303, 2303b); Italy (3972); Monaco (3161-3162); Slovakia (930)

Theater

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2298, 2298a, 2303b)

Philately

Nigeria (B12); Penrhyn (651); Slovakia (949)

Prepared Foods and Culinary Arts

Hong Kong (2228-2234, 2318-2323); Moldova (1207-1208)

Railroads

Germany (3386); Gibraltar (1885-1888); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2308-2315, 2317, 2317a, 2321, 2321a, 2322b); Hong Kong (2314, 2347-2360); Slovakia (938); United States (5831)

Religion

Andorra (French) (877); Bulgaria (5071-5072); Germany (3384); Gibraltar (1873); Great Britain (4469); Great Britain (Jersey) (2643, 2645); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2291b, 2291c, 2291d, 2291f, 2329, 2339a, 2339b, 2340a, 2340b); Hong Kong (2353, 2354); Italy (3973, 3975a, 3975b, 3975d, 3975e, 3977); Liechtenstein (1901, 1904, 1906-1907); Lithuania (1223, 1231); Slovakia (924, 925, 927-928, 929, 931, 944-945); Vatican City (1838, 1842, 1846, 1847, 1848)

Christmas

Faroe Islands (844-845, 845a); Germany (3378-3379, 3379a, B1213-B1214, B1214a); Gibraltar (1879-1884, 1894a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2321, 2321a, 2322b); Greece (3026-3029, 3027a, 3028a, 3029a); Greenland (941-942); Liechtenstein (1911-1914); Lithuania (1232-1233); Monaco (3164); Slovakia (946-947); Vatican City (1843-1844, 1844a)

Popes

Vatican City (1839-1840, 1841, 1849, 1850-1853)

Science & Technology

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2321, 2321a, 2322b); Liechtenstein (1905, 1910); Moldova (1200)

Archaeology

Great Britain (4468-4475); Oman (714-724, 724a)

Astronomy

Germany (3387); Liechtenstein (1908c)

Computers & Mathematics

Oman (707b, 707e)

Earth Science & Earth Features

Cape Verde (1039); Gibraltar (1899, 1902); Great Britain (4460-4467); Hong Kong (2293, 2295)

Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2292-2297, 2318a); Hong Kong (2294, 2300)

Medicine

Bulgaria (5070); Greenland (B49); Hong Kong (2301-2305); Italy (3982); Liechtenstein (1907, 1908b); Moldova (1187); Vatican City (1846)

Ships & Watercraft

Germany (3380); Gibraltar (1902); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2286-2287, 2316, 2316a, 2319, 2319a, 2322b, 2332); Hong Kong (2235, 2238, 2244, 2247a, 2248, 2297, 2298, 2309, 2311a); Lithuania (1222); Monaco (3154, 3156)

Space

Great Britain (4467); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2300, 2300a, 2303b, 2318a, 2320, 2320a, 2322b, 2335-2338); Greenland (932); Guyana (4710-4711)

Sports

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2304-2307, 2305c, 2306c, 2307c, 2307d); Hong Kong (2239); Italy (3968)

Basketball

Monaco (3153); United States (5833)

Golf

Italy (3980)

Olympics

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2321, 2321a, 2322b)

Soccer

Italy (3966)

Stamps On Stamps

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2316, 2317, 2319, 2320, 2321, 2322, 2316a-2322a, 2322b)

Telecommunications

Italy (3971)

Textiles

Liechtenstein (1910)

Native Costumes

Greenland (932); Hong Kong (2238, 2240, 2256-2261, 2298, 2306, 2311, 2311a); Kenya (928-929); Moldova (1193-1195); Nepal (1125I, 1158c, 1158d); Vatican City (1841. 1842)

Toys & Games

Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2284, 2284a, 2285a); Greenland (B49); Hong Kong (2312-2317); Liechtenstein (1911, 1913); Monaco (3162)

United Nations

Kenya (864-866)

Women

Canada (3412, 3412a); Germany (3373); Gibraltar (1875, 1876, 1877); Great Britain (4464, 4466); Great Britain (Jersey) (2648); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2288a, 2288b, 2288d, 2290, 2291b, 2291d, 2291e, 2291f, 2298, 2298a, 2301, 2301a, 2302, 2302a, 2303, 2303a, 2303b, 2307a, 2307c, 2307d, 2316, 2316a, 2317, 2317a, 2318a, 2319. 2319a, 2320, 2320a, 2321, 2321a, 2322, 2322a, 2322b, 2337b, 2338, 2339a, 2339b, 2339c, 2340b, 2340c); Greenland (934, 942); Guyana (4721b, 4721d, 4725); Hong Kong (2235, 2256, 2268-2276, 2301-2305, 2310, 2311a, 2330); Italy (3966. 3968, 3972, 3974, 3975f, 3978, 3979); Kenya (929); Liechtenstein (1906, 1911, 1913, 1914); Lithuania (1232-1233); Moldova (1164, 1185, 1187, 1206); Monaco (3161-3162); Nepal (1158c); Oman (707d, 707e); Penrhyn (650, 652); Slovakia (923, 935); Vatican City (1837, 1839)

Writers & Literature

Bulgaria (5072, 5073, 5073a); Gibraltar (1901); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2299, 2299a, 2303b, 2317, 2317a, 2322b); Italy (3970); Liechtenstein (1906); Moldova (1183, 1185, 1188, 1202); Nepal (1125I, 1158d, 1158e); Slovakia (923, 931); United States (5831); Vatican City (1837)

Journalism

Canada (3412, 3412a); Hong Kong (2235); Italy (3976); Moldova (1186)

Addendum

Unaccompanied minors, such as Bulgaria (4292b, 4294b), will only appear in By Topic listings that differ from those of the original stamps.

Number changes: To stamps in March 2024 Update, Great Britain (KC2a becomes KC2c).