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By Topic – June 2024

Jul 10, 2024, 11 AM

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

Antarctic & Arctic

Australian Antarctic Territory (L261-L264, L264b)

Architecture

Belgium (3018, B1192); China (Taiwan) (4721); Faroe Islands (850); Finland (Aland) (478); Hungary (4688); Netherlands (1667g, 1667c, B776); New Caledonia (1302); New Zealand (3091, 3092); Palestinian Authority (349-351, 357-358); Papua New Guinea (2050a, 2051a); Philippines (3875N, 3875O, 3934a, 3935-3936, 3937b, 3937c, 3958, 3963, 3964, 3970); Pitcairn Islands (874b, 882b, 883a); Portugal (4461, 4466-4469, 4475, 4479-4481, 4482, 4485, 4486, 4491, 4493, 4497, 4500, 4508-4510, 4511-4513, 4516, 4519, 4524); Portugal (Azores) (633); Portugal (Madeira) (403); Romania (6857, 6857a, 6858, 6858a, 6860, 6860a, 6860b, 6864, 6864a, 6865-6868, 6865a-6868a, 6872, 6872a, 6888, 6888a, 6889, 6889a, 6909-6910, 6910a, 6912, 6912a, 6913, 6918, 6918a, 6921, 6921a, 6922, 6922a, 6923, 6928, 6928a, 6930, 6953b, 6958, 6958a, 6960-6962, 6960a-6961a, 6965, 6965a, 6971-6974, 6971a-6973a, 6990, 6990a, 6996, 6996a, 6998); St. Vincent (4244, 4262)

Bridges

Belgium (B1192); China (Taiwan) (4720g); Philippines (3963a, 3963b); Portugal (4475)

Castles

Portugal (4443-4449); Romania (6963, 6963a, 6964, 6964a, 6966, 6966a)

Lighthouses

Netherlands (1667e, 1668d); New Zealand (3131, 3133a); Portugal (4475)

Windmills

Netherlands (1657, 1657a); Portugal (Azores) (633)

Art

Australia (5722-5727, 5724a, 5727a); China (Taiwan) (4721a); Faroe Islands (849); Finland (1705); Netherlands (1656, 1656a); Portugal (4460, 4463, 4479-4481)

Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips

China (Taiwan) (4722-4725)

Children’s Art

St. Pierre & Miquelon (1144)

Paintings

Belgium (3020); Hungary (4686); Luxembourg (1630); Palestinian Authority (346); Portugal (4480, 4493); Romania (6859, 6859a, 6860b, 6861-6864, 6861a-6864a, 6875-6876, 6875a-6876a, 6882, 6882a, 6945, 6945a, 6947b, 6971-6974, 6971a-6973a, 6993, 6993a); St. Vincent (4255)

Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media

Netherlands (1656, 1656a); Philippines (3967d); Portugal (4498, 4499, 4508, 4509); Romania (6952, 6952a, 6953b)

Sculpture & Statues

New Caledonia (1303a, 1303c); Philippines (3934b, 3935f, 3937a, 3963, 3973g); Portugal (4475, 4482, 4488, 4498-4500, 4514); Portugal (Madeira) (403); Romania (6860, 6860a, 6860b, 6866, 6866a, 6891, 6891a, 6907-6908, 6907a, 6929, 6929a, 6930, 6958, 6958a, 6962, 6963-6966, 6963a-6966a)

Aviation

Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters

Finland (1704); Philippines (3936); Portugal (4495); St. Vincent (4247-4248, 4260)

Zeppelins, Airships & Balloons

Portugal (4494)

Parachutes

Netherlands (1662h, 1662k)

Bicycles

Belgium (3018c, B1192); Netherlands (1667c, B776a)

Black Americans

St. Vincent (4251-4252)

Children

Belgium (3018b, 3018d); China (Taiwan) (4722-4725); Finland (1705b); Finland (Aland) (474, 476, 478); Netherlands (1671g, 1671i); New Zealand (3121-3124, 3124a, 3133, 3133a); Papua New Guinea (2047, 2050a, 2061d); Philippines (3956-3957, 3965a, 3966, 3967-3968, 3969); Pitcairn Islands (886); Portugal (4476-4478, 4508); Romania (6980, 6980a, 6988-6991, 6988a-6991a, 6997, 6997a, 6998); St. Vincent (4253d, 4244, 4262a, 4268a)

Coins & Currency

New Caledonia (1303b); Philippines (3967d)

Europa

Netherlands (1664, 1664b); Portugal (4474-4475); Portugal (Azores) (632-633); Portugal (Madeira) (402-403); Romania (6896-6897, 6897a, 6897b, 6897c)

Explorers

Philippines (3973);

Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology

Finland (Aland) (478); New Zealand (3101, 3121-3124, 3124a); Papua New Guinea (2050a); Philippines (3940-3942, 3971-3972); Romania (6852, 6852a, 6908)

Famous People

Palestinian Authority Mohandas K. Gandhi (355); Philippines Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. 3959-3960); St. Vincent Samuel Adams (4255b), Paul Revere (4255c), John Hancock (4255d)

Royalty

Netherlands (1663, 1663f, 1663g, 1663h, 1663i); New Zealand (3101, 3102-3107, 3107a); Papua New Guinea (2047-2051, 2050a, 2051a, 2057-2061); Philippines (3973b); Pitcairn Islands (874-875, 885, 886-889); Portugal (4500); Romania (6850, 6850a, 6877, 6877a, 6898, 6898a, 6905, 6918-6921, 6918a-6921a, 6930, 6963-6966, 6963a-6966a); St. Vincent (4243-4244, 4245-4246, 4253b, 4253d, 4254, 4262-4263, 4268)

            Royalty: Princess Diana

Papua New Guinea (2062-2066, 2065a, 2066a); St. Vincent (4253-4254)

Fauna

Land Mammals

China (Taiwan) (4720c); Hungary (4686b); Luxembourg (1630b); Netherlands (1661, 1671, B776); New Zealand (3096e, 3100, 3100a, 3129, 3133a); Philippines (3940-3942, 3956c, 3957c, 3967d); Portugal (4508, 4521); Portugal (Azores) (633); Romania (6852, 6852a, 6872, 6872a, 6878, 6878a, 6879, 6879a, 6887-6889, 6887a-6889a, 6898, 6898a, 6906, 6906a, 6949, 6949a, 6953b, 6954, 6954a, 6954b, 6988, 6988a); St. Pierre & Miquelon (1144)

Land Mammals: Cats

China (Taiwan) (4720c); Netherlands (1671d, B776); New Zealand (3098, 3100a, 3101); Papua New Guinea (2050a); Philippines (3940-3942, 3968d); Romania (6850, 6850a, 6878, 6878a, 6887-6889, 6887a-6889a)

Land Mammals: Dogs

Netherlands (1671d, B776b); New Zealand (3097, 3100a); Philippines (3965-3966, 3967f, 3968c); Romania (6991, 6991a)

Land Mammals: Elephants

China (Taiwan) (4720c)

Land Mammals: Horses

Hungary (4686a); Luxembourg (1630a); Philippines (3936); Portugal (4449, 4468, 4469, 4475, 4479-4481, 4493, 4500, 4507, 4510, 4516, 4519, 4522); Portugal (Azores) (633, 637); Portugal (Madeira) (403, 407); Romania (6909, 6909a, 6920, 6920a); St. Vincent (4268a)

Sea Mammals: Whales

Norfolk Island (1182-1183, 1183a); Romania (6975, 6975a, 6975b)

Birds

Australia (5710-5715, 5712b, 5713a, 5714a, 5715a); Australian Antarctic Territory (L261-L264, L264b); China (Taiwan) (4720h); Faroe Islands (849); Finland (Aland) (476-477); Hungary (4690); Netherlands (1655, 1661, 1665, 1667b, 1668b, 1669, 1671a, 1671b, 1671h, 1671j, B776); New Zealand (3099, 3100a, 3110, 3111a, 3114, 3114a, 3114b); Palestinian Authority (351, 354, 355, 356); Papua New Guinea (2029-2040); Philippines (3937d, 3942, 3969d); Portugal (4475, 4521); Portugal (Azores) (633, 637); Portugal (Madeira) (403); Romania (6850, 6850a, 6874, 6874a, 6878, 6878a. 6879, 6879a, 6880, 6883-6886, 6883a-6886a, 6883b-6886b, 6887-6889, 6887a-6889a, 6896, 6897a, 6897b, 6897c, 6898, 6898a, 6906, 6906a, 6924-6927, 6924a-6927a, 6924b-6927b, 6930, 6938-6941, 6938a-6941a, 6938b-6941b, 6950, 6950a, 6952, 6952a, 6953b, 6954-6957, 6954a-6957a, 6954b-6957b); St. Pierre & Miquelon (1142, 1146, 1147); St. Vincent (4264-4265, 4266-4267); Tonga (1470-1473)

Insects

Netherlands (1669); Papua New Guinea (2052-2056, 2055a, 2056a); Romania (6954-6957, 6954a-6957a, 6954b-6957b); St. Vincent (4249-4250)

Insects: Butterflies & Moths

Finland (1705b); Netherlands (1665b); New Zealand (3119, 3119a); Portugal (Azores) (635); Romania (6914-6917, 6914a-6917a, 6914b-6917b, 6955, 6955a); St. Vincent (4239, 4250a)

Fish & Fishing

Netherlands (1655, 1667f, 1668c); New Caledonia (1304); New Zealand (3130, 3133a); Romania (6863, 6863a, 6887-6998, 6887a-6889a, 6978, 6978a, 6978b); St. Pierre & Miquelon (1142, 1147)

Fish & Fishing: Marine Life

New Caledonia (1304); New Zealand (3125-3128, 3128a); Romania (6977, 6977a, 6977b)

Fish & Fishing: Shells

Netherlands (1660, 1660a); New Caledonia (1304b); Philippines (3956b. 3957b); Portugal (Azores) (636); Portugal (Madeira) (405)

Reptiles & Amphibians

Netherlands (1669d, 1669g); Portugal (Madeira) (404, 406); Romania (6907-6908, 6907a, 6957, 6957a, 6976, 6976a, 6976b); St. Vincent (4241-4242); Tonga (1470-1473)

Other Terrestrial Life

Belgium (3017); Netherlands (1655c, 1655e, 1655f); New Zealand (3108-3114, 3111a, 3112a, 3113a, 3114a, 3114b); Portugal (Azores) (634); Portugal (Madeira) (407); St. Vincent (4249b)

Fire Fighting

Romania (6958-6959, 6958a-6959a)

Flags

Belgium (3018a); China (Taiwan) (4721); Finland (Aland) (477, 478); Hungary (4686); Luxembourg (1630); Netherlands (1656-1660, 1656a-1660a, 1666, 1666c, 1667f, 1668c); Palestinian Authority (355); Papua New Guinea (2061); Philippines (3935a, 3935g, 3936, 3937b, 3938, 3959-3960, 3963a, 3963c, 3963e, 3963h, 3964); Portugal (4493); Romania (6865-6868, 6865a-6868a, 6881-6882, 6881a-6882a, 6891, 6891a, 6928-6928a); St. Vincent (4245-4246, 4255a, 4256, 4258, 4268)

Flora

Belgium (3020); China (Taiwan) (4720e); Finland (1705); Netherlands (1655, 1661h, 1665, 1667c, 1669); New Zealand (3110, 3111a, 3114, 3114a, 3114b); Palestinian Authority (354, 357-358); Philippines (3967-3968); Pitcairn Islands (883b, 884a); Portugal (4501-4507, 4515); Romania (6881, 6881a, 6906, 6906a)

Flowers

Belgium (3017); Finland (Aland) (477); Netherlands (1658, 1658a, 1661, 1663e, 1663g, 1663i, 1665, 1667a, 1667i, 1668a, 1669); New Caledonia (1302); New Zealand (3104, 3105, 3107a, 3108, 3109, 3111, 3111a, 3112, 3112a, 3113, 3113a, 3114b, 3116a); Palestinian Authority (348); Papua New Guinea (2052, 2054, 2055, 2055a, 2065a, 2066a); Philippines (3938b, 3956d, 3957d, 3969); Portugal (4483, 4505, 4506, 4507, 4509); Portugal (Azores) (633, 634, 635, 637); Portugal (Madeira) (403); Romania (6840-6849, 6840a-6849a, 6840b-6849a, 6852, 6852a, 6869-6871, 6869a-6871a, 6892-6895, 6892a-6895a, 6896, 6897a, 6897b, 6897c, 6899-6903, 6899a-6902a, 6948, 6948a, 6953b, 6967-6970, 6967a-6970a, 6986, 6986a); St. Vincent (4239, 4240d, 4245-4246, 4249-4250, 4253, 4264-4265); United States (5853)

Flowers: Roses

Finland (Aland) (476); Romania (6870, 6870a, 6871, 6871a); St. Vincent (4243)

Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops

Australia (5704-5709, 5706b, 5707a, 5708a, 5709a); China (Taiwan) (4720b, 4720f, 4720j); Netherlands (1665, 1667j); New Zealand (3122, 3124a); Philippines (3967a, 3973e, 3973j); Portugal (4489-4490, 4506); Romania (6937, 6953, 6953a, 6953b)

Gems, Minerals & Jewelry

Faroe Islands (847); New Caledonia (1302); New Zealand (3120, 3120a); Philippines (3955, 3956b, 3957b)

Heraldry & Coats of Arms

New Zealand (3101); Papua New Guinea (2050a); Portugal (4500); Romania (6850, 6850a, 6877-6880, 6877a-6879a, 6898, 6898a, 6919, 6919a)

Judaica

Portugal (4484)

Maps & Globes

China (Taiwan) (4720); Finland (1703, 1704, 1705); New Zealand (3132, 3133a); Palestinian Authority (352, 354); Philippines (3936); Portugal (4449); St. Vincent (4247)

Masks

Portugal (4501, 4518)

Military

Belgium (3018c); Finland (1703); Luxembourg (1629); Netherlands (1666, 1666c); Peru (2064b); Philippines (3937a, 3965d, 3965f, 3973h); Pitcairn Islands (874a, 875b, 889); Portugal (4464); Romania (6857-6860, 6857a-6860a, 6860b, 6918, 6918a, 6928-6930, 6928a-6929a, 6958, 6958a); St. Vincent (4243c, 4243d, 4247-4248, 4255f, 4258, 4260, 4262c, 4262f)

Motor Vehicles

China (Taiwan) (4725); New Zealand (3090-3094); Philippines (3955, 3963b, 3970); Portugal (4467, 4469, 4513); Romania (6959, 6959a)

Automobiles

Belgium (3021, B1192); Philippines (3934a, 3934c); Portugal (4519); Romania (6853-6856, 6853a-6856a); St. Vincent (4259)

Motorcycles

Philippines (3934c)

Mushrooms

St. Pierre & Miquelon (1143)

Nobel Prize

Belgium (3019)

Performing Arts

Dance

Belgium (3016); Philippines (3967e)

Music

Hungary (4688); Luxembourg (1627); Papua New Guinea (2061a); Portugal (4451-4454, 4496-4497); Romania (6859, 6859a, 6860b, 6863, 6863a, 6942-6943, 6942a)

Music: Rock Stars

Hungary (4685)

Music: Rock Stars: Elvis

St. Vincent (4240, 4257-4258)

Movies, Television & Stars

Faroe Islands (846); New Zealand (3115-3120, 3115a-3120a); Philippines (3965g)

Theater

Hungary (4688); Portugal (4496-4497)

Personalized Stamps

Philippines (3964)

Philately

Iceland (1531); Philippines (3942, 3963); Romania (6904-6905, 6904a, 6918-6921, 6918a-6921a, 6960-6962, 6960a-6961a)

Prepared Foods and Culinary Arts

Australia (5704-5709, 5706b, 5707a, 5708a, 5709a); China (Taiwan) (4720a); Netherlands (1659, 1659a, 1667d, 1667f, 1667h, 1667j, 1668e, 1671a, 1671e); Philippines (3967a, 3967g, 3968c); Portugal (4489-4490); Romania (6937)

Railroads

China (Taiwan) (4720e); New Zealand (3096); Portugal (4511, 4512)

Religion

Belgium (B1192c); China (Taiwan) (4721a); Hungary (4687, 4688); New Zealand (3092); Palestinian Authority (345, 346, 349-351, 357-358); Peru (2064a); Philippines (3935c, 3935d, 3935f, 3935h, 3937c, 3970, 3973f, 3973g); Pitcairn Islands (882b); Portugal (4475, 4476-4478, 4482-4488, 4491-4493, 4498-4500, 4520-4522, 4523); Portugal (Azores) (633); Portugal (Madeira) (403); Romania (6865, 6865a, 6866, 6866a, 6872-6873, 6872a-6873a, 6928, 6928a, 6930, 6944-6947, 6944a-6947a, 6947b, 6958, 6958a, 6962, 6983, 6983a)

Christmas

Belgium (3022-3023, 3022a, 3023a); Finland (Aland) (476-477); Netherlands (1671); New Zealand (3108-3114, 3111a, 3112a, 3113a, 3114a, 3114b); Palestinian Authority (347); Philippines (3934d, 3969); Romania (6985-6987, 6985a-6986a, 6988-6991, 6988a-6991a, 6996-6998, 6996a-6997a); St. Pierre & Miquelon (1144)

Popes

Portugal (4492)

Science & Technology

Australia (5716-5721, 5719a, 5720a, 5721a); Faroe Islands (848-849)

Archaeology

Portugal (4510)

Astronomy

Netherlands (1671c)

Computers & Mathematics

Philippines (3956a, 3956d, 3957, 3958); Portugal (4518, 4523); United States (5853)

Earth Science & Earth Features

China (Taiwan) (4720d, 4720h, 4720i); Faroe Islands (846); Iceland (1531); Philippines (3875N); Pitcairn Islands (882a); Portugal (Azores) (633); Romania (6951, 6951a, 6953b)

Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls

Portugal (Azores) (633); Romania (6890, 6891a)

Medicine

Belgium (3019); Faroe Islands (850); Hungary (4687); Palestinian Authority (356b); Portugal (4517-4519); Romania (6840-6849, 6840a-6849a, 6840b-6849b, 6881-6882, 6881a-6882a, 6907-6908, 6907a)

Scouting

Portugal (4476-4478); Romania (6890-6891, 6891a)

Ships & Watercraft

China (Taiwan) (4721); Faroe Islands (849); Finland (Aland) (478); Netherlands (1666, 1666c, 1667e, 1668d); New Zealand (3096a, 3131, 3133a); Philippines (3956b, 3957b, 3963b, 3973c, 3973l); Pitcairn Islands (884); Portugal (4450, 4478, 4506, 4508); St. Pierre & Miquelon (1142, 1147); St. Vincent (4255a, 4255e, 4256)

Space

Netherlands (1662, 1662j, 1662k); St. Vincent (4261)

Sports

Belgium (3021); Netherlands (1666, 1666c); Papua New Guinea (2061e); Romania (6909-6910, 6909a, 6911-69`3, 6911a, 6912a); St. Vincent (4251-4252)

Soccer

New Zealand (3095); Romania (6912, 6912a)

Stamps On Stamps

New Zealand (3101); Philippines (3940-3942, 3963); Romania (6918-6921, 6918a-6921a, 6961, 6961a);

Textiles

Philippines (3938a); Portugal (4507)

Native Costumes

Philippines (3956b, 3956d, 3957b, 3957d, 3973e, 3973f, 3973g, 3973h, 3973i)

Toys & Games

Netherlands (B776); New Zealand (3096, 3129-3133, 3133a); Romania (6989, 6989a)

Chess

Romania (6992-6995, 6992a-6995a)

United Nations

New Caledonia (1304); Palestinian Authority (352, 354); Portugal (4498-4500)

Wine

Romania (6953, 6953a, 6953b)

Women

Australia (5706b, 5722-5727, 5724a, 5727a); Belgium (3018a, 3018b, B1192); Finland (1703, 1704, 1705a); Finland (Aland) (474, 478); Luxembourg (1625); Netherlands (1663a, 1663c, 1663f, 1663h, 1663i, 1671g, 1671i); New Zealand (3095, 3101, 3102-3107, 3107a, 3116, 3116a); Papua New Guinea (2047-2051, 2050a, 2051a, 2057-2061, 2062-2066, 2065a, 2066a); Peru (2064c, 2064d); Philippines (3938a, 3956-3957, 3966, 3967a, 3967g, 3969); Pitcairn Islands (874b, 875a, 886); Portugal (4462, 4468, 4469, 4479, 4491, 4496-4497, 4507, 4508, 4518, 4519); Romania (6864, 6864a, 6881-6882, 6881a-6882a, 6911, 6911a, 6913, 6923, 6930, 6946, 6946a, 6947b, 6973, 6973a, 6979, 6979a, 6982, 6982a, 6992, 6992a); St. Vincent (4243-4244, 4245-4246, 4262b, 4262f, 4268)

Writers & Literature

Philippines (3965b); Portugal (4457, 4458, 4459, 4460, 4462, 4465, 4523-4524); Romania (6850, 6850a, 6984, 6984a, 6995, 6995a)

Journalism

New Zealand (3101); Palestinian Authority (356a); Portugal (4455)

Addendum

Unaccompanied minors, such as Netherlands (1456t, 1456u), will only appear in By Topic listings that differ from those of the original stamps