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By Topic – May 2021
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the May 17, 2021 Linn's Stamp News Monthly Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.
Antarctic & Arctic
Japan (4459c); Maldive Islands (3937, 3947, 4052, 4067, 4076, 4091)
Architecture
Andorra (French) (828, 830); Belarus (1185, 1201, 1206, 1207a, 1207b); Bosnia & Herzegovina (831, 831c); Canada (3274, 3274a); China (People’s Republic) (4710a, 4740-4744, 4745, 4760, 4761); Czech Republic (3850); Germany (3195a); Italy (3644, 3651d, 3652); Japan (4429, 4447, 4460b, 4460d, 4461c); Kosovo (447); Lebanon (827); Maldive Islands (3942c, 3942d, 3970, 3985a, 3985b, 3987, 3993, 3994, 4031, 4032a, 4039, 4050d, 4058b, 4058c, 4061, 4065, 4086, 4087, 4089, 4101, 4104); Mauritius (1205); Mexico (3184); New Zealand (2957e); Palau (1454, 1457); Paraguay (3094, 3095); Peru (1976); Portugal (4259b, 4264, 4269-4271, 4279); Portugal (Azores) (613, 615, 616-619); Portugal (Madeira) (388); Romania (6419, 6463-6464, 6463a-6464a, 6464b, 6469-6470, 6469a-6470a, 6470b, 6490-6496, 6490a-6495a, 6495b, 6498, 6498a, 6499); Russia (8220, 8223); Surinam (1600-1601); Uruguay (2715, 2716, 2717, 2719a)
Bridges
China (People’s Republic) (4740, 4745c, 4745e); Japan (4447, 4448a, 4448e, 4448f, 4448g, 4448h, 4448m, 4448aa, 4448ai, 4448am, 4448ar, 4448bc); Maldive Islands (3959d, 3969, 4039, 4082d); Portugal (4262, 4271); Uruguay (2717)
Castles
Andorra (French) (828); Czech Republic (3854); Germany (3194); Maldive Islands (4034d); Portugal (Madeira) (383)
Lighthouses
Maldive Islands (3946, 3947, 3948, 3949, 3950, 3951, 3952, 3953, 3954, 3955, 3958, 3968, 4080, 4095); Uruguay (2717)
Windmills
China (People’s Republic) (4745d); Uruguay (2717g, 2717j)
Art
Japan (4443-4447, 4448, 4449e, 4450e); Paraguay (3118); Romania (6469-6470, 6469a-6470a, 6470b); Slovakia (864)
Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips
Germany (3192-3193); Portugal (4252-4258)
Paintings
Belarus (1204-1207, 1207a, 1207b); Bosnia & Herzegovina (834); Czech Republic (3850, 3851-3852); Italy (3651); Japan (4449-4450, 4452, 4453); Maldive Islands (3956-3975, 4049, 4050, 4064, 4065, 4082, 4097); Palau (1452-1453)
Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media
Japan (4441, 4449a, 4450a); Korea (South) (2576); Portugal (4249); Portugal (Azores) (611); Slovakia (865-867)
Sculpture & Statues
Belarus (1185); China (People’s Republic) (4754-4758, 4763); Czech Republic (3848); Italy (3644); Japan (4456c); Maldive Islands (3942d, 3953, 3978c, 3980d, 3985a, 3985d, 3987, 4017, 4032d, 4036); Paraguay (3123); Portugal (4279); Romania (6412, 6419, 6495b, 6496); Slovakia (868)
Aviation
Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters
Belarus (1201); China (People’s Republic) (4710a, 4745b); Maldive Islands (3943, 3953, 3988, 3994, 4018c, 4046, 4048b, 4048d, 4061, 4063, 4103); Norway (1897a); Paraguay (3098, 3120, 3124a); Peru (1976); Portugal (4269-4271); Portugal (Azores) (615a); Romania (6409-6412, 6409a-6411a, 6409b-6411b); Russia (8218)
Zeppelins, Airships & Balloons
Maldive Islands (3944, 3954, 4088, 4103); Romania (6410, 6410a, 6410b, 6412)
Parachutes
Norway (1897a)
Bicycles
China (People’s Republic) (4745d, 4745e); Uruguay (2717h)
Black Americans
Maldive Islands (4075, 4087, 4102)
Children
Canada (3273, 3274a); China (People’s Republic) (4745a, 4764); Japan (4427, 4431, 4437, 4442c, 4442i, 4442j, 4448m, 4448aa, 4449d, 4451a); Kosovo (447); Macao (1623); Maldive Islands (3961c, 3971, 3975, 3979, 3984d, 3985a, 3988, 3993, 4031, 4034b, 4035, 4036c, 4036d, 4039, 4040, 4043, 4044, 4049); Mexico (3189-3190); Paraguay (3119b, 3123); Slovakia (864)
Coins & Currency
Portugal (4243-4247)
Endangered Species
Maldive Islands (4079, 4094); Romania (6459-6462, 6459a-6462a); Russia (8224)
Europa
Bosnia & Herzegovina (831, 831c); Italy (3647-3648); Portugal (Azores) (603-604, 610, 614-615); Portugal (Madeira) (373-374, 380, 382, 383, 384-385)
Explorers
Maldive Islands (3937, 3947)
Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
Andorra (French) (830); Czech Republic (3841); Germany (3194); Italy (3651b); Japan (4368, 4452-4455); Korea (South) (2582, 2582c); Macao (1622-1623); Maldive Islands (3972, 4042); Portugal (4243); Portugal (Azores) (614-615)
Famous People
Maldive Islands Emmanuel Macron (4074), Mohandas K. Gandhi (4086, 4101)
Royalty
Maldive Islands (3979, 3988, 4030, 4031, 4034, 4038, 4039, 4042, 4087, 4102); Portugal (4245, 4268); Romania (6463, 6463a, 6464b, 6471-6474, 6471a-6474a, 6499)
Royalty: Princess Diana
Maldive Islands (3979d, 3988)
Fauna
Land Mammals
Belarus (1181, 1182, 1183c, 1187, 1199a); Canada (3275-3280, 3280a); Czech Republic (3850); Japan (4368, 4432-4433, 4448bb, 4452-4455, 4456c, 4458-4459, 4461d, 4461e, 4461g, 4461h, 4462); Korea (South) (2582, 2582c, 2583); Macao (1622-1623); Maldive Islands (3957c, 3961, 3965a, 3977, 3998, 4007, 4076, 4079, 4086c, 4091); Portugal (4265); Portugal (Azores) (619); Portugal (Madeira) (384-385); Russia (8220, 8222); Slovakia (864); Uruguay (2717)
Land Mammals: Bats
Maldive Islands (3986, 3995)
Land Mammals: Cats
Japan (4432c, 4440, 4458a); Maldive Islands (3961, 3971, 3972, 4030d, 4038, 4042, 4051, 4066); Paraguay (3100); Romania (6499); Russia (8224); Slovakia (864)
Land Mammals: Dogs
Japan (4439, 4448a, 4458e); Maldive Islands (3937b, 3947, 3956, 3966, 3980, 3989, 4052, 4067, 4082c); Mexico (3190)
Land Mammals: Elephants
Japan (4459a)
Land Mammals: Horses
Canada (3273, 3274a); China (People’s Republic) (4761, 4762); Italy (3648); Japan (4448f, 4448i, 4448o, 4448t, 4448w, 4448x, 4448an, 4448ao, 4448ap, 4448as, 4448ba, 4462j); Kazakhstan (934); Maldive Islands (3962, 3972); Portugal (4242, 4258, 4271, 4279, 4280, 4281); Portugal (Azores) (604, 615, 619); Portugal (Madeira) (374, 385, 389); Romania (6499); Uruguay (2717)
Sea Mammals
Maldive Islands (3999, 4008, 4094); Portugal (4243)
Sea Mammals: Whales
Portugal (Azores) (612, 613); Uruguay (2717)
Birds
Bangladesh (919); Belarus (1183, 1183c, 1199, 1199c, 1200); Bosnia & Herzegovina (831, 831c); China (People’s Republic) (4760, 4763); Czech Republic (3850, 3854); Japan (4432d, 4434, 4441, 4443, 4448n, 4449e, 4449g, 4450j, 4458b, 4458h, 4459e, 4459g, 4461i, 4461j, 4462f, 4464f); Maldive Islands (3944b, 3957, 3963, 3967, 3973, 3977, 3996-3997, 4044, 4053, 4054, 4068, 4069, 4077, 4092, 4093, 4095, 4102); Mexico (3195); Paraguay (3119b, 3121); Portugal (4265, 4269); Portugal (Azores) (603-604, 617); Portugal (Madeira) (373-374); Romania (6455-6458, 6455a-6458a, 6465-6468, 6465a-6468a, 6489, 6495b, 6499); Russia (8220); Surinam (1603); Uruguay (2717, 2722)
Insects
Belarus (1188, 1189, 1190, 1192, 1193, 1195, 1196, 1197, 1199a, 1203); Germany (3193); Japan (4451b); Maldive Islands (3965a, 3975, 4000, 4009); Portugal (4273-4276)
Insects: Butterflies & Moths
Belarus (1194, 1198, 1199a, 1200); Czech Republic (3845-3847); Japan (4450f); Maldive Islands (4003, 4012); Palau (1447-1448)
Fish & Fishing
China (People’s Republic) (4762); Japan (4450d, 4456c, 4457d, 4457g, 4457g, 4462a, 4462b, 4462c, 4462d); Maldive Islands (3976, 3977, 4004, 4013, 4055, 4056, 4070, 4071, 4078d, 4084, 4094, 4099); Portugal (4259a); Surinam (1602); Uruguay (2717e)
Fish & Fishing: Marine Life
Maldive Islands (3999, 4004, 4008, 4013, 4070, 4078c, 4099); Portugal (4259a)
Fish & Fishing: Shells
Belarus (1186, 1199a); Japan (4457e); Maldive Islands (4005, 4011, 4014)
Reptiles & Amphibians
Belarus (1184); Maldive Islands (3957c, 3965a, 4001, 4010, 4057, 4072, 4078a, 4078b, 4093, 4094); Mexico (3195); Norfolk Island (1162-1163, 1163a); Romania (6479-6482, 6479a-6482a); Uruguay (2717i)
Other Terrestrial Life
Belarus (1191, 1199a); Bosnia & Herzegovina (833); Mexico (3184); Palau (1451)
Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals
Maldive Islands (4085, 4100)
Fire Fighting
Maldive Islands (4048c, 4063, 4084, 4096)
Flags
Italy (3649); Lebanon (827); Korea (South) (2551); Maldive Islands (3941a, 3945c, 3960a, 3960b, 3970, 3979, 3988, 3994, 4023, 4025, 4031, 4032, 4034, 4039, 4040, 4042, 4048a, 4058, 4060, 4073, 4075, 4086, 4087d, 4089, 4104); Mauritius (1205); Mexico (3195); New Zealand (2957); Paraguay (3094, 3095, 3120, 3122); Portugal (4271, 4278, 4279); Portugal (Azores) (617, 619); Romania (6490, 6490a, 6491, 6491a, 6492, 6492a, 6493, 6493a, 6494, 6494a, 6495b, 6496); Uruguay (2715, 2722)
Flora
Japan (4389, 4449g, 4460b, 4460d, 4460e, 4461, 4463); Macao (1622); Maldive Islands (4044, 4065); Portugal (4274, 4276); Portugal (Azores) (603-604)
Flowers
Belarus (1186, 1187, 1193, 1197, 1198, 1199, 1199a, 1200, 1206, 1207a, 1207b); Germany (3193, 3195a); Japan (4328, 4368, 4432-4433, 4439, 4440, 4442, 4443, 4444, 4449a, 4449e, 4449g, 4449j, 4450a, 4450j, 4454, 4455, 4456d, 4458f, 4458g, 4462, 4465-4466); Korea (South) (2552); Kosovo (438); Macao (1622a, 1623); Maldive Islands (3964, 3965a, 3974, 3976, 3980d, 4000, 4003, 4009, 4012, 4031d, 4039, 4050b, 4065, 4086d, 4092, 4102); Palau (1447-1448); Paraguay (3097a, 3122); Portugal (4238-4239, 4242); Portugal (Azores) (611, 616, 618, 619); Portugal (Madeira) (374, 381, 384-385); Romania (6360-6365, 6360a-6365a, 6459, 6459a, 6461, 6461a, 6462, 6462a, 6487, 6487a, 6487b); Slovakia (864); Uruguay (2722)
Flowers: Orchids
Maldive Islands (3964d, 4006, 4015); Romania (6451-6454, 6451a-6454a, 6460, 6460a)
Flowers: Roses
Japan (4440a, 4465)
Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops
Andorra (French) (830); Belarus (1186-1199, 1199a, 1200, 1217); Israel (2279); Italy (3646); Japan (4442, 4456b, 4456e, 4456i, 4457); Maldive Islands (3983a, 4065); Palau (1449-1450); Portugal (4238-4239, 4273, 4275); Portugal (Azores) (609, 618); Portugal (Madeira) (379); Slovakia (864); Uruguay (2717)
Gastronomy and Prepared Foods
Italy (3646); Japan (4456-4457); Portugal (4238-4239); Portugal (Azores) (616, 618); United States (5569-5572, 5572b); Uruguay (2717g, 2717j)
Gems, Minerals & Jewelry
Maldive Islands (4005, 4014, 4102); Palau (1452-1453); Uruguay (2717a)
Heraldry & Coats of Arms
Belarus (1185, 1202); Maldive Islands (4030d, 4032a, 4038, 4042); Portugal (4279, 4280); Romania (6499)
Holograms & 3-D
Czech Republic (3848b); Korea (South) (2582a, 2582c)
Judaica
Israel (2280); Slovakia (868); Surinam (1601a)
Maps & Globes
Bosnia & Herzegovina (831c); Canada (3273-3274, 3274a); Cape Verde (1025-1026); China (People’s Republic) (4744); Italy (3647-3648); Macedonia (RA177); Maldive Islands (3990, 4035a); Mexico (3180-3181, 3184); Palau (1451c); Paraguay (3094a, 3098, 3116, 3120, 3122, 3123, 3124); Peru (1976); Portugal (4259, 4261-4262, 4279); Romania (6409, 6409a, 6412, 6499); Uruguay (2717)
Masks
Bosnia & Herzegovina (833); China (People’s Republic) (4710); Mexico (3184); Palau (1451)
Military
Belarus (1201, 1214, 1216a); China (People’s Republic) (4710a, 4763); Germany (3195a); Maldive Islands (3960a, 3960b, 3962c, 3970, 3979b, 3985, 3988, 3992, 3994, 4035b, 4043, 4059, 4064, 4074); Palau (1451a); Portugal (4269-4271, 4277-4279, 4280); Russia (8218)
Motor Vehicles
Belarus (1208-1216, 1216a); China (People’s Republic) (4710b, 4745e, 4763); Italy (3652); Maldive Islands (4048d, 4063, 4084, 4096); Paraguay (3124b); Portugal (4266); Portugal (Azores) (615); Portugal (Madeira) (385)
Automobiles
Andorra (French) (829); China (People’s Republic) (4745a); Czech Republic (3849, 3849a); Italy (3652); Maldive Islands (3945, 3955, 3982, 3991, 4030c, 4048a, 4048b, 4063); Portugal (4260); Portugal (Madeira) (382); Uruguay (2717)
Motorcycles
Maldive Islands (4048); Palau (1457)
Mushrooms
Belarus (1183c); Bosnia & Herzegovina (828); Maldive Islands (3936, 3946, 3965, 3975, 4002, 4011)
Nobel Prize
Germany (3195, 3195a); Maldive Islands (3936, 3940, 3946, 3950, 3952, 3984, 3993, 4032, 4033, 4040, 4041)
Performing Arts
Dance
Maldive Islands (4040); Uruguay (2717, 2718)
Music
Belarus (1200); Germany (3194); Japan (4449c, 4450i, 4463-4464); Korea (South) (2582c); Maldive Islands (3978, 3987, 4042); Mexico (3194); Norway (1802B); Portugal (4240-4242); Portugal (Azores) (610); Portugal (Madeira) (380); Romania (6449-6450, 6449a-6450a, 6450b, 6483-6489, 6483a-6488a, 6483b-6488b); Uruguay (2717, 2718, 2719b)
Music: Rock Stars: Elvis
Palau (1454-1457)
Movies, Television & Stars
Czech Republic (3848); Italy (3645); Kazakhstan (934, 935); Maldive Islands (3938b, 3938c, 3948, 3983, 3992, 4030, 4038, 4087, 4102); Portugal (4252-4258); Slovakia (868)
Philately
Maldive Islands (3976, 3996-3997); Romania (6409-6412, 6409a-6411a, 6409b-6411b); Slovakia (864)
Railroads
Italy (3652); Maldive Islands (3959, 3969, 4039, 4058, 4073, 4089, 4104)
Red Cross
Macedonia (RA176, RA177); Maldive Islands (4048d, 4063); Paraguay (3124)
Religion
Andorra (French) (828); Belarus (1202, 1218); China (People’s Republic) (4754-4758); Czech Republic (3853); Italy (3644, 3651c, 3651d); Lebanon (827); Maldive Islands (3984, 3993, 4032b, 4049a); Palau (1452d); Portugal (4242, 4269); Portugal (Azores) (616-619); Russia (8220, 8223); Surinam (1600a)
Christmas
Czech Republic (3850); Mexico (3189-3190); Paraguay (3097, 3119); Slovakia (863, 863a)
Popes
Romania (6419)
Science & Technology
China (People’s Republic) (4745b); Israel (2279); Maldive Islands (3936-3955, 4033, 4041); Portugal (4281b); Russia (8218); Uruguay (2717)
Archaeology
Lebanon (827); Portugal (4248-4251); Slovakia (865, 866)
Astronomy
Maldive Islands (3989, 4019, 4020, 4026, 4027)
Computers & Mathematics
China (People’s Republic) (4710a, 4745c); Japan (4427, 4428, 4431); Maldive Islands (4041); Portugal (4280b)
Earth Science & Earth Features
Japan (4433b, 4445, 4446, 4447, 4448k, 4448n, 4448q, 4449f, 4450e); Korea (South) (2584); Maldive Islands (3938, 3948, 4075, 4097); Norfolk Island (1163a); Portugal (Madeira) (384-385)
Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls
Uruguay (2717c)
Medicine
Belarus (1184); China (People’s Republic) (4746-4747); Japan (4435); Macedonia (RA176, RA177); Maldive Islands (3965a, 4064); Paraguay (3116, 3124); Portugal (4280); Uruguay (2716, 2721)
Medicine: COVID-19 Pandemic
Bosnia & Herzegovina (833); China (People’s Republic) (4710); Mexico (3184); Palau (1451); Portugal (4263, 4264, 4265, 4266, 4267)
Scouting
Bangladesh (919); Maldive Islands (4035, 4043)
Service Organizations (Intl.)
Japan (4434-4438); Maldive Islands (4036, 4044)
Ships & Watercraft
Canada (3274, 3274a); China (People’s Republic) (4745e, 4760); Italy (3646); Japan (4445, 4447, 4448b, 4448c, 4448d, 4448j, 4448q, 4448r, 4448s, 4448ac, 4448ae, 4448af, 4448ag, 4448aq, 4448ar); Maldive Islands (3937d, 3938, 3947, 3948, 3957d, 3958a, 3958b, 3960, 3969, 3970, 3994, 4048c, 4059, 4074, 4080, 4082d, 4095, 4097); New Zealand (2953-2956, 2956a, 2957); Portugal (4279); Portugal (Azores) (612, 615a); Portugal (Madeira) (384-385); Uruguay (2714, 2717)
Space
China (People’s Republic) (4759); Israel (2281); Korea (South) (2584); Maldive Islands (3936-3955, 3980, 3981, 3989, 3990, 4016-4029); Mexico (3195); Romania (6410, 6410a, 6410b, 6412)
Sports
Maldive Islands (3945, 3982, 3991, 4047, 4062, 4083, 4090, 4098, 4105); New Zealand (2953-2956, 2956a, 2957); Uruguay (2717, 2719c)
Golf
Maldive Islands (4060, 4075)
Olympics
Italy (3649)
Stamps On Stamps
Czech Republic (3840-3841); Maldive Islands (3942b); Mexico (3184); Paraguay (3100); Portugal (4263, 4265); Portugal (Azores) (614-615); Portugal (Madeira) (384-385)
Telecommunications
Japan (4430); Maldive Islands (3939, 3949); Portugal (4259)
Textiles
Maldive Islands (4101); Portugal (Madeira) (384-385)
Native Costumes
China (People’s Republic) (4746-4747); Japan (4427, 4446, 4447, 4448, 4449c, 4449e, 4450c, 4450j, 4463c, 4463h, 4464b, 4464e); Maldive Islands (3962b, 4035c, 4040); Paraguay (3123); Portugal (Azores) (610, 615, 617); Romania (6475-6478, 6475a-6478a); Uruguay (2703, 2722)
Toys & Games
Belarus (1200); Japan (4432-4433, 4452, 4453, 4462f, 4462h, 4462j); Maldive Islands (3966, 4039); Portugal (Madeira) (382)
Chess
Maldive Islands (4037, 4045)
United Nations
Belarus (1217); Portugal (4261-4262)
Wine
Portugal (Madeira) (384-385); Uruguay (2717f)
Women
Belarus (1204-1207, 1207a, 1207b); Canada (3273-3274, 3274a); China (People’s Republic) (4710a, 4745a, 4764); Germany (3195a); Italy (3644, 3651d); Japan (4427, 4428, 4430, 4431, 4437, 4442, 4448f, 4448g, 4448m, 4448t, 4448u, 4448aj, 4448ak, 4448ay, 4448bc, 4449c, 4449d, 4449h, 4449i, 4450c, 4450g, 4450i, 4463h); Kazakhstan (934); Kosovo (447); Maldive Islands (3943b, 3953, 3956d, 3959d, 3972, 3978c, 3979c, 3979d, 3980b, 3983c, 3983d, 3984, 3985d, 3988, 3993, 4030, 4031a, 4031d, 4032c, 4034, 4035d, 4037, 4038, 4039, 4040, 4042, 4045, 4049, 4082a, 4102); Mexico (3184); Palau (1452-1453); Paraguay (3118, 3123); Portugal (4240-4242, 4254, 4358, 4260, 4263, 4267, 4268, 4280); Portugal (Azores) (612, 613, 615, 616, 618); Portugal (Madeira) (384-385); Romania (6471-6474, 6471a-6474a, 6475-6478, 6475a-6478a, 6496, 6499); Slovakia (868); Uruguay (2700A, 2703, 2717, 2718, 2719c, 2721, 2722)
Writers & Literature
Belarus (1218); Bosnia & Herzegovina (832); Germany (3192-3193); Japan (4462); Kazakhstan (930); Portugal (4272)
Journalism
Romania (6499)
Addendum
Unaccompanied minors, such as Uruguay (2659d), will only appear in By Topic listings that differ from those of the original stamps.
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