By Topic – May 2024

May 4, 2024, 8 AM

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

Antarctic & Arctic

Kyrgyz Express Post (177); Tonga (1465-1466)

Architecture

Armenia (1386, 1387, 1389, 1391, 1392, B29-B31); Aruba (703); Colombia (1631h, 1631j, 1631k, 1631l, 1632, 1633, 1636); Czech Republic (3956a, 3957, 3959); Estonia (1011); Greenland (943, 944a); Japan (4653, 4655d, 4655g, 4656, 4668b, 4668d, 4682i, 4686b, 4686d, 4688f, 4691); Kosovo (510-511); Kyrgyzstan (706, 707, 708-710); Latvia (1142b, 1143, 1146); Malaysia (1916, 1917, 1931-1933); Malta (1759-1760, 1766, 1773, 1774-1776); Mexico (3268, 3286, 3288, 3298, 3302, 3302f, 3303-3304, 3305, 3320, 3322, 3323, 3324, 3325, 3329); Mongolia (3024, 3029, 3037, 3038, 3039, 3040, 3041c, 3043, 3051, 3066); Montenegro (519); Norway (1958-1959, 1965, 1965a, 1965b, 1978-1979, 1979a, 1979b); Qatar (1161, 1165, 1181); Spain (4683, 4686, 4687, 4696, 4707, 4716, 4722, 4724, 4726, 4732, 4741); Tonga (1463, 1466, 1467)

Bridges

Czech Republic (3957); Japan (4655, 4656a, 4656i, 4691d, 4691g)

Castles

Colombia (1636b); Czech Republic (3957); Japan (4654, 4655c, 4656d, 4656i, 4683c); Spain (4709, 4713)

Lighthouses

Aruba (700); Spain (4709)

Art

Colombia (1631d); Japan (4695, 4704); Latvia (1142b); Mexico (3298, 3306-3318, 3318a, 3321); Spain (4694, 4695, 4698, 4723)

Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips

Japan (4645, 4716); Malta (1774-1776)

Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips: Disney

Japan (4678-4679)

Children’s Art

Montenegro (518)

Paintings

Colombia (1631g); Estonia (1019); Japan (4662-4664, 4682-4683, 4718); Latvia (1141, 1142a); Macedonia (977); Malta (1768-1771); Mexico (3290, 3324); Mongolia (3057); Montenegro (524); Norway (1969); Spain (4685,4699, 4700, 4727, 4730)

Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media

Japan (4653, 4681c, 4681d, 4682a); Mexico (3302, 3302f); Mongolia (3043, 3064-3065); Spain (4696)

Nudes

Spain (4723)

Sculpture & Statues

Armenia (1385, 1388); Bolivia (1417A, 1418A); Colombia (1631i, 1636d); Czech Republic (3958); Japan (4653, 4682j, 4683i, 4705); Kyrgyzstan (706); Latvia (1141); Malta (1772); Mexico (3302e, 3302f, 3303-3304); Mongolia (3021, 3037, 3039, 3058-3063, 3066); Montenegro (522); Spain (4699, 4702, 4726); Tonga (1463, 1467)

Aviation

Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters

Armenia (1391); Qatar (1164, 1165)

Zeppelins, Airships & Balloons

Japan (4680)

Bicycles

Malaysia (1917); Mexico (3288); Spain (4703)

Black Americans

United States (5834, 5834a, 5836, 5836a, 5837, 5837a, 5838, 5838a, 5840, 5840a, 5841, 5841a, 5842, 5842a)

Children

Bolivia (1652); Greenland (944, 944a); Japan (4645, 4682f, 4682h, 4683e, 4683h); Malaysia (1915, 1918, 1920); Malta (1772e); Mexico (3288, 3290, 3291, 3293, 3327); Mongolia (3030, 3037, 3039, 3040, 3043, 3050); Montenegro (520); Norway (1962, 1963a, 1963b, 1978-1979, 1979a, 1979b); Spain (4711, 4717, 4719, 4723)

Coins & Currency

Colombia (1631c, 1631f); Latvia (1141); Malaysia (1919, 1928-1930); Mongolia (3019); Spain (4702)

Endangered Species

Mongolia (3026-3027)

Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Tonga (1468-1469)

Europa

Norway (1966); Spain (4690)

Explorers

Kyrgyz Express Post (177); Spain (4721)

Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology

Armenia (1396); Colombia (1631i); Japan (4646, 4698-4701, 4717); Kyrgyzstan (705); Kyrgyz Express Post (171, 172); Mexico (3292); Mongolia (3028, 3029, 3032-3033); Montenegro (518); Tonga (1462)

Famous People

Kyrgyz Express Post Mao Zedong (179), Mohandas K. Gandhi (182); Mongolia Genghis Khan (3021, 3022, 3025, 3041f)

Royalty

Kyrgyz Express Post (180); Mongolia (3029b); Montenegro (521, 523, 524); Norway (1967-1968); Spain (4736); Tonga (1463, 1467)

Fauna

Land Mammals

Bolivia (1502A); Estonia (1015); Hungary (4684); Japan (4646, 4652-4653, 4655b, 4678-4679, 4680, 4681i, 4682j, 4683i, 4684a, 4684g, 4684i, 4685a, 4685g, 4685i, 4686, 4689-4690, 4703c, 4703h, 4714, 4715a, 4716, 4718); Kyrgyzstan (705); Kyrgyz Express Post (171, 172); Latvia (1149); Malaysia (1927, 1930); Mexico (3297, 3297a); Mongolia (3014-3018, 3026-3027, 3028, 3029, 3032-3033, 3037, 3038, 3039, 3040, 3041c, 3050, 3065b); Norway (1957, 1962, 1963a, 1963b, 1977, 1977a, 1977b); Tonga (1461)

Land Mammals: Cats

Armenia (1390); Japan (4653a, 4676, 4679f, 4679j, 4681j, 4686, 4702, 4704, 4705, 4718h); Latvia (1147); Malaysia (1906, 1925); Mexico (3297a); Mongolia (3029, 3032-3033); Spain (4730); Tonga (1462)

Land Mammals: Dogs

Japan (4645, 4652e, 4678, 4681h, 4682g, 4683f, 4718d); Mongolia (3033); Spain (4729, 4730)

Land Mammals: Elephants

Japan (4653); Latvia (1141)

Land Mammals: Horses

Armenia (1398); Czech Republic (3958); Japan (4678i); Kyrgyzstan (706); Malta (1771); Mexico (3294, 3300); Mongolia (3029, 3030, 3032-3033, 3037, 3038, 3039, 3040, 3041, 3043, 3050, 3052-3056, 3064, 3065b)

Sea Mammals

United States (5851, 5851a)

Sea Mammals: Whales

Japan (4653, 4718); Malta (1763)

Birds

Colombia (1631, 1635, 1636d); Greenland (943, 944a); Japan (4645, 4646, 4653, 4655, 4661, 4668, 4675, 4678, 4680a, 4680g, 4681e, 4682a, 4683a, 4686, 4695, 4703a, 4703j, 4715a); Kyrgyz Express Post (B2); Latvia (1148); Malaysia (1926); Mexico (3291, 3297a, 3305, 3326); Mongolia (3026-3027, 3033, 3037, 3051, 3057c, 3066); Norway (1969, 1976, 1977a, 1977b); Qatar (1161); Spain (4691, 4720, 4729, 4730, 4734); Tonga (1464, 1468-1469); United States (5845-5848, 5848b)

Insects

Canada (3413); Japan (4679e, 4679i)

Insects: Butterflies & Moths

Hungary (4684); Japan (4681a); Malaysia (1918)

Fish & Fishing

Aruba (701); Japan (4652f, 4652i, 4653, 4669, 4675e, 4675h, 4676c, 4676j, 4677, 4713, 4715a); Kyrgyz Express Post (173); Malaysia (1924); Malta (1761, 1762, 1764, 1765, 1767); Mongolia (3026c, 3027, 3032); Montenegro (518)

Fish & Fishing: Marine Life

Japan (4704e, 4704h, 4704i, 4713, 4715a); Mongolia (3032)

Fish & Fishing: Shells

Kyrgyz Express Post (171)

Reptiles & Amphibians

Japan (4677f, 4686); Mexico (3296, 3300); Mongolia (3026-3027, 3033)

Other Terrestrial Life

Malaysia (1932); Mongolia (3032)

Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals

Mexico (3299, 3299d); Mongolia (3057); Spain (4684)

Flags

Colombia (1631, 1635, 1636); Czech Republic (3958); Estonia (1021); Japan (4686d); Kyrgyzstan (706); Kyrgyz Express Post (179-182); Latvia (1141, 1144); Malta (1776); Mexico (3284, 3286, 3302b, 3302f); Mongolia (3029, 3039, 3040, 3043, 3051); Norway (1963, 1963a, 1963b, 1973, 1974, 1975); Qatar (1168-1171, 1181c); Spain (4710, 4720)

Flora

Aruba (702, 703); Hungary (4684); Japan (4651b, 4653, 4655d, 4656a, 4656d, 4668c, 4669d, 4669h, 4670-4674, 4682a, 4682b, 4683a, 4683b, 4684-4685, 4688j, 4702d); Macedonia (975); Malaysia (1931, 1936); Norway (1970, 1971a, 1971b); Spain (4688, 4706, 4726)

Flowers

Armenia (1386); Aruba (703); Bolivia (1455A, 1458A, 1652); Canada (3413-3417, 3417a); Colombia (1633, 1635a); Czech Republic (3956); Greenland (938a); Japan (4646. 4647, 4648-4649, 4650, 4651, 4652j, 4655a, 4657-4658, 4659, 4661, 4668, 4669c, 4670, 4672, 4673, 4674, 4675, 4676a, 4676b, 4679, 4680, 4681a, 4682e, 4683f, 4683j, 4685e, 4686, 4689d, 4689h, 4690i, 4691, 4692-4694, 4696-4697, 4704, 4717, 4719-4720); Macedonia (972, 973, 974); Malaysia (1906B, 1918, 1936b); Mexico (3299d, 3306, 3312, 3318a); Mongolia (3026-3027, 3028, 3039, 3043, 3049); Qatar (1181); Spain (4687, 4697, 4718, 4720, 4727, 4729, 4733, 4734, 4735); Tonga (1463, 1467); United States (5845-5848, 5848b, 5849-5850)

Flowers: Orchids

Mongolia (3027)

Flowers: Roses

Bolivia (1432A); Japan (4648f, 4657-4658, 4696a, 4697a); Spain (4702)

Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops

Bolivia (1455A, 1456A, 1457A, 1458A); Japan (4647, 4655f, 4660, 4672, 4675f, 4676, 4681d, 4686, 4691, 4703e, 4704g, 4705, 4707, 4708, 4709, 4710, 4713, 4714, 4715, 4715a, 4716e); Latvia (1147); Malaysia (1906A, 1906B. 1927, 1933); Malta (1766); Mongolia (3050); Spain (4710, 4720, 4739)

Gems, Minerals & Jewelry

Bolivia (1510A); Mongolia (3031, 3066)

Heraldry & Coats of Arms

Colombia (1631, 1635); Mongolia (3029, 3037, 3038, 3039, 3040); Spain (4701, 4727)

Holograms & 3-D

Qatar (1166, 1168-1171)

Judaica

Mexico (3325)

Maps & Globes

Colombia (1631, 1635, 1636c); Czech Republic (3955); Estonia (1010); Japan (4653); Mexico (3267a, 3296, 3300, 3328); Mongolia (3040); Spain (4721)

Masks

Malaysia (1932); Mexico (3300, 3326); Qatar (1164)

Military

Colombia (1636); Kyrgyz Express Post (181); Malta (1773); Mexico (3284, 3286, 3294, 3305)

Motor Vehicles

Czech Republic (3955); Malaysia (1915); Malta (1766); Spain (4741)

Automobiles

Armenia (1387); Japan (4655); Norway (1959); Spain (4714, 4741)

Motorcycles

Japan (4691)

Mushrooms

Japan (4685a)

Nobel Prize

Mexico (3271); Spain (4738, 4742)

Performing Arts

Dance

Armenia (1394-1395); Japan (4645f, 4645j); Mexico (3289, 3295)

Music

Bolivia (1652b); Colombia (1631g, 1631h); Czech Republic (3953, 3956); Estonia (1014); Japan (4645g, 4650, 4653, 4681f, 4686g, 4691b); Kyrgyzstan (708-710); Kyrgyz Express Post (175); Macedonia (969, 970); Malaysia (1920); Mexico (3295, 3321); Mongolia (3034, 3043, 3049); Spain (4706, 4717, 4734); United States (5844, 5844a)

Music: Rock Stars

Mongolia (3034)

Movies, Television & Stars

Armenia (1398); Japan (4678-4679); Mexico (3289, 3295); Spain (4737)

Theater

Colombia (1632); Japan (4691b); Kyrgyzstan (708); Kyrgyz Express Post (176); Latvia (1145, 1146); Mongolia (3049); Spain (4708)

Personalized Stamps

Czech Republic (3954)

Petroleum

Mexico (3292)

Philately

Japan (4662-4664); Malaysia (1906); Spain (4686, 4725, 4729); Tonga (1464)

Prepared Foods and Culinary Arts

Canada (3419, 3419a); Japan (4652b, 4652c, 4652d, 4652f, 4652h, 4652i, 4653, 4656c, 4656h, 4675d, 4675f, 4676e, 4676f, 4676g, 4676h, 4676j, 4686j, 4691, 4702h, 4702i, 4702j, 4703e, 4703g, 4705-4715, 4715a); Malaysia (1906B); Spain (4710, 4720, 4739)

Printing

Spain (4723)

Railroads

Japan (4691i); Latvia (1143); Mexico (3322); Spain (4731)

Red Cross

Qatar (1164b)

Religion

Armenia (1386, B29-B31); Canada (3419, 3419a); Colombia (1631e, 1634); Estonia (1014); Hungary (4684); Japan (4653c, 4653d, 4655d, 4656, 4668e, 4688f); Malta (1768, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773); Mexico (3268, 3303-3304, 3320, 3321, 3323, 3329); Mongolia (3041d, 3065d, 3066); Norway (1958); Spain (4683, 4686, 4727, 4730); United States (5838, 5838a)

Christmas

Bolivia (1417A, 1418A, 1652); Greenland (943-944, 944a); Latvia (1147-1149); Macedonia (977); Malta (1777-1779); Mexico (3324); Norway (1978-1979, 1979a, 1979b); Spain (4739-4740)

Popes

Mongolia (3042, 3042a)

Science & Technology

Armenia (1389, 1392); Kosovo (510-511); Malaysia (1915, 1931-1933); Mexico (3297, 3297a); Norway (1970-1971, 1971a, 1971b); Spain (4707, 4727)

Archaeology

Colombia (1631a, 1631b); Japan (4686a, 4686b, 4686e); Mexico (3303-3304); Mongolia (3058-3063); Spain (4696)

Astronomy

Armenia (1389); Canada (3418, 3418a); Japan (4681b); Mongolia (3032-3033); Spain (4724)

Computers & Mathematics

Mexico (3301); Mongolia (3043)

Earth Science & Earth Features

Canada (3418, 3418a); Japan (4651, 4655a, 4655h, 4655i, 4655j, 4656a, 4656g, 4669, 4675a, 4684, 4686c, 4687, 4688b, 4688d, 4691, 4695); Kyrgyzstan (706); Kyrgyz Express Post (174); Latvia (1140); Malaysia (1934-1935); Mongolia (3037, 3038, 3039, 3040); Norway (1956, 1960, 1961, 1961a, 1963, 1963a, 1963b, 1964, 1965a, 1965b); Spain (4691); Tonga (1465-1466)

Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls

Canada (3418, 3418a); Czech Republic (3956c); Japan (4651e, 4656f, 4669f, 4682c, 4688h)

Medicine

Estonia (1020); Kyrgyz Express Post (178); Malaysia (1932); Mexico (3296, 3300); Montenegro (519); Spain (4692, 4719, 4728, 4742)

Medicine: COVID-19 Pandemic

Norway (1971, 1971a, 1971b); Qatar (1164)

Ships & Watercraft

Aruba (701, 703); Colombia (1631, 1635, 1636c); Japan (4653, 4655i, 4686d, 4691c); Malaysia (1906); Malta (1759); Mongolia (3029); Montenegro (524); Norway (1958-1959, 1964, 1965, 1965a, 1965b, 1972-1975); Spain (4709, 4712, 4715, 4729, 4734)

Space

Mongolia (3044-3048)

Sports

Armenia (1390, 1399); Czech Republic (3952, 3955); Japan (4688); Mongolia (3030); Spain (4712)

Basketball

Latvia (1144); Spain (4705)

Olympics

Estonia (1021)

Soccer

Armenia (1390, 1397); Japan (4688); Qatar (1166, 1168-1171); Spain (4741, 4745)

Stamps On Stamps

Mongolia (3022, 3029); Spain (4725, 4729)

Telecommunications

Armenia (1387, 1391); Japan (4645b, 4704b); Kyrgyzstan (707); Mexico (3301)

Textiles

Japan (4702a, 4702b, 4702e, 4702g); Mexico (3306-3318, 3318a)

Native Costumes

Armenia (1394-1395); Bolivia (1652); Colombia (1631c); Japan (4662-4664, 4675j, 4682d, 4683d, 4686d, 4686f, 4686h, 4691); Malaysia (1912-1914, 1917); Malta (1775); Mexico (3290, 3326); Mongolia (3030, 3032, 3037, 3038, 3039, 3040, 3050, 3064d, 3065, 3066); Spain (4711)

Toys & Games

Japan (4675g, 4689-4690); Mexico (3323); Mongolia (3043)

Chess

Kyrgyz Express Post (183); Latvia (1141)

United Nations

Armenia (1386); Mexico (3296, 3329); Mongolia (3050); Spain (4709, 4732)

Wine

Spain (4720)

Women

Armenia (1395); Colombia (1631, 1636a); Czech Republic (3953); Estonia (1019); Greenland (944, 944a); Japan (4662-4664, 4682d, 4683d, 4683g, 4686d, 4686h, 4688g, 4691); Kyrgyz Express Post (180, 183b); Macedonia (969, 976); Malaysia (1912-1914, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1932); Malta (1766, 1772b, 1772g, 1775); Mexico (3271, 3284, 3289, 3290, 3291, 3295, 3296, 3301, 3302a, 3302f, 3319, 3321, 3325, 3326); Mongolia (3029b, 3032, 3034, 3036, 3038, 3049, 3050, 3064d, 3065); Montenegro (519, 520, 521, 523, 524); Norway (1963, 1963a, 1963b, 1967); Spain (4685, 4686, 4692, 4697, 4701, 4702, 4711, 4717, 4718, 4729, 4733, 4734, 4735, 4736, 4737, 4745); Tonga (1463, 1467); United States (5834, 5834a, 5837, 5837a, 5839, 5839a, 5843, 5843a, 5852, 5852a)

Writers & Literature

Japan (4704); Macedonia (976); Mexico (3271); Mongolia (3036, 3041); Spain (4693, 4697, 4701, 4702, 4718, 4735, 4738, 4743); United States (5836, 5836a, 5837, 5837a, 5838, 5838a, 5841, 5841a)

Journalism

Estonia (1019); Mexico (3273-3274, 3319)

Addendum

Unaccompanied minors, such as Greenland (B49a), will only appear in By Topic listings that differ from those of the original stamps.