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By Topic – September 2023

Sep 15, 2023, 10 AM
A Belgian 50th Birthday of Queen Mathilde stamp issued Jan. 23, 2023, is in the Architecture, Royalty and Women categories in the September By Topic Listing.

The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the September 2023 Scott Stamp Monthly fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.

Architecture

Algeria (1869); Andorra (French) (865); Australia (5644, 5644a, 5647, 5647a, 5647b); Belgium (3005, 3006, 3007, 3009c, 3009d, 3011); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (461a); Bulgaria (5034, 5040); Egypt (2278, 2279a, 2286, 2292, 2293, 2294, 2299); Germany (3354); Italy (3880, 3883, 3884, 3885, 3886, 3887); Japan (4181Bd, 4181Cf); Jordan (2439-2442, 2507-2513, 2515); Korea (South) (2620-2621, 2634, 2635d, 2640b); Macedonia (917, 919-920, 925); Morocco (1350, 1353); Russia (8221); Tristan da Cunha (1264, 1265, 1266); Tunisia (1797, 1803)

Bridges

Macedonia (920)

Castles

Italy (3888)

Lighthouses

Italy (3878)

Windmills

Australia (5644, 5644a, 5647, 5647a, 5647b); Egypt (2286); Macedonia (919); Tunisia (1803)

Art

Belgium (3004); Germany (3352)

Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips

Italy (3881)

Children’s Art

Macedonia (925)

Paintings

Australia (5633-5636, 5635a, 5636a); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (699); Bulgaria (5033, 5035, 5037); Korea (South) (2621a); Macedonia (926)

Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media

Korea (South) (2618, 2621)

Sculpture & Statues

Belgium (3009d, 3011a, 3011e); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (468); Bulgaria (5038); Egypt (2279d); Japan (4181Cg); Jordan (2503-2506); Korea (South) (2628)

Aviation

Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters

Belgium (3009); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (698); Bulgaria (5031b, 5031d); Cyprus (1391); Egypt (2268-2269, 2285, 2286); Jordan (2515a)

Parachutes

Jordan (2514a)

Bicycles

Belgium (3015); Jordan (2514c)

Black Americans

Macedonia (898); United States (5801)

Children

Belgium (3009b, 3014d); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (461a); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (703); Bulgaria (5040); Italy (3897); Korea (South) (2623, 2632); Macedonia (897, 925); Tunisia (1802)

Coins & Currency

Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (466)

Endangered Species

Korea (South) (2622, 2625)

Europa

Andorra (French) (867); Belgium (3013); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (465, 465c); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (703-704, 704a); Bulgaria (5025-5028, 5027a, 5028a, 5061-5063, 5061c, 5062a, 5063a); Macedonia (921-923)

Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology

Belgium (3006); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (467); Bulgaria (5025-5028, 5027a, 5028a, 5040); Korea (South) (2641, 2641c); Macedonia (921-923); Russia (8221)

Famous People

Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) Mohandas K. Gandhi (462);

Royalty

Belgium (3005, 3012); Bermuda (1197); Canada (3381, 3381a); Jordan (2515d); Morocco (1336-1348. 1336a-1348a)

Fauna

Land Mammals

Australia (5627-5632, 5629a, 5632a, 5637-5641, 5640a, 5641a, 5642, 5644a, 5645, 5645a, 5647b); Belgium (3009c); Bulgaria (5021, 5040); Canada (B34, B34a); Germany (3354); Japan (4633); Korea (South) (2619, 2625b, 2641, 2641c); Macedonia (921, 922); United States (5802j, 5802ae);

Land Mammals: Cats

Bulgaria (5038, 5040, 5060); Korea (South) (2619); Morocco (1351); United States (5806, 5806a);

Land Mammals: Dogs

Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (456); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (689-697); Bulgaria (5040); United States (5803, 5803a);

Land Mammals: Elephants

Belgium (3009e)

Land Mammals: Horses

Bulgaria (5026, 5027a, 5028a, 5029, 5040); Canada (3382, 3382a); Russia (8221)

Birds

Australia (5642, 5644a, 5645, 5645a, 5647b); Belgium (F8, F8a, FO3, FO3a); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (463, 465a, 465c); Bulgaria (5025a, 5026, 5027, 5027a, 5040); Canada (3388b, 3390, 3393a, B34, B34a); Egypt (2285, 2295); Germany (3352); Japan (4633b, 4633d); Korea (South) (2619, 2623, 2624a, 2625); United States (5802b, 5802k, 5802w, 5802af);

Insects

Belgium (3010c, 3010e); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (459); Canada (B34, B34a); United States (5802i, 5802ad);

Insects: Butterflies & Moths

Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (703); Japan (4633); Korea (South) (2619, 2623); United States (5802h, 5802l, 5802ac, 5802g, 5803, 5803a)

Fish & Fishing

Japan (4634a, 4644a); Jordan (2514e); United States (5802m, 5802ah);

Fish & Fishing: Marine Life

Japan (4642, 4643, 4644a); Jordan (2514e); Korea (South) (2622); United States (5802e, 5802f, 5802g, 5802o, 5802p, 5802r, 5802z, 5802aa, 5802ab, 5802aj, 5802ak, 5802am)

Fish & Fishing: Shells

Japan (4641, 4644a)

Reptiles & Amphibians

Australia (5642, 5644a, 5645, 5645a, 5647b); Bulgaria (5040)

Other Terrestrial Life

Belgium (3010a, 3010b, 3010d)

Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals

Bulgaria (5049-5052, 5052a)

Fire Fighting

Bulgaria (5031); Cyprus (1391)

Flags

Algeria (1869); Belgium (3015); Bulgaria (5033); Canada (3388, 3390, 3391, 3392, 3393a); Egypt (2268-2269, 2286, 2295); Italy (3879, 3880, 3895); Korea (South) (2630); Macedonia (919-920); Morocco (1353); Russia (8221); Tunisia (1803)

Flora

Australia (5642-5647, 5644a, 5645a, 5646a, 5647a, 5647b); Korea (South) (2619); Norfolk Island (1178-1179, 1179a); United States (5802, 5802u, 5806, 5806a)

Flowers

Argentina (2983); Australia (5633-5636, 5635a, 5636a); Belgium (3010, 3014d); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (458, 459c, 469); Bulgaria (5040); Canada (3383, 3384, 3384a); Cyprus (1388); Germany (3340, 3340a); Japan (4633); Korea (South) (2618, 2620d, 2623, 2624a, 2637, 2640); Norfolk Island (1179, 1179a); Tunisia (1800-1801); United States (5803, 5803a, 5804, 5804a, 5805, 5805a)

Flowers: Roses

Italy (3895)

Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops

Algeria (1855); Australia (5633, 5635a, 5644, 5644a, 5647, 5647a, 5647b); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (467); Bulgaria (5064); Japan (4635, 4636, 4637, 4639, 4641, 4643, 4644, 4644a); Korea (South) (2637, 2641b, 2641c)

Gems, Minerals & Jewelry

Belgium (3006a); Bulgaria (5021)

Heraldry & Coats of Arms

Bulgaria (5029); Russia (8221)

Holograms & 3-D

Korea (South) (2641a, 2641c)

Judaica

Bulgaria (5046)

Maps & Globes

Belgium (3009e); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (703); Egypt (2291); Germany (3352, 3355); Jordan (2502); Korea (South) (2627); Morocco (1322, 1349, 1351, 1352); Tunisia (1798, 1808)

Masks

Bulgaria (5056, 5057); Korea (South) (2640); Morocco (1349)

Military

Belgium (3014d); Bulgaria (5042, 5046, 5047, 5053); Egypt (2285); Italy (3880); Macedonia (918, 924)

Motor Vehicles

Italy (3883); Jordan (2512, 2515a)

Automobiles

Australia (5644, 5644a, 5647, 5647a, 5647b); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (705); Germany (3351); Jordan (2512)

Mushrooms

Tunisia (1804-1807); United States (5802n, 5802q, 5802ai, 5802al)

Performing Arts

Dance

Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (702); Italy (3890); Korea (South) (2640)

Music

Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (696); Bulgaria (5022, 5029a, 5035a, 5054); Italy (3877, 3889, 3893-3894, 3900); Korea (South) (2631); Macedonia (897, 898, 923)

Movies, Television & Stars

Belgium (3014); Bulgaria (5056, 5057); Canada (3387, 3387a); Egypt (2296); Italy (3889, 3890, 3891, 3892, 3900); Macedonia (910-911)

Theater

Korea (South) (2635); Morocco (1349)

Entertainers

Korea (South) (2636)

Prepared Foods and Culinary Arts

Japan (4633a, 4634-4644, 4644a); Korea (South) (2633); United States (5803, 5803a, 5805, 5805a, 5806, 5806a)

Railroads

Bulgaria (5031a, 5039)

Religion

Algeria (1869); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (457, 460, 461b, 468); Bulgaria (5033, 5040, 5046); Italy (3884, 3887); Japan (4181B, 4181Cf); Jordan (2507-2513); Korea (South) (2620-2621, 2629); Macedonia (919-920); Russia (8221); Tristan da Cunha (1264-1267)

Christmas

Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (461a); Bulgaria (5023, 5024)

Science & Technology

Australia (5644, 5644a, 5647, 5647a, 5647b); Bulgaria (5064); Italy (3883); Korea (South) (2629); Macedonia (908, 915, 916); Tunisia (1800-1801, 1803)

Archaeology

Bulgaria (5020-5021); Jordan (2503-2506)

Astronomy

Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (701a); Bulgaria (5058); Korea (South) (2627)

Computers & Mathematics

Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (700, 701); Canada (3382, 3382a); Macedonia (904); Morocco (1352)

Earth Science & Earth Features

Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (469); Jordan (2514)

Medicine

Bulgaria (5030); Cyprus (1388); Italy (3897); Korea (South) (2626); Tunisia (1802); United States (5802a, 5802v)

Scouting

Tunisia (1799)

Ships & Watercraft

Belgium (3009d); Bulgaria (5031c, 5040, 5059); Canada (3388-3393, 3393a); Cyprus (1390); Tunisia (1803)

Space

Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (693); Korea (South) (2642)

Sports

Algeria (1864); Belgium (3015); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (705); Bulgaria (5018); Egypt (2298); Germany (3351, 3354)

Basketball

Algeria (1864); Belgium (3015)

Olympics

Bulgaria (5060); Macedonia (913)

Soccer

Belgium (3015); Bulgaria (5034); Jordan (2502); Morocco (1351)

Telecommunications

Bulgaria (5044); Egypt (2299)

Textiles

Bulgaria (5061a, 5061c, 5062, 5062a, 5063a)

Native Costumes

Belgium (3009c); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (457); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (702); Bulgaria (5035, 5040); Korea (South) (2631, 2632, 2635a, 2640); Morocco (1322, 1353)

Toys & Games

Japan (4181Be); Korea (South) (2632)

Chess

Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (464); Macedonia (912)

United Nations

Belgium (3007); Egypt (2291); Jordan (2507-2513); Korea (South) (2640)

Universal Postal Union

Egypt (2286)

Wine

Japan (4634j)

Women

Andorra (French) (865); Australia (5643, 5644, 5644a, 5646, 5646a, 5647, 5647a, 5647b); Belgium (3005, 3006, 3009a, 3009b, 3014a); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (457); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (698a, 700, 702, 706-707); Bulgaria (5019, 5023, 5035b, 5036, 5046, 5054, 5060); Canada (3382, 3382a, 3383a, 3383b, 3384, 3384a, 3385, 3385a); Egypt (2293); Italy (3881, 3889, 3890, 3891, 3892, 3893, 3897); Jordan (2515c); Korea (South) (2617, 2628b, 2635a, 2635b); Macedonia (911, 923, 925); Morocco (1321, 1353)

Writers & Literature

Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (460); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (688, 700, 706-707); Bulgaria (5019, 5036, 5038, 5041, 5043, 5045, 5048, 5055); Canada (3383c, 3386, 3386a); Italy (3878, 3881, 3882, 3900); Japan (4633); Jordan (2439-2442); Macedonia (904, 914)

Journalism

Korea (South) (2630)

Addendum

Unaccompanied minors, such as Bulgaria (4158a), will only appear in By Topic listings that differ from those of the original stamps.