STAMP PROGRAMS
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By Topic - March 2013
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the March 18 Linn's Stamp News Special Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.
Antarctic & Arctic
Greenland (629, 629a)
Architecture
Bahamas (1361, 1364); Colombia (1377, 1384); Comoro Islands (999, 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1007, 1008, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1030, 1068);Ecuador (2087); France (4299, 4300, B724); Germany (2702); Great Britain (2925b, 3125b, 3130, 3132, 3133a, 3134, 3134a); Great Britain (Jersey) (1632); Greece (Mount Athos) (101-105, 106-110); Grenada (3862); Grenada Grenadines (2815, 2817); Hong Kong (1515); Hungary (4257, 4259); Iceland (1290-1291, 1290a); India(2580, 2581a, 2590, 2593); Indonesia (2326a, 2326c, 2327); Iraq (1869-1872, 1881);Japan (3469, 3482a, 3482b, 3483, 3486, 3487a, 3492); Korea (North) (4515, 4519, 4567, 4568, 4577, 4580, 4591, 4602, 4607); Latvia (811, 813, 814); Monaco (2692);Mongolia (2756); Poland (4057); Russia (7399, 7411); Serbia (598, 599-600, 602, 603); United States (4739); Vatican City (1512, 1515); Yemen (928)
Bridges
Bahamas (1363); Comoro Islands (999b, 1000, 1002, 1017c); Japan (3469c, 3469d);Serbia (600); United States (4738, U679)
Castles
Comoro Islands (1003f, 1017b, 1017f); France (4297, 4301a); Slovakia (647)
Lighthouses
Comoro Islands (1023, 1024, 1033, 1034, 1083, 1084); Estonia (722); Korea (North)(4533, 4534)
Windmills
Comoro Islands (1019e); Finland (1422)
Art
Colombia (1382); Comoro Islands (1019b); Great Britain (3133); Liechtenstein(1559-1560); Russia (7412-7415)
Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips
Japan (3483); Monaco (2697); Russia (7418)
Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips: Disney
Japan (3493-3494)
Children's Art
Serbia (606)
Paintings
Colombia (1380); Comoro Islands (1065, 1066); Cyprus (1179-1181); Equatorial Guinea (305); Guyana (4153-4154); Iceland (1286, 1287, 1288); India (2580-2581, 2581a); Japan (3478-3480); Korea (North) (4563, 4584, 4592, 4596, 4606); Monaco(2696, 2703, 2704); Poland (4056); Russia (7403); Slovakia (648, 650, 651)
Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media
Honduras (C1302a, C1302d); Hong Kong (1517, 1527a, 1529, 1539a, 1539b); Japan(3484, 3488-3491); Nigeria (822, 823, 825, 826, 829); Vatican City (1513-1514, 1514a)
Nudes
Iceland (1289); Monaco (2704)
Sculpture & Statues
Bahamas (1362); Colombia (1377f); Comoro Islands (999d, 1000, 1015e, 1016, 1017e, 1018, 1045b); France (4298); Honduras (C1302); Hungary (4257a, 4257e); Iceland(1289); India (2593); Iraq (1885); Japan (3469b); Korea (North) (4580, 4591, 4610, 4611); Liechtenstein (1557-1558); Monaco (2694); Serbia (604); Vatican City (1508, 1509, 1510, 1511, 1515)
Aviation
Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters
Comoro Islands (993, 994, 995d, 1007, 1008, 1020, 1025, 1026, 1047, 1048); Great Britain (3125b); India (2586, 2592, 2593); Korea (North) (4517, 4580, 4586, 4593)
Zeppelins, Airships & Balloons
Denmark (1622, 1624, 1624a); Finland (1422)
Parachutes
France (B724d)
Bicycles
India (2581a, 2585a); Japan (3475); Korea (North) (4529)
Black Americans
Comoro Islands (1046); United States (4742)
Children
Colombia (1379); Comoro Islands (1027d, 1035, 1036, 1059d, 1059e, 1060, 1061d, 1061e); French Polynesia (1088); Great Britain (3133a); Great Britain (Jersey)(1634, 1639); Greece (2536, 2536a); Greenland (630-633, 633a); Hong Kong (1527a);Iceland (1286, 1289); India (2605); Indonesia (2324, 2324c, 2326); Iraq (1874);Ireland (1978); Japan (3483, 3485c, 3486, 3487c, 3487e); Korea (North) (4515, 4520, 4532); Russia (7399, 7418c, 7418d); Senegal (1673)
Coins & Currency
Christmas Island (502b); Japan (3481)
Endangered Species
Korea (North) (4572)
Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Korea (North) (4589, 4590, 4605)
Explorers
Comoro Islands (1057, 1058, 1059, 1060); Greenland (629, 629a)
Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
Colombia (1385); Comoro Islands (1002); French Polynesia (1088); Hong Kong(1516-1539, 1527a, 1539a, 1539b); Ireland (1978-1981); Japan (3469i, 3481j, 3488-3491, 3492d); Korea (North) (4525, 4526, 4556); Liechtenstein (1565); Mongolia(2755); Russia (7411, 7416); Slovenia (969); United States (4726)
Famous People
Grenada Fidel Castro (3861); Togo Jiang Zemin (2004)
Royalty
Denmark (1619-1620); France (4297, 4298b); Great Britain (3133a, 3134a, MH420-MH428, MH426a, MH426b, MH428a); Greenland (627-628); Hong Kong (1546-1552, 1548a, 1551a, 1552a); India (2593); Iraq (1882-1885); Latvia (813); Monaco (2694, 2695, 2698-2702); Russia (7399, 7403)
Royalty: Princess Diana
Guyana (4155-4156)
Fauna
Land Mammals
Australia (3817); Comoro Islands (1016, 1060, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074); Curaçao(93); Equatorial Guinea (305c, 305d); Finland (1422a, 1422f); France (4309, 4313a);Great Britain (3119, 3120, 3120a, 3120b, 3122, 3125b, 3126); Greenland (627-628);Guyana (4137c, 4138, 4149a, 4150a, 4150c); Hong Kong (1519, 1520, 1527a, 1531, 1532, 1539a, 1539b); Indonesia (2328a, 2329a); Japan (3483, 3485c, 3486, 3487c, 3493-3494); Korea (North) (4536, 4537, 4541, 4552, 4560, 4576, 4579, 4589, 4590, 4605, 4509); Latvia (813); Nigeria (827); Russia (7418); Slovakia (613, 613a);Slovenia (960, 962, 962a, 964, 966, 966a); Vatican City (1515b)
Land Mammals: Cats
Caribbean Netherlands (37); Comoro Islands (1059b, 1060, 1085, 1086); Great Britain (3119g, 3125b, 3126, 3133d); Guyana (4137a); Hong Kong (1523, 1527a, 1535, 1539a, 1539b); Hungary (4257b, 4257g); India (2581a); Iraq (1885); Japan (3485b, 3486b, 3486d, 3487a, 3493-3494); Korea (North) (4538, 4547, 4589, 4590, 4598, 4599); Latvia (813, 814); Russia (7418b, 7418c); Serbia (606)
Land Mammals: Dogs
Comoro Islands (1075, 1076); Finland (1420); France (B724e); Grenada (3856-3859);Guyana (4149-4152); India (2580, 2581a); Ireland (1981); Japan (3485d, 3493-3494);Mongolia (2756c); Russia (7418c)
Land Mammals: Elephants
Finland (1422d); France (2O70); India (2581, 2581a); Japan (3493-3494); Nigeria(827A)
Land Mammals: Horses
Colombia (1377i); Comoro Islands (1016, 1017e, 1018); France (4301b); French Polynesia (1086, 1087a); Greece (2555, 2557); Hungary (4257e); India (2581, 2581a, 2585a, 2606); Iraq (1880, 1885); Japan (3477); Korea (North) (4557); Mongolia(2757a); Russia (7411, 7416)
Sea Mammals
Comoro Islands (1093, 1094); Guyana (4141-4144)
Sea Mammals: Whales
Colombia (1377l); Finland (1422b); Guyana (4139-4140); Korea (North) (4548, 4548a, 4588)
Birds
Canada (2595, 2595a); Caribbean Netherlands (34); Christmas Island (506-507, 507a); Comoro Islands (1012, 1013, 1024, 1033, 1034, 1041, 1042, 1045a, 1046, 1061c, 1061f, 1062, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090); Denmark (1621, 1623, 1624a); Finland (1422c);France (4309, 4313a); Great Britain (3119, 3121, 3121a, 3121b, 3123, 3123a, 3124, 3125, 3125a, 3125b, 3133b); Great Britain (Jersey) (1609-1615, 1614a); Guyana(4137b); Hong Kong (1513, 1514a); Hungary (4257b, 4257g); Iceland (1286, 1295);India (2580, 2581a); Iraq (1855-1856, 1857-1859, 1872); Ireland (1978); Japan(3485e, 3486, 3487b, 3492b, 3493-3494); Korea (North) (4512, 4513, 4519, 4525, 4526, 4530, 4540, 4552, 4554, 4555, 4556, 4569, 4572, 4581, 4583, 4602, 4604, 4605, 4609); Mongolia (2757); Nigeria (841, 842); Poland (4056); Serbia (601, 602); United States(4737); Vatican City (1513, 1514a)
Insects
Comoro Islands (1061, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080); Hong Kong (1540, 1541, 1544, 1545, 1545a); Russia (7418a)
Insects: Butterflies & Moths
Canada (2590, 2590a); Comoro Islands (1053, 1054, 1056, 1091, 1092); Finland(1422); Hong Kong (1542, 1543, 1545a); Japan (3483e); Korea (North) (4524, 4538);Liechtenstein (1556); United States (4736)
Fish & Fishing
Caribbean Netherlands (34); Comoro Islands (998, 1081, 1082, 1089b); Denmark(1625-1634, 1625a, 1626a, 1627a, 1628a, 1628b, 1633a, 1634a); Hong Kong (1518, 1527a, 1530, 1539a, 1539b); Ireland (1980); Japan (3482c); Korea (North) (4539)
Fish & Fishing: Marine Life
Christmas Island (506-507, 507a); Comoro Islands (998); Hong Kong (1514, 1514a, 1522, 1527a, 1534, 1539a, 1539b)
Fish & Fishing: Shells
Comoro Islands (1083, 1084); Guyana (4145-4148); Korea (North) (4544, 4545, 4601, 4608); Vatican City (1515b)
Reptiles & Amphibians
Christmas Island (506, 507a); Comoro Islands (1095, 1096); Denmark (1621, 1623, 1624a); Finland (1422e); French Polynesia (1085); Iceland (1286); Japan (3488-3491, 3495); Korea (North) (4542, 4547); Liechtenstein (1565); Slovenia (969); United States (4726)
Other Terrestrial Life
Hong Kong (1526, 1527a, 15381539a, 1539b)
Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals
Comoro Islands (1043, 1044, 1097, 1098); Great Britain (3125b)
Fire Fighting
Comoro Islands (1021, 1022)
Flags
Caribbean Netherlands (34-37); Colombia (1377i); Comoro Islands (993, 994, 995, 996, 999, 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1007, 1008, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1038, 1045c, 1057d, 1058); France (4301a); Greece (2554-2557);Greenland (631, 633, 633a); Grenada (3861-3862); Guyana (4156d); Honduras(C1301-C1302); Indonesia (2324, 2324c, 2326b); Iraq (1855-1856, 1857-1859, 1881);Korea (North) (4571, 4573); Mongolia (2756b); Togo (2004); United States (4739);Yemen (927, 930)
Flora
Canada (2597, 2597a); Colombia (1377); Great Britain (Jersey) (1641, 1643, 1645);Guyana (4146, 4148); Korea (North) (4543, 4584); Mongolia (2756c)
Flowers
Canada (2592, 2592a, 2595, 2595a); Colombia (1377); Comoro Islands (1004, 1041a, 1041b, 1054, 1066); Finland (1422f); French Polynesia (1088); Germany (2407A, 2416A); Great Britain (3133a); Great Britain (Jersey) (1610, 1611, 1613, 1614, 1614a, 1615, 1632, 1640, 1642); Guyana (4137-4138, 4145, 4147, 4155a, 4156); Iceland(1295); India (2581a); Indonesia (2328b, 2329); Iraq (1860-1868); Japan (3468, 3469g, 3469h, 3471, 3482d, 3482e, 3487, 3492b, 3493, 3496-3505); Korea (North) (4524, 4538, 4547, 4556, 4587, 4593, 4602, 4604, 4610); Liechtenstein (1556); Malagasy Republic (1623, 1624, 1626); Monaco (2704); Mongolia (2755a, 2755d, 2755g); Poland(4056); St. Helena (1063, 1065, 1066); United States (4722-4725)
Flowers: Orchids
Finland (1421); Korea (North) (4549)
Flowers: Roses
Grenada (3861d); Iraq (1864, 1867); Japan (3487d); United States (4735)
Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops
Colombia (1377); Equatorial Guinea (303); French Polynesia (1088); Great Britain (Jersey) (1644); Iceland (1287); Japan (3482); Slovenia (958b); United States (4727-4734)
Gems, Minerals & Jewelry
Comoro Islands (1051, 1052); Korea (North) (4596)
Heraldry & Coats of Arms
Caribbean Netherlands (34-37); Colombia (1377a, 1384); Ecuador (2087); Greenland(627-628); Hungary (4257b, 4257g); Iraq (1885); Korea (North) (4575); Latvia (813);Monaco (2695); Russia (7416-7417); Vatican City (1515)
Holograms & 3-D
Nigeria (822, 823, 825, 826, 827, 827A, 829)
Maps & Globes
Caribbean Netherlands (34, 35, 36); Colombia (1378a); Comoro Islands (1015, 1016, 1044, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061b, 1062); Estonia (722); France (4301); Honduras(C1302); Iraq (1855-1856, 1873-1874, 1875); Mongolia (2756); Nigeria (842); Russia(7403, 7404); United States (4740); Yemen (925, 930)
Masks
France (4298b); Iraq (1875)
Military
Colombia (1377i, 1378b); Comoro Islands (993, 994, 995e, 996, 1029, 1030, 1047a, 1047b, 1048); France (4301b); Greece (2554-2557); India (2591, 2592, 2606); Korea (North) (4592, 4606); Serbia (605)
Motor Vehicles
Comoro Islands (995, 996, 1013, 1014, 1021, 1022, 1029, 1030); India (2586, 2606);Indonesia (2325a); Korea (North) (4515, 4561, 4563)
Automobiles
Comoro Islands (1005, 1006, 1014, 1027, 1028); Indonesia (2325a); Korea (North)(4561)
Motorcycles
Comoro Islands (995f, 1031, 1032); Korea (North) (4515, 4567)
Mushrooms
Comoro Islands (1055, 1056, 1069, 1070); Iceland (1285); Korea (North) (4521, 4527, 4528, 4535, 4546, 4553, 4558); Russia (7418d)
Nobel Prize
Comoro Islands (1037b, 1037c, 1037e, 1037f, 1038, 1045, 1046, 1061, 1062); Korea (North) (4570)
Performing Arts
Dance
France (4298b); Korea (North) (4602); Senegal (1673)
Music
Colombia (1377, 1378d); Comoro Islands (1013, 1039, 1040, 1045a); Denmark (1621, 1623, 1624a); Estonia (719-721); France (4298, 4299); Great Britain (3125b); Greece(2554, 2558-2561); Hungary (4258); Japan (3486a, 3486c, 3487b); Korea (North)(4550, 4602); St. Helena (1063-1066); Slovakia (650, 651)
Music: Rock Stars: Elvis
Guyana (4157-4161)
Movies, Television & Stars
Comoro Islands (1067, 1068); Denmark (1621-1624, 1624a); Indonesia (2325);Monaco (2693); Russia (7418); Slovenia (956)
Personalized Stamps
Australia (3817-3818); Canada (2586a-2597a)
Petroleum
Russia (7403)
Philately
Christmas Island (502b); French Polynesia (1087); Hong Kong (1546-1552, 1548a, 1551a, 1552a); India (2593); Korea (North) (4557, 4580); Monaco (2695); Nigeria(842)
Railroads
Comoro Islands (999, 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020); Great Britain (3125b, 3127-3134, 3134a); Guyana (4157); India (2581a); Japan(3482d); Korea (North) (4532, 4551, 4561, 4566, 4580, 4594, 4603); United States(4739)
Red Cross
Comoro Islands (995, 996, 1038, 1045c, 1062); France (B724); Korea (North) (4517, 4570)
Religion
Colombia (1377f, 1377h, 1377k); Comoro Islands (1015f, 1017a, 1017d, 1019a, 1045b, 1045c, 1061d); France (4301a); Greece (Mount Athos) (101-105, 106-110); Guyana(4153-4154); Honduras (C1302c); Hungary (4259); India (2589); Indonesia (2327);Iraq (1869-1872); Japan (3469, 3482a, 3492a, 3492c); Liechtenstein (1557-1558);Monaco (2692); Mongolia (2755); Russia (7411, 7416); Serbia (598); Slovakia (613, 613a); Slovenia (963-966, 965a, 966a); Vatican City (1515)
Christmas
Australia (3817-3818); Caribbean Netherlands (34-37); Christmas Island (506-507, 507a); Curaçao (91-95); Croatia (858, 858a); Cyprus (1179-1181); Equatorial Guinea(305); France (4305, 4313a); Great Britain (3119-3126, 3120a, 3121a, 3125b); Great Britain (Jersey) (1632-1639); Greece (2558-2561); Greenland (630-633, 633a);Hungary (4258); Iceland (1290-1291, 1290a); Japan (3485-3487); Liechtenstein(1561-1564); Monaco (2696); St. Helena (1063-1066); Slovakia (648); Slovenia (959-962, 961a, 962a); Vatican City (1513-1514, 1514a)
Popes
Grenada (3861-3862); Grenada Grenadines (2815-2817); Poland (4057); Vatican City(1508-1512)
Science & Technology
Comoro Islands (1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045f, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056);Iraq (1875); Latvia (814); Russia (7402)
O Archaeology
Colombia (1377j); France (2O69); Monaco (2694)
Astronomy
Great Britain (3113-3118); Hong Kong (1516-1539, 1527a, 1539a, 1539b); Korea (North) (4597)
Computers & Mathematics
China (People's Republic) (4047a); Hong Kong (1550, 1551, 1551a, 1552, 1551a, 1552a); India (2605); Mongolia (2756); Russia (7398)
Earth Science & Earth Features
Colombia (1377); Comoro Islands (1052); French Polynesia (1089); Iceland (1288, 1294); Japan (3482e, 3492e)
Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls
Iceland (1293)
Medicine
Comoro Islands (995, 996, 1037, 1038, 1062)
Scouting
Comoro Islands (1035, 1036); Indonesia (2324, 2324c)
Ships & Watercraft
Caribbean Netherlands (34); Comoro Islands (995e, 997, 998, 1011, 1012, 1023, 1024, 1057, 1058); Cyprus (1178); Equatorial Guinea (304d); France (4301a); French Polynesia (1087b, 1088, 1089); Greece (2548-2553, 2556); India (2582, 2583, 2585a, 2586); Iraq (1880); Japan (3469j, 3474, 3483i, 3483j); Korea (North) (4539, 4592);Latvia (813); Russia (7402)
Space
Comoro Islands (1009, 1010, 1049, 1050); India (2605); Korea (North) (4520, 4597);Latvia (812)
Sports
Canada (2598, 2598a); Colombia (1381); Equatorial Guinea (304); Greece (2546-2547); Ireland (1981); Japan (3472-3476, 3477, 3492a); Korea (North) (4514, 4516, 4518, 4531, 4557, 4559, 4562, 4564, 4573, 4582, 4593, 4600, 4607)
Golf
Korea (North) (4574)
Olympics
Bahamas (1361-1364); Cyprus (1178); Grenada (3860); India (2582-2585, 2585a);Iraq (1876-1881); Korea (North) (4529, 4568, 4585, 4595); Latvia (810); Russia(7398, 7405-7410); Serbia (599-600)
Soccer
India (2585a); Korea (North) (4557); Yemen (925-930)
Stamps On Stamps
French Polynesia (1087); Hong Kong (1546-1552, 1548a, 1551a, 1552a); India (2593);Korea (North) (4557, 4580)
Telecommunications
Korea (North) (4580); Slovenia (957)
Textiles
Korea (North) (4598, 4599, 4604)
Native Costumes
Comoro Islands (1060); French Polynesia (1086, 1088); India (2581a); Japan (3469i, 3478-3480, 3484a); Mongolia (2756a, 2757b); Senegal (1673); Slovakia (652);Slovenia (967)
Toys & Games
Great Britain (3125b); Greece (2536, 2536a); Japan (3470-3471); Korea (North)(4520, 4532)
Chess
Comoro Islands (1063, 1064); Korea (North) (4522, 4523)
United Nations
Comoro Islands (1061c, 1062); France (2O69-2O70); Iceland (1292); Korea (North)(4520, 4532)
Universal Postal Union
Korea (North) (4567, 4580)
Women
Andorra (French) (708); Bahamas (1363); Comoro Islands (1027d, 1035f, 1036, 1038, 1040, 1045, 1047c, 1047d, 1049d, 1060, 1061, 1065d, 1066, 1067, 1068); Denmark(1619-1620); France (4298, 4301a, 4307, 4309, 4310, 4313a, B7242); French Polynesia(1085, 1087a); Great Britain (3129, 3133a, 3133c, 3134a, MH420-MH428, MH426a, MH426b, MH428a); Great Britain (Jersey) (1634); Greenland (627-628); Grenada(3861c); Guyana (4155-4156); Hong Kong (1524, 1525, 1527a, 1536, 1537, 1539a, 1539b, 1546-1552, 1548a, 1551a, 1552a); Hungary (4257a, 4257g); Iceland (1286, 1289, 1290-1291, 1290a); India (2580, 2581a, 2585a, 2593); Iraq (1855, 1873-1874, 1877, 1880, 1881); Ireland (1979); Japan (3478-3480, 3493-3494); Korea (North)(4515, 4516, 4518, 4557, 4562, 4563, 4567, 4573, 4582, 4600, 4602, 4606); Latvia(813); Monaco (2694, 2695a, 2704); Mongolia (2756); Russia (7399, 7403, 7411);Senegal (1501A); Slovakia (650, 651, 652); Slovenia (967); United States (4739, 4742)
Writers & Literature
Colombia (1378c, 1379, 1383); Great Britain (Jersey) (1632-1639); Serbia (601-603);Slovenia (970)
Journalism
Comoro Islands (1059d, 1060); India (2587)
Addendum
Unaccompanied minors, such as Cameroun (895a), will only appear in "By Topic" listings that differ from those of the original stamps.
Number changes:
To stamps in 2013 Catalogue, Gabon (686 is deleted).
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