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By Topic - October 2010
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the October 18 Linn's Stamp News Special Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.
Antarctic & Arctic
Chile (1545); France (3793, 3793a)
Architecture
Andorra (French) (672, 675); Armenia (804, 813, 815); Austria (2266, 2267, 2268, 2270); Bermuda (1006-1009); Chile (1545, 1546-1547); China (People's Republic)(3783a, 3784-3787, 3792, 3793, 3793a, 3795, 3801-3805, 3819, 3826); Dominican Republic (1475); Ecuador (1979); Egypt (2054, 2056); Equatorial Guinea (295);Finland (1351b, 1351c, 1351d, 1351e, 1354, 1358); Finland (Aland) (299); France(3756-3757, 3772, 3774, 3776, 3778, 3786, 3793a, 3797, 3798, 3813-3814, 3815, 3821, 3825c); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (420n, 432); Gambia (3242, 3293);Gibraltar (1237a); Great Britain (2814d); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1078, 1082c);Great Britain (Jersey) (1463-1468); Monaco (2597, 2598, 2599, 2603); Norfolk Island(1010); Pakistan (1131, 1132); St. Pierre & Miquelon (911); Tristan da Cunha (889);Virgin Islands (1130, 1131)
Bridges
China (People's Republic) (3788, 3793, 3793a); Monaco (2599)
Castles
Austria (2271); France (3796, 3800); Gibraltar (1237b); Great Britain (Wales & Monmouthshire) (35); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1081, 1082f); Tristan da Cunha(887, 888)
Lighthouses
St. Pierre & Miquelon (909a)
Windmills
China (People's Republic) (3826)
Art
Austria (2272); China (People's Republic) (3806-3809, 3809a); Mayotte (263);Norfolk Island (1012)
Children's Art
Dominican Republic (1471); St. Pierre & Miquelon (909)
Paintings
Armenia (813-814); China (People's Republic) (3811); Equatorial Guinea (294);Faroe Islands (534-535); Finland (Aland) (297, 298); France (3758-3769, 3769a, 3773, 3777); Germany (2577A, 2577Ab); United States (4473); Vatican City (1438)
Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media
France (3601); French Polynesia (1020-1021); Germany (2577A, 2577Ab); Great Britain (Northern Ireland) (34); Great Britain (Jersey) (1418)
Sculpture & Statues
Algeria (1500); Armenia (840); Austria (2268); China (People's Republic) (3791, 3793a); Dominican Republic (1472-1473); Egypt (2045A); Finland (1357); France(3772, 3774, 3776, 3778, 3781); Gambia (3243d); Kazakhstan (611)
Aviation
Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters
Argentina (2570, 2571); Australia (3305, 3309, 3311a, 3311b); Chile (1545); France(C72); Germany (2583); Great Britain (2794a); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1087); St. Pierre & Miquelon (910)
Bicycles
Great Britain (2819); Great Britain (Jersey) (1414)
Black Americans
Gambia (3215, 3293)
Children
Andorra (Spanish) (359); China (People's Republic) (3809, 3809a, 3813, 3824-3825, 3825a, 3825b, 3826-3827); Dominican Republic (1471b, 1471c, 1477, 1478); Ecuador(1983); Egypt (2053); Equatorial Guinea (294b, 294c); Finland (1351a, 1351b, 1351d, 1355); France (3785, 3793a, 3803, 3804, 3809, 3810, 3812a, 3816, 3821); French Polynesia (1018-1019); Gambia (3241d); Gibraltar (1233, 1234, 1236); Great Britain(2798, 2801a); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1086); Great Britain (Jersey) (1414-1418);Monaco (2597); Norfolk Island (1011); United States (4473); Vatican City (1440)
Coins & Currency
Gambia (3243c)
Endangered Species
Great Britain (Guernsey) (1075)
Europa
Andorra (French) (674); Andorra (Spanish) (359); Faroe Islands (536-539, 539a);Finland (1355); Finland (Aland) (300); France (3816); Gibraltar (1233-1236); Great Britain (Jersey) (1421, 1422); Kazakhstan (617); Vatican City (1439-1440)
Explorers
French Polynesia (1023)
Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
Andorra (French) (673); Andorra (Spanish) (359, 360); Austria (2272); China (People's Republic) (3798, 3798a, 3806, 3809a, 3812-3814); Finland (1347); France(3755); French Polynesia (1017); Great Britain (2790, 2791, 2791a, 2791b, 2792a)
Famous People
France Franklin D. Roosevelt (3817a); Gambia Barack Obama (3215), Abraham Lincoln (3242-3243); Great Britain Winston Churchill (2795); Viet Nam Ho Chi Minh (3381)
Kennedy
Gambia (3241)
Royalty
Andorra (French) (673); Armenia (829-838); Egypt (2045A); France (3821); Great Britain (2787-2792, 2789a, 2791a, 2791b, 2792a, 2792b, 2802, 2802a, 2807, 2808, 2809, 2810, 2811, 2812, 2813); Great Britain (Jersey) (1436-1441, 1441a); Monaco (2597);Tristan da Cunha (887, 888, 890, 893)
Fauna
Land Mammals
Algeria (1498a); Austria (2272); China (People's Republic) (3827); Dominican Republic (1471a, 1471c); Faroe Islands (536, 538, 539a); Finland (1350, 1351d, 1355b); Finland (Aland) (300); France (3793, 3793a, 3815, 3816); Great Britain (2778, 2780, 2782, 2783, 2784, 2785, 2786, 2786a); Great Britain (Jersey) (1422);Kazakhstan (617); Vatican City (1439, 1442)
Land Mammals: Bats
Great Britain (2777, 2781)
Land Mammals: Cats
Austria (2272); Chile (1548); China (People's Republic) (3798, 3798a, 3827); Faroe Islands (536, 538, 539a); Finland (1355b); France (3755); French Polynesia (1017);Great Britain (2776, 2788, 2789, 2789a, 2792, 2792a); Great Britain (Jersey) (1436-1441, 1441a); Kazakhstan (617); Malta (1413, 1413a); Tristan da Cunha (886);Vatican City (1439)
Land Mammals: Dogs
Australia (3294-3303, 3303a, 3303b); Faroe Islands (536, 538, 539a); France (3818);Great Britain (Jersey) (1417)
Land Mammals: Elephants
China (People's Republic) (3827); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1075); Great Britain (Jersey) (1421)
Land Mammals: Horses
Finland (1351b); France (3769, 3769a, 3781, 3818); Gambia (3230-3233); Great Britain (2790, 2791, 2791a, 2791b, 2792a, 2814b, 2817); Kazakhstan (617); Tristan da Cunha (886, 887, 893)
Sea Mammals
France (3782, 3793a); Gambia (3234, 3237, 3238, 3239)
Sea Mammals: Whales
Gambia (3235, 3236, 3238, 3239); Great Britain (2775, 2779); Norfolk Island (1009-1012); St. Pierre & Miquelon (909b)
Birds
Argentina (2568a); Chile (1545); China (People's Republic) (3791-3793, 3793a, 3810, 3826-3827); Dominican Republic (1471c); Ecuador (1981-1982); Falkland Islands(1012-1016); Finland (1354, 1355); Finland (Aland) (299); France (3783, 3793a);French Southern & Antarctic Territories (420a, 420i, 420m); Gambia (3215, 3240, 3293); Great Britain (2793, 2794a); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1086); Great Britain (Jersey) (1429-1435, 1434a); Kazakhstan (617); Marshall Islands (959); Mayotte(261); St. Lucia (1265); St. Pierre & Miquelon (907a, 909a); Vatican City (1439, 1441)
Insects
Australia (3315, 3316a, 3323, 3323a, 3329); China (People's Republic) (3826); St. Lucia (1264)
Insects: Butterflies & Moths
China (People's Republic) (3826); Dominican Republic (1479); Finland (1347);Gambia (3221-3225)
Fish & Fishing
Australia (3270-3286, 3282a, 3286a, 3286b); China (People's Republic) (3827);Ecuador (1981, 1982f); Faroe Islands (533, 537, 539, 539a); Finland (1351a, 1358);France (3821); Monaco (2597); St. Pierre & Miquelon (907, 912); Seychelles (893-896)
Fish & Fishing: Marine Life
Australia (3271, 3272, 3273, 3274, 3276, 3277, 3278, 3279, 3280, 3281, 3283, 3284, 3285, 3286, 3286a, 3286b); Austria (2272); Faroe Islands (537, 5398, 539a); Finland (Aland) (300); French Polynesia (1024-1026, 1026a); Great Britain (Jersey) (1456-1462); St. Pierre & Miquelon (906); Seychelles (893-896); Wallis & Futuna Islands(682)
Fish & Fishing: Shells
Faroe Islands (537, 5398, 539a); Finland (1351a); Finland (Aland) (300)
Reptiles & Amphibians
Ecuador (1981, 1982d, 1982i); Finland (1355); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (420e); Great Britain (Jersey) (1421); St. Lucia (1263); Vatican City(1439)
Other Terrestrial Life
Austria (2272)
Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals
French Southern & Antarctic Territories (420o)
Fire Fighting
Australia (3306, 3310, 3311a, 3311b); Great Britain (2801, 2801a)
Flags
Algeria (1496-1498); Argentina (2570); Armenia (805); Bermuda (1008); Chile (1544, 1548); China (People's Republic) (3791, 3793a); Dominican Republic (1472-1473, 1475, 1479, 1480); Equatorial Guinea (295d); Eritrea (277A-277D, 363B, 363C, 363D, 363F); Finland (Aland) (296, 296a, 299); France (3825); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (420d); Gambia (3215, 3226, 3229, 3241c, 3246-3277, 3293); Germany(B1036, B1037); Gibraltar (1237); Great Britain (2794a, 2806, 2806a, 2806b, 2814b);Great Britain (Wales & Monmouthshire) (35); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1090);Great Britain (Jersey) (1442-1448, 1447a, 1447b, 1448a); Malta (1412-1413, 1413a);Monaco (2600); Norfolk Island (1009); Pakistan (1130, 1131); St. Pierre & Miquelon(908, 909b); Tristan da Cunha (887)
Flora
China (People's Republic) (3814); Dominican Republic (1474); France (3789, 3793a);French Southern & Antarctic Territories (420c, 420d, 420g, 420l); Great Britain (England) (22); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1088); Mayotte (262); Monaco (2603)
Flowers
Australia (3315, 3316, 3316a, 3317, 3318, 3320, 3320a, 3323, 3323a, 3324, 3324a, 3325, 3325a, 3329, 3330, 3331, 3332, 3334); China (People's Republic) (3791, 3793a, 3814, 3823); Ecuador (1982c); Egypt (2053); Finland (1346, 1347a, 1347c, 1351b, 1351e, 1359); France (3752, 3754); French Polynesia (1019, 1022); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (420j); Gambia (3229); Great Britain (2794a); Great Britain (Scotland) (36); Great Britain (Wales & Monmouthshire) (36); Kazakhstan (617);St. Lucia (1262); Vatican City (1439); Viet Nam (3381); Wallis & Futuna Islands(684)
Flowers: Roses
Australia (3319, 3320a, 3326, 3326a, 3333); Great Britain (England) (23); Great Britain (Jersey) (1449-1455)
Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops
Dominican Republic (1471c); Ecuador (1981); Finland (1351b, 1353); France (3784, 3793a)
Gems, Minerals & Jewelry
Australia (3321, 3327, 3327a, 3335); Faroe Islands (537, 5398, 539a); Finland (1349, 1352a); Great Britain (Jersey) (1424-1428)
Heraldry & Coats of Arms
Dominican Republic (1472-1473, 1479, 1480); Gibraltar (1237); Great Britain (Jersey) (1436-1441, 1441a)
Maps & Globes
Algeria (1496); Andorra (Spanish) (361); Argentina (2568); Chile (1544b, 1548);China (People's Republic) (3819); Ecuador (1981); Eritrea (277A-277D, 363F); France(3825); French Polynesia (1023); Gambia (3226); Gibraltar (1237, 1238); Great Britain (Jersey) (1415, 1419); Kazakhstan (611); Malta (1412-1413, 1413a); Tristan da Cunha (891)
Masks
Finland (1352d); France (3762, 3769a)
Military
Argentina (2570, 2571); Armenia (840); Chile (1545); China (People's Republic)(3799-3800); Eritrea (363D); France (3765, 3769a); Great Britain (2795, 2797, 2799, 2801a, 2802a, 2803, 2804, 2805, 2806, 2806a, 2806b, 2814b); Great Britain (Guernsey)(1078, 1082c, 1087); Pakistan (1130, 1131a); St. Pierre & Miquelon (908); Tristan da Cunha (886, 891)
Motor Vehicles
Finland (1351c); Great Britain (2796, 2802a)
Automobiles
Gambia (3230-3233); Great Britain (Jersey) (1463-1468)
Mushrooms
Gambia (3216-3220)
Nobel Prize
France (3819-3820); Gambia (3215); Germany (2584); Great Britain (2795)
Performing Arts
Dance
China (People's Republic) (3796-3797); Dominican Republic (1471a, 1471d); Finland(1351e, 1352c)
Music
Algeria (1499); Argentina (2569); Austria (2267); China (People's Republic) (3780, 3781, 3789-3790); Dominican Republic (1471b); Finland (1347d, 1351e); France (3758-3769, 3769a); Gambia (3278-3292); Viet Nam (3379)
Music: Rock Stars
Finland (1348)
Music: Rock Stars: Elvis
Gambia (3244-3245, 3295)
Theater
China (People's Republic) (3789-3790); Finland (1352d)
Personalized Stamps
Australia (3292-3293, 3328-3335); China (People's Republic) (3695A); Finland (1356)
Petroleum
France (3783, 3793a); Kazakhstan (611)
Philately
Andorra (French) (672); France (3780-3781, 3817); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (432); Great Britain (Jersey) (1436-1441, 1441a)
Railroads
Austria (2270); China (People's Republic) (3826); Great Britain (2827-2832)
Red Cross
France (B718-B719)
Religion
Armenia (815); Austria (2266); Bermuda (1006, 1008); Egypt (2054); Finland (1350);Finland (Aland) (298); France (3601, 3756-3757, 3797, 3819-3820, 3821); Germany(2584); Great Britain (2792a); Monaco (2597); Norfolk Island (1009); Tristan da Cunha (889); Vatican City (1438, 1439-1440, 1441-1442, 1443-1444); Wallis & Futuna Islands (683)
Christmas
Dominican Republic (1471); Ecuador (1983); Gambia (3226-3229)
Science & Technology
Ecuador (1981-1982); Egypt (2055); France (3790, 3791, 3792, 3793a, 3821); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (420n); Gambia (3240); Monaco (2597, 2601, 2602);Tristan da Cunha (892)
Astronomy
Argentina (B197-B200); Australia (3312-3313); Finland (1355a); Tristan da Cunha(892)
Earth Science & Earth Features
Australia (3287-3293, 3290a, 3291a); China (People's Republic) (3811); Ecuador(1981); Faroe Islands (534-535); France (3794-3795); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (420b, 420f, 420k); Gibraltar (1237); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1077, 1079, 1080, 1082b, 1082d, 1082e, 1090); St. Pierre & Miquelon (907)
Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls
France (3785, 3787, 3793a)
Medicine
Finland (1352f); Great Britain (2814a)
Scouting
Great Britain (Guernsey) (1086-1091); Great Britain (Jersey) (1414-1418); Marshall Islands (961)
Ships & Watercraft
Argentina (2571); Bermuda (1009); Chile (1544); China (People's Republic) (3788);Dominican Republic (1474); Finland (1351e, 1354); Finland (Aland) (296, 296a, 299);France (3798); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (420h); Germany (B1036-B1039); Great Britain (2794a, 2804, 2805, 2806, 2806a, 2806b, 2815, 2825, 2826a);Great Britain (Guernsey) (1076, 1082a, 1086); Great Britain (Jersey) (1442-1448, 1447a, 1447b, 1448a); Monaco (2599, 2600); Norfolk Island (1009, 1010, 1012);Pakistan (1132); St. Pierre & Miquelon (906, 907, 908, 909); Tristan da Cunha (890, 893)
Space
Finland (1355a)
Sports
China (People's Republic) (3782-3783, 3783a, 3794); Gambia (3231, 3294); St. Pierre & Miquelon (913)
Olympics
China (People's Republic) (3695A); France (3770-3771, 3771b); Great Britain (2815-2826, 2826a); Kazakhstan (615-616); Monaco (2599)
Soccer
Algeria (1496-1498); Andorra (Spanish) (361); Chile (1548); France (3824-3826);Gambia (3246-3277); Great Britain (2822); Malta (1412-1413, 1413a)
Stamps On Stamps
Egypt (2056); Great Britain (Jersey) (1436-1441-1441a)
Telecommunications
Andorra (French) (675); Australia (3304-3311, 3311a, 3311b); St. Pierre & Miquelon(911)
Textiles
Great Britain (Northern Ireland) (33); Great Britain (Scotland) (37); St. Pierre & Miquelon (912)
Native Costumes
Algeria (1499); Andorra (Spanish) (360); Burkina Faso (1285); China (People's Republic) (3784-3787, 3806-3809, 3809a, 3812-3814, 3815-3818); Eritrea (363B, 363C); France (3809, 3810, 3811, 3812, 3812a); French Polynesia (1018-1019, 1020-1021); Kazakhstan (617)
Toys & Games
Australia (3315, 3316a, 3323, 3323a, 3329); China (People's Republic) (3813, 3814);Dominican Republic (1476-1478); Ecuador (1984); Equatorial Guinea (294b)
Chess
Armenia (839)
United Nations
Armenia (815)
Wine
Australia (3320, 3320a, 3334)
Women
Argentina (2570); Armenia (814, 840); Austria (2268, 2272); China (People's Republic) (3796-3797, 3809, 3809a, 3810, 3814, 3826-3827); Dominican Republic(1471); Ecuador (1980d); Equatorial Guinea (294a, 294c); Finland (1348e, 1351e, 1352); France (3750-3754, 3758, 3759, 3760, 3761, 3766, 3767, 3768, 3769a, 3770, 3771b, 3780, 3791, 3793a, 3801-3812, 3812a, 3816, 3818, 3819-3820, B718-B719);French Polynesia (1018-1019, 1020); Gambia (3215, 3241d, 3293); Germany (2583, 2584); Gibraltar (1238); Great Britain (2787, 2792a, 2792b, 2796, 2800, 2802, 2802a, 2812, 2813); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1089); Great Britain (Jersey) (1436-1441, 1441a); Monaco (2599); Norfolk Island (1009, 1011); Tristan da Cunha (887, 890)
Writers & Literature
China (People's Republic) (3820-3822); Ecuador (1981-1982); Faroe Islands (536-539, 539a); Finland (1352b, 1352e, 1355, 1359b, 1359c, 1359e); Finland (Aland) (300);France (3816); Gambia (3240); Germany (2585); Gibraltar (1233-1236); Great Britain(2814c); Great Britain (Jersey) (1420-1423); Vatican City (1439-1440)
Addendum
Unaccompanied minors, such as China (People's Republic) (3583a), will only appear in "By Topic" listings that differ from those of the original stamps.
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