STAMP PROGRAMS
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By Topic - April 2011
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the April 18 Linn's Stamp News Special Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.
Antarctic & Arctic
Russia (7206, 7231)
Architecture
Ascension (1015, 1016); Austria (2291, 2294); Canada (2418a, 2423, 2423a, 2423b);Congo Republic (1166); Germany (2590, 2610-2612, 2612a); Gibraltar (1259, 1262);Great Britain (2865); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1415, 1419); India (2436a); Italy(3027, 3037); Japan (3243j, 3244, 3246, 3248, 3255, 3256, 3257, 3260a, 3261, 3267, 3269c, 3271a, 3280); Jordan (2018, 2019-2023, 2025-2029); Lebanon (655-657, 665);Liberia (2668a, 2669c); Libya (1746); Luxembourg (1311); Macao (1330-1332);Macedonia (RA152); Malaysia (1327, 1330); Mayotte (266); Montenegro (212, 215, 253, 254a, 256, 262); Pitcairn Islands (713a); Russia (7212, 7219, 7220, 7222, 7224, 7230, 7238, 7245, 7249); St. Pierre & Miquelon (916); Senegal (1669-1670); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (419); Switzerland (1400, 1410, 1412); United Nations (1020-1021); United Nations (Geneva) (528a, 528i, 530-531); United Nations (Vienna) (481-482)
Bridges
Great Britain (2865); Italy (3017); Japan (3248, 3255g, 3261); Russia (7224, 7239-7242, 7242a)
Castles
Germany (2608-2609, 2609a); Gibraltar (1266); Japan (3244b, 3262, 3276b); Latvia(770); Montenegro (246)
Lighthouses
Japan (3261j, 3276e); Russia (7222)
Windmills
Macedonia (RA152)
Art
Austria (2297); Japan (3244d)
Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips
Japan (3243, 3259); Mongolia (2625O, 2625V)
Children's Art
Montenegro (233-234, 261); United Nations (Geneva) (528); United Nations (Vienna) (480b, 480e)
Paintings
Canada (2436-2439, 2438a, 2439a); Japan (3255, 3257, 3263-3265, 3280); Korea (North) (4938-4941, 4941a); Liberia (2656-2657, 2671-2674, 2688-2689); Montenegro(237-238, 249); Nevis (1621-1626); Russia (7217-7218, 7221, 7235); Switzerland(1397-1399)
Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media
Japan (3262d, 3267, 3272-3275)
Nudes
Germany (B1044); Spain (3754)
Sculpture & Statues
Congo Republic (1166); Gibraltar (1265); Italy (3017); Japan (3248e, 3262a, 3267d, 3267j, 3268d); Korea (South) (2339, 2339c); Korea (North) (4949); Macao (1332);Montenegro (211); Russia (7220, 7224, 7236, 7238, 7239, 7242a, 7248-7249); St. Pierre & Miquelon (914); Switzerland (1400, 1402, 1402a)
Aviation
Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters
Australia (3413-3418, 3416a, 3418a); Bahamas (1306); Canada (2418a, 2419, 2423a, 2423b); Gibraltar (1258, 1260, 1262, 1263, 1264, 1265); Japan (3258); Liberia (2668);Marshall Islands (970f, 970g, 970k); Pitcairn Islands (703b, 711); Russia (7206, 7207a, 7207d, 7212, 7252); St. Pierre & Miquelon (914)
Zeppelins, Airships & Balloons
Canada (2418, 2420, 2423a, 2423b); Jordan (2032)
Parachutes
Jordan (2030); Montenegro (225, 226a)
Bicycles
Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1417); Japan (3280a)
Black Americans
Liberia (2690-2692); Nevis (1618)
Children
Ascension (1008, 1010, 1011); Australia (3396); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1415, 1416, 1417, 1418, 1419, 1422); Japan (3243f, 3257, 3259, 3266, 3271c, 3280); Korea (South) (2342b); Korea (North) (4953e); Latvia (773-774); Liberia (2675);Macedonia (RA152); Montenegro (220, 221, 246, 247); Russia (7213, 7213a); St. Pierre & Miquelon (916); Senegal (1658, 1669-1670); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (417); Switzerland (1408, B736-B739, B739a, B739b); United Nations (1019c, 1019e); United Nations (Geneva) (528, 529a, 529c)
Coins & Currency
Montenegro (264); Russia (7243)
Endangered Species
Malawi (745-746, 747-748); Pitcairn Islands (712-713, 713a)
Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Laos (1738); Malawi (751, 751e); Penrhyn (472-475); Pitcairn Islands (705, 705e);Switzerland (1411)
Europa
Montenegro (220-222, 246-248); Russia (7213, 7213a)
Explorers
Russia (7206, 7231); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (421)
Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
Italy (3018); Japan (3271a, 3272-3275); Korea (South) (2342, 2346, 2346a); Latvia(771); Liberia (2656, 2688); Macao (1333-1334); Malaysia (1283); Russia (7243d, 7249)
Famous People
Congo Republic Konrad Adenauer (1166); Japan Dwight D. Eisenhower (3245); Korea (North) Kim Il Sung (4953, 4954); Liberia Lech Kaczynski (2655), Hu Jintao (2676, 2679); Libya Moammar Khadafy (1744); Montenegro Louis Braille (210); Nevis Lyndon B. Johnson (1614d), Abraham Lincoln (1627-1628)
Kennedy
Liberia (2668-2670); Nevis (1614)
Reagan
United States (4494)
Royalty
Austria (2290); Gibraltar (1266); Japan (3249, 3253, 3254b, 3254j); Korea (South)(2339, 2339c, 2342); Luxembourg (1307-1308); Malaysia (Pahang) (125-127);Mongolia (2625A); Montenegro (228, 232, 258); Morocco (1054D); Penrhyn (476, 478, 479, 480, 481); Russia (7238, 7243b)
Royalty: Princess Diana
Liberia (2660-2662); Nevis (1619-1620)
Fauna
Land Mammals
Ascension (1009); Canada (2424, 2425, 2426, 2427, 2429, 2430, 2430a, 2432, 2432a);Italy (3018); Japan (3243e, 3257, 3266, 3269c, 3269e, 3270c, 3270e, 3272-3275, 3277);Kenya (852); Korea (South) (2341, 2342b, 2346, 2346a); Laos (1738); Macao (1330-1332, 1333-1334); Malawi (745-746, 747-748, 749, 751, 751e); Moldova (687-688, 687a, 688a, 688b); Montenegro (247, 248); Morocco (1114); Penrhyn (472-475);Pitcairn Islands (705, 705e); Russia (7234, 7238, 7246, 7248); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (416, 418); Switzerland (1387, 1387a, 1406, 1406a, 1411, B736-B739, B739a, B739b)
Land Mammals: Cats
Gibraltar (1266); Japan (3255e, 3276c); Latvia (771, 773); Liberia (2666-2667);Malawi (749a, 750); Malaysia (1283, 1327); Russia (7222, 7233); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (420); Switzerland (1400, 1406, 1406a)
Land Mammals: Dogs
Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1416); Japan (3243j); Russia (7247); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (417, 418, 421)
Land Mammals: Elephants
Japan (3266); Malawi (749e)
Land Mammals: Horses
Congo Republic (1166); Japan (3255i, 3260c, 3276e); Korea (South) (2342); Nevis(1617a, 1626); Penrhyn (478b); Russia (7207a, 7232, 7243d, 7249)
Sea Mammals
Japan (3262a, 3266); Morocco (1114); Penrhyn (472-475)
Birds
Canada (2424c, 2428, 2431, 2431a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1420); Japan (3244a, 3257c, 3257d, 3262b, 3262d, 3266, 3271c); Kenya (849-852); Korea (South) (2341, 2342b); Korea (North) (4938, 4940, 4941a); Latvia (774); Lebanon (670); Libya(1743); Malawi (751, 751e); Mauritania (714B, 714C); Moldova (687-688, 687a, 688a, 688b); Montenegro (238); Morocco (1114); Russia (7244); St. Pierre & Miquelon(915); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (419); Switzerland (1400, 1406, 1406a); United Nations (1017); United States (4495)
Insects
Kenya (849); Switzerland (1407)
Insects: Butterflies & Moths
Japan (3266); Korea (South) (2341); Libya (1743); Montenegro (246, 248)
Fish & Fishing
Japan (3244a, 3257i, 3266); Korea (South) (2342c); Montenegro (216-219); Morocco(1114); Pitcairn Islands (705, 705e)
Fish & Fishing: Marine Life
French Polynesia (1042-1045, 1045a); Japan (3256e, 3266j); Marshall Islands (971-972)
Fish & Fishing: Shells
Liberia (2688); Marshall Islands (971-972); Pitcairn Islands (707-710)
Reptiles & Amphibians
Japan (3266); Kenya (850); Korea (South) (2342c); Morocco (1114)
Other Terrestrial Life
Japan (3259e, 3259f)
Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals
Japan (3256a); Switzerland (1394-1396)
Fire Fighting
Lebanon (652-653)
Flags
Canada (2418-2423, 2423a, 2423b); Congo Republic (1166); Germany (2590);Gibraltar (1263, 1265, 1266); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1420); Guinea-Bissau(400A); Hungary (4182, 4183); Ireland (1910); Japan (3245); Korea (South) (2342d, 2343b, 2343d); Korea (North) (4931, 4952-4954); Latvia (770); Lebanon (666, 667, 668); Liberia (2655, 2670c, 2678, 2679, 2681, 2683); Libya (1745, 1746); Luxembourg(1306); Malaysia (1282A-1282C, 1327, 1328-1331); Marshall Islands (970b, 970g, 970k, 970l); Moldova (688, 688a, 688b); Montenegro (209); Pitcairn Islands (711b);Russia (7206, 7212, 7232, 7253); Senegal (1653-1656); Switzerland (1400); United Nations (1021); United States (4496)
Flora
Ascension (1013, 1014, 1015, 1016); Bahamas (1304); Germany (2616); Japan(3262c, 3266, 3276); Korea (South) (2341); Korea (North) (4938, 4941, 4941a);Malagasy Republic (1621); Montenegro (244); Morocco (1114); United Nations(1018)
Flowers
Australia (3398, 3400, 3400a, 3403); Gibraltar (1257-1265); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1418); India (2436a); Ireland (1908, 1909a, 1909b); Italy (3037); Japan (3244, 3254, 3256b, 3256c, 3256d, 3261c, 3261d, 3262, 3266h, 3266i, 3269b, 3269d, 3272-3275, 3276b); Kenya (849); Korea (South) (2344a); Korea (North) (4953c); Lebanon (654, 670); Liberia (2660); Macao (1329); Moldova (687-688, 687a, 688a, 688b);Montenegro (242, 243, 245, 246, 249); Pitcairn Islands (703-704, 712-713, 713a);Russia (7215); Switzerland (1400, 1407, 1414-1417, 1414a, 1415a, 1417a); United Nations (1019c); United Nations (Vienna) (480a, 480d)
Flowers: Orchids
Nevis (1615-1616)
Flowers: Roses
Australia (3397, 3399, 3399a, 3402); Japan (3271d); Liberia (2661)
Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops
Ascension (1010); Italy (3027); Japan (3271e, 3276a); Latvia (767); Macao (1325, 1327); Montenegro (246); Switzerland (1414-1417, 1414a, 1415a, 1417a)
Gems, Minerals & Jewelry
Penrhyn (478j, 479); Russia (7249); United States (3758B)
Heraldry & Coats of Arms
Gibraltar (1266); Korea (North) (4931); Latvia (771); Liberia (2683); Malaysia(1327); Malaysia (Pahang) (125-127); Moldova (687-688, 687a, 688a, 688b);Montenegro (235, 258); Russia (7222, 7233-7234, 7238)
Holograms & 3-D
Macao (1333e, 1334); Switzerland (1403-1405)
Judaica
Russia (7224)
Maps & Globes
Ascension (1012-1016); Bahamas (1305, 1307); Gibraltar (1261); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1420); Italy (3025, 3028); Japan (3248); Korea (South) (2335); Lebanon(659, 669); Libya (1742, 1743, 1745, 1746, 1747); Malaysia (1328); Montenegro (209);Pitcairn Islands (706); Russia (7223); St. Pierre & Miquelon (914); Sudan (629-631, 632-634); United Nations (Geneva) (528)
Military
Australia (3413-3418, 3416a, 3418a); Canada (2418a, 2419, 2423a, 2423b); Gibraltar(1257-1265); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1421); Japan (3258h, 3258i); Korea (South)(2343c); Korea (North) (4953a, 4954); Lebanon (659); Liberia (2658-2659); Libya(1747); Macedonia (RA148); Marshall Islands (970); Mauritius (1084-1085);Montenegro (229); Nevis (1617); Penrhyn (478a, 478f, 480); Pitcairn Islands (703-704, 711); Russia (7207, 7208-7211, 7211a, 7212, 7236, 7251)
Motor Vehicles
Ascension (1009); Gibraltar (1259, 1263, 1264); Japan (3257f, 3280c); Korea (South)(2344a); Mayotte (266); Pitcairn Islands (703a); Russia (7207b, 7207c, 7207e, 7208-7211, 7211a, 7212, 7240, 7242a, 7249); United Nations (Geneva) (528c)
Automobiles
Jordan (2034); Montenegro (247); United Nations (Geneva) (528j)
Mushrooms
Jordan (2024); Latvia (768)
Nobel Prize
Liberia (2658-2659, 2684-2685); Macedonia (RA148); Nevis (1617-1618)
Performing Arts
Dance
Canada (2436, 2437); India (2468, 2473-2474); New Zealand (2350-2351); Senegal(1657-1660)
Music
Austria (2292, 2295); Canada (2437b, 2439, 2439a); Germany (2607); Gibraltar(1266); India (2469, 2470, 2473-2474); Japan (3267i, 3271c); Korea (North) (4931);Latvia (772); Montenegro (233-234); Nevis (1622); Russia (7232); Senegal (1657, 1658, 1659); Switzerland (1387, 1387a, 1392-1393, 1405)
Music: Rock Stars
Liberia (2690-2692)
Music: Rock Stars: Elvis
Liberia (2663-2665); Mongolia (2625J)
Movies, Television & Stars
Austria (2296); Italy (3031); Korea (South) (2343); Liberia (2670b); Senegal (1656)
Movies, Television & Stars: Marilyn Monroe
Mongolia (2625E)
Theater
Japan (3255d, 3255h, 3261); Montenegro (212, 214)
Personalized Stamps
Australia (3395-3396, 3402, 3403); Malaysia (1282A-1282C)
Petroleum
Libya (1746); Russia (7248)
Philately
Italy (3032); Korea (South) (2339, 2339c); Korea (North) (4923a); Luxembourg(1311); Montenegro (232, 260); New Zealand (2318a); Pitcairn Islands (660a, 713a);Switzerland (1400)
Printing
Hungary (4181); Montenegro (259); Russia (7214, 7215)
Railroads
Great Britain (2865); Italy (3024, 3037); Japan (3257b, 3280); Korea (North)(4953b); Latvia (766); Russia (7223-7224); United Nations (Vienna) (482)
Red Cross
Liberia (2658-2659); Macedonia (RA147, RA148, RA149, RA150, RA151, RA152); Nevis(1617-1618); Russia (7251); Switzerland (1391)
Religion
Germany (2611, 2612, 2612a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1415); Japan (3244c, 3248c, 3248d, 3248e, 3248f, 3248g, 3256, 3267d, 3267e, 3267h, 3267j, 3276c); Jordan(2025-2029); Lebanon (662, 663-664); Liberia (2656-2657, 2684-2685, 2689); Macao(1330-1332); Moldova (687-688, 687a, 688a, 688b); Montenegro (211, 215, 228, 238, 249, 262, 265); Russia (7219, 7221, 7230, 7232, 7243d, 7249, 7253)
Christmas
Ascension (1008-1011); Australia (3395-3396); Japan (3269-3271); Latvia (773-774);Liberia (2671-2674); Nevis (1621-1626); St. Pierre & Miquelon (917); Switzerland(1403-1405)
Popes
Liberia (2686-2687); Mongolia (2654A)
Science & Technology
Korea (North) (4953d); Kyrgyzstan (368); Malaysia (1328, 1331); Montenegro (257);Russia (7206, 7216); Sudan (626-628); Switzerland (1413)
Archaeology
Japan (3267f); Jordan (2018, 2019-2023); Montenegro (264)
Astronomy
Montenegro (220-222)
Earth Science & Earth Features
Bahamas (1304-1307); Germany (2613, 2614, 2615); Japan (3256c, 3256e, 3261i, 3266a, 3266c, 3266g, 3266i, 3276d); Korea (North) (4931, 4939, 4941a); Montenegro(230-231, 252, 254, 254a, 267); Pitcairn Islands (706); Russia (7219, 7225)
Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls
Japan (3254); Montenegro (224, 226a, 266)
Medicine
Austria (2290); Korea (North) (4941, 4941a); Lebanon (660, 661); Liberia (2658-2659); Macedonia (RA147, RA149, RA150, RA151); Russia (7251)
Ships & Watercraft
Ascension (1012); Canada (2418c, 2421, 2423a, 2423b); Germany (2605, 2606a);Gibraltar (1258, 1260, 1265); Great Britain (2865); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1419, 1420); Japan (3244a, 3248h, 3257i, 3257j, 3267a, 3267b, 3267d, 3267g); Jordan(2033); Korea (North) (4953a); Liberia (2683); Libya (1747); Marshall Islands (970);Montenegro (226, 226a, 229, 247, 248, 251, 254a, 255); New Zealand (2318a);Pitcairn Islands (703-704, 705e, 706, 707-710, 711, 712-713, 713a); Russia (7222, 7231, 7235, 7239, 7241, 7242a); St. Pierre & Miquelon (915)
Space
Canada (2418d, 2422, 2423a, 2423b); Liberia (2670); Malaysia (1329); Russia (7237, 7247)
Sports
Italy (3022, 3029, 3036); Japan (3260); Jordan (2030-2034); Korea (South) (2343d);Luxembourg (1309); Montenegro (223-226, 226a, 227); Penrhyn (478b); Switzerland(1409)
Baseball
Canada (2434, 2434a)
Olympics
Italy (3018); Montenegro (239-240)
Soccer
Korea (South) (2335); Libya (1742); Montenegro (250); Russia (7250); Senegal(1656)
Stamps On Stamps
Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1416); Korea (South) (2339, 2339c); Libya (1743);Luxembourg (1310); Montenegro (232)
Telecommunications
Libya (1746); Malaysia (1328); Senegal (1656); Sudan (632-634)
Textiles
Italy (3033); Japan (3255c); Korea (North) (4953e); Switzerland (1401, 1402a)
Native Costumes
India (2468-2470, 2473-2474); Japan (3249-3254, 3255, 3263-3265, 3267, 3268a, 3268b); Korea (South) (2343a); Macao (1328-1329); New Zealand (2350-2351);Russia (7226-7229, 7229a); Senegal (1657-1660); United Nations (1019); United Nations (Geneva) (529); United Nations (Vienna) (480)
Toys & Games
Ascension (1009); Japan (3280j); Switzerland (B736, B738, B739a, B739b)
United Nations
Germany (2610-2612, 2612a); Montenegro (209); Russia (7220, 7225, 7230); United Nations (1020-1021); United Nations (Geneva) (528, 530-531); United Nations (Vienna) (481-482)
Universal Postal Union
Malaysia (1327)
Wine
Australia (3401, 3401a); Italy (3027)
Women
Ascension (1008); Australia (3404-3411, 3411a, 3412, 3412a); Austria (2296); Canada(2433, 2433a); Gibraltar (1266); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1417, 1418, 1419, 1422);Guinea-Bissau (400A); India (2468, 2470, 2473-2474); Ireland (1907, 1907a, 1907b);Italy (3029); Japan (3243i, 3250, 3252, 3254d, 3254h, 3255b, 3255f, 3255j, 3259, 3263-3265, 3267j, 3268a, 3268b, 3268c, 3280); Korea (South) (2342a); Korea (North)(4941, 4941a, 4953c, 4953d, 4953e); Lebanon (669); Liberia (2658-2659, 2660-2662, 2668, 2670b, 2675, 2676, 2677, 2679, 2680, 2681, 2682, 2683, 2684-2685); Macao(1323, 1324, 1325, 1326, 1328b, 1328c, 1329); Macedonia (RA147, RA152); Malaysia (Pahang) (125); Mayotte (266); Mongolia (2625Ac, 2625Ad, 2625E, 2625O, 2625V);Montenegro (214, 227, 258, 264); Nevis (1617a, 1617d, 1618, 1619-1620); New Zealand (2350-2351); Penrhyn (477, 478, 479, 480, 482); Russia (7218, 7227, 7228, 7229, 7229a, 7232, 7248, 7251); Senegal (1654, 1655, 1657-1660, 1669-1670); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (419); Switzerland (1388, 1408, 1409); United Nations (1019a, 1019b); United Nations (Geneva) (529e); United Nations (Vienna)(480a, 480d)
Writers & Literature
Australia (3405, 3407, 3409, 3411, 3411a); Gibraltar (1265); Hungary (4181); Italy(3028); Japan (3249-3254); Montenegro (213, 235, 241, 263); Nevis (1617-1618);Russia (7220b, 7224, 7246); Switzerland (1387, 1387a, 1388, 1389, 1406, 1406a)
Journalism
Canada (2433, 2433a); Italy (3025); Senegal (1656)
Addendum
Unaccompanied minors, such as Ascension (1007a), will only appear in "By Topic" listings that differ from those of the original stamps.
Number changes: To stamps in 2011 Catalogue, Jordan (1471a becomes 1471b), in Jan. 17, 2011 Linn's, Malawi (743 becomes 744).
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