STAMP PROGRAMS
insights
By Topic - November 2013
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the November 18 Linn's Stamp News Special Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.
Antarctic & Arctic
British Antarctic Territory (441, C18-C22)
Architecture
Armenia (938); Bahamas (1389, 1390, 1392); Czech Republic (3564, 3568a); Germany (2724, 2725, 2739-2740, 2741); Italy (3175, 3180, 3184); Kuwait(1722); Luxembourg (1365); Malta (1493, 1494, 1495, 1496, 1497); Marshall Islands(1060as, 1064d, 1064g); Monaco (2734); Montenegro (309, 310a, 322, 322a);Nicaragua (2508, 2533a, 2534b, 2534d, 2535); Pakistan (1195); Qatar (1080); Russia(7447, 7451-7453, 7456); St. Kitts (846); St. Martin (32); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2203, 2206, 2210a, 2210e, 2217e, 2222, 2225, 2232, 2244d, 2244e, 2255, 2266, 2279d, 2280, 2282, 2288c, 2293, 2294, 2296, 2311, 2312, 2318d, 2320d, 2338, 2339, 2341, 2342, 2346, 2351d, 2351f, 2355, 2362, 2366, 2367); South Africa (1491a, F2);Surinam (1453); Thailand (2707, 2707i, 2707j, 2707k, 2707l, 2713, 2719, 2720, 2721, 2723, 2723a, 2734-2737); Tuvalu (1244, 1253-1254); Ukraine (926a, 926c); United Arab Emirates (1080); United States (4806); Uruguay (2422, 2429)
Bridges
Germany (2728-2729, 2729a); Italy (3177); Marshall Islands (1062b); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2203b, 2203c, 2222, 2247c)
Castles
Germany (2734, 2734a); Italy (3191)
Lighthouses
Germany (2737-2738); Montenegro (317-318); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2254, 2265, 2334, 2366, 2367); South Africa (F2b)
Windmills
South Africa (1493c)
Art
Luxembourg (1363)
Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips
Canada (2677-2683, 2683a); Germany (B1075-B1077); Marshall Islands (1065h)
Children's Art
Canada (B20, B20a); Montenegro (323); Ukraine (927); Zimbabwe (1161-1162)
Paintings
Aruba (427-428); Czech Republic (3569); Germany (2744-2745, 2745a); Marshall Islands (1064); Montenegro (324); Russia (7451-7453); St. Thomas & Prince Islands(2212, 2217, 2225, 2229, 2246, 2256, 2287, 2298, 2306, 2313, 2325, 2334); South Africa (F2a, F2c, F2e); Uruguay (2430)
Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media
Thailand (2707f, 2707k)
Nudes
St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2217, 2225, 2287b, 2313)
Sculpture & Statues
Germany (2739); Italy (3190); Montenegro (314, 314a, 315); Nicaragua (2535); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2244e, 2308, 2318b, 2337, 2351, 2362); Uruguay (2428)
Aviation
Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters
Canada (2661f, 2667, 2669, 2675, 2675a); Germany (2725, 2741); Malta (1492);Marshall Islands (1065d); Monaco (2733); Montenegro (309, 310, 310a); St. Martin(34d); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2206, 2208d, 2211, 2227, 2232, 2251, 2253a, 2263, 2279, 2288a, 2289, 2300, 2301e, 2306c, 2308, 2321, 2331); South Africa (1491a);United States (4806); Uruguay (2422)
Bicycles
Thailand (2735)
Black Americans
Marshall Islands (1064); United States (4807)
Children
Canada (2669b, 2669e, 2671, 2671a, 2674, 2674a); Germany (2736); Gibraltar (1404);Guinea-Bissau (1009, 1011); Marshall Islands (1064b, 1064d); Russia (7453); St. Martin (32c); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2203b, 2203d, 2210c, 2224, 2247e, 2252, 2253, 2264, 2281d, 2284a, 2284c, 2294, 2297, 2299, 2304e, 2315, 2320c, 2320e, 2324, 2329, 2331, 2333b, 2334); Thailand (2709-2712, 2712a, 2727, 2739); Tokelau (414, 414a); Ukraine (927); Venezuela (1723d, 1723g)
Coins & Currency
St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2339, 2347, 2348, 2355)
Endangered Species
Gibraltar (1405-1410, 1410a)
Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2317, 2327, 2333a)
Europa
Czech Republic (3567); Germany (2733); Italy (3181-3182); Montenegro (321-322, 322a); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2334); Ukraine (926, 926c)
Explorers
St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2337)
Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
Montenegro (326); Russia (7455); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2217, 2225, 2246a, 2246b, 2278, 2287b, 2288c, 2292, 2322, 2332, 2335-2336); Thailand (2726, 2730a);Turks & Caicos Islands (1513-1514)
Famous People
Marshall Islands U.S. Presidents (1060), Mahatma Gandhi (1064g); St. Thomas & Prince Islands Mahatma Gandhi (2210d, 2312), Mao Zedong (2267, 2268, 2269, 2270, 2271, 2272, 2273, 2274, 2275); Venezuela Hugo Chávez (1723-1724)
Kennedy
Marshall Islands (1060ai, 1061)
Reagan
Marshall Islands (1060an)
Royalty
Belize (1234-1238); British Antarctic Territory (441); Gibraltar (1404); Pakistan(1194); St. Martin (32); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2203b, 2203c, 2327, 2340);Saudi Arabia (1416); Thailand (2713, 2714, 2719, 2720-2723, 2723a, 2724, 2725, 2733, 2737); Tokelau (413-414, 414a); United Arab Emirates (1076-1080)
Royalty: Princess Diana
St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2203, 2222)
Fauna
Land Mammals
Ascension (1104); Burkina Faso (1331, 1333); Falkland Islands (1107); Germany(B1075-B1077); Italy (3191); Pakistan (1195); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2224, 2234, 2237b, 2237d, 2239, 2280, 2315d, 2317, 2322, 2324, 2327, 2332, 2333a, 2333b, 2335a, 2335b, 2335d, 2336b, 2336c, 2336f, 2351f); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (485); United Arab Emirates (1077, 1080); Uruguay (2414, 2417, 2419)
Land Mammals: Bats
St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2238, 2243, 2315e, 2317a)
Land Mammals: Cats
Gibraltar (1407, 1410a); Guyana (4199, 4200, 4201, 4203); Luxembourg (1360-1362);Marshall Islands (1059); Russia (7454, 7456); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2216c, 2216d, 2216e, 2223, 2225, 2237, 2242, 2278, 2292, 2302, 2307, 2315c, 2327, 2333a, 2334, 2335c); Thailand (2710, 2712a)
Land Mammals: Dogs
Germany (2725); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2216a, 2216b, 2216f, 2223, 2316, 2326, 2333c, 2334, 2336e); Thailand (2712, 2712a, 2739)
Land Mammals: Elephants
St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2235, 2240, 2324, 2327); Thailand (2738f, 2739)
Land Mammals: Horses
Burkina Faso (1332); Nicaragua (2535); Russia (7447); St. Thomas & Prince Islands(2205, 2213b, 2220, 2225, 2281b, 2308, 2336a, 2347c); South Africa (F2g); Uruguay(2417); Venezuela (1723-1724)
Sea Mammals
Montenegro (310, 310a); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2324); Tuvalu (1249-1250)
Sea Mammals: Whales
Canada (2661a, 2662, 2669, 2670, 2670a); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2236, 2241, 2324)
Birds
Aruba (429); Ascension (1093-1098); Bahamas (1395); British Antarctic Territory(C18-C22); Falkland Islands (1108a, 1109a); Germany (B1079-B1081); Gibraltar(1405, 1409, 1410a); Guinea-Bissau (1012, 1015); Guyana (4199, 4200, 4201, 4203);Italy (3188, 3191); Kuwait (1722); Marshall Islands (1056-1057, 1059f, 1060ar, 1064g, 1065); Nicaragua (2533); Russia (7461); St. Martin (35); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2210a, 2210e, 2226, 2228, 2252a, 2252c, 2254c, 2254d, 2264, 2265, 2284e, 2288e, 2300, 2311, 2315, 2317, 2320, 2324, 2327, 2329, 2333f, 2336d, 2339, 2347d, 2347e, 2347f, 2348b, 2353, 2355, 2367); South Africa (1495); Surinam (1453c, 1453d);Thailand (2711, 2712a); Tuvalu (1236b); United Arab Emirates (1078, 1079, 1080, 1081-1085); United States (4737A)
Insects
Italy (3191b); Marshall Islands (1059d); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2317, 2329);South Africa (1493e); Uruguay (2415)
Insects: Butterflies & Moths
Falkland Islands (1109b); Marshall Islands (1059b); St. Thomas & Prince Islands(2285, 2299, 2303, 2309, 2324, 2327, 2329, 2353e); South Africa (1494); Tuvalu (1240, 1242, 1243, 1246)
Fish & Fishing
Ascension (1100, 1101, 1102, 1104); Bahamas (1395); Canada (B20, B20a); Falkland Islands (1107); Gibraltar (1406, 1410a); Marshall Islands (1053); Montenegro (310, 310a); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2315, 2317c, 2324, 2327, 2347a, 2355); South Africa (1493e); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (482, 484c, 485); Tuvalu(1251-1252); Uruguay (2418)
Fish & Fishing: Marine Life
Ascension (1099, 1103a, 1104); Falkland Islands (1102-1107); Luxembourg (1364a);Marshall Islands (1051); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2314, 2323); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (480, 481, 483, 484a, 484b, 484d, 485)
Fish & Fishing: Shells
Montenegro (310, 310a); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2224, 2287b); Tuvalu (1246)
Reptiles & Amphibians
Gibraltar (1408, 1410, 1410a); Nicaragua (2533c, 2533d); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2317b, 2317d, 2324, 2327, 2335f, 2347d); Thailand (2726); Turks & Caicos Islands (1513-1514); Uruguay (2427)
Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals
St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2207, 2215, 2230, 2233, 2283, 2295)
Fire Fighting
St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2253, 2259, 2319c, 2330, 2333f, 2334)
Flags
Aruba (426c); Bahamas (1388, 1391, 1395); Germany (2725, 2727, 2736); Italy(3184); Kuwait (1722); Luxembourg (1365a); Marshall Islands (1061, 1064f, 1064i, 1064j, 1065f, 1065i); Mauritania (824); Montenegro (320); Nicaragua (2534); St. Martin (32b); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2210b, 2214, 2221, 2248, 2250, 2252, 2260, 2261, 2262, 2263, 2264, 2269, 2280f, 2288b, 2288d, 2293, 2300, 2304, 2308, 2312, 2321, 2325, 2331, 2338b, 2338d, 2346b, 2354, 2366); South Africa (1491); Thailand(2713, 2727, 2731a, 2737); Ukraine (925); United Arab Emirates (1076, 1079, 1080, 1086); Venezuela (1723-1724)
Flora
Guinea-Bissau (1012, 1023); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2315, 2348a, 2348c);Uruguay (2420)
Flowers
Belize (1234, 1235, 1236, 1237); Falkland Islands (1109b); Germany (B1079); Guyana(4199, 4200, 4201, 4203); Italy (3175-3177, 3191); Marshall Islands (1059a, 1059b, 1059c, 1059d); Russia (7462, 7463, 7465); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2210d, 2233, 2243, 2285a, 2285c, 2285d, 2309, 2317, 2327, 2329, 2332, 2344, 2348e, 2355, 2360, 2364); South Africa (1493); Surinam (1453f); Thailand (2709, 2712a, 2737); Tuvalu(1240-1243)
Flowers: Orchids
Guyana (4202); Italy (3175); Serbia (632); Surinam (1453e)
Flowers: Roses
Germany (2735); Thailand (2731b)
Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops
Burkina Faso (1339-1341); Guinea-Bissau (1022); St. Thomas & Prince Islands(2212a, 2246a, 2258, 2345, 2347b, 2347f, 2349, 2355, 2356, 2357, 2358, 2359, 2365);Uruguay (2416); Venezuela (1723-1724); Zimbabwe (1162)
Gems, Minerals & Jewelry
Germany (2726); Mauritania (819-823); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2228)
Heraldry & Coats of Arms
Bahamas (1395); Guyana (4199, 4200, 4201, 4203); Italy (3191); Kuwait (1722);Russia (7454-7455); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2224, 2288c, 2288e, 2300, 2304, 2367); United Arab Emirates (1079, 1080); Venezuela (1723-1724)
Holograms & 3-D
South Africa (1495)
Judaica
St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2245, 2257)
Maps & Globes
British Antarctic Territory (441); Gibraltar (1410a); Guinea-Bissau (1015); Italy(3191); Marshall Islands (1065c); Mauritania (824); Monaco (2733); Montenegro(309, 310, 310a, 320, 327); Nicaragua (2508); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2208, 2210, 2224, 2228, 2234-2243, 2284, 2288e, 2300, 2308, 2315, 2324, 2331, 2334, 2338, 2351a); South Africa (1491, 1492); Tuvalu (1236-1237, 1247-1248); United Arab Emirates (1073-1074, 1086); United States (4806); Uruguay (2427, 2431)
Masks
St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2361); Thailand (2738)
Military
Bahamas (1394, 1396); Germany (2736); Italy (3187); Marshall Islands (1064a, 1065); Montenegro (306, 315, 327); Nicaragua (2508); Pakistan (1194); St. Martin(34a); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2211, 2213, 2227, 2251, 2263, 2277d, 2301, 2306c, 2308, 2321, 2325, 2331, 2338); Thailand (2720, 2723a); Uruguay (2422)
Motor Vehicles
Germany (2725, 2733); Italy (3182); Malta (1492-1497); Marshall Islands (1064c, 1064f); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2253c, 2259, 2301a, 2301c, 2331, 2333f, 2334);Ukraine (926b, 926c); United Arab Emirates (1080)
Automobiles
St. Martin (34d); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2202, 2214, 2218, 2221, 2244e);Thailand (2734, 2736); Ukraine (926a, 926c); United Arab Emirates (1080)
Motorcycles
Italy (3181); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2249, 2260)
Mushrooms
Falkland Islands (1108b); Tuvalu (1238-1239)
Nobel Prize
Marshall Islands (1060z, 1060ab, 1060am, 1064g); St. Thomas & Prince Islands(2203a, 2210b, 2210c, 2228, 2244, 2255, 2284, 2297, 2311)
Performing Arts
Dance
Bermuda (1067-1070); Guinea-Bissau (1012); Luxembourg (1363); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2342a)
Music
Aruba (427-428); Bahamas (1387-1392); Bermuda (1069); Germany (2732);Luxembourg (1363); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2246c, 2252c, 2318, 2328);Thailand (2707d, 2707j); United States (4807); Uruguay (2426); Vatican City (1537-1538); Venezuela (1723j)
Music: Rock Stars: Elvis
St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2204, 2219)
Movies, Television & Stars
St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2213, 2231, 2277, 2291)
Movies, Television & Stars: Marilyn Monroe
St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2291)
Theater
St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2276)
Petroleum
Russia (7450); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2319, 2330); United Arab Emirates(1077, 1080)
Philately
Montenegro (328); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2217, 2225, 2333-2334); Surinam(1453); Thailand (2707, 2707i, 2707j, 2707k, 2707l); Tuvalu (1246, 1253-1254)
Printing
Montenegro (325)
Railroads
Marshall Islands (1062); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2247, 2258, 2280, 2305, 2310, 2333d, 2341c; South Africa (F2g)
Red Cross
Germany (2725); Thailand (2733); Tuvalu (1236d); Uruguay (2429)
Religion
Armenia (938); Czech Republic (3564, 3570); Germany (2746); Luxembourg (1365b);Montenegro (315, 324); Russia (7447, 7456); St. Kitts (845-846); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2203a, 2210b, 2201c, 2246d, 2246e, 2256, 2279d, 2284, 2287, 2297, 2298, 2311); Slovakia (666); Surinam (1453); Thailand (2707, 2707i, 2707j, 2707k, 2707l, 2708, 2719, 2728-2730, 2730a, 2738); Tuvalu (1253-1254); Ukraine (924);Venezuela (1723a)
Popes
St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2208, 2210a, 2210e, 2224, 2284e, 2288f, 2300, 2304, 2311, 2334); Tuvalu (1244-1245); Vatican City (1539-1540)
Science & Technology
Ascension (1099-1104); Czech Republic (3568, 3568a); Falkland Islands (1102-1107);Germany (2730-2731, 2731a); Italy (3180); Luxembourg (1359); Nicaragua (2534);Russia (7449); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2254b, 2305, 2310); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (480-485)
Astronomy
Kuwait (1722f); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2286, 2290)
Computers & Mathematics
Venezuela (1723d)
Earth Science & Earth Features
Bermuda (1063-1066); Germany (2742-2743, 2744-2745, 2745a); Italy (3176);Montenegro (321, 322a); Nicaragua (2533); St. Martin (34c); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2343, 2352e, 2352f, 2352g, 2352h, 2355)
Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls
St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2352a, 2352b, 2352c, 2352d)
Medicine
Germany (2725); Italy (3189); Marshall Islands (1065b); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2306b); Tuvalu (1247-1248); Uruguay (2427, 2431)
Scouting
St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2252, 2264, 2320, 2329)
Service Organizations (Intl.)
St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2334)
Ships & Watercraft
Aruba (426); Bahamas (1388, 1395, 1396); Canada (B20, B20a); Germany (2725, B1076); Guinea-Bissau (1018); Italy (3187); Kuwait (1722); Marshall Islands(1065a); Monaco (2734); Montenegro (308, 310, 310a); Russia (7449-7450, 7451); St. Martin (32b); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2251d, 2254a, 2265, 2306a, 2319a, 2319e, 2330, 2343c, 2351b); South Africa (F2b, F2c); Thailand (2707g, 2707l)
Space
Russia (7461); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2286, 2290, 2333e, 2334); United Arab Emirates (1086)
Sports
Canada (2661-2668, 2669-2676, 2670a-2676a); Germany (2726, B1075-B1077);Montenegro (319); Russia (7456); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2204a, 2214, 2221, 2249, 2260, 2282, 2296); Ukraine (925)
Olympics
Montenegro (313-314, 314a); Russia (7458-7460); St. Thomas & Prince Islands(2250, 2262)
Soccer
St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2248, 2261); United Arab Emirates (1073-1074);Uruguay (2424)
Stamps On Stamps
Marshall Islands (1065g); Russia (7461); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2266-2276, 2317, 2325, 2327, 2333-2334); Thailand (2709-2712, 2712a); United Arab Emirates(1076-1080)
Telecommunications
United Arab Emirates (1086)
Textiles
Uruguay (2421)
Native Costumes
Bermuda (1067-1070); Burkina Faso (1333); Guinea-Bissau (1012); Marshall Islands(1063); Russia (7462-7465); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2334, 2350, 2361)
Toys & Games
St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2256, 2306f); Thailand (2707e, 2707k, 2709, 2712a)
Chess
St. Martin (33)
United Nations
Kuwait (1722); Luxembourg (1363); Thailand (2725, 2739); Tuvalu (1236-1237, 1247-1248); Ukraine (927); United Arab Emirates (1078, 1080)
Women
Aruba (426d); Bahamas (1397);
Belize
(1234-1238); British Antarctic Territory (441); Canada (2669a, 2669c, 2669f, 2670, 2670a, 2672, 2672a, 2675, 2675a); Gibraltar (1404); Guinea-Bissau (1009, 1012);Kuwait (1722l, 1722n); Luxembourg (1363); Marshall Islands (1064c, 1064e, 1064h, 1064i, 1065g, 1065i); Montenegro (313, 314a, 319, 326); Nicaragua (2535); Russia(7460, 7461); St. Helena (1073-1076); St. Martin (32, 34d); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2203, 2204c, 2204d, 2208c, 2210c, 2212e, 2213d, 2213e, 2213f, 2219, 2222, 2224, 2229, 2231, 2250c, 2250e, 2258, 2262, 2269, 2277, 2281c, 2281d, 2282c, 2282f, 2284, 2288c, 2288f, 2291, 2296, 2297, 2300, 2306, 2313, 2318c, 2318e, 2320, 2325, 2328, 2329, 2331, 2342a, 2350a, 2350d, 2351d, 2351e, 2354, 2360, 2362, 2363);Thailand (2709, 2710, 2712a, 2719, 2725, 2733); Tokelau (413-414, 414a); Ukraine(927); United Arab Emirates (1075); Uruguay (2418, 2419, 2420, 2425, 2426, 2428, 2429, 2430a); Venezuela (1723e, 1723g, 1724)
Writers & Literature
Canada (2660, 2660a); Czech Republic (3565); Italy (3190); Pakistan (1186, 1187, 1188, 1189, 1196); Russia (7457); St. Thomas & Prince Islands (2209, 2226, 2228, 2244, 2255, 2267, 2281, 2294); Thailand (2722, 2723a, 2739)
Journalism
Pakistan (1197)
Addendum
Unaccompanied minors, such as Armenia (878a), will only appear in "By Topic" listings that differ from those of the original stamps.
Number changes:
To stamps in 2014 Catalogue, Marshall Islands (1051 becomes 1052, 1052-1053 become 1054-1055).
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