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By Topic - October 2018
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the October 15, 2018 Linn's Stamp News Monthly Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.
Antarctic & Arctic
Maldive Islands (3429, 3439)
Architecture
Armenia (B5); Australia (4803-4810, 4804a, 4805a, 4806a, 4806b, 4806c, 4806d, 4807a, 4808a, 4809a, 4810a); Austria (2724, 2746, B400); Cambodia (2404); China (Taiwan) (4411, 4412, 4419d, 4421, 4424); China (People’s Republic) (4487, 4492-4494, 4499, 4501, 4502, 4503, 4504, 4509, 4517, 4522); Croatia (1075, 1083); Dominican Republic (1627, 1629); France (5373, 5395, 5400a, 5408, 5412a, 5415, 5417, 5418, 5446); Germany (3013-3016, 3016a, 3022, 3032, 3033, 3037, 3043, 3044-3045, 3045a, 3048-3049, B1141, B1142, B1143a); Ireland (2179, 2192, 2193a); Jordan (2354, 2357, 2358-2360); Kosovo (327, 351-352); Latvia (993); Lebanon (795, 798); Maldive Islands (3427, 3430c, 3431, 3437, 3438, 3441, 3444, 3446, 3474d, 3475a, 3480a, 3486, 3491d, 3492, 3493a, 3494, 3495a, 3495b, 3496a, 3497, 3498, 3499, 3500, 3502, 3503, 3508, 3509, 3534c, 3535, 3538, 3539b, 3540, 3544, 3548, 3549, 3550, 3560, 3562, 3569, 3572b, 3573a, 3575b, 3579a, 3580, 3581b, 3584, 3585, 3591, 3592, 3594, 3595, 3600, 3601, 3630a, 3635, 3640, 3642); New Zealand (2792, 2797a, 2800, 2802, 2802a, 2811-2815, 2815a); Poland (4340a, 4344); Switzerland (1683, 1684-1687, 1687a); United States (5310)
Bridges
Austria (2721); China (Taiwan) (4411); China (People’s Republic) (4492, 4498, 4500, 4501); Denmark (1800); Dominican Republic (1627b); France (5415, 5419); Germany (3036); Ireland (2184-2185); Maldive Islands (3430d, 3441, 3444, 3578, 3584, 3585a, 3591, 3635); New Zealand (2796, 2797a); Poland (4338); Switzerland (1690)
Castles
Austria (2725, 2737, 2737a); China (People’s Republic) (4503); France (5417c); Poland (4345); Switzerland (1690); United States (5307, 5308)
Lighthouses
China (Taiwan) (4415-4418); Germany (3040-3042); Maldive Islands (3561, 3570)
Windmills
China (Taiwan) (4414); China (People’s Republic) (4493); Maldive Islands (3584)
Art
China (People’s Republic) (4522); Maldive Islands (3498b); Poland (4336)
Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips
Germany (3024-3027, 3025a, 3026a, 3027a); Lebanon (788)
Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips: Disney
China (People’s Republic) (4503)
Paintings
Australia (4803-4810, 4804a, 4805a, 4806a, 4806b, 4806c, 4806d, 4807a, 4808a, 4809a, 4810a); Austria (2749); China (People’s Republic) (4524); Dominican Republic (1625); France (5373, 5403); Germany (3046); Ireland (2179, 2180); Latvia (989); Lebanon (791); Maldive Islands (3471-3490, 3491a, 3583-3602); Switzerland (1688)
Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media
British Antarctic Territory (550); China (People’s Republic) (4510-4513, 4525); France (5389-5400, 5400a); Latvia (989); Maldive Islands (3472b, 3472a, 3511d)
Nudes
Maldive Islands (3480a)
Sculpture & Statues
Austria (2730); China (People’s Republic) (4492, 4494, 4496-4497, 4504); Dominican Republic (1626); France (5375-5386, 5386a, 5387, B779, B780, B784, B785a); Ireland (2176, 2187); Maldive Islands (3430c, 3480d, 3496c, 3501, 3503, 3507, 3538d, 3577b, 3627b, 3627d); Poland (4339, 4345)
Aviation
Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters
China (People’s Republic) (4484, 4493); Jordan (2361c); Maldive Islands (3426, 3436, 3496c, 3536, 3538, 3546, 3548, 3556, 3565, 3626, 3631, 3636, 3641); New Zealand (2793, 2797a); Tristan da Cunha (1134-1137); United States (5282)
Zeppelins, Airships & Balloons
France (5418b); Germany (3025a)
Parachutes
Jordan (2361a); Maldive Islands (3576b)
Bicycles
France (5413); Ireland (2185); Maldive Islands (3632c)
Black Americans
Ireland (2182); Maldive Islands (3494, 3535b, 3549)
Children
Belgium (2847); China (People’s Republic) (4509, 4514, 4515); Dominican Republic (1625); France (5393, 5397, 5400a); Germany (3025, 3025a, 3027, 3027a); Ireland (2193, 2193a); Kosovo (356); Maldive Islands (3432c, 3471, 3473b, 3474, 3479c, 3492, 3493, 3496, 3499a, 3500, 3502, 3503, 3504, 3506, 3509, 3510, 3532d, 3538c, 3541, 3542, 3548, 3551, 3562b, 3571, 3576a, 3581a, 3582, 3589b, 3591, 3593, 3596, 3597, 3599, 3601, 3625, 3628a, 3628d, 3630b, 3638); Poland (4340)
Coins & Currency
Maldive Islands (3573)
Endangered Species
Maldive Islands (3451-3470)
Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Maldive Islands (3552-3553)
Europa
Austria (2721); Denmark (1800); France (5419); Germany (3036); Ireland (2184-2185); Poland (4338)
Explorers
Maldive Islands (3429, 3430, 3439, 3440)
Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
Austria (2736, 2736a); China (People’s Republic) (4488, 4488a, 4507-4508, 4508a, 4509, 4514-4516); Germany (B1137-B1140, B1140a); Maldive Islands (3477c, 3479a, 3480b, 3502, 3587b, 3587d, 3589, 3621-3622); New Zealand (2804-2805); Pitcairn Islands (846); Switzerland (1689-1690); United States (5307-5310)
Famous People
China (People’s Republic) Mao Zedong (4494); Maldive Islands George Washington (3497d), Abraham Lincoln (3533, 3543), Mahatma Gandhi (3539d), Barack Obama (3549)
Reagan
Maldive Islands (3499d)
Royalty
British Antarctic Territory (546-550); Germany (3022); Jordan (2355, 2356, 2357); Maldive Islands (3471d, 3478a, 3491a, 3492, 3493, 3495a, 3496, 3502, 3503, 3506, 3593, 3630, 3640); New Zealand (2798); Pitcairn Islands (846); Poland (4347); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (590-594)
Royalty: Princess Diana
Maldive Islands (3493, 3532, 3542, 3625, 3635)
Fauna
Land Mammals
Australia (4805, 4805a, 4806, 4806a, 4806b, 4806c, 4806d, 4809, 4809a, 4810, 4810a); Austria (2696, 2744, 2744a); Belgium (2854); Chile (1659); China (Taiwan) (4419a); China (People’s Republic) (4503, 4511, 4514); Dominican Republic (1626); France (5400, 5400a, 5428, 5431a); Germany (3017-3019, 3019a); Ireland (2186); Lebanon (794); Maldive Islands (3451, 3452, 3453, 3457, 3461, 3462, 3463, 3467, 3475, 3478d, 3492c, 3552-3553, 3584c, 3588, 3592, 3598, 3608, 3617, 3621-3622, 3635); New Zealand (2799e); Switzerland (1689-1690); United States (5301, 5306)
Land Mammals: Cats
Austria (2733, 2735, 2735a, 2741, 2741a, 2745, 2745a); British Antarctic Territory (550); China (People’s Republic) (4496-4497, 4504b, 4514, 4516); France (5423, 5431a, B780, B785a); Maldive Islands (3456, 3466, 3477d, 3490, 3502, 3551, 3588b, 3603, 3612, 3628b); Pitcairn Islands (846); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (594); Switzerland (1689-1690)
Land Mammals: Dogs
China (People’s Republic) (4488, 4488a, 4507-4508, 4508a, 4509, 4512); France (5375-5386, 5386a); Germany (3024-3027, 3025a, 3026a, 3027a); Ireland (2193, 2193a); Maldive Islands (3432, 3439, 3442, 3474, 3492b, 3584c, 3585a, 3588a, 3594, 3598, 3604, 3613, 3630d); Switzerland (1689)
Land Mammals: Elephants
France (B779, B785a); Maldive Islands (3454, 3464, 3480a, 3587a); Poland (4340)
Land Mammals: Horses
Chile (1659); China (People’s Republic) (4503, 4511, 4512); Maldive Islands (3477d, 3480a, 3486, 3496, 3497, 3507, 3583a, 3588, 3589, 3591, 3593, 3598, 3599, 3630a); Pitcairn Islands (846)
Sea Mammals
Maldive Islands (3455, 3465, 3605, 3614)
Birds
Australia (4804, 4804a, 4805, 4805a, 4806a, 4806b, 4806c, 4806d, 4808, 4808a, 4809, 4809a, 4811-4813, 4813a); Austria (2738, 2738a, 2740, 2740a, 2742, 2742a, 2743, 2743a); Belgium (2846); Chile (1659); China (People’s Republic) (4500, 4512, 4526); France (5395, 5400a, 5417, 5429, 5431a, B784, B785a); Germany (3024-3027, 3025a, 3026a, 3027a, 3049); Ireland (2187, 2193a); Latvia (988, 994-995); Lebanon (788); Maldive Islands (3435, 3458, 3468, 3479c, 3482, 3494, 3496, 3504, 3511, 3512, 3513, 3517, 3518, 3519, 3522, 3523, 3527, 3528, 3529, 3533, 3539a, 3543, 3549, 3561a, 3561b, 3566, 3570, 3572-3582, 3587a, 3596, 3609, 3618); New Zealand (2806-2810, 2806a, 2810a, 2811-2815, 2815a); Switzerland (1689-1690, 1696, 1698a); United States (5305)
Insects
Ireland (2188-2191, 2191b); Maldive Islands (3562d); New Zealand (2815, 2815a); Switzerland (1697, 1698a)
Insects: Butterflies & Moths
China (People’s Republic) (4503); France (5344); Maldive Islands (3587, 3606, 3615); New Zealand (2813, 2815a)
Fish & Fishing
Bermuda (1146, 1147); China (Taiwan) (4419c, 4420, 4422); China (People’s Republic) (4515); Denmark (1801); Maldive Islands (3428b, 3428c, 3438, 3447, 3459, 3469, 3500, 3510, 3511, 3514, 3515, 3516, 3518b, 3520, 3521, 3524, 3525, 3526, 3530, 3531, 3552-3553, 3584, 3596); New Zealand (2804d, 2805d); Norfolk Island (1140-1141, 1141a)
Fish & Fishing: Marine Life
China (Taiwan) (4420, 4425-4428); Maldive Islands (3428, 3472, 3511, 3514, 3524)
Fish & Fishing: Shells
France (B776, B781, B785, B785a); Maldive Islands (3610, 3619); New Zealand (2815, 2815a)
Reptiles & Amphibians
China (Taiwan) (4420); Germany (B1137-B1140, B1140a); Ireland (2179); Maldive Islands (3428a, 3460, 3470, 3598, 3611, 3620); New Zealand (2812, 2813, 2815a); Switzerland (1689)
Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals
Maldive Islands (3607, 3616)
Fire Fighting
Maldive Islands (3560, 3569)
Flags
Austria (2747); China (People’s Republic) (4493, 4494, 4517); Croatia (1075); Dominican Republic (1626); France (5417c, 5418b, 5446); Jordan (2354, 2355, 2356, 2357); Latvia (990); Maldive Islands (3425, 3430, 3434, 3435, 3440, 3492c, 3497, 3500d, 3502, 3503, 3533, 3535, 3539c, 3543, 3545, 3547, 3549, 3551, 3555c, 3555d, 3558, 3562, 3566, 3567, 3572b, 3573b, 3583d, 3623a, 3628, 3633, 3638)
Flora
China (Taiwan) (4413, 4421); France (5359, 5368a, 5411, 5412a, 5416, 5431, 5431a); Germany (3038, 3039a); Lebanon (787); New Zealand (2799b, 2799h, 2815, 2815a); Switzerland (1698, 1698a)
Flowers
Armenia (1142); Australia (4804, 4804a, 4806a, 4806b, 4806d, 4808, 4808a); Bermuda (1144); China (People’s Republic) (4488, 4488a, 4503, 4512, 4514, 4518-4521, 4524, 4525, 4526, 4527); Croatia (1077, 1079a); France (5344, 5390, 5391, 5392, 5394, 5395, 5397, 5398, 5400, 5400a, 5424, 5425, 5431a, B776-B785, B785a); Germany (3009-3011); Ireland (2188-2191, 2191b); Jordan (2362); Kosovo (356); Latvia (994); Maldive Islands (3471b, 3473, 3474a, 3474b, 3476, 3483, 3492d, 3503, 3509, 3513, 3535, 3584, 3591, 3592, 3602, 3624c); New Zealand (2798, 2799f, 2799j, 2811, 2814, 2815, 2815a); Pitcairn Islands (846b, 847); Poland (4332); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (592, 594); Switzerland (1689-1690, 1694, 1695, 1698a); United States (5305, 5311)
Flowers: Orchids
Maldive Islands (3606, 3615)
Flowers: Roses
France (B782, B785a); Maldive Islands (3635); New Zealand (2798); Pitcairn Islands (846)
Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops
Australia (4806, 4806a, 4806b, 4806c, 4806d, 4810, 4810a); China (Taiwan) (4419d, 4423); China (People’s Republic) (4483, 4503, 4509, 4527); Dominican Republic (1626); France (5391, 5400a, 5409, 5412a, B778, B783, B785a); Germany (3023); Jordan (2362); Maldive Islands (3471a, 3472, 3473d, 3476b, 3480c, 3485, 3591); Switzerland (1689)
Gems, Minerals & Jewelry
France (5357, 5358, 5361, 5363, 5364, 5366, 5367, 5368, 5368a); Ireland (2177); Latvia (988); Maldive Islands (3472a, 3478b, 3494, 3504, 3600); New Zealand (2799a, 2799i)
Heraldry & Coats of Arms
Austria (2732-2745, 2735a, 2736a, 2737a, 2738a, 2739a, 2740a, 2741a, 2742a, 2743a, 2744a, 2745a); Dominican Republic (1626); Maldive Islands (3494, 3496, 3502, 3504, 3628b); Pitcairn Islands (846)
Holograms & 3-D
United States (5306)
Judaica
Maldive Islands (3505)
Maps & Globes
Austria (2747); Chile (1658); China (Taiwan) (4419); China (People’s Republic) (4481); Dominican Republic (1624); France (5433); Latvia (990); Maldive Islands (3429, 3439, 3440, 3451-3470, 3497, 3502, 3506, 3507, 3551, 3558c, 3564, 3567, 3590a); New Zealand (2804f, 2805f); Poland (4337)
Masks
Maldive Islands (3487, 3639)
Military
British Antarctic Territory (548, 549, 550); Chile (1659); France (5396, 5400a, 5416, 5432, 5433); Jordan (2353-2357); Maldive Islands (3433, 3443, 3477, 3482, 3502, 3533, 3538, 3543, 3548, 3574b, 3575a, 3583, 3630c, 3631, 3641); Pitcairn Islands (846); Poland (4334); Tristan da Cunha (1134-1137)
Motor Vehicles
China (People’s Republic) (4483, 4495); Maldive Islands (3496c, 3560, 3562a, 3569); New Zealand (2792, 2794, 2795, 2797a)
Automobiles
British Antarctic Territory (549); Croatia (1081); Dominican Republic (1627b); France (5401-5402); Germany (3028-3029); Maldive Islands (3427, 3437, 3444, 3587); New Zealand (2811, 2814, 2815a)
Mushrooms
France (5363, 5368a); Germany (B1144-B1146); Maldive Islands (3609, 3618); Switzerland (1689-1690)
Nobel Prize
Germany (3052); Ireland (2182-2183); Maldive Islands (3492d, 3494, 3499, 3504, 3505, 3509, 3539a, 3549, 3558, 3567)
Performing Arts
Dance
Cambodia (2350); Latvia (989); Maldive Islands (3446, 3473a, 3489, 3491b, 3591a)
Music
Austria (2748); China (Taiwan) (4419b); China (People’s Republic) (4476-4479, 4494); Croatia (1080-1082); Germany (3037); Ireland (2186); Latvia (989); Maldive Islands (3472c, 3479b, 3485, 3491, 3501, 3502, 3534, 3544, 3585c, 3589, 3590b, 3590c, 3600, 3624c, 3628c, 3629, 3639); Pitcairn Islands (846); Poland (4341); Switzerland (1690)
Music: Rock Stars
Maldive Islands (3494, 3623, 3633)
Movies, Television & Stars
Armenia (1139); British Antarctic Territory (546-550); France (5374); Maldive Islands (3428, 3438); New Zealand (2798); Pitcairn Islands (846); Poland (4340); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (590-594)
Movies, Television & Stars: Marilyn Monroe
Maldive Islands (3498, 3508, 3624, 3634)
Theater
China (Taiwan) (4412); China (People’s Republic) (4489-4491, 4510); France (5418); Maldive Islands (3629, 3639)
Entertainers
United States (5301-5306)
Personalized Stamps
Aruba (587-590); New Zealand (2799)
Philately
Austria (B400); France (5401-5402, 5415, 5446); Maldive Islands (3428, 3438, 3572a)
Railroads
China (People’s Republic) (4493, 4498-4502); Germany (3004-3005); Maldive Islands (3431, 3441, 3444, 3548, 3559, 3568); New Zealand (2796, 2797, 2797a); Switzerland (1684-1687, 1687a)
Red Cross
France (B776-B785, B785a); Maldive Islands (3548, 3562, 3571)
Religion
Austria (2730, B400); British Antarctic Territory (550); Cambodia (2404); China (Taiwan) (4421); Croatia (1075); Dominican Republic (1625, 1629); France (5373, 5417); Germany (3044-3045, 3045a); Ireland (2179, 2182, 2187, 2192-2193, 2193a); Jordan (2354, 2357, 2358-2360); Kosovo (351-352); Maldive Islands (3430c, 3472b, 3472d, 3476b, 3476c, 3480a, 3492d, 3494b, 3494c, 3499, 3503, 3509, 3532, 3539a, 3542, 3588, 3589); New Zealand (2798e); Poland (4334, 4339, 4341, 4343, 4344, 4346); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (594); United States (5310)
Popes
Chile (1658); Ireland (2192, 2193a); Maldive Islands (3499b, 3589); Switzerland (1683)
Science & Technology
China (People’s Republic) (4480-4484); Germany (3033); Maldive Islands (3428, 3438, 3495, 3505, 3558b, 3558d, 3567)
Archaeology
Dominican Republic (1626); Ireland (2176-2177)
Astronomy
China (People’s Republic) (4480); Maldive Islands (3590a)
Computers & Mathematics
China (People’s Republic) (4484, 4495); France (5420-5431, 5431a); Maldive Islands (3541d)
Earth Science & Earth Features
Australia (4795-4802, 4798a, 4799a, 4800a, 4801a, 4802a); Austria (2696, 2723, 2726); China (Taiwan) (4414, 4419, 4420); France (5405, 5406, 5407, 5410, 5412, 5412a, 5434-5445, 5445a); Germany (3034, 3048-3049, 3055); Kosovo (325, 326); Maldive Islands (3448, 3474d, 3591b); New Zealand (2800-2803, 2802a, 2803a); Norfolk Island (1142-1143, 1143a); Switzerland (1688, 1699)
Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls
Jordan (2361d)
Medicine
Armenia (B5); France (5388); Germany (3053); Maldive Islands (3432, 3442, 3500a, 3541b, 3558a, 3562, 3567)
Scouting
Maldive Islands (3492c, 3500, 3510, 3628, 3638)
Service Organizations (Intl.)
Dominican Republic (1628); Maldive Islands (3541, 3551)
Ships & Watercraft
Austria (2729, B400); China (Taiwan) (4420, 4422); China (People’s Republic) (4482, 4492, 4493, 4500, 4504a); Germany (3048-3049); Jordan (2361e); Latvia (989a); Maldive Islands (3429, 3430, 3438, 3439, 3440, 3445, 3448, 3474, 3478, 3486, 3488, 3491a, 3510, 3557, 3561c, 3561d, 3566, 3570, 3574a, 3584, 3585, 3591d, 3594, 3595, 3631c, 3631d, 3641); New Zealand (2804b, 2805b); Pitcairn Islands (847); United States (5309)
Space
China (People’s Republic) (4481, 4493, 4495); Croatia (1075); France (5434-5445, 5445a); Lebanon (795); Maldive Islands (3425, 3434, 3435, 3444, 3496d, 3505, 3537, 3547, 3554, 3555, 3563, 3564, 3627, 3637)
Sports
Austria (2727-2729); France (5401-5402, 5413); Maldive Islands (3427, 3437, 3535, 3545); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (591)
Basketball
Dominican Republic (1624); France (5413)
Olympics
Austria (2729); China (People’s Republic) (4505-4506); Maldive Islands (3632, 3642); Poland (4335)
Soccer
Aruba (591-592); Croatia (1075); Germany (B1141-B1143, B1143a); Lebanon (794-795); Maldive Islands (3494a, 3540, 3550); Poland (4342)
Stamps On Stamps
Maldive Islands (3496, 3506, 3572b)
Telecommunications
China (People’s Republic) (4495); Germany (3054)
Textiles
Cocos Islands (396-398, 398a); France (5344, 5414); Maldive Islands (3590)
Native Costumes
Cambodia (2350); China (Taiwan) (4419b, 4423, 4424); China (People’s Republic) (4485-4487, 4509, 4510, 4512, 4513, 4523-4527); Croatia (1076-1079, 1079a); Maldive Islands (3430a, 3446, 3474c, 3562, 3574b); Poland (4336b)
Toys & Games
China (People’s Republic) (4514); Maldive Islands (3481, 3538c, 3585); New Zealand (2799e); Switzerland (1691-1694)
United Nations
France (5433); Maldive Islands (3511)
Wine
New Zealand (2799d)
Women
Armenia (B5); British Antarctic Territory (546-550); Cambodia (2350); China (Taiwan) (4423); China (People’s Republic) (4489-4491, 4512, 4513, 4514, 4523-4527); Croatia (1075); Dominican Republic (1625); France (5369-5372, 5369a, 5388, 5390, 5399, 5400a, 5403, 5413, 5432); Ireland (2192-2193, 2193a); Kosovo (356); Latvia (989); Maldive Islands (3434c, 3471, 3472a, 3473, 3474, 3475b, 3475d, 3476, 3479, 3480a, 3481, 3482, 3483, 3484, 3486, 3487, 3488, 3489, 3491, 3492, 3493, 3496, 3498, 3499, 3502, 3503, 3506, 3508, 3509, 3535a, 3535c, 3539a, 3541c, 3542, 3548, 3558a, 3562, 3567, 3573b, 3575a, 3576a, 3577a, 3580a, 3581a, 3582-3602, 3624, 3625, 3628c, 3629, 3630, 3632b, 3634, 3635, 3639, 3640); New Zealand (2798, 2811-2815, 2815a); Pitcairn Islands (846); Poland (4340b, 4346); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (590-594); Switzerland (1689-1690, 1694); United States (5303)
Writers & Literature
Austria (2746); China (Taiwan) (4421-4424); China (People’s Republic) (4523-4527); Germany (3035, 3046); Maldive Islands (3563, 3567)
Journalism
China (People’s Republic) (4495, 4504a); Lebanon (788)
Addendum
Unaccompanied minors, such as France (5347g, 5347h), will only appear in By Topic listings that differ from those of the original stamps.
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