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By Topic - August 2014
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the June 16 Linn's Stamp News Monthly Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.
Antarctic & Arctic
Australian Antarctic Territory (L177-L181, L181b)
Architecture
Antigua (3220-3221, 3222c, 3222d, 3223); Argentina (2684, 2697, 2706, 2728);Armenia (956, 959-960, 962, 977, 981); Australia (4112, 4112a, 4115, 4113a, 4115b, 4115c, 4115d, 4116, 4119, 4119a, 4119b); Austria (2486, 2489, 2489a, 2491, 2491a, 2497, 2498); Azerbaijan (1050, 1051); Bangladesh (820); Barbados (1217, 1218, 1223); Burkina Faso (1357); Cook Islands (1474-1475); Croatia (899, 900); Gibraltar(1449, 1450, 1451, 1452, 1453, 1462); India (2682); Luxembourg (1381, 1383);Marshall Islands (1080a, 1080k, 1080n); New Zealand (2532f, 2532i); St. Pierre & Miquelon (995); San Marino (1914, 1915); United Nations (Geneva) (580); United Nations (Vienna) (543, 544-545); Viet Nam (3491)
Bridges
Antigua (3222c); Argentina (2684, 2699); Luxembourg (1383); Marshall Islands(1080m)
Castles
Austria (2488); Croatia (910b); Marshall Islands (1079); San Marino (1915)
Lighthouses
China (Taiwan) (4160-4163); Croatia (913-915)
Windmills
Barbados (1216, 1223)
Art
Bahrain (704); Norfolk Island (1085-1089)
Children’s Art
Argentina (2690-2693); Slovakia (675, 675a)
Paintings
Antigua (3230-3234, 3235-3236); Argentina (2727); Armenia (963-964, 967-968, 968a); Aruba (434); Cook Islands (1474a, 1475a, 1478-1481); Malta (1513-1514); St. Martin (55); Tristan da Cunha (1024-1027)
Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media
Armenia (978); Austria (2492); Burkina Faso (1359)
Sculpture & Statues
Albania (2948); Antigua (3220-3221, 3222a, 3222b); Argentina (2685, 2697); Armenia(981); Aruba (434c); Austria (2494); Azerbaijan (1050); Barbados (1222, 1223a);Gibraltar (1448, 1462); India (2682); Kazakhstan (713); Latvia (871); Marshall Islands (1080); New Zealand (2532); United Nations (1088)
Aviation
Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters
Argentina (2697, 2704); Armenia (976); Bahrain (705-707); Croatia (906); Gibraltar(1442-1446); Marshall Islands (1082)
Bicycles
Albania (2943b); Argentina (B215); Australia (4115, 4115b, 4115c, 4115d, 4119, 4119a, 4119b); New Zealand (2532n)
Children
Andorra (French) (727); Antigua (3226-3227); Argentina (2683, 2690-2693, 2706);Armenia (963, 977); Australia (4022-4025, 4023a, 4024a, 4025a); Bangladesh (819);Burkina Faso (1356); China (Taiwan) (4168-4172, 4172a); Cook Islands (1459d, 1505); Croatia (RA104, RA108); Cyprus (1201-1204, RA31); Gibraltar (1452); Marshall Islands (1080k, 1081c, 1081h, 1081i, 1081m, 1081o, 1081q); New Zealand (2532l); St. Pierre & Miquelon (986-987); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (498-501)
Coins & Currency
Armenia (969); Croatia (RA118); Liechtenstein (1606-1608)
Endangered Species
Lithuania (1022-1023, 1023a)
Europa
Austria (2499); Azerbaijan (1047-1049, 1048a); Croatia (911-912); Cyprus (1205-1206, 1206a); Estonia (760-761); Gibraltar (1453-1454); Lithuania (1025-1026);Luxembourg (1381-1382); Malta (1513-1514); Slovakia (688-689, 689a)
Explorers
Australian Antarctic Territory (L177-L181, L181b); Cape Verde (874, 875, 876)
Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
Albania (2948d); Andorra (French) (726); Antigua (3220-3221, 3235-3236); Argentina(2697); Aruba (434c); Azerbaijan (1044); China (Taiwan) (4150-4152); Cook Islands(1504); Gibraltar (1419); India (2678); Malta (1515); Papua New Guinea (1727-1732, 1733-1734); Viet Nam (3492-3493)
Famous People
Kennedy
Cook Islands (1476-1477)
Royalty
Antigua (3226-3227); Argentina (2697a); Armenia (979-980, 980a); Australia (4022-4025, 4023a, 4024a, 4025a, 4070-4072, 4071a, 4072a); Bahrain (703, 704, 705-707);Cook Islands (1459, 1473, 1505); Gibraltar (1420-1435); Lithuania (1020); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (498-501)
Royalty: Princess Diana
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (500)
Fauna
Land Mammals
Andorra (French) (726); Andorra (Spanish) (397); Antigua (3220c, 3228); Argentina(2683, 2698, 2725); Aruba (432j, 433e, 433h); Australia (4069, 4069a, 4103, 4104a, 4108, 4109a, 4112, 4112a, 4114, 4114a, 4115b, 4115d, 4116, 4118, 4119a, 4119b);Austria (2494); Azerbaijan (1040); Burkina Faso (1354, 1357); Canada (2710A);China (Taiwan) (4157d); Cook Islands (1481); Croatia (898, RA103); Estonia (762);India (2682c); Kazakhstan (717); Luxembourg (1382); Malta (1516b); Marshall Islands (1081c); New Zealand (2532e, 2532i, 2532j); San Marino (1910, 1915g)
Land Mammals: Cats
Argentina (2683, 2697a); Armenia (958b); Aruba (433b, 433f); Azerbaijan (1040c, 1052-1056); Barbados (1222, 1223a); Kazakhstan (713a); Liechtenstein (1608);Luxembourg (1379)
Land Mammals: Dogs
Antigua (3224-3225); Marshall Islands (1080i); New Zealand (2532m, 2532p); Tristan da Cunha (1024, 1027)
Land Mammals: Elephants
Antigua (3220b); Argentina (2683); Aruba (434f); Liechtenstein (1606)
Land Mammals: Horses
Albania (2948b); Antigua (3235-3236); Argentina (2694-2695, 2697); Armenia (979, 980a); Aruba (434a); Australia (4112, 4112a, 4113, 4113a, 4115b, 4115d, 4116, 4117, 4119a, 4119b); Azerbaijan (1044); China (Taiwan) (4150-4152); Cook Islands (1504);Croatia (892, 892a, RA103); Gibraltar (1452a, 1452c); Malta (1515); Marshall Islands(1080a, 1080d, 1080e, 1080g, 1080i, 1080l); New Zealand (2532q); Papua New Guinea(1727-1732, 1733-1734); Viet Nam (3492-3493)
Sea Mammals
Cyprus (1203); Gibraltar (1455-1457); New Zealand (2532l)
Birds
Andorra (French) (726); Antigua (3229, 3230-3234); Argentina (2683, 2686-2689, 2690-2693, 2725); Armenia (958); Aruba (432a, 432e, 433c, 433g, 434e, 437);Australia (4076, 4084, 4084a); Austria (2500); Azerbaijan (1041); Bangladesh (809, 809i); Burkina Faso (1355, 1357); China (Taiwan) (4158-4159); Croatia (900);Estonia (755); India (2682); Kazakhstan (712, 713c, 719); Lithuania (1022-1023, 1023a); Malta (1515a); Marshall Islands (1080); New Zealand (2532b, 2532o, 2532p);Papua New Guinea (1727-1732, 1733-1734); St. Martin (55c); Tristan da Cunha(1019-1023, 1026); United Nations (Geneva) (581); United Nations (Vienna) (544);United States (RW81, RW81A)
Insects
Argentina (2683); Aruba (432f); Cook Islands (1460, 1461, 1462, 1463, 1465, 1466, 1467, 1468, 1469, 1471, 1472, 1491, 1492, 1493, 1494, 1496, 1497, 1498, 1501, 1503);Kazakhstan (713b); New Zealand (2532o)
Insects: Butterflies & Moths
Argentina (2683, 2725); Cook Islands (1464, 1472e, 1495, 1499, 1500, 1502, 1503e, 1503i, 1503j, 1503l); Croatia (900); Estonia (759, 759a)
Fish & Fishing
Croatia (902a); Cyprus (1203); New Zealand (2532h); Niue (900-903, 903a)
Fish & Fishing: Marine Life
China (Taiwan) (4153-4156); Croatia (902)
Fish & Fishing: Shells
Cook Islands (1482)
Reptiles & Amphibians
Albania (2943-2944); Argentina (2683); Aruba (432c, 433a, 433d); Croatia (900);Liechtenstein (1609-1611)
Other Terrestrial Life
Cook Islands (1470, 1472i)
Flags
Albania (2941); Antigua (3237, 3238, 3239); Argentina (2685, 2697, 2725, 2727, 2728); Armenia (962); Austria (2488-2491, 2489a, 2490a, 2491a); Azerbaijan (1045, 1046, 1051); Bahrain (703); Bangladesh (820); Cook Islands (1486); Croatia (RA104);Estonia (754); Gibraltar (1453); India (2677); Kazakhstan (719); Lithuania (1024);Luxembourg (1377, 1380, 1381); Malta (1511, 1512, 1515, 1516); Marshall Islands(1079b, 1079c, 1080); New Zealand (2532b); Papua New Guinea (1727-1732, 1733-1734); St. Pierre & Miquelon (995); San Marino (1910); United Nations (Geneva)(580); United Nations (Vienna) (543j)
Flora
Antigua (3222-3223); Argentina (2683); Aruba (432d, 432g, 432h); China (Taiwan)(4165, 4166, 4167); Estonia (753); San Marino (1915b, 1915c)
Flowers
Albania (2942); Argentina (2698, 2699, 2725); Aruba (432a, 432f, 432i, 434b);Australia (4053, 4054, 4055, 4056, 4058, 4059, 4060, 4061, 4062, 4063, 4063a, 4064, 4065, 4066, 4067, 4067a, 4067b, 4079, 4087, 4087a, 4100-4109, 4104a, 4109a);Bangladesh (819); China (Taiwan) (4157b); Croatia (900, RA108); Cyprus (1202);Estonia (759, 759a); Gibraltar (1436-1441); India (2682); Latvia (867-870);Liechtenstein (1611, 1612-1614); Marshall Islands (1081b, 1081h, 1081i, 1081k, 1081q, 1081s); New Zealand (2532q, 2532r); Pitcairn Islands (774-779); St. Martin(54); San Marino (1915d, 1915h)
Flowers: Orchids
Australia (4026-4033, 4033a, 4033b, 4057); Croatia (903-905, 903a, 904a, 905a); St. Martin (54c, 54d, 54h, 54i, 54l)
Flowers: Roses
Australia (4048, 4050, 4050a, 4070-4072, 4071a, 4072a, 4078, 4081, 4086, 4086a, 4089, 4089a); Austria (2492)
Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops
Armenia (978); Austria (2498); Burkina Faso (1350-1353, 1358); China (Taiwan)(4164); Croatia (898a, 898d); Cyprus (1199-1200); Ghana (2719, 2720, 2723, 2724, 2726); India (2680); New Zealand (2532a, 2532c, 2532d, 2532g)
Gems, Minerals & Jewelry
Australia (4081, 4082, 4089, 4089a, 4090, 4090a); India (2681); Tokelau (423, 426a)
Heraldry & Coats of Arms
Andorra (Spanish) (397); Argentina (2697a); Armenia (958b); Croatia (910); Estonia(753); Malta (1515); San Marino (1915)
Holograms & 3-D
Austria (2492)
Maps & Globes
Andorra (French) (723, 727); Antigua (3237, 3238, 3239); Argentina (2683, 2697a, 2698, 2725); Armenia (958, 979-980, 980a); Australia (4068, 4069a, 4073, 4074);Azerbaijan (1045); Cape Verde (874, 876); Croatia (911-912, RA101, RA113);Liechtenstein (1606-1608); Malta (1515a, 1516); New Zealand (2532k, 2532l); San Marino (1911); United Nations (1087); United Nations (Geneva) (579); United Nations (Vienna) (542, 543)
Masks
Armenia (973); Aruba (435b); China (Taiwan) (4172, 4172a); India (2682); Lithuania(1019)
Military
Argentina (2694-2695, 2697, 2707, 2727); Australia (4100-4109, 4104a, 4109a);Azerbaijan (1042); Bahrain (705-707); Cook Islands (1459b, 1459g); Gibraltar (1436-1441, 1442-1446, 1453-1454); Lithuania (1021); Marshall Islands (1080a, 1080c, 1080d, 1080e, 1080f, 1080g, 1080h, 1080j, 1080l, 1082); Pitcairn Islands (770-773)
Motor Vehicles
Argentina (2697, 2726); Gibraltar (1449); India (2680); Kazakhstan (713)
Automobiles
Argentina (2697); Aruba (436); Cook Islands (1459a, 1459e); San Marino (1913)
Motorcycles
Austria (2502); Slovakia (686-687)
Mushrooms
Armenia (965-966, 966a)
Nobel Prize
Antigua (3237-3240); Croatia (RA107, RA111)
Performing Arts
Dance
Cook Islands (1488); Marshall Islands (1081a, 1081f, 1081i, 1081k, 1081l, 1081n, 1081t)
Music
Argentina (2699); Armenia (968, 968a); Austria (2487, 2499); Azerbaijan (1047-1049, 1048a); Croatia (909, 911-912); Cyprus (1205-1206, 1206a); Estonia (750, 760-761);Gibraltar (1453-1454); India (2683); Kazakhstan (714, 715); Lithuania (1019, 1025-1026); Luxembourg (1378, 1381-1382); Malta (1513-1514); Marshall Islands (1080f, 1081d, 1081l); St. Martin (55d); San Marino (1914); Slovakia (688-689, 689a); United Nations (1087); United Nations (Geneva) (579); United Nations (Vienna) (542)
Movies, Television & Stars
Argentina (2703); Austria (2495, 2496)
Theater
Armenia (973); San Marino (1914)
Personalized Stamps
Latvia (860-865)
Petroleum
Argentina (2697, 2704, 2726)
Philately
Antigua (3220-3221, 3222-3223, 3228-3229); Argentina (2698); Cook Islands (1473, 1474-1475)
Railroads
Argentina (2725); Australia (4112, 4112a, 4115b, 4115d, 4116, 4119a, 4119b);Gibraltar (1441); Kazakhstan (719)
Red Cross
Albania (2945-2946); Australia (4110-4111); Croatia (RA101, RA102, RA103, RA104, RA106, RA107, RA108, RA109, RA111, RA113, RA115, RA116, RA117, RA118, RA119, RA120, RA121)
Religion
Andorra (French) (726); Andorra (Spanish) (397); Armenia (956, 977); Aruba(434a); Austria (2489, 2489a, 2497); Barbados (1217, 1223); Croatia (899, 901); India(2682); Liechtenstein (1607); Lithuania (1019); Malta (1515); San Marino (1915c, 1915g, 1915h)
Christmas
Andorra (French) (725); Antigua (3230-3234); Argentina (2700); Cook Islands(1478-1481); Croatia (892, 892a); Slovakia (675, 675a)
Popes
Croatia (910); Liechtenstein (1605); Malta (1511)
Science & Technology
Argentina (2705, 2728); Australian Antarctic Territory (L177, L181b); Austria (2493);India (2681); Viet Nam (3490)
Archaeology
Albania (2948); Armenia (959-960, 982); Estonia (751)
Astronomy
Armenia (961)
Computers & Mathematics
Kazakhstan (719)
Earth Science & Earth Features
Aruba (432b, 432d, 432g, 432h); Azerbaijan (1051); Barbados (1219, 1220, 1221, 1223); Norfolk Island (1079-1084)
Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls
Argentina (2725); Gibraltar (1452d); Norfolk Island (1082)
Medicine
Albania (2945a, 2946); Australia (4110-4111); Austria (2486); Bahrain (703b);Bangladesh (819); Croatia (RA102, RA111, RA117, RA120); Viet Nam (3491)
Scouting
Cook Islands (1459d)
Ships & Watercraft
Albania (2944); Argentina (2684, 2697, 2725, 2727); Australia (4101, 4104a, 4106, 4109a); Australian Antarctic Territory (L178, L180, L181, L181b); Austria (2501);Barbados (1218, 1223); Cape Verde (874, 875, 876); China (People’s Republic)(4169); Gibraltar (1447, 1452b); Luxembourg (1380); Marshall Islands (1079a, 1079b, 1080f, 1080h, 1080m); Pitcairn Islands (770-773, 774-779); Tristan da Cunha (1024, 1025, 1026)
Space
Kazakhstan (716, 719); Marshall Islands (1080o); United Nations (1088)
Sports
Albania (2943-2944); Argentina (B213-B216); Australia (4044-4046, 4045a, 4046a);Austria (2502); New Zealand (2532m, 2532n); San Marino (1913)
Olympics
Argentina (2685); Armenia (970); Azerbaijan (1043); Croatia (892, 892a); Latvia(859)
Soccer
Argentina (2703); Malta (1516); San Marino (1912)
Stamps On Stamps
Argentina (2697); Cook Islands (1473)
Telecommunications
Armenia (972); Kazakhstan (719)
Textiles
Kazakhstan (718); Tokelau (423-426, 426a)
Native Costumes
Andorra (French) (727); Armenia (963-964); Aruba (435); Azerbaijan (1049);Bahrain (703, 704, 705-707); China (Taiwan) (4172, 4172a); Cook Islands (1482, 1483, 1484, 1485, 1487, 1488, 1489, 1490); Cyprus (1205, 1206a); Estonia (756-757);Marshall Islands (1080g, 1081); Niue (896-899, 899a)
Toys & Games
Argentina (2693); Australia (4076, 4084, 4084a); Azerbaijan (1044); China (Taiwan)(4168, 4169, 4170, 4171, 4172a); Croatia (RA103)
Chess
Armenia (974-975); Azerbaijan (1045)
United Nations
Andorra (French) (727); Luxembourg (1383); Malta (1515a); United Nations (1088-1089); United Nations (Geneva) (580-581); United Nations (Vienna) (543, 544-545)
Wine
Armenia (978); Australia (4080, 4088, 4088a); Austria (2498)
Women
Albania (2941a, 2945-2946); Andorra (French) (727); Antigua (3226-3227, 3239);Argentina (2683, 2685, 2692, 2693, 2697, 2701, 2706, 2725, 2728); Armenia (963-964, 980, 980a); Aruba (434b, 435); Australia (4022-4025, 4023a, 4024a, 4025a, 4034, 4034a, 4035, 4035a, 4036, 4036a, 4038, 4038a, 4039, 4039a, 4040, 4040a, 4041, 4041a, 4043, 4043a, 4070-4072, 4071a, 4072a, 4110-4111); Azerbaijan (1043d); Bahrain(703a, 703b); Bangladesh (819); Burkina Faso (1354-1357); Cook Islands (1459, 1473, 1474a, 1475a, 1483, 1484, 1485, 1487, 1488, 1505a); Croatia (909, RA113, RA115); Estonia (756-757); Gibraltar (1420-1435, 1438, 1452); India (2680);Kazakhstan (716); Luxembourg (1381); Marshall Islands (1080a, 1080i, 1080k, 1080n, 1081); Norfolk Island (1085-1089); St. Martin (55); St. Pierre & Miquelon(986-987); San Marino (1914); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (498-501);United Nations (Geneva) (579a); United Nations (Vienna) (542b)
Writers & Literature
Albania (2947); Armenia (971); Australia (4034-4043, 4034a, 4035a, 4036a, 4037a, 4038, 4039a, 4040a, 4041a, 4042a, 4043a, 4112-4119, 4112, 4113a, 4114a, 4115b, 4115c, 4115d, 4119a, 4119b); Croatia (907, 908); Estonia (758); Gibraltar (1458-1462); Luxembourg (1378)
Journalism
Albania (2949)
Addendum Unaccompanied minors, such as Bangladesh (816e), will only appear in “By Topic†listings that differ from those of the original stamps.
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