POSTAL UPDATES
insights
By Topic - May 2014
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the May 19 Linn's Stamp News Monthly Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.
Antarctic & Arctic
Mozambique (2836, 2865)
Architecture
Austria (2485); Benin (1495-1496, 1497-1499); Bhutan (1465E, 1467Q, 1482-1483);Bolivia (1555); Burkina Faso (1346-1347); Colombia (1400); French Polynesia (1113-1114); Germany (2766); Great Britain (3268, 3268e); Korea (South) (2403, 2406, 2417d, 2417e); Kyrgyzstan (441c); Malaysia (1466-1468); Maldive Islands (3126, 3127b, 3128b, 3130c, 3131c, 3134, 3135, 3138, 3139, 3141); Mali (1159-1160); Malta (1507-1510);Moldova (797, 798, 805-807, 808); Monaco (2747); Mongolia (2776); Montenegro (336); Montserrat (1327-1328); Mozambique (2783a, 2785, 2788c, 2788d, 2789, 2793b, 2810, 2815, 2819, 2823, 2828d, 2828e, 2842a, 2843d, 2848a, 2848e, 2848f, 2857, 2867, 2868, 2877, 2881, 2885, 2887, 2888, 2889, 2895, 2898, 2916, 2917, 2918, 2925, 2960b, 2977, 2980, 2988, 2990, 2992, 3004); Nepal (885, 891, 893, 899, 909); New Caledonia(1152, 1157, 1158, 1163); New Zealand (2506-2510, 2510a); Spain (3937, 3940, 3945, 3946, 3947, 3952, 3955, 3956b, 3957b, 3957c, 3959, 3960, 3961, 3963, 3964, 3965-3966, 3968); United States (4873); Vatican City (1551)
Bridges
Great Britain (3268); Korea (South) (2406a); Mozambique (2789b, 2839, 2840f, 2857, 2869, 2917, 2925, 2929, 2960a); Nepal (896); Spain (3936-3937); United States (4872, U683)
Castles
Germany (2769); Spain (3940, 3945, 3955, 3956g, 3969)
Lighthouses
Mozambique (2901, 2931, 2971, 3001)
Windmills
Maldive Islands (3128c); Morocco (1163); Spain (3957a)
Art
Austria (2481); Bhutan (1482); Monaco (2753); Montenegro (332); New Zealand(2511-2516, 2511b-2516b, 2516c); Spain (3966)
Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips
United States (CVP90)
Paintings
Bolivia (1549); Germany (2766); Liberia (2890-2893); Maldive Islands (3122-3141);Montenegro (334); Mozambique (1190A, 2777, 2778, 2779, 2780, 2783c, 2807, 2808, 2809, 2810, 2857, 2893, 2894, 2895, 2896, 2898, 2923, 2924, 2925, 2926, 2954, 2955, 2956, 2957, 2958, 2959c, 2984, 2985, 2986, 2987, 2988); Nepal (894); Spain (3941, 3956a, 3966); Vatican City (1552)
Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media
Moldova (813); Spain (3965)
Nudes
Mozambique (2957b)
Sculpture & Statues
Austria (2484); Korea (South) (2402); Lithuania (1015); Malaysia (1466-1468);Montenegro (346, 347); Montserrat (1327c); Mozambique (2781, 2783c, 2783d, 2811, 2831f, 2952a, 2959b, 2959d, 2989); Nepal (900, 903); Spain (3952, 3965)
Aviation
Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters
Kyrgyzstan (440); Montenegro (348); Mozambique (2790, 2791, 2792, 2793, 2820, 2821, 2822, 2841, 2842, 2843, 2844, 2845, 2853a, 2870, 2871, 2872, 2873, 2874, 2881, 2882, 2890, 2920, 2928, 2960b, 2990); New Zealand (2513, 2513b, 2516c)
Zeppelins, Airships & Balloons
Mozambique (2846, 2875)
Parachutes
Mozambique (2831c)
Bicycles
Burkina Faso (1346); French Polynesia (1113-1114); Korea (South) (2407d);Montenegro (342); Mozambique (2829, 2854c, 2858, 2875, 2892a, 2922, 2952c); Spain(3943b, 3949)
Black Americans
Mozambique (2799); United States (4879, 4880)
Children
Bhutan (1466, 1467A, 1467F, 1467P, 1467Qs, 1467T); Burkina Faso (1346); Germany(2766, B1085-B1088, B1088a); Korea (South) (2407d, 2412-2413, 2417a, 2418d, 2419);Liberia (2898-2899); Maldive Islands (3122b, 3122c, 3123c, 3124a, 3125a, 3126a, 3129c, 3132, 3135, 3140, 3141); Montserrat (1329-1330); Mozambique (1416A, 2773b, 2773c, 2793a, 2803, 2875, 2894b, 2898c, 2928, 2949b, 2951c, 2954a, 2974, 2979, 3004);New Caledonia (1159-1160); New Zealand (2517-2518); Spain (3938, 3943a)
Coins & Currency
Spain (3956g, 3968)
Endangered Species
Bolivia (1557-1560, 1561-1564)
Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Mozambique (2825-2826, 2825e)
Europa
Montenegro
(339)
Explorers
Colombia (1401); Spain (3950)
Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
Bhutan (1465, 1466, 1467Gh); Estonia (749); Germany (B1085-B1088, B1088a); Korea (South) (2402, 2415, 2418-2419); Kyrgyzstan (441a, 441d); Lithuania (1018);Mozambique (2784, 2794, 2814, 2824, 2893b); Spain (3956g)
Famous People
Mozambique Mahatma Gandhi (2888, 2918), Mao Zedong (2889, 2919); Spain Abraham Lincoln (3956g)
Kennedy
Montserrat (1333-1334); Pitcairn Islands (759-762)
Royalty
Bhutan (1465, 1465E, 1465F, 1466, 1466A, 1467A, 1467F); Korea (South) (2417);Liberia (2898-2899); Monaco (2752); Montenegro (335); Montserrat (1329-1330);Morocco (1007A-1007B); Mozambique (2807, 2890, 2920, 2949, 2958b, 2959, 2974, 2979, 2989, 3004); New Zealand (2517-2518); Spain (3940, 3956h)
Royalty: Princess Diana
Mozambique (2974c)
Fauna
Land Mammals
Bahamas (1403, 1404, 1405, 1406, 1407); Bolivia (1557); Burkina Faso (1346);Colombia (1403); Germany (2762-2765, 2765a); Korea (South) (2407b); Maldive Islands (3126c, 3136); Morocco (1147a, 1147b, 1147e); Mozambique (2779d, 2780a, 2810, 2824, 2825-2826, 2825e, 2877, 2885, 2902, 2906b, 2906c, 2915, 2932, 2936, 2960d, 2966, 2967c, 2967d, 2996, 2997); Nepal (894a); New Caledonia (1152);Senegal (1712, 1713); Spain (3957b)
Land Mammals: Bats
Bolivia (1558); New Caledonia (1164)
Land Mammals: Cats
Bhutan (1467Gi); Montenegro (339); Montserrat (1331-1332); Morocco (1007A-1007B, 1147c, 1174e); Mozambique (2769, 2775, 2799, 2805, 2936, 2967a, 2997);Spain (3940, 3945, 3955, 3956g, 3969)
Land Mammals: Dogs
Maldive Islands (3124a, 3131d); Monaco (2748); Mozambique (2777, 2807, 2823, 2824, 2827, 2856, 2857, 2898)
Land Mammals: Elephants
Montserrat (1328); Mozambique (2803, 2903, 2933, 2967b, 2997)
Land Mammals: Horses
Estonia (749); French Polynesia (1113); Korea (South) (2417b, 2417c, 2418-2419);Kyrgyzstan (441d); Lithuania (1018); Maldive Islands (3137); Mongolia (2776);Morocco (1157); Mozambique (2773c, 2783b, 2798, 2807, 2824, 2828, 2852a, 2852e, 2852f, 2857, 2878, 2881, 2893, 2894d, 2895, 2924, 2925, 2982); Spain (3956f)
Sea Mammals
Bahamas (1401); Mozambique (2904, 2934)
Sea Mammals: Whales
Mozambique (2968, 2998)
Birds
Bolivia (1548, 1555, 1560); Germany (2766, B1087); Korea (South) (2404, 2412-2413); Kyrgyzstan (441b, 441f); Liberia (2890-2893); Morocco (1147d, 1147e);Mozambique (2788b, 2886, 2901, 2903, 2905, 2906, 2907, 2916, 2931, 2933, 2935, 2936, 2937, 2943, 2951b, 2969, 2981, 2999); Nepal (894b); New Caledonia (1170);Pitcairn Islands (761, 769); Senegal (1711, 1713, 1714); United States (4882-4891, 4891b, UX645, UY52)
Insects
Mozambique (2773, 2803, 2908, 2909, 2938, 2939); New Caledonia (1159, 1168)
Insects: Butterflies & Moths
Moldova (793-796, 796a); Montenegro (337); Morocco (1163); Mozambique (2892c, 2892d, 2909b, 2909c, 2910, 2922, 2939, 2940, 2970, 3000); Spain (3938)
Fish & Fishing
Bahamas (1398-1401); Benin (1490-1492); Germany (2761); Maldive Islands(3129d); Mozambique (2776, 2806, 2906d); New Caledonia (1155, 1170); Spain (3963)
Fish & Fishing: Marine Life
Bahamas (1398b, 1399, 1400b, 1401); Mozambique (2911, 2941)
Fish & Fishing: Shells
Mozambique (2877, 2885, 2911a, 2911c, 2912, 2915, 2941, 2942, 2971, 3001); New Caledonia (1170)
Reptiles & Amphibians
Bahamas (1399); Bolivia (1559); Mozambique (2794, 2824, 2912, 2913, 2942, 2943, 2972, 2997, 3002); New Caledonia (1153); Senegal (1711)
Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals
Mozambique (2914, 2944, 2973, 3003)
Fire Fighting
Mozambique (2790, 2820, 2823, 2853d, 2854, 2882, 2883, 2961, 2991)
Flags
Benin (1493-1494, 1495-1496); Bhutan (1466, 1467G, 1482); Bolivia (1545, 1548, 1555); Korea (South) (2399, 2401d, 2417b); Liberia (2894, 2895, 2896); Malaysia(1466, 1467, B1); Malta (1509, 1510); Monaco (2751); Mongolia (2776); Montserrat(1334); Mozambique (1212A, 2768a, 2785b, 2785c, 2786c, 2786d, 2788, 2791, 2808, 2815, 2818, 2821, 2830b, 2834c, 2835, 2843f, 2859, 2860, 2864, 2872, 2876, 2884, 2887, 2888, 2889, 2896c, 2896d, 2898, 2916, 2918, 2919, 2924, 2926, 2928, 2941, 2963, 2964, 2994, 3004); Nepal (896, 904, 910); Pitcairn Islands (761); Spain (3945, 3949, 3954)
Flora
Bolivia (1556, 1561-1564); French Polynesia (1112); Germany (2767, 2770);Kyrgyzstan (441e, 441f); Maldive Islands (3130a); Montenegro (343); Mozambique(2905); New Zealand (2501-2505, 2505b); United States (4874-4878, UX645, UY52)
Flowers
Benin (1495-1496); Bhutan (1465E, 1466A); Bolivia (1552); Estonia (749); India(2598-2601); Korea (South) (2400, 2401b); Malaysia (1468, B1a, B1e); Maldive Islands (3125, 3128a, 3128d, 3129b, 3129c, 3131a, 3132, 3135, 3139, 3140); Moldova(800, 809, 810); Monaco (2749); Montenegro (338); Montserrat (1325-1326);Morocco (1163); Mozambique (2780, 2808, 2810, 2895a, 2908, 2931, 2938, 2940, 2956c, 3000); New Caledonia (1159, 1162, 1164, 1168a, 1170); Senegal (1711); Spain(3944); United States (4882, 4883, 4888, 4889, 4890, 4891b)
Flowers: Orchids
Malaysia (1468); Mozambique (2774, 2804, 2910)
Flowers: Roses
Benin (1495-1496); Spain (3946, 3956b); United States (4881)
Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops
Bolivia (1545-1546); Colombia (1400); Ghana (2725); Kyrgyzstan (441e, 441f);Malaysia (B1b, B1f); Maldive Islands (3126b, 3127c, 3130d, 3135, 3137); Moldova(804); Montserrat (1327a); Mozambique (1212A, 2886, 2905, 2916, 2935); Senegal(1713); Spain (3942, 3946)
Gems, Minerals & Jewelry
Mozambique (2772, 2802, 2900, 2930, 2965, 2995); Spain (3956d)
Heraldry & Coats of Arms
Kyrgyzstan (441); Montenegro (339); Morocco (1007A-1007B); Mozambique (2784, 2814, 2877, 2885, 2886, 2915, 2916, 2950, 2979, 2980); Spain (3940, 3945, 3955, 3969); Vatican City (1558)
Judaica
Mozambique (2770d, 2779, 2800, 2803, 2809, 2988)
Maps & Globes
Benin (1490-1492, 1493-1494); Bolivia (1547); Estonia (745); Kyrgyzstan (441);Malaysia (B1); Mali (1151-1158, 1159-1160); Montenegro (337-338); Morocco (1163);Mozambique (2768d, 2773d, 2785, 2793, 2795, 2801, 2823, 2829, 2831b, 2836, 2858, 2865, 2867, 2889, 2993); Spain (3951)
Masks
Bolivia (1550-1553)
Military Bolivia (1549); Korea (South) (2414); Malta (1509, 1510); Mongolia (2776);Mozambique (2783b, 2786, 2787, 2791, 2792, 2816, 2817, 2821, 2822, 2830b, 2835, 2843f, 2844, 2845, 2846b, 2846e, 2855, 2864, 2872, 2873, 2874, 2884, 2890, 2898, 2920, 2960, 2990); New Zealand (2511-2516, 2511b-2516b, 2516c); Spain (3952, 3956f, 3960, 3962); United States (4873, 4879)
Motor Vehicles
Burkina Faso (1346); Colombia (1400); Moldova (805, 806); Mozambique (2787, 2817, 2848, 2852d, 2853, 2854e, 2854f, 2855, 2877, 2881, 2882, 2884, 2960b, 2961, 2991); Nepal (892); New Zealand (2512, 2512b, 2516c)
Automobiles
Austria (2482); Burkina Faso (1346-1347); French Polynesia (1113-1114); Great Britain (3268c, 3268e); Monaco (2750-2751); Montenegro (339); Mozambique (2768, 2798, 2847, 2849, 2850, 2876, 2878, 2879)
Motorcycles
Austria (2483); Burkina Faso (1346-1347); Mozambique (2851, 2853b, 2855d, 2880)
Mushrooms
Mozambique (2907, 2909, 2937, 2939); Senegal (1711); Spain (3935)
Nobel Prize
Liberia (2894-2897); Mozambique (2770, 2771, 2800, 2801, 2898b, 2928, 2960a)
Performing Arts
Dance
Bolivia (1550-1553); Korea (South) (2405b); Malawi (780-784, 784a); Maldive Islands (3123b, 3130b, 3133); Mozambique (2778b, 2780c)
Music
Bhutan (1483); Korea (South) (2405a); Malawi (780-784, 784a); Maldive Islands(3122d, 3123a, 3133); Moldova (799, 800, 801, 802, 808); Mozambique (2778b, 2782, 2783, 2812, 2813, 2946, 2947, 2976, 2977); Nepal (897, 913); New Zealand (2511, 2511b, 2516c)
Music: Rock Stars
Mongolia (2777); United States (4880)
Music: Rock Stars: Elvis
Micronesia (1045); Mozambique (2948, 2978)
Movies, Television & Stars
Austria (2484); Korea (South) (2401c); Monaco (2752); Mozambique (2945, 2975, 2978); United States (CVP90)
Movies, Television & Stars: Marilyn Monroe
Mozambique (2887, 2917)
Theater
Maldive Islands (3122a); Mozambique (2782, 2783a, 2812, 2976)
Entertainers
Mozambique (2955d)
Personalized Stamps
India (2598-2601); Moldova (809-812)
Philately
Korea (South) (2412-2413); Malaysia (1466-1468); Montserrat (1327-1328);Mozambique (1190A, 2902, 2953, 2983, 2993, 2994); New Caledonia (1154); Spain(3938, 3956h, 3963)
Railroads
Great Britain (3268, 3268e); Kyrgyzstan (440); Moldova (807); Mozambique (2788, 2789, 2818, 2819, 2837, 2838, 2839, 2840, 2852c, 2866, 2867, 2868, 2869, 2899, 2929, 2962, 2963, 2992, 2993)
Red Cross
Mozambique (2771c, 2793c, 2835, 2855a, 2855c, 2864, 2884, 2898, 2928, 2960c);Nepal (908); New Caledonia (1153); Spain (3939)
Religion
Benin (1490-1492); Bhutan (1483); Colombia (1400); Germany (2766); Kyrgyzstan(441d); Malaysia (1466-1468); Moldova (803); Mongolia (2776); Montenegro (334, 346); Montserrat (1327c); Mozambique (2779b, 2788c, 2788d, 2789c, 2794a, 2819, 2824, 2893, 2894a, 2923, 2958); Nepal (885, 893, 909); Spain (3942, 3951, 3959);Vatican City (1552)
Christmas
Bahamas (1402-1407); Colombia (1403); Estonia (744-745); Liberia (2890-2893);Moldova (808); Mozambique (2780, 2810); New Caledonia (1170); Spain (3941)
Popes
Mozambique (2848, 2877, 2885, 2886, 2915, 2916, 2950, 2980); Vatican City (1553-1556, 1557, 1558, 1559-1561)
Science & Technology
Korea (South) (2401b, 2401d, 2407); Morocco (1163); Mozambique (2770, 2771, 2800); Spain (3949)
Archaeology
Korea (South) (2399b); Mozambique (2959, 2989)
Computers & Mathematics
Italy (3199); Korea (South) (2416); Kyrgyzstan (440); Mozambique (1416A, 2771d)
Earth Science & Earth Features
Bolivia (1548); Germany (2767, 2770-2771); Korea (South) (2399a, 2400); Maldive Islands (3138); Montenegro (341-342); Mozambique (2793, 2818, 2823, 2900, 2930);Nepal (898); New Caledonia (1165, 1166, 1167); Pitcairn Islands (763-768); Spain(3956b)
Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls
Maldive Islands (3138); Montserrat (1327d)
Medicine
Bolivia (1547, 1548); Mozambique (2771c, 2773, 2803, 2853c, 2882, 2884, 2898, 2928, 2951c, 2960c)
Scouting
Mozambique (2892, 2922)
Service Organizations (Intl.)
Mozambique (2766, 2769, 2799, 2951, 2981)
Ships & Watercraft
French Polynesia (1111); Korea (South) (2414); Maldive Islands (3124b, 3124c, 3128c, 3129a, 3129d, 3130c, 3134, 3137, 3141); Malta (1507-1510); Montenegro (347);Montserrat (1327); Mozambique (2783c, 2784, 2785, 2786, 2808, 2814, 2815, 2816, 2823, 2833, 2834, 2835, 2836, 2862, 2863, 2864, 2865, 2892, 2894a, 2895b, 2896, 2918, 2922, 2926, 2955c, 2959a, 2960a); New Caledonia (1157, 1161); New Zealand (2514, 2514b, 2516c); Pitcairn Islands (759-762, 763-768, 769); Spain (3950, 3957c, 3960, 3962); United States (4872, U683)
Space
Korea (South) (2401a, 2401d); Mozambique (2830, 2831, 2832, 2859, 2860, 2861, 2964, 2994)
Sports
Monaco (2747, 2750-2751); Mozambique (2765, 2766, 2767, 2768, 2795, 2796, 2797, 2798, 2829, 2834, 2847, 2850, 2858, 2863, 2876, 2879); New Caledonia (1161); Spain(3943)
Baseball
Korea (South) (2398); Mozambique (2887a)
Basketball
Montenegro (344, 345a)
Golf
Mozambique (2769, 2799)
Olympics
Estonia (746, 748); Lithuania (1016-1017); Mozambique (2897, 2927, 2952, 2982)
Soccer
Great Britain (3266-3267, 3267a); Montenegro (345, 345a); Mozambique (2953, 2983); Nepal (912); Spain (3954, 3956c, 3956h)
Stamps On Stamps
Korea (South) (2412-2413); Mozambique (2773, 2803, 2888a); Spain (3956h)
Telecommunications
Korea (South) (2401a, 2401c); Kyrgyzstan (440); Spain (3958, 3967)
Textiles
Kyrgyzstan (441e, 441f); Moldova (810, 815)
Native Costumes
Benin (1490-1492, 1495-1496); Bolivia (1550-1553); Colombia (1401); Korea (South)(2405); Korea (South) (2415, 2417); Malawi (780-784, 784a); Mali (1159-1160);Moldova (799, 808); Mongolia (2776); Montenegro (333); Mozambique (2955a, 2988);Nepal (901); New Caledonia (1170)
Toys & Games
Maldive Islands (3127a, 3141); Mozambique (2892c); Spain (3938, 3956f)
Chess
Mozambique (2891, 2921, 2954, 2984)
United Nations
Germany (2766-2767); Morocco (1163); Spain (3968)
Wine
Maldive Islands (3137); Mozambique (2879); Spain (3953)
Women
Austria (2484, 2485); Benin (1490-1492); Bhutan (1465, 1465E, 1465F, 1466, 1466A, 1467A, 1467F); Burkina Faso (1346-1347); Estonia (744, 748); French Polynesia(1111, 1113-1114); Korea (South) (2401, 2405, 2417a); Liberia (2898-2899); Malawi(780-784, 784a); Maldive Islands (3122, 3123, 3124, 3125b, 3125d, 3126a, 3126b, 3127d, 3128a, 3129b, 3129c, 3130b, 3130c, 3131a, 3131b, 3132, 3133, 3135, 3136, 3139, 3140); Moldova (800, 801, 802, 808, 815); Monaco (2752); Montenegro (341);Montserrat (1329-1330); Mozambique (1190A, 1416A, 2767, 2778b, 2778d, 2782. 2797, 2799, 2807, 2808, 2812, 2814, 2828e, 2828f, 2843b, 2857, 2870, 2875, 2881, 2884, 2887, 2888, 2891, 2894, 2895a, 2895d, 2897b, 2898b, 2898d, 2917, 2921, 2924, 2925, 2928, 2949c, 2952d, 2954c, 2955a, 2955d, 2956d, 2957b, 2957c, 2959, 2960c, 2964c, 2974, 2979, 2984, 2985, 2987, 2992, 2993, 2994, 3004); Nepal (897, 901); New Caledonia(1161, 1170); New Zealand (2512, 2512b, 2516c, 2517-2518); Spain (3933, 3940, 3943a, 3943c, 3949, 3956h, 3965)
Writers & Literature
Bhutan (1483); Bolivia (1550-1553); Lithuania (1015); Moldova (797, 803);Montenegro (331, 340); Mozambique (2801); Nepal (886, 887, 889, 907, 911, 914);Spain (3952)
Journalism
Pitcairn Islands (759-762)
Addendum
Unaccompanied minors, such as Great Britain (2865e), will only appear in “By Topic†listings that differ from those of the original stamps. Number changes: To stamps in 2014 Catalogue, United States (4785b-4785e become 4785c-4785f).
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