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By Topic - April 2015
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the April 20 Linn's Stamp News Monthly Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.
Antarctic & Arctic
Greenland (678, 679, 679a); Grenada (4009)
Architecture
Bulgaria (4696, 4697, 4702, 4703-4706); Croatia (931); Czech Republic (3615, 3616, 3621); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1700); Greece (2398B, 2398D, 2659); Grenada(4009); Grenada Grenadines (2904-2905); Guatemala (698); Guyana (4281f, 4293, 4295, 4305-4306, 4318, 4360, 4361, 4363); Indonesia (2368d, 2370, 2384c, 2385, 2393, 2398); Iran (3090, 3109); Ireland (2045, 2063); Israel (2010, 2021, 2025, 2026, 2028, 2042); Japan (3646, 3659, 3669a, 3676, 3677, 3678, 3687, 3688, 3689, 3691, 3695a, 3695d, 3695e, 3696b, 3696d, 3728, 3729, 3732a, 3738, 3743, 3774a, 3774b, 3774c, 3774d, 3775, 3776); Jordan (2170, 2171-2177, 2188-2191); Serbia (RA51); United States (4958, U689)
Bridges
Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1703); Guyana (4293, 4295, 4318b); Iran (3106-3108);Japan (3646f, 3669, 3694a, 3728f, 3732a)
Castles
Bulgaria (4698); Great Britain (3350); Greece (2270C); Japan (3669b, 3699-3703, 3732c, 3777-3781)
Lighthouses
Great Britain (Alderney) (506, 510); Japan (3669e)
Art
Bulgaria (4703-4706); Czech Republic (3617); Ireland (2044-2045); Jordan (2144-2151)
Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips
Japan (3695-3696, 3726-3727); Jordan (2192-2197)
Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips: Disney
Japan (3684-3685)
Children’s Art
Great Britain (Guernsey) (1268-1274); Great Britain (Alderney) (505-511)
Paintings
Andorra (French) (737); Croatia (931); Czech Republic (3616, 3618, 3621); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1696); Guatemala (699-700); Guyana (4262-4266, 4278-4279, 4307-4310, 4311-4312, 4357-4358, 4359-4362, 4368-4371); Hong Kong (1700b); Japan(3670-3673, 3724, 3739-3742, 3760, 3764)
Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media
Guyana (4360b); Hong Kong (1696, 1697, 1698, 1699, 1700d, 1701, 1702); Japan(3746, 3752a, 3756, 3758)
Nudes
Czech Republic (3618); Guyana (4311, 4352)
Sculpture & Statues
Guyana (4293, 4294, 4296); Indonesia (2394a, 2398); Israel (2021, 2048); Japan(3688, 3743); Zimbabwe (1181-1184)
Aviation
Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters
Greenland (678); Guyana (4257-4260); Indonesia (2394b); Iran (3091b); Japan(3695e, 3728); Zimbabwe (1178)
Zeppelins, Airships & Balloons
Grenada (4009); Israel (2026)
Parachutes
Israel (2013)
Bicycles
Iceland (1363); Indonesia (2392); Israel (2009)
Black Americans
Guyana (4267-4269); United States (4958)
Children
Canada (2805); Czech Republic (3621); Great Britain (3344, 3345, 3346, 3347, 3348, 3349, 3351, 3352, 3353, 3354c, 3354g, 3360, 3361, 3362a, 3362b); Great Britain (Alderney) (510); Greece (2503, 2660); Guyana (4268, 4311a); Indonesia (2368a, 2384, 2397a); Iran (3094); Ireland (2060); Israel (2027, 2028, 2039); Japan (3644c, 3645d, 3684d, 3684e, 3726a, 3726d, 3726e, 3726f, 3726g, 3727b, 3727g, 3727i, 3727j, 3733, 3774i, 3775b, 3785d)
Coins & Currency
Bulgaria (4696)
Endangered Species
Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Guyana (4315-4316); Indonesia (2385)
Europa
Serbia (661-662)
Explorers
Greenland (682-683, 683a)
Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
Czech Republic (3618); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1689); Guyana (4278-4279, 4360b); Hong Kong (1696-1703); Indonesia (2369, 2370, 2369d); Japan (3756-3759);United States (4957)
Famous People
Grenada Abraham Lincoln, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jefferson Davis (4009), George Washington (4010); Guyana Mao Zedong (4280-4281); Israel Ariel Sharon (2047);
Royalty
Bulgaria (4698, 4701); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1279, 1279a); Guyana (4290);Indonesia (2382a, 2383); Jordan (2189, 2191)
Fauna
Land Mammals
Austria (2533); Bulgaria (4696d, 4698); Croatia (931); Czech Republic (3612, 3613, 3621); Great Britain (3344, 3349, 3351); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1268, 1270);Great Britain (Alderney) (505); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1689); Greece (2657, 2658a, 2659); Greece (Mount Athos) (150); Greenland (679, 679a, 680-681);Guatemala (700); Guyana (4266, 4285-4288, 4315-4316, 4321, 4322, 4323, 4324, 4325); Hong Kong (1687, 1688, 1690a, 1691, 1692, 1694a, 1696, 1697, 1698, 1699, 1700c, 17000d, 1701, 1702, 1703b); Indonesia (2382c, 2385); Ireland (2058); Israel(2027); Japan (3644c, 3644d, 3646, 3647, 3677, 3679, 3684e, 3684f, 3684g, 3685, 3695g, 3695h, 3696e, 3696g, 3696h, 3707, 3713a, 3730-3731, 3735-3736, 3753, 3756-3759, 3773, 3774, 3775, 3782-3783, 3784c, 3784e, 3785e, 3786-3787); Jordan (2169, 2197); South Sudan (6, 7); United States (4957); Zimbabwe (1175, 1180)
Land Mammals: Cats
Bulgaria (4699); Czech Republic (3613b, 3619); Great Britain (3348); Greece (2660);Guyana (4274-4275, 4326, 4363); Indonesia (2385, 2394c); Ireland (2051-2054, 2051a, 2052a, 2053a, 2054b); Israel (2027); Japan (3685d, 3695a, 3695b, 3695c, 3695d, 3695e, 3695f, 3696a, 3696b, 3696c, 3696d, 3696e, 3696f, 3736d, 3782e, 3783h, 3784e, 3787d)
Land Mammals: Dogs
Greenland (682, 683a); Japan (3684h, 3684i, 3695i, 3695j, 3696i, 3696j, 3726-3727, 3743, 3774i, 3787b)
Land Mammals: Elephants
Japan (3684f, 3695b)
Land Mammals: Horses
Bulgaria (4698, 4701); Czech Republic (3615); Grenada (4009); Guyana (4278-4279, 4309b, 4362); Hong Kong (1703a); Indonesia (2369-2370, 2369d); Israel (2031, 2034, 2035a); Japan (3773g); Jordan (2154-2159)
Sea Mammals
Greece (2270C)
Sea Mammals: Whales
Greenland (680-681)
Birds
Bulgaria (4692-4695, 4695a, 4698); Czech Republic (3613, 3618); Great Britain (3351, 3354, 3358, 3362a, 3362b); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1269, 1272, 1274); Greenland(680-681); Grenada (4011-4014); Guyana (4255-4256, 4262-4266, 4268, 4269, 4303-4304, 4329, 4330, 4331, 4332, 4333, 4334, 4335, 4336, 4337, 4338, 4339, 4340, 4345a, 4345b, 4346, 4347, 4352, 4357a); Hong Kong (1687, 1689, 1690a, 1691, 1693, 1694a);Indonesia (2386a, 2387, 2388, 2388e, 2394b); Iran (3086, 3090, 3091, 3093); Ireland(2040); Israel (2014e, 2019, 2019a, 2027); Japan (3644b, 3670-3673, 3680, 3684, 3696b, 3696d, 3696g, 3696h, 3697j, 3708, 3712, 3713a, 3726, 3727a, 3727f, 3727h, 3734, 3739, 3742, 3748, 3775, 3782a, 3782d, 3785a, 3786d); Jordan (2178-2185, 2186-2187, 2190); South Sudan (3, 4, 5, 8); United States (4957)
Insects
Czech Republic (3613c); Guyana (4366-4367); Japan (3773)
Insects: Butterflies & Moths
Andorra (French) (736); Grenada (4015-4018); Guyana (4341-4344); Indonesia(2385); Israel (2014c, 2017, 2019a); Japan (3684g, 3696g)
Fish & Fishing
Czech Republic (3613); Greenland (680-681); Guyana (4357e); Iran (3085, 3086);Israel (2021); Japan (3682, 3705, 3713a, 3724d, 3749, 3754)
Fish & Fishing: Marine Life
Indonesia (2386b, 2387b); Ireland (2042, 2042a, 2043, 2043a); Japan (3690, 3754)
Reptiles & Amphibians
Czech Republic (3613); Guyana (4276-4277, 4327, 4328, 4345c, 4345d); Hong Kong(1700b); Indonesia (2395a, 2396); Ireland (2041); Israel (2024); Japan (3644c, 3683, 3735a);
Flags
Bulgaria (4698, 4699); Canada (2805-2806, 2806a); Great Britain (Jersey) (1802, 1804, 1805, 1805a); Grenada (4009); Guyana (4269, 4281c, 4281d, 4297b, 4298d, 4299, 4300, 4301-4302, 4352, 4353-5356); Indonesia (2368d, 2385); Iran (3091, 3109);Israel (2020, 2027-2029, 2038, 2047, 2048); Japan (3646, 3677a); Jordan (2161, 2163, 2164, 2191, 2196); United States (4961-4963); Zimbabwe (1181-1184)
Flora
Bulgaria (4696); French Polynesia (1136); Iran (3084); Japan (3651, 3656, 3657, 3678c, 3686e, 3686g, 3697c, 3697e, 3697h, 3722, 3723a, 3724b, 3773f, 3776)
Flowers
Czech Republic (3613, 3614); French Polynesia (1135, 1137); Great Britain (3354b, 3359, 3362a, 3362b); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1275-1280, 1275a-1280a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1689, 1698-1703); Greece (Mount Athos) (148, 149); Grenada(4015-4018); Guyana (4280c, 4319-4320, 4343, 4357-4358, 4359b, 4359c, 4371); Hong Kong (1701, 1702, 1703); Iran (3086); Israel (2014a, 2015, 2019a, 2051-2053); Japan(3644d, 3645, 3646, 3648, 3649, 3650, 3653, 3654, 3655, 3658, 3661, 3662, 3663, 3664, 3665, 3666, 3668, 3670-3673, 3678c, 3681, 3684g, 3686, 3687, 3694b, 3695a, 3695d, 3695g, 3695h, 3696d, 3696g, 3696h, 3697c, 3697g, 3697, 3704, 3706, 3708, 3710, 3713, 3713a, 3715, 3717, 3718, 3720, 3723, 3723a, 3726g, 3729b, 3729h, 3730, 3731e, 3734, 3739, 3748, 3752a, 3756, 3758, 3759, 3760, 3761, 3765-3772, 3773j, 3775b, 3775e, 3775h, 3776, 3783h, 3784a, 3785); Jordan (2166); United States (4957, 4960)
Flowers: Orchids
Grenada Grenadines (2906-2909); Israel (2038)
Flowers: Roses
Great Britain (3350); Ireland (2039, 2039a, 2039b); Japan (3644e, 3645c, 3667, 3684b, 3730a, 3730c, 3784b, 3785b); United States (4959)
Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops
Grenada Grenadines (2912-2915); Guyana (4311b); Indonesia (2395b); Iran (3089);Ireland (2056); Israel (2009, 2020); Japan (3669a, 3678a, 3692-3693, 3696a, 3696c, 3696d, 3709, 3711, 3713a, 3716, 3719, 3723a, 3732e, 3775d, 3775e, 3775j, 3783e, 3783j); United States (4957)
Gems, Minerals & Jewelry
Iceland (1367-1370); Israel (2007)
Heraldry & Coats of Arms
Bulgaria (4698, 4699); Czech Republic (3619); South Sudan (8)
Holograms & 3-D
Indonesia (2383)
Judaica
Guyana (4268); Israel (2008, 2010, 2021, 2022-2023, 2026, 2027-2029, 2030-2035, 2035a, 2036, 2037, 2039, 2042, 2047, 2048)
Maps & Globes
Bulgaria (4696, 4698); Greenland (679, 679a); Grenada (4009); Guyana (4281d, 4281e, 4290, 4292, 4317d, 4349, 4352, 4364-4365); Indonesia (2368b, 2368d, 2382b, 2383, 2390); Iran (3093, 3095); Japan (3659-3660, 3675); Jordan (2186-2187); Serbia(659)
Masks
Guyana (4345)
Military
Bulgaria (4698, 4701); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1275-1280, 1275a-1280a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1690, 1698-1703); Grenada (4009); Guyana (4259, 4289-4292, 4309b); Indonesia (2394); Iran (3091, 3093); Ireland (2044-2045); Israel (2008, 2029); Jordan (2191)
Motor Vehicles
Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1698); Grenada (4009); Guyana (4289, 4291); Indonesia(2394c); Iran (3091); Japan (3696e); Zimbabwe (1179)
Automobiles
Czech Republic (3610-3611, 3611a); Iceland (1363); Israel (2021, 2043-2046); Japan(3729f, 3774e); Zimbabwe (1177)
Mushrooms
Japan (3695g, 3696g)
Nobel Prize
Canada (2805-2806, 2806a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1690-1697); Guyana (4267-4269, 4270-4273, 4290d); Ireland (2050); Israel (2050)
Performing Arts
Dance
French Polynesia (1137); Guyana (4307c, 4308a, 4309a, 4310, 4312a); Israel (2022);Japan (3678d)
Music
Austria (2535); Great Britain (3354); Greece (2656, 2656a); Greenland (684-687, 687a); Guyana (4307b, 4307c, 4313); Hong Kong (1690, 1690a, 1694, 1694a); Iceland(1364); Indonesia (2371-2381); Israel (2010, 2030, 2033, 2035a, 2037); Japan (3644c, 3726g, 3745, 3748, 3763, 3784); Serbia (661-662)
Music: Rock Stars: Elvis
Guyana (4261, 4282)
Movies, Television & Stars
Guyana (4305-4306)
Theater
Guyana (4357c, 4358); Israel (2030-2035, 2035a); Japan (3658, 3762)
Entertainers
Japan (3747, 3763)
Personalized Stamps
Greece (2056x, 2056y, 2125b, 2200a, 2203a, 2221B, 2270C, 2276D, 2344a, 2345a, 2346a, 2347a, 2348a, 2349a, 2365a, 2366a, 2398B-2398E, 2503); Iran (3087-3088)
Philately
Grenada (4009-4010); Guyana (4319-4320, 4349, 4351, 4352, 4364-4365); Indonesia(2382-2383, 2385, 2398); Iran (3094); Japan (3670-3673); Mongolia (1988a)
Railroads
Bulgaria (4688-4691, 4691a); Greece (2656, 2656a, 2658, 2658a); Guyana (4301-4302, 4317a, 4317c); Iran (3095); Israel (2010); Japan (3646f, 3646g, 3728j, 3737, 3743);Zimbabwe (1176)
Religion
Andorra (French) (737); Bulgaria (4701, 4702); Czech Republic (3612, 3615); Greece (Mount Athos) (148-152); Grenada Grenadines (2904-2905); Guatemala (698);Guyana (4255-4256, 4348, 4360c, 4360d); Indonesia (2398); Iran (3093); Israel(2041); Japan (3678b, 3729f, 3729g, 3729h, 3738d); Jordan (2171); Serbia (RA51)
Christmas
Bulgaria (4700); Croatia (933, 933a); Czech Republic (3621); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1268-1274); Great Britain (Alderney) (505-511); Greece (2655-2658, 2656a, 2658a); Greenland (684-687, 687a); Guatemala (699-700); Guyana (4262-4266, 4368-4371); Hong Kong (1687-1694, 1690a, 1694a); Ireland (2060, 2060a, 2060b); Niue (912-915, 915a)
Popes
Guyana (4293-4296); Jordan (2188-2191)
Science & Technology
Guyana (4317-4318); Ireland (2061-2062); Israel (2050); Japan (3728, 3732b); Serbia(660)
Archaeology
Greece (2398D, 2398E); Indonesia (2390); Israel (2040); Japan (3738e); Jordan(2186-2187)
Astronomy
Bulgaria (4696); Japan (3698)
Earth Science & Earth Features
Greece (2398C); Hong Kong (1695); Iceland (1365-1366); Indonesia (2368d); Japan(3645b, 3646, 3653, 3669c, 3669d, 3674, 3678a, 3694, 3697, 3724j, 3725, 3732, 3738, 3776c, 3776d); Jordan (2165, 2167, 2168)
Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls
Czech Republic (3613); Japan (3652, 3697i)
Medicine
Bulgaria (4697); Czech Republic (3620); Indonesia (2397); Iran (3089)
Ships & Watercraft
Great Britain (Jersey) (1802-1805, 1805a); Greenland (683, 683a); Guyana (4318, 4349, 4351, 4352); Indonesia (2394a); Israel (2021); Japan (3660, 3724d, 3724f, 3724h, 3728, 3732, 3738, 3740); Jordan (2160-2164)
Space
Guyana (4297-4300); Ireland (2062)
Sports
Andorra (French) (738); Austria (2533); Guyana (4270b); Israel (2011-2013); Japan(3734)
Basketball
Greece (2221B, 2276D)
Olympics
Guyana (4271b, 4283-4284) Soccer
Guyana (4353-4356); Japan (3675-3677, 3734g)
Stamps On Stamps
French Polynesia (1137); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1279, 1279a); Grenada (4009-4010); Guyana (4349, 4351, 4352, 4364-4365); Indonesia (2382-2383); Iran (3094);Jordan (2186-2187)
Telecommunications
Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1695); Guyana (4269); Iran (3109); Japan (3695c, 3696c); Serbia (659)
Textiles
Greece (Mount Athos) (148-152); Hong Kong (1700c); Japan (3752j, 3774)
Native Costumes
Czech Republic (3621); French Polynesia (1137); Indonesia (2368a, 2368d, 2369, 2369d, 2371-2381, 2389); Japan (3678, 3724, 3732b, 3752d, 3760-3764); Serbia (661-662)
Toys & Games
Great Britain (3351, 3353); Great Britain (Alderney) (509); Greece (2656, 2656a, 2658, 2658a); Ireland (2056-2059); Japan (3644a, 3645, 3730-3731, 3744, 3756-3759, 3761, 3784c, 3785e)
Chess
Israel (2049)
United Nations
Hong Kong (1695); Japan (3687-3691, 3697)
Wine
Czech Republic (3614)
Women
Bulgaria (4701); Croatia (931); Czech Republic (3621); French Polynesia (1137);Great Britain (3350); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1277, 1277a, 1279, 1279a); Great Britain (Alderney) (510); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1692, 1698); Greece (2659);Greenland (685, 687, 687a); Guyana (4257-4260, 4268, 4283c, 4283f, 4294b, 4296b, 4297, 4298c, 4299b, 4305-4306, 4307-4310, 4311, 4312, 4313, 4352, 4363a, 4363b);Indonesia (2368a, 2368d, 2384a, 2389, 2394a); Ireland (2049); Israel (2022-2023, 2032, 2035, 2035a); Japan (3658, 3678, 3724, 3760, 3773); Jordan (2148, 2193, 2194);Serbia (660); Zimbabwe (1181)
Writers & Literature
Andorra (French) (739); Great Britain (3344-3353); Greece (2503); Ireland (2050, 2055); Israel (2023); Japan (3760, 3775, 3782-3783)
Journalism
Ireland (2055); Israel (2026)
Addendum
Unaccompanied minors, such as Great Britain (Jersey) (1800a, 1801a), will only appear in “By Topic†listings that differ from those of the original stamps.
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