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By Topic - March 2015
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the March 16 Linn's Stamp News Monthly Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.
Architecture
China (Taiwan) (4197, 4199, 4201); China (People's Republic) (4217-4220, 4227-4228, 4229-4232, 4232a); Cuba (5391, 5408, 5415, 5416, 5426, 5429-5430, 5431, 5435, 5442, 5454-5455, 5457, 5463-5464, 5465-5466, 5468, 5477, 5496, 5497, 5506, 5512, 5513, 5526, 5528, 5530, 5531, 5540, 5543); Dominican Republic (1549-1550, 1552, 1553, 1555, 1556, 1557, 1558); Egypt (2126a); Fiji (1309-1313); Finland (Aland)(361); France (4647, 4649, 4650, 4671, 4717, 4725a, B748, 2O73); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (513a); Gambia (3608a, 3609a); Ghana (2773-2774, 2805, 2812, 2813, 2815b); Monaco (2782b, 2784); New Caledonia (1175, 1176); Poland (4125c, 4133, 4135, 4136)
Bridges
Armenia (1013); Cuba (5437, 5512, 5527); Dominican Republic (1553a); France(4649, 4650); Gambia (3604d)
Lighthouses
Cuba (5398, 5526, 5544-5547)
Windmills
Poland (4136c)
Art
Finland (1483); France (4654)
Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips
Curaçao (205-209)
Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips: Disney
Poland (4123)
Children's Art
Dominican Republic (1563b, 1563c)
Paintings
Cuba (5409, 5410, 5411, 5412, 5413, 5414, 5426, 5466, 5474); Cyprus (1217, 1218, 1222-1224); Dominican Republic (1552, 1554, 1557, 1558, 1561-1562); Equatorial Guinea (312, 313); France (4650, 4664, 4669a, 4671); Gambia (3610-3613); Germany(2813); Ghana (2796-2799, 2800-2803, 2825); Poland (4130-4131, 4135)
Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media
China (Taiwan) (4202-4205); Dominican Republic (1552); France (4665, 4669a);Poland (4152-4153)
Nudes
Dominican Republic (1554)
Sculpture & Statues
China (Taiwan) (4213a, 4213e, 4213f); Cuba (5396, 5418, 5431, 5442, 5446, 5459, 5462, 5477, 5502, 5505); Dominican Republic (1552, 1553, 1557); France (4660, 4669a); Ghana (2823); Poland (4133)
Aviation
Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters
Cuba (5398); Fiji (1304); France (4670, 4702, 4712a); Marshall Islands (1089b, 1089g, 1089i, 1098); Senegal (1718); Vanuatu (1070b, 1070c, 1073, 1074, 1077)
Zeppelins, Airships & Balloons
China (People's Republic) (4224)
Parachutes
Marshall Islands (1089d)
Bicycles
France (4702, 4712a); Poland (4124, 4125c)
Black Americans
Cuba (5449)
Children
Cuba (5438, 5441, 5462, 5487, 5503); Curaçao (210-214); Cyprus (1212-1214);Denmark (1701, 1702a, 1703-1704, 1703a, 1703b, 1704a); Dominican Republic (1547, 1552-1557, 1563); Finland (Aland) (361); France (4702, 4704, 4706, 4708, 4709, 4711, 4712a, B746e, B747a, B748e); Ghana (2794a, 2796a, 2800d); Marshall Islands (1089f);Mauritius (1141); Poland (4135)
Coins & Currency
Dominican Republic (1555)
Endangered Species
Costa Rica (662); Ghana (2808-2811)
Explorers
Chile (1609-1611)
Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
Canada (2801-2803, 2802a, 2803a); China (Taiwan) (4210-4212); Cyprus (1221);Finland (Aland) (362); France (4643-4646, 4663, 4676, 4669a, 4727, 4727c); Ghana(2823-2825); Poland (4133)
Famous People
China (People's Republic) Deng Xiaoping (4217-4220); Cuba Che Guevara (5418, 5506-5510), Fidel Castro (5436, 5465, 5514), Hugo Chávez (5488-5490); Dominican RepublicGeorge Washington (1561j); Ghana Woodrow Wilson (2788d), Deng Xiaoping (2804, 2805a), Mao Zedong (2805c); Marshall Islands Dwight D. Eisenhower (1089c)
Kennedy
Ghana (2812b, 2812d)
Reagan
Ghana (2813b, 2813d)
Royalty
Denmark (1697-1700, 1697a-1700a); France (4664, 4669a); Ghana (2788); Monaco(2783-2784); Senegal (1716)
Fauna
Land Mammals
Canada (2801-2803, 2802a, 2803a); Chile (1611); China (Taiwan) (4197, 4210-4212);Cuba (5381, 5393b, 5394, 5395, 5463, 5469, 5539); Cyprus (1222, 1224); Denmark(1705a, 1705c, 1706, 1708, 1708a); Dominican Republic (1557); Equatorial Guinea(313a, 313d); Finland (1482); Finland (Aland) (362); France (4669, 4669a); Gambia(3596-3597, 3605, 3610, 3613); Ghana (2808, 2809, 2810, 2823-2825); Marshall Islands (1095j, 1096b, 1096c, 1096d)
Land Mammals: Cats
China (Taiwan) (4197e); Costa Rica (662); Cuba (5380, 5539); Dominican Republic(1552); Ghana (2811a); Marshall Islands (1096c); Monaco (2781)
Land Mammals: Dogs
Cuba (5378); Ghana (2776-2777)
Land Mammals: Elephants
China (Taiwan) (4197c); Cuba (5539); Gambia (3606); Ghana (2784-2787, 2811b);Monaco (2781)
Land Mammals: Horses
Armenia (1013); Canada (2802a); Chile (1608b); China (Taiwan) (4209); Cuba (5382, 5459, 5477, 5488, 5513, 5532-5538); Cyprus (1217a); Dominican Republic (1550, 1552-1557); France (4656, 4670); Monaco (2782b)
Sea Mammals
Curaçao (208)
Sea Mammals: Whales
Dominican Republic (1556b)
Birds
Chile (1611); China (People's Republic) (4230, 4232, 4232a); Cuba (5376, 5377, 5392, 5419-5425, 5453, 5462, 5503, 5512, 5526, 5529, 5543); Denmark (1705b, 1707);Dominican Republic (1552-1557, 1561-1562); Fiji (1314-1317); Finland (1482); France(4707, 4712, 4712a, 2O74); Gambia (3605, 3606); Ghana (2800a, 2800c, 2801b, 2802, 2803a, 2808c, 2809c); Marshall Islands (1089, 1096f); Monaco (2783); New Caledonia(1174, 1180); Poland (4127, 4129, 4136a)
Insects
Gambia (3594-3595); Ghana (2803, 2825); Poland (4127)
Insects: Butterflies & Moths
China (Taiwan) (4201); Cuba (5400-5407, 5515-5523)
Fish & Fishing
Cuba (5380, 5390, 5393a, 5453); Curaçao (205-209); Dominican Republic (1552, 1556); Fiji (1305-1308); France (4695); Germany (2812); Ghana (2802); Marshall Islands (1089e, 1097); New Caledonia (1174, 1179); Poland (4139-4146); Vanuatu(1076)
Fish & Fishing: Marine Life
Curaçao (205, 207, 208, 209); France (4718, 4725a); New Caledonia (1179)
Fish & Fishing: Shells
Curaçao (205, 206, 207, 209); France (4718, 4725a); Marshall Islands (1090-1094)
Reptiles & Amphibians
China (Taiwan) (4197); Cuba (5379, 5395, 5525); Curaçao (205); France (4661, 4669a, 4695); Ghana (2820-2822); Mauritius (1144); New Caledonia (1174); Vanuatu(1072)
Other Terrestrial Life
Cuba (5397, 5512)
Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals
Cuba (5384-5390); Gambia (3600-3603); Ghana (2816-2819)
Flags
China (People's Republic) (4217-4220, 4228, 4229, 4232a); Cuba (5368a. 5369b, 5370b, 5371a, 5396, 5416, 5426, 5434, 5435, 5442, 5455, 5459, 5462, 5485, 5487, 5488, 5490, 5501, 5504, 5511, 5524, 5526, 5540, 5541, 5543); Cyprus (1221); Dominican Republic (1551, 1556, 1558, 1561-1562); Gambia (3598-3599); Ghana (2812, 2813, 2814a); Marshall Islands (1088, 1089a, 1089f, 1089i); Monaco (2782b); New Caledonia (1175); Poland (4148)
Flora
Cuba (5491, 5492, 5493, 5497, 5501)
Flowers
Armenia (1008); China (Taiwan) (4197, 4201, 4202-4205, 4206, 4210-4212); Cuba(5442, 5448, 5479-5484, 5543); Cyprus (1213); Dominican Republic (1553, 1559);France (4670, 4726); Gambia (3575, 3604); Germany (2814-2819, 2819a); Ghana(2775b, 2778-2779, 2797, 2801, 2802, 2807, 2820-2822, 2825); Marshall Islands(1100); Poland (4126, 4127); Vanuatu (1075-1078)
Flowers: Orchids
Ghana (2778-2779, 2780-2783)
Flowers: Roses
China (Taiwan) (4207, 4209); France (4698); Marshall Islands (1100e)
Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops
Cuba (5381); Dominican Republic (1563); Finland (1482); Germany (2810-2811, 2811a); Ghana (2800b, 2801a); Marshall Islands (1100g, 1100j); Poland (4126);Vanuatu (1076, 1077, 1078)
Gems, Minerals & Jewelry
Curaçao (206)
Heraldry & Coats of Arms
Chile (1611); Cuba (5478, 5488); Ghana (2775b)
Maps & Globes
Armenia (1013); Chile (1611); China (People's Republic) (4218); Cuba (5383, 5417, 5434, 5466, 5478, 5485, 5502, 5524, 5526, 5539, 5541); Curaçao (204j); Djibouti(853); Dominican Republic (1548, 1550, 1556, 1560); Egypt (2126a, 2126b); Fiji(1304); France (4656); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (513); Ghana (2788, 2789, 2808-2811); Marshall Islands (1089j, 1099c); New Caledonia (1177); Poland(4148); Vanuatu (1070)
Masks
China (Taiwan) (4213d); Ghana (2773-2774)
Military
Armenia (1013); Chile (1608); China (People's Republic) (4217); Cuba (5426, 5429-5430, 5455, 5459, 5461, 5462, 5487, 5499, 5502); Dominican Republic (1561-1562);France (4655, 4670); Ghana (2788-2791); Marshall Islands (1088, 1089, 1098);Poland (4128, 4129); Senegal (1716-1718)
Motor Vehicles
China (Taiwan) (4197); China (People's Republic) (4230, 4232a); Cuba (5408, 5417);Dominican Republic (1550); Fiji (1304); France (B748); Ghana (2789, 2790, 2791);Marshall Islands (1089h); Vanuatu (1070a)
Automobiles
Cuba (5450, 5526); France (4670a, 4702, 4712a, B746d); Monaco (2784); Poland(4135); Senegal (1716)
Mushrooms
Poland (4132)
Nobel Prize
Cuba (5397, 5504); France (B747d, B748a)
Performing Arts
Dance
China (People's Republic) (4231, 4232, 4232a); Cuba (5399, 5409-5415, 5445, 5451, 5458, 5473, 5487, 5531); France (4696); Ghana (2796)
Music
China (Taiwan) (4207); China (People's Republic) (4225, 4232, 4232a); Cuba (5383, 5443, 5445b, 5449, 5476, 5542); Cyprus (1215, 1216, 1217b); Dominican Republic(1552-1557); Finland (1482d); France (4665, 4669a, 4696); Ghana (2796, 2798);Marshall Islands (1088, 1096a, 1096f); Vanuatu (1071)
Movies, Television & Stars
Cuba (5452); Gambia (3608-3609); Marshall Islands (1095); Monaco (2783-2784);Poland (4123, 4149-4151, 4151a); Vanuatu (1072, 1073, 1074)
Theater
Cuba (5391); Ghana (2806-2807); Vanuatu (1071-1074)
Entertainers
Monaco (2781)
Philately
Chile (1609-1611); Cuba (5392-5395, 5419-5425, 5443-5446, 5526); Dominican Republic (1555); France (4649, 4696); Ghana (2773-2774); Poland (4139-4146)
Printing
Armenia (1012); Colombia (1408); France (4699)
Railroads
Cuba (5464, 5512); Poland (4125d)
Red Cross
Denmark (B108, B108a); France (B746-B747, B748)
Religion
Cuba (5444, 5446, 5454, 5456-5457, 5463, 5465-5466, 5513, 5528); Equatorial Guinea(312); France (4665, 4669a); Germany (2813); Mauritius (1140, 1142); Poland (4130-4131, 4133)
Christmas
Curaçao (210-214); Cyprus (1222-1224); Equatorial Guinea (313); Finland (Aland)(361); Gambia (3610-3613); Germany (B1096-B1097, B1097a); Marshall Islands(1096); Poland (4152-4153)
Popes
Ghana (2775a, 2792-2795)
Science & Technology
China (People's Republic) (4225); Cuba (5448, 5503); France (4700, 4714-4725, 4725a); Germany (2808, 2809); Poland (4125, 4136)
Archaeology
France (4648)
Computers & Mathematics
China (People's Republic) (4225); Cuba (5433, 5440); Djibouti (853)
Earth Science & Earth Features
Cuba (5432); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (513); Gambia (3604-3607);New Caledonia (1178, 1181); Poland (4137)
Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls
China (People's Republic) (4232a); Gambia (3604a, 3604f, 3605c)
Medicine
Cuba (5397, 5428, 5505); France (4652, 4671, B746c, B746e, B747); New Caledonia(1177); Poland (4134)
Ships & Watercraft
China (People's Republic) (4229, 4232a); Cuba (5453, 5500, 5526); Cyprus (1221);Egypt (2126); Fiji (1304); France (4650, 4702, 4712a, B746d); Marshall Islands (1088, 1089e, 1089i); Poland (4123, 4125d); Vanuatu (1070, 1072, 1078)
Space
Ascension (1128-1132); Cuba (5543); Curaçao (204); Marshall Islands (1099)
Sports
Cuba (5450, 5475, 5487, 5532-5538); Finland (1481); France (4656); Poland (4124, 4133, 4148)
Baseball
Cuba (5368-5371)
Olympics
Gambia (3598-3599)
Soccer
Cuba (5467-5470); Poland (4124)
Stamps On Stamps
Chile (1609, 1610); France (4727, 4727c)
Telecommunications
Cuba (5417); Fiji (1304); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (513); Mauritius(1143); Poland (4138); Vanuatu (1070)
Textiles
France (4663, 4669a)
Native Costumes
China (Taiwan) (4198-4201, 4206, 4208); China (People's Republic) (4232, 4232a);Cuba (5444, 5479-5484, 5541); Poland (4148)
Toys & Games
Denmark (1703-1704, 1703a, 1703b, 1704a); Marshall Islands (1089e); Vanuatu(1074)
Chess
Cuba (5372-5375)
United Nations
China (People's Republic) (4218); France (2O73-2O74); New Caledonia (1174)
Women
China (Taiwan) (4198-4201, 4206-4209); China (People's Republic) (4231, 4232, 4232a); Cuba (5399, 5409-5415, 5416, 5417, 5438, 5440, 5441, 5444, 5445, 5449, 5451, 5452, 5458, 5472, 5473, 5474, 5479-5484, 5487, 5498, 5503, 5511, 5524, 5531); Cyprus(1217, 1218, 1220a, 1221c, 1221d); Denmark (1697-1700, 1697a-1700a, 1702, 1702a, 1703b); Dominican Republic (1551, 1552-1557, 1562d); Finland (1481, 1483d);Finland (Aland) (361); France (4653, 4655, 4696, 4701, 4702, 4703, 4705, 4708, 4710, 4712a, 4727, 4727c, B746, B747a, B747e, B748d, B748e); Gambia (3599a, 3608c, 3608d, 3609a, 3609b); Ghana (2794b, 2796, 2797, 2799, 2800d, 2813, 2815a, 2824); Marshall Islands (1095d); Monaco (2781, 2783-2784); Poland (4125c, 4148, 4149, 4151, 4151a);Senegal (1716); Vanuatu (1071-1074, 1077)
Writers & Literature
Armenia (1008-1009); China (Taiwan) (4198-4201); Cuba (5447, 5453, 5471, 5472, 5498); Cyprus (1219, 1220); Denmark (1701-1702, 1702a); Dominican Republic(1551); France (4657, 4728); Poland (4147)
Journalism
Cyprus (1215b); Poland (4138)
Addendum
Unaccompanied minors, such as Colombia (1407c), will only appear in "By Topic" listings that differ from those of the original stamps.
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