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By Topic - August 2011
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the August 22 Linn's Stamp News Special Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.
Antarctic & Arctic
Belarus (760-761, 761a, 761b); British Antarctic Territory (426-427); Bulgaria (4561)
Architecture
Albania (2900b, 2901a, 2901c); Algeria (1520); Andorra (French) (683); Argentina(2595, 2596); Armenia (841-842, 845-846); Aruba (377f, 377j, 377k); Australia (B2, B3, B5, B5a); Austria (2318, 2320, 2321, B386); Azerbaijan (934, 943); Bahamas(1309, 1311); Belarus (754, 754a); Belgium (2478, 2485-2487, 2491, 2493, 2494a, 2497); Benin (1481); Bhutan (1450-1451, 1454, 1455a, 1455b); Bolivia (1438, 1439, 1440, 1445); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (407, 408, 410); Brazil (3119, 3122c, 3122d, 3122f, 3123, 3124, 3126, 3127, 3128, 3132, 3136); Bulgaria (4558, 4560, 4562);Burma (380, 381); Canada (2471-2476, 2476a, 2477, 2477b); China (Taiwan) (3975, 3987-3988); Colombia (1342, 1345c, 1349); Croatia (801); Czech Republic (3479, 3488-3489); Denmark (1522b, 1524); Germany (2634); Malta (1426-1428, 1430-1431, 1432-1433); United Nations (Geneva) (535-536); United Nations (Vienna) (486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 496, U14-U15, UX19-UX21)
Bridges
Albania (2905d); Austria (B386); Benin (1481); Brazil (3117, 3119, 3126); Canada(2471a, 2472, 2476a); Chile (1567h); Colombia (1349g, 1349h); Czech Republic (3474-3475, 3484)
Castles
Armenia (842); Belarus (757); British Indian Ocean Territory (424a); United Nations(1026)
Lighthouses
Andorra (French) (684); Cyprus (1151-1153); Germany (2629-2632, 2632a)
Art
Azerbaijan (949); Barbados (1187-1190); Belgium (2495); Croatia (797, 801); Czech Republic (3476-3477, 3481); Senegal (1676, 1678)
Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips
Czech Republic (3462, 3473, 3473a, 3486, 3486a)
Children's Art
Malta (1430-1431)
Paintings
Andorra (French) (685); Armenia (866-867); Australia (3429-3438, 3438a, 3438b, 3445-3446, 3446a); Azerbaijan (948c); Belgium (2468, 2469, 2470, 2471, 2473, 2476, 2477, 2477a, 2478, 2488, 2490, 2494a); Bhutan (1459); Bolivia (1448); Brazil (3123);Bulgaria (4559); Colombia (1349); Croatia (802); Czech Republic (3478-3480, 3486);Denmark (1520-1521); Germany (2603A); Malta (1426-1428); United Nations (Vienna) (491, 492, 494, 495)
Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media
Albania (2903-2904); Azerbaijan (934); Belgium (2474, 2477a); Colombia (1345e);United States (4546b)
Nudes
Czech Republic (3480)
Sculpture & Statues
Albania (2892b); Armenia (841-842, 846); Belgium (2472, 2475, 2477a, 2492, 2494, 2494a); Bhutan (1455); Bolivia (1437, 1440, 1446, 1447); Brazil (3122a, 3122b, 3122e, 3124, 3126, 3132, 3137); Bulgaria (4558); Burma (380, 381); China (Taiwan) (3971a);Czech Republic (3475); Senegal (1678); United Nations (1026); United Nations (Vienna) (493, 497); United States (1CVP124)
Aviation
Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters
Albania (2899a); Ascension (1024-1028); Bahamas (1310); Belgium (2490-2494, 2494a, 2506, 2507a); Bulgaria (4554-4556); Chile (1567b); Senegal (1612)
Zeppelins, Airships & Balloons
Senegal (1612)
Bicycles
Bhutan (1450-1451, 1454f); Bolivia (1435)
Black Americans
Uganda (1911f)
Children
Albania (2894b, 2895); Australia (B1, B5a); Austria (2318, 2319); Belarus (753, 754a);Belgium (2492, 2494a, 2497, 2504, 2505, 2506, 2507a); Bermuda (1028); Bhutan(1450-1451, 1454, 1455, 1456); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (237); Brazil (3120, 3123, 3127); Burma (382); Cayman Islands (1067, 1068, 1069); Chile (1567d); China (Taiwan) (3993c, 3993e, 3994c, 3994e); Colombia (1347); Croatia (790); Cyprus(RA28); Czech Republic (3463-3464); Denmark (B97-B100, B99a, B100a);Liechtenstein (1518-1521, 1521a)
Coins & Currency
Aruba (377)
Endangered Species
Belarus (758-759, 759a); Bolivia (1441-1444)
Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (240); Malta (1429)
Europa
Albania (2894-2895); Andorra (Spanish) (367); Armenia (847); Azerbaijan (945-947, 945a, 946a, 946b); Croatia (802); Cyprus (1149-1150, 1150b); Liechtenstein (1517);Malta (1430-1431)
Explorers
Brazil (3124); British Antarctic Territory (426-427)
Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
Andorra (French) (683); Aruba (377b); Austria (B386); Azerbaijan (943); Belgium(2484); Bhutan (1459-1460, 1461); Canada (2445, 2450b, 2452, 2452a, 2452b); China (Taiwan) (3972-3974, 3993-3994); Christmas Island (492-494, 493a, 494m, 494n, 494o, 494p, 494q, 494r); Czech Republic (3478); Germany (2633)
Famous People
Aruba Kemal Ataturk (377h); Bulgaria Bill Clinton, Colin Powell (4565)
Royalty
Armenia (854-863); Aruba (377i); Australia (3445-3446, 3446a, 3447-3449, 3448a, 3449a, 3450-3451, 3450a); Bahrain (670-672); Bermuda (1018-1024, 1023a); Bhutan(1454-1458, 1459-1460); British Indian Ocean Territory (419-425, 424a, 426);Bulgaria (4562); Canada (2477, 2477b, 2478, 2478a); Czech Republic (3485);Denmark (1516-1519); Liechtenstein (1518-1521, 1521a)
Fauna
Land Mammals
Albania (2894a); Aruba (377c, 377d); Australia (3443a, B3, B4, B5a); Azerbaijan(943); Belarus (752, 752a, 754a, 761, 761a, 761b); Belgium (2479-2480, 2479a, 2480a, 2490, 2494a, 2506, 2507a); Benin (1334); Bhutan (1461); Bolivia (1438); Brazil(3128); Bulgaria (4553, 4561); Canada (2445a, 2445b, 2450b); Chile (1567); China (Taiwan) (3972-3974, 3993f, 3994f); Christmas Island (492-494, 493a, 494m, 494n, 494o, 494p, 494q, 494r); Croatia (791, 791a, 793, 793a); Cyprus (1149-1150, 1150b);Czech Republic (3462, 3486, 3486a); Malta (1429)
Land Mammals: Cats
Albania (2894b); Antigua (3115-3116); Aruba (377g); Azerbaijan (936-937); Belgium(2494, 2494a); Bermuda (1023a); Bolivia (1442); Christmas Island (494e, 494n);Czech Republic (3462, 3470, 3473, 3473a)
Land Mammals: Dogs
Belarus (750-752, 752a); British Antarctic Territory (427f); Christmas Island (494l, 494p); Czech Republic (3462)
Land Mammals: Elephants
Bhutan (1461); Burma (381)
Land Mammals: Horses
Antigua (3113c, 3113d, 3114); Austria (2318); Belgium (2478, 2500, 2507a); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (244); British Antarctic Territory (426b, 427b); Bulgaria (4562);Chile (1560, 1567a); Christmas Island (494g, 494o); Colombia (1349g, 1349h); Czech Republic (3484); Germany (2633)
Birds
Albania (2894); Aruba (370, 377g); Australia (3441, 3444, 3444a); Azerbaijan (934, 938); Bahrain (670-672); Belarus (749, 750, 751, 752a, 756, 760, 761a, 761b); Belgium(2468, 2473, 2474, 2477a, 2481, F1); Bolivia (1439a, 1444); Brazil (3125, 3128); British Antarctic Territory (423-425); Bulgaria (4558); Burma (382); Burundi (793-801, 801a, 802-805); Chile (1567); China (Taiwan) (3993b, 3993f, 3993g, 3994b, 3994f, 3994g);Christmas Island (489-491, 491a, 494k, 494q); Colombia (1343b, 1345b, 1349);Croatia (792, 792a); Cyprus (1143, 1149-1150, 1150b); Czech Republic (3466, 3480);Germany (2633); Norfolk Island (1032-1035); United States (1CVP126, RW78, RW78b, RW78A, JDS19)
Insects
Botswana (892-895); China (Taiwan) (3976-3979); Czech Republic (3466)
Insects: Butterflies & Moths
Albania (2903c); Aruba (372); Ascension (1029); Azerbaijan (939); Burundi (806-814, 814a); China (Taiwan) (3986); Czech Republic (3466); Liechtenstein (1515-1516);Malta (1430); Papua New Guinea (1545-1549)
Fish & Fishing
Aruba (377i); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (404-405); Brazil (3135); China (Taiwan)(3982-3985); Malta (1429)
Fish & Fishing: Marine Life
Aruba (371); British Antarctic Territory (418-422); Canada (2445d, 2452, 2452a, 2452b); China (Taiwan) (3995-3998)
Fish & Fishing: Shells
Barbados (1187-1190); British Indian Ocean Territory (424a); Norfolk Island (1027-1031)
Reptiles & Amphibians
Algeria (1522-1523); Azerbaijan (934); Bhutan (1450-1451); Bolivia (1443); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (238b, 240); British Indian Ocean Territory (424a); Christmas Island (494d, 494r); Czech Republic (3466c)
Flags
Albania (2890); Antigua (3111b, 3112b); Argentina (2596); Armenia (842, 843-844);Aruba (375-376, 377f); Ascension (1026, 1028); Azerbaijan (934, 944); Belgium(2491, 2493, 2494a); Benin (1479-1481); Bermuda (1026, 1027); Bhutan (1452-1453);Bolivia (1437, 1438); Brazil (3129, 3132, 3135); British Antarctic Territory (426e, 426h, 427h); British Indian Ocean Territory (424a); Bulgaria (4552, 4560, 4562, 4565); Burma (380, 381); Cayman Islands (1069); Chile (1560, 1565, 1567); Colombia(1343, 1349); Germany (2634); Uganda (1910-1911); United Nations (1026); United Nations (Vienna) (486, 487, UX19, UX20); United States (1CVP125)
Flora
Andorra (Spanish) (366); Azerbaijan (942, 945-947, 945a, 946a, 946b); Bahamas(1308); Bhutan (1453); Bolivia (1441); Brazil (3122f); Bulgaria (4552); Croatia (802);Cyprus (1149-1150, 1150b); Liechtenstein (1517); Malta (1430-1431); Norfolk Island(1035)
Flowers
Armenia (847); Aruba (372d, 372e, 372f, 372j, 374, 377j); Ascension (1029); Australia(3419-3428, 3419a, 3420a, 3421a, 3422a, 3423a, 3428a, 3428b, 3429-3438, 3438a, 3438b, 3443a, 3450-3451, 3451a, 3454, 3455, 3457, 3457a, 3458, 3459, 3461, 3461a, 3461b); Azerbaijan (940-941); Barbados (1188, 1189, 1190); Belarus (758-759, 759a);Bermuda (1023a, 1024); Bhutan (1459e, 1461); Bolivia (1439b); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (RA27, RA27a); Botswana (892, 895); Brazil (3132); British Indian Ocean Territory (424a, 425); Bulgaria (4558); Burma (382); Chile (1560);China (Taiwan) (3967, 3986, 3989, 3990, 3991, 3993b, 3993g, 3993h, 3993h, 3993i, 3993j, 3994b, 3994g, 3994h, 3994i, 3994j); Christmas Island (489-491, 491a, 494a, 494b, 494d, 494j, 494m, 494q, 494r); Colombia (1343b, 1347, 1349); Cyprus (1145. 1151, 1153); Czech Republic (3466, 3467-3469, 3480, 3483); Germany (2418);Liechtenstein (1515-1516); Malta (1430-1431); Norfolk Island (1032, 1033, 1034);United States (4542)
Flowers: Orchids
China (Taiwan) (3966, 3967c, 3967h, 3992); Christmas Island (489-491, 491a)
Flowers: Roses
China (Taiwan) (3980-3981); Cyprus (1147-1148); United States (1CVP134)
Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops
Australia (3431, 343a, 3436, 3438a, 3438b, 3454-3461, 3461a, 3461b); Barbados(1171-1186); Belgium (2496); China (Taiwan) (3993d, 3993e, 3993h, 3993i, 3994d, 3994e, 3994h, 3994i)
Gems, Minerals & Jewelry
Belgium (2497)
Heraldry & Coats of Arms
Albania (2890); Austria (B386); Belarus (756); Bermuda (1023a); Brazil (3119);British Indian Ocean Territory (424a); Colombia (1343b, 1349); Malta (1432-1433)
Holograms & 3-D
China (Taiwan) (3975)
Judaica
Antigua (3109); United States (1CVP127-1CVP129)
Maps & Globes
Albania (2897-2898); Algeria (1524); Argentina (2596, 2598); Armenia (842, 849);Aruba (377d); Azerbaijan (944); Belarus (749, 760-761, 761a, 761b); Belgium (2476, 2477a, 2484); Benin (1479-1481); Bermuda (1025); Bhutan (1450-1451); Brazil (3119, 3124, 3129, 3135); Bulgaria (4558, 4561, 4565, 4566); Burma (382); Chile (1562);Colombia (1345a); Cyprus (1151-1153); Czech Republic (3470); Senegal (1676);Uganda (1910-1911); United Nations (1022, 1023); United Nations (Geneva) (533);United Nations (Vienna) (484)
Military
Albania (2899); Antigua (3113-3114); Armenia (841-842); Ascension (1024-1028);Bahamas (1311); Belgium (2491, 2493, 2494a); Bermuda (1020, 1022, 1023a); Bolivia(1440); Brazil (3125); Bulgaria (4554-4556, 4562); Chile (1562, 1567); United Nations (Geneva) (536)
Motor Vehicles
Albania (2899b, 2905b); Ascension (1024); Belgium (2493, 2494a); Benin (1480);British Antarctic Territory (427g); Chile (1567a, 1567b, 1567c, 1567f); Malta (1432-1433)
Automobiles
Belgium (2506, 2507a); Bhutan (1450b, 1450f); Bulgaria (4565)
Mushrooms
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (241)
Nobel Prize
Albania (2889); Antigua (3113-3114); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (237); Cyprus(1154); United States (4541, 4543, 4544)
Performing Arts
Dance
Benin (1479); Colombia (1346)
Music
Albania (2901d); Armenia (842); Australia (3452-3453, 3453a); Belarus (755); Bolivia(1446); Bosnia & Herzegovina (670-671); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (402); China (Taiwan) (3993h, 3994h); Cyprus (1144); Czech Republic (3470, 3481, 3484)
Movies, Television & Stars
Antigua (3109); Armenia (868); Belarus (755); Czech Republic (3472)
Theater
Armenia (866)
Personalized Stamps
Czech Republic (3462, 3463-3464)
Petroleum
Aruba (377l); Azerbaijan (935)
Philately
Austria (B386); Chile (1565); Czech Republic (3463-3464, 3484)
Printing
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (245); Czech Republic (3487)
Railroads
Algeria (1524); Austria (2318, B386); Belgium (2497, 2501, 2507a); Brazil (3139);Chile (1567g); United Nations (Vienna) (488)
Red Cross
Antigua (3113-3114); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (RA27, RA27a)
Religion
Albania (2889); Algeria (1520-1521); Andorra (French) (683, 685); Armenia (841-842, 867); Aruba (377k); Austria (2320, 2321); Azerbaijan (934); Belarus (753, 754a);Belgium (2478, 2490, 2491, 2494a); Bhutan (1450a, 1456a, 1458); Bolivia (1438);Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (237, 242, 244, 245); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb)(408, 409, 410); Brazil (3122c, 3122d, 3123, 3124, 3126, 3127, 3128, 3132); Bulgaria(4559, 4560); China (Taiwan) (3968-3971, 3971a); Colombia (1345c, 1349b, 1349c, 1349d, 1349i); Croatia (794); Czech Republic (3475, 3485, 3489); United Nations (Vienna) (496)
Christmas
Bahamas (1308-1311); Belarus (754, 754a); Belgium (2479-2480, 2479a, 2480a);Bolivia (1447-1448); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (240, 243); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (409); Bulgaria (4557); Chile (1566); Christmas Island (489-491, 491a); Colombia (1347); Croatia (787, 787a); Czech Republic (3481); United States(1CVP130-1CVP132)
Popes
Bulgaria (4565); Croatia (795)
Science & Technology
Albania (2905); Algeria (1524); Argentina (2598); Belgium (2483); Bolivia (1440);British Antarctic Territory (427d); China (Taiwan) (3988); Croatia (801); Czech Republic (3473, 3473a, 3483); United States (4541-4544)
Archaeology
Albania (2896); Azerbaijan (934); Brazil (3137); Colombia (1345e)
Astronomy
Belgium (2484); Canada (2445, 2450b, 2452, 2452a, 2452b)
Computers & Mathematics
Albania (2891b); Bolivia (1449)
Earth Science & Earth Features
Argentina (2596); Armenia (843, 845); Aruba (377c); Australia (3439-3444, 3443a, 3444a); Azerbaijan (935); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (238); Brazil (3131); British Antarctic Territory (426f); Bulgaria (4558); Chile (1560); Colombia (1345d, 1345f);United Nations (1025)
Medicine
Bhutan (1450-1451); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (RA27, RA27a); Brazil (3120);Denmark (B97-B100, B99a, B100a)
Scouting
Cayman Islands (1067-1070)
Ships & Watercraft
Albania (2888); Algeria (1524); Ascension (1026, 1027, 1028); Bahamas (1308);Bermuda (1023a, 1025-1028); Brazil (3124); British Antarctic Territory (426a, 426c, 426h, 427); Canada (2471a, 2472, 2476a); China (Taiwan) (3975); Cocos Islands(356-359); Colombia (1343b, 1349); Croatia (796); Cyprus (1155-1157); Czech Republic (3479); United States (4545)
Space
Azerbaijan (948); Bulgaria (4564, 4566); United Nations (1023-1024); United Nations (Geneva) (533-534); United Nations (Vienna) (484-485, 485c)
Sports
Antigua (3109); Bhutan (1454); Brazil (3117, 3125); Germany (2634)
Basketball
Bhutan (1450-1451, 1454d); Czech Republic (3465)
Golf
Bhutan (1450d)
Olympics
Armenia (848, 850, 851); Bolivia (1435-1436)
Soccer
Albania (2897-2898); Antigua (3110-3112); Armenia (849); Bhutan (1450-1451, 1454c); Bolivia (1435); Brazil (3129); Cyprus (1143); Uganda (1910-1911)
Stamps On Stamps
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (408)
Telecommunications
United States (4546f, 4546g)
Textiles
Belgium (2467); Cyprus (1145-1146)
Native Costumes
Albania (2901b, 2902); Benin (1479); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (239); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (406, 411-412); Chile (1560); Colombia (1347); Ghana (2479C)
Toys & Games
Belgium (2503, 2507a); United States (1CVP128)
United Nations
Belarus (749); Bhutan (1450-1451); Burma (382); Czech Republic (3466); United Nations (1022, 1023, 1025-1026); United Nations (Geneva) (533, 535-536); United Nations (Vienna) (486-495, 496-497)
Women
Albania (2889, 2902); Antigua (3113a); Armenia (847, 850b, 866, 868c); Aruba (377i);Australia (3445-3446, 3446a, 3447-3449, 3448a, 3449a, 3450-3451, 3450a, 3452-3453, 3453a, B3, B5a); Austria (2318); Belgium (2495, 2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2507, 2507a); Bermuda (1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023a, 1024); Bhutan(1450-1451, 1456d, 1456f, 1460); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (237); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (403); Brazil (3117, 3120); British Indian Ocean Territory (419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424a, 425, 426); Bulgaria (4562, 4563); Canada (2471b, 2473, 2476a, 2477, 2477b, 2478, 2478a); Chile (1567d); China (Taiwan) (3993h, 3994h);Colombia (1346, 1347, 1349b); Croatia (798); Czech Republic (3465, 3485); Denmark(1516-1519, B97-B100, B99a, B100a); Senegal (1612, 1678); United Nations (Geneva)(535); United States (4543)
Writers & Literature
Albania (2894-2895); Andorra (Spanish) (366); Armenia (852, 853, 864, 865);Belgium (2485-2487); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (413); Brazil (3121); Colombia(1348); Croatia (798-800); Czech Republic (3471); United States (4545)
Addendum
Unaccompanied minors, such as Algeria (J65a, J66a), will only appear in "By Topic" listings that differ from those of the original stamps.
Number changes: To stamps in 2012 Catalogue, Ghana (2479C-2479D become 2479D-2479E).
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