By Topic – December 2023

Dec 2, 2023, 11 AM

The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the December 2023 Scott Stamp Monthly fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.

Antarctic & Arctic

New Zealand (Ross Dependency) (L179-L182, L182a)

Architecture

Andorra (French) (871); Antigua (3660, 3662d, 3667c, 3668); Bahamas (1561, 1563, 1568); Barbados (1325, 1329-1332); Bolivia (1400A); Bosnia & Herzegovina (862, 864, 866, 868, 870-871); Chile (1697); Colombia (1624, 1625i, 1625j, 1626b); Croatia (1323); Gambia (3975, 3983-3984); Germany (3364, 3365); Great Britain (4362, 4365-4366, 4408, 4412e); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1696, 1697, 1702, 1703, 1706-1708); Great Britain (Alderney) (753, 755); Great Britain (Jersey) (2578, 2579, 2582, 2583a, 2595, 2603, 2608a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2270-2275); Grenada (4444-4445); Grenada Grenadines (3082-3083); Italy (3913, 3914, 3916, 3917, 3918, 3919a, 3920, 3926, 3931); Marshall Islands (1390, 1394, 1395-1396); New Zealand (3039b, 3068b, 3071a, 3079, 3082a, 3082b); New Zealand (Ross Dependency) (L179-L182, L182a); Slovenia (1550); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (681); Tuvalu (1575-1576, 1583, 1585c); United Nations (1324, 1325d, 1325e, 1325f, 1325j, 1325k, 1325l); United Nations (Geneva) (738, 739d, 739e, 739f, 739j, 739k, 739l); United Nations (Vienna) (714, 716d, 716e, 716f, 716j, 716k, 716l)

Bridges

Bosnia & Herzegovina (867); Colombia (1624); Great Britain (4365-4366); Marshall Islands (1389)

Castles

Great Britain (Guernsey) (1698); Great Britain (Jersey) (2576, 2583, 2583a, 2608, 2608a, 2615-2618); Italy (3926b)

Lighthouses

Bahamas (1562); Germany (3357); Great Britain (Jersey) (2577, 2583a)

Art

Bosnia & Herzegovina (864); Italy (3912)

Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips

Germany (3363, B1210-B1212); Italy (3922); Slovenia (1544-1548)

Paintings

Colombia (1625); Germany (3364); Great Britain (4376); Great Britain (Alderney) (757); Italy (3914, 3919a); Marshall Islands (1392a, 1395d); Tuvalu (1583b, 1583d, 1584)

Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media

Barbados (1325-1328); Bosnia & Herzegovina (865); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1706-1708)

Nudes

Colombia (1625h)

Sculpture & Statues

Bahamas (1568); Chile (1697b); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1698); Great Britain (Alderney) (757); Great Britain (Jersey) (2575); Italy (3931); Slovenia (1558); Tuvalu (1583); United Nations (1323, 1325a, 1325g); United Nations (Geneva) (739a, 739g); United Nations (Vienna) (716a, 716g)

Aviation

Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters

Colombia (1624); Gambia (3979-3980); Great Britain (Jersey) (2580, 2583, 2583a); Grenada (4457-4458); Italy (3924); Marshall Islands (1395c); Tuvalu (1569b, 1577-1578)

Zeppelins, Airships & Balloons

Great Britain (Guernsey) (1716)

Bicycles

Great Britain (4420); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1724, 1728); Slovenia (1540)

Black Americans

Gambia (3974c); Germany (3360); Marshall Islands (1399a); Tuvalu (1571-1572)

Children

Antigua (3662a); Colombia (1625g); Gambia (3975a, 3975d, 3985a); Great Britain (4365b, 4366b, 4387, 4391, 4410, 4412g, 4419c); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1702, 1703, 1705); Great Britain (Jersey) (2575, 2586, 2588, 2589, 2594, 2595, 2610, 2614a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2263, 2271); Grenada (4444c, 4456c); Italy (3931, 3935, 3936); Slovenia (1542, 1552); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (685); Tuvalu (1575b)

Europa

Bosnia & Herzegovina (873); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1718, 1719, 1719a); Great Britain (Jersey) (2584-2585, 2585a); Slovenia (1542-1543)

Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology

Argentina (2984-2985); Bahamas (1564); Croatia (1323); Great Britain (4355-4364)

Famous People

Gambia Barack Obama, Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (3974c), George H. W. Bush (3974d), Deng Xiaoping (3974f), Vladimir Putin (3974g), Francois Mitterand (3974h), Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (3983-3984); Grenada Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (4456f); Grenada Grenadines Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (3082-3083); Marshall Islands Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (1395-1396), Barack Obama (1399a), Shimon Peres (1399e), Boris Johnson (1399h), Brian Mulroney (1399i); Tuvalu George W. Bush (1569d), Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (1583-1584)

Reagan

Gambia (3974d); Marshall Islands (1391d)

Royalty

Antigua (3662); Bahamas (1560, 1563, 1564-1568); Cayman Islands (1261-1265, 1266-1268); Colombia (1625b); Gambia (3974b, 3975-3976, 3985); Great Britain (4365a, 4366, KC1-KC5, KC1a, KC2a, KC2b, KC3a, KC4a, KC6-KC14); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1695-1699, 1734-1737, 1734a-1737a, 1738); Great Britain (Jersey) (2595-2600); Grenada (4444-4445, 4452-4455, 4455a, 4456); Grenada Grenadines (3082d, 3083); Marshall Islands (1389-1390, 1399f, 1400); New Zealand (3079-3082, 3082a, 3082b, 3083); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (681-685); Tuvalu (1575-1576, 1578, 1585)

Fauna

Land Mammals

Andorra (French) (869-870); Antigua (3658-3659); Argentina (2984-2985); Gambia (3964-3965, 3966-3967, 3968-3969, 3972-3973); Germany (3366); Great Britain (4357, 4365d, 4366d, 4393, 4397, 4400, 4403, 4404, 4412, 4413-4420); Great Britain (Alderney) (756); Great Britain (Jersey) (2590, 2596, 2628); Italy (3933); Slovenia (1554-1557); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (687a)

Land Mammals: Cats

Argentina (2984); Bahamas (1564); Colombia (1624, 1625g); Great Britain (4409, 4412f); Great Britain (Jersey) (2586, 2587, 2589, 2590, 2591, 2592, 2593, 2594)

Land Mammals: Dogs

Argentina (2984); Great Britain (4412, 4419a); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1710-1715, 1715b); Slovenia (1552)

Land Mammals: Elephants

Gambia (3968); Great Britain (4411, 4412h); Great Britain (Alderney) (754)

Land Mammals: Horses

Antigua (3663-3664); Bahamas (1566, 1568); Great Britain (4360); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1734, 1734a, 1735, 1735a); Great Britain (Jersey) (2579, 2583a, 2634); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2263); Italy (3912, 3913, 3918, 3919a, 3931); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (681, 683)

Sea Mammals

Grenada Grenadines (3078-3079)

Sea Mammals: Whales

Great Britain (Guernsey) (1721); Tuvalu (1579-1580)

Birds

Antigua (3660-3661); Argentina (2984); Bahamas (1560-1563, 1565, 1568); Chile (1696); Cocos Islands (425-426, 426a); Colombia (1620-1621, 1623, 1624, 1625, 1627); Falkland Islands (C22-C25); Great Britain (4365d, 4366d, 4395, 4398, 4402, 4403, 4412, 4420); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1716, 1721, 1729); Great Britain (Alderney) (756, 759-764, 764a); Great Britain (Jersey) (2585, 2585a); Grenada (4459-4460); Marshall Islands (1391-1392); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (686a); Tuvalu (1579a, 1581-1582)

Insects

Gambia (3981-3982); Great Britain (4365d, 4366d, 4396, 4399, 4403); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1721); Great Britain (Jersey) (2602, 2608a); Grenada (4461-4462); Italy (3936); Marshall Islands (1397-1398)

Insects: Butterflies & Moths

Colombia (1627a); Great Britain (4365d, 4366d); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1721); Marshall Islands (1397-1398)

Fish & Fishing

Bahamas (1560-1563); Great Britain (4365d, 4366d, 4394, 4401, 4403); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1732); Great Britain (Alderney) (760, 762, 764a); Great Britain (Jersey) (2569, 2633); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2269, 2269a, 2269b, 2269c); Grenada (4447, 4449, 4451)

Fish & Fishing: Marine Life

Great Britain (4418, 4420); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1732); Great Britain (Jersey) (2569, 2608, 2608a, 2611, 2614a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2264, 2264a, 2266, 2266a, 2267, 2267a, 2267b, 2268, 2268a, 2269b, 2269c); Grenada Grenadines (3080-3081)

Fish & Fishing: Shells

Bahamas (1560-1563); Great Britain (Jersey) (2569); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2265, 2265a, 2268b, 2269c); Grenada Grenadines (3080-3081); Tuvalu (1573-1574)

Reptiles & Amphibians

Antigua (3665-3666); Argentina (2984); Gambia (3977-3978); Great Britain (4376, 4411, 4412); Great Britain (Jersey) (2588)

Fire Fighting

Great Britain (Jersey) (2579, 2583a)

Flags

Antigua (3662); Bahamas (1560-1563, 1566, 1568); Bolivia (1464A); Chile (1696, 1697b); Colombia (1620-1621, 1623, 1625, 1627); Gambia (3974, 3975-3976, 3983-3984, 3985); Great Britain (4365a, 4365c, 4366a, 4366c, 4383a, 4384); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1695-1699, 1730); Great Britain (Alderney) (755, 756); Great Britain (Jersey) (2595, 2615, 2617); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2258, 2259, 2261, 2270); Grenada (4444-4445, 4456); Grenada Grenadines (3082-3083); Italy (3927, 3928, 3937); Marshall Islands (1387b, 1387e, 1389-1390, 1391a, 1391b, 1392c, 1395-1396, 1400); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (681); Tuvalu (1567f, 1569d, 1570, 1575-1576, 1583, 1585)

Flora

Germany (3358); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1700); Italy (3932)

Flowers

Antigua (3660); Argentina (2984-2985); Bahamas (1562, 1568); Bolivia (1362A); Colombia (1623j, 1625c); Gambia (3975e, 3983d); Great Britain (4365d, 4366d, 4420); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1699, 1700, 1721, 1736, 1736a, 1737, 1737a); Great Britain (Alderney) (760, 764a); Great Britain (Jersey) (2570, 2588, 2595, 2598, 2599, 2605, 2608a, 2614, 2614a); Grenada (4446, 4448, 4450, 4461b, 4461c, 4461d); Italy (3933, 3936); Marshall Islands (1398, 1399b, 1400c, 1400d); New Zealand (3083)

Flowers: Roses

Cayman Islands (1265); Colombia (1625b); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1699)

Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops

Argentina (2984a, 2985c); Bahamas (1562); Bolivia (1544E); Great Britain (4391, 4416); Great Britain (Jersey) (2569, 2571, 2609, 2611, 2614, 2614a); Italy (3937); Slovenia (1551, 1557)

Gems, Minerals & Jewelry

Bolivia (1508A)

Heraldry & Coats of Arms

Andorra (French) (869-870); Bahamas (1560-1563, 1564); Colombia (1620-1621, 1623, 1625, 1627)

Holograms & 3-D

Colombia (1622); Liechtenstein (1885)

Judaica

Gambia (3983-3984); Germany (3359); Marshall Islands (1399e)

Maps & Globes

Colombia (1620-1621, 1623, 1625, 1627); Gambia (3974); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1716, 1717, 1718, 1720, 1721); Great Britain (Alderney) (752, 757, 758); Great Britain (Jersey) (2585, 2588a); Italy (3932); Marshall Islands (1399)

Masks

Colombia (1625j); Italy (3915, 3916, 3917, 3919a); Slovenia (1541)

Military

Antigua (3667c); Bahamas (1564, 1566, 1568); Colombia (1621g, 1621i, 1621j); Gambia (3970e, 3975b, 3976, 3979-3980); Great Britain (4365a, 4366a, 4369-4370, 4376c, 4375b, 4376); Great Britain (Jersey) (2595, 2597, 2615, 2616); Grenada (4444d, 4457-4458); Italy (3924, 3928, 3930); Marshall Islands (1394, 1396, 1400a); New Zealand (3083); Slovenia (1544); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (681, 683); Tuvalu (1567f, 1569a, 1569b, 1575a, 1575d)

Motor Vehicles

Great Britain (4365c, 4366c, 4391); Great Britain (Jersey) (2578, 2583a)

Automobiles

Antigua (3667c, 3668); Gambia (3970b, 3974b); Great Britain (Jersey) (2576, 2582, 2583a, 2619-2627, 2626a); Grenada Grenadines (3083)

Nobel Prize

Colombia (1621a, 1627d); Gambia (3974); Marshall Islands (1399); United Nations (Geneva) (741)

Performing Arts

Dance

Bolivia (1610A); Colombia (1625a); Croatia (1323); Great Britain (4392, 4420)

Music

Bahamas (1562); Great Britain (4385, 4412); Italy (3917, 3919, 3919a, 3934)

Music: Rock Stars

Germany (3360)

Music: Rock Stars: Elvis

Antigua (3667-3668); Gambia (3970-3971); Marshall Islands (1393-1394); Tuvalu (1567-1568)

Movies, Television & Stars

Canada (3401, 3401a); Germany (B1210-B1212); Great Britain (4367-4376); Great Britain (Jersey) (2598); Italy (3912, 3913, 3934)

Theater

Italy (3913)

Entertainers

Colombia (1625e)

Philately

New Zealand (3039b, 3068b, 3071a, 3082b); Slovenia (1550)

Prepared Foods and Culinary Arts

Great Britain (4391, 4416, 4419); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1704, 1730, 1731); Great Britain (Jersey) (2572, 2573, 2574, 2609, 2611, 2614, 2614a); Italy (3922, 3936, 3937); Slovenia (1551)

Printing

Italy (3920)

Railroads

Chile (1697a); Colombia (1624); Great Britain (4365b, 4365d, 4366b, 4366d); Great Britain (Alderney) (752); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2271); Italy (3920); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (681)

Religion

Andorra (French) (869-870, 871); Bahamas (1565, 1568); Bosnia & Herzegovina (866); Colombia (1624, 1625d, 1625f, 1626b); Gambia (3983); Germany (3365); Great Britain (4362, 4365a, 4366a); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1706-1708); Great Britain (Jersey) (2606, 2608a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2272, 2273); Italy (3926a); Marshall Islands (1399d); New Zealand (3083); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (685); United Nations (1324, 1325d, 1325e, 1325f, 1325j, 1325k, 1325l); United Nations (Geneva) (738, 739d, 739e, 739f, 739j, 739k, 739l); United Nations (Vienna) (715, 716d, 716e, 716f, 716j, 716k, 716l)

Christmas

Colombia (1622); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1704, 1705)

Popes

Gambia (3974i); Grenada (4452, 4455a, 4456a); Tuvalu (1583-1584)

Science & Technology

Germany (3362); Great Britain (Jersey) (2608, 2608a); Slovenia (1549); United Nations (Geneva) (741)

Archaeology

Colombia (1626a); Great Britain (Jersey) (2606, 2608a); United Nations (1325b, 1325c, 1325h, 1325i); United Nations (Geneva) (737, 739b, 739c, 739h, 739i); United Nations (Vienna) (714, 716b, 716c, 716h, 716i)

Astronomy

Andorra (French) (871)

Computers & Mathematics

Italy (3920)

Earth Science & Earth Features

Andorra (French) (868); Argentina (2880B, 2889D); Bolivia (1362A, 1400A, 1627A, 1629A, 1630A); Bosnia & Herzegovina (869); Chile (1696, 1697b); Colombia (1627b, 1627c); Great Britain (4403); Great Britain (Alderney) (755); New Zealand (3084-3089, 3088a, 3089a, 3089b); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (686b, 687b)

Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls

Bosnia & Herzegovina (861); Great Britain (4356); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2274)

Medicine

Argentina (2986, 2988); Bosnia & Herzegovina (862); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1702); Great Britain (Jersey) (2578, 2583, 2583a); Liechtenstein (1885); United Nations (1326); United Nations (Geneva) (740); United Nations (Vienna) (717)

Scouting

Bolivia (1322A)

Service Organizations (Intl.)

Chile (1697); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1700-1705)

Ships & Watercraft

Antigua (3660); Bahamas (1560-1563); Bolivia (1463A, 1464A); Chile (1697a); Colombia (1620-1621, 1623, 1625, 1627); Great Britain (4365c, 4366c, 4387, 4412); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1723); Great Britain (Alderney) (753, 755); Great Britain (Jersey) (2577, 2581, 2583a, 2597, 2633); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2258-2263); Italy (3928); Marshall Islands (1391-1392); New Zealand (3039b, 3068b, 3071a, 3082b)

Space

Great Britain (Guernsey) (1718, 1719a); Marshall Islands (1387-1388); Tuvalu (1569-1570)

Sports

Great Britain (4359, 4365c, 4366c, 4390); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1722-1729); Great Britain (Jersey) (2619-2627, 2626a); Grenada (4444b); Italy (3911); Tuvalu (1571-1572)

Basketball

Great Britain (Guernsey) (1726); Slovenia (1540)

Golf

Great Britain (Guernsey) (1723)

Olympics

Slovenia (1540)

Soccer

Great Britain (Guernsey) (1722); Italy (3929)

Stamps On Stamps

Great Britain (4403, 4407, 4412d); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1734-1737, 1734a-1737a)

Telecommunications

Chile (1696); Slovenia (1553)

Textiles

Armenia (1359); Great Britain (Jersey) (2613, 2614a, 2628-2634)

Native Costumes

Bolivia (1610A); Colombia (1620-1621, 1623); Croatia (1323); Great Britain (Alderney) (754); Great Britain (Jersey) (2629, 2631, 2632); Italy (3916, 3917, 3919, 3919a)

Toys & Games

Great Britain (4377-4384, 4379a, 4379b, 4419); Great Britain (Jersey) (2609-2614, 2614a)

United Nations

Andorra (French) (872); United Nations (1323-1325); United Nations (Geneva) (737-739); United Nations (Vienna) (714-716)

Wine

Great Britain (Jersey) (2611, 2614a)

Women

Antigua (3662); Argentina (2986); Bahamas (1561, 1564, 1567, 1568); Bolivia (1610A); Cayman Islands (1261-1265); Colombia (1623g, 1625, 1627d); Gambia (3974b, 3975a, 3975c, 3985); Germany (3359); Great Britain (4361, 4362, 4365-4366, 4373, 4376g, 4385-4392, 4405, 4412, 4419c, 4420); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1695-1699, 1722, 1727, 1730, 1731, 1733, 1736, 1736a, 1737, 1737a); Great Britain (Alderney) (755); Great Britain (Jersey) (2570, 2571, 2572, 2575, 2595-2600, 2603, 2605, 2608a, 2617, 2629, 2632); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (2263); Grenada (4444a, 4444c, 4452-4455, 4455a, 4456); Italy (3911, 3914, 3916, 3917, 3919a, 3921, 3937); Marshall Islands (1389, 1395c, 1396, 1399f, 1400); New Zealand (3080, 3082a, 3082b, 3083); Slovenia (1542, 1552); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (683, 684, 685); Tuvalu (1575c, 1578, 1583d, 1584, 1585); United Nations (Geneva) (741)

Writers & Literature

Great Britain (4404-4412, 4413-4420); Great Britain (Alderney) (752-758); Great Britain (Jersey) (2580, 2583a, 2586-2594, 2601, 2603, 2607, 2608a); Italy (3930)

Journalism

Italy (3920)

Addendum

Unaccompanied minors, such as Bahamas (611d), will only appear in By Topic listings that differ from those of the original stamps.