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By Topic – February 2024

Feb 5, 2024, 8 AM
An Austrian 250c KTM R100 Motorcycle stamp issued Feb. 15, 2023, is in the Motor Vehicles: Motorcycles categories in the February By Topic Listing.

The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the February 2024 Scott Stamp Monthly fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.

Architecture

Aitutaki (747s, 747b, 747f); Albania (3070, 3071c, 3071d, 3071e, 3071f, 3071h, 3072, 3076, 3076a); Algeria (1867, 1878); Australia (5682a, 5695b); Austria (2978, 2979, 2980, 3001, 3016, 3029, 3032, 3049, 3053, 3059, 3064, 3067, 3068, 3072, 3075, 3077, 3079, 3088, 3090, B413); Azerbaijan (1282, 1283); Bosnia & Herzegovina (863, 876); Brazil (3497, 3498-3499); China (Taiwan) (4706-4707, 4708-4711, 4712b); China (People’s Republic) (4855, 4856, 4865-4866, 4871, 4875, 4878a, 4879b, 4880-4885, 4886-4889, 4891, 4892, 4894, 4895d, 4896, 4899, 4900, 4921, 4923-4926, 4927-4929, 4928a, 4952); Cook Islands (1739, 1741, 1754); Egypt (2300, 2301, 2305-2306, 2310b); Italy (3946, 3949, 3953, 3955); Macedonia (957, 958); Ukraine (1346, 1354, 1356, 1358)

Bridges

Brazil (3501); China (Taiwan) (4708); China (People’s Republic) (4858-4859, 4873, 4878a, 4881, 4882, 4884, 4885, 4886, 4889); Ukraine (1355, 1358c)

Castles

Austria (3000, 3016, 3050); Azerbaijan (1284)

Lighthouses

Brazil (3504)

Windmills

Austria (2979); Bosnia & Herzegovina (863)

Art

Austria (3036, 3037, 3059); Italy (3943); Macedonia (962, 964)

Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips

China (People’s Republic) (4910)

Children’s Art

Ukraine (1355)

Paintings

Austria (3041); Azerbaijan (1382); China (People’s Republic) (4880-4885); Italy (3956, 3960); Ukraine (B15)

Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media

Albania (3074); Austria (3035, 3093); China (People’s Republic) (4913); Egypt (2310d)

Sculpture & Statues

Albania (3069b, 3075-3076, 3076a); Austria (3078, 3088, 3091); Azerbaijan (1289); China (Taiwan) (4707, 4712e); China (People’s Republic) (4954); Cook Islands (1739, 1741); Egypt (2306, 2308, 2310); Italy (3947, 3954)

Aviation

Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters

China (People’s Republic) (4895b, 4910b); Egypt (2308a, 2308d); Ukraine (1358b)

Bicycles

Andorra (French) (876); Azerbaijan (1314); Cook Islands (1747d)

Black Americans

Austria (3077)

Children

Austria (3087, B413); Brazil (3496, 3500); China (Taiwan) (4717, 4718); China (People’s Republic) (4887, 4895, 4927-4928, 4928a, 4930, 4931a); Macedonia (962, 964); Ukraine (1346, 1355, 1358c, B15)

Coins & Currency

Brazil (3503)

Endangered Species

Bolivia (1557A, 1558A, 1559A, 1560A); China (People’s Republic) (4857)

Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Cook Islands (1736)

Europa

Austria (3063); Azerbaijan (1282-1284, 1384-1385); Italy (3942)

Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology

Aitutaki (745); Austria (3070, 3085, 3087); China (Taiwan) (4713-4715); China (People’s Republic) (4850-4851, 4942-4943, 4948-4949, 4948a, 4949a, 4949b, 4949c); Cook Islands (1738)

Famous People

Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev (1380-1381, 1387); Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser (2302), Anwar Sadat (2308b)

Royalty

Aitutaki (746, 750); Austria (3093); Cook Islands (1739, 1741, 1748); Egypt (2305); St. Helena (1207, 1208, 1209, 1210)

Fauna

Land Mammals

Australia (5695, 5695b, 5700, 5700a); Austria (2960, 3053, 3056, 3069-3070, 3084, 3084a, 3089); Belarus (1309a); Bolivia (1557A); Brazil (3500a, 3501); China (People’s Republic) (4857d, 4857e, 4910a, 4910c, 4910e, 4937, 4938, 4939, 4940, 4942, 4948-4949, 4948a, 4949a, 4949b, 4949c); Cook Islands (1736); Egypt (2310e); Ukraine (1356)

Land Mammals: Bats

Bolivia (1558A)

Land Mammals: Cats

Aitutaki (745); Austria (2959, 3070); Bulgaria (5069); China (People’s Republic) (4850, 4861-4862, 4861a, 4862a, 4862b, 4862c, 4910, 4911-4916, 4939); Cook Islands (1738)

Land Mammals: Dogs

Brazil (3496)

Land Mammals: Elephants

China (People’s Republic) (4910c)

Land Mammals: Horses

Albania (3075-3076, 3076a); Australia (5668b, 5682a); Austria (3035); Azerbaijan (1282-1284); China (Taiwan) (4712a); China (People’s Republic) (4857); Egypt (2303a)

Sea Mammals

China (People’s Republic) (4857g); Cook Islands (1750c)

Sea Mammals: Whales

Austria (3070); Cook Islands (1746a, 1750a)

Birds

Aitutaki (749, 752-758, 756e, 756f); Albania (3076); Austria (3029, 3079); Azerbaijan (1384a, 1385a); Belarus (1303a, 1309a); Bolivia (1560A); Brazil (3501, 3503b, 3504d, 3504e, 3504g); China (People’s Republic) (4857, 4871, 4891, 4906, 4910b, 4922, 4928a, 4929, 4933-4936, 4941); Cook Islands (1736, 1740, 1746d, 1752, 1755-1759, 1759e-1759h, 1760-1766, 1764e, 1764f); Egypt (2302, 2311); St. Helena (1201-1205); Ukraine (1356)

Insects

Austria (3055); Brazil (3501); China (People’s Republic) (4854, 4910d); Cook Islands (1734)

Insects: Butterflies & Moths

Austria (3054, 3089); China (People’s Republic) (4941)

Fish & Fishing

Austria (3075); Brazil (3503c); China (People’s Republic) (4856); Cook Islands (1743d, 1744d, 1746c, 1750, 1751, 1768); Greenland (909A); Macedonia (945)

Fish & Fishing: Marine Life

China (People’s Republic) (4857h); Cook Islands (1743d, 1750b, 1768)

Fish & Fishing: Shells

Aitutaki (751); Austria (3053); Brazil (3501); China (People’s Republic) (4857); Cook Islands (1750c, 1767, 1768a)

Reptiles & Amphibians

Bolivia (1559A); Brazil (3501); China (People’s Republic) (4857f, 4857h, 4941); Cook Islands (1744c, 1750d)

Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals

Bolivia (1504A, 1505A)

Fire Fighting

Albania (3071i)

Flags

Aitutaki (746c, 750c); Albania (3075-3076, 3076a); Austria (3017-3028, 3017a-3028a, 3079, 3082-3084, 3083a, 3084a); Azerbaijan (1299, 1314, 1387g, 1387h); Belarus (1266); Bolivia (1581A); Bosnia & Herzegovina (863); Brazil (3501); Bulgaria (5067); China (Taiwan) (4711); China (People’s Republic) (4879, 4883, 4895a, 4927-4929, 4928a, 4946, 4947a); Egypt (2309); Italy (3941, 3955); Macedonia (957, 960, 963); Ukraine (1354)

Flora

Austria (3034); Azerbaijan (1332, 1382a, 1382f); China (People’s Republic) (4895e, 4906); Cook Islands (1749); Egypt (2311)

Flowers

Aitutaki (745, 746, 750); Andorra (French) (874); Australia (5692, 5693, 5695, 5695b, 5697, 5697a, 5698, 5699a, 5700, 5700a, 5702, 5702a, 5703a); Austria (3046, 3055); Azerbaijan (1332, 1382d, 1382e); Brazil (3501, 3502); Cayman Islands (1269, 1271); China (Taiwan) (4712h); China (People’s Republic) (4868, 4870a, 4871, 4879b, 4895a, 4922, 4929, 4933, 4935); Cook Islands (1735, 1737, 1739, 1741, 1753, 1755, 1756, 1759a, 1759b, 1759e, 1759f); Italy (3946); St. Helena (1201-1205)

Flowers: Roses

Austria (3018, 3018a, 3093); Brazil (3498)

Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops

Andorra (French) (875); Belarus (1266-1267); Bolivia (1541A, 1542A); Cayman Islands (1269); China (Taiwan) (4712c, 4712f, 4712j); China (People’s Republic) (4892, 4920, 4922, 4927, 4928a, 4934, 4936); Italy (3938, 3957); Macedonia (960); Ukraine (1354)

Gems, Minerals & Jewelry

Austria (3027, 3027a, 3028, 3028a); Bolivia (1509A, 1511A); St. Helena (1206-1210)

Heraldry & Coats of Arms

Austria (3052b, 3053); Belarus (1309); Brazil (3503i); Egypt (2302)

Holograms & 3-D

China (People’s Republic) (4863-4864, 4864a)

Judaica

Macedonia (960)

Maps & Globes

Algeria (1867, 1872); Austria (3047); Azerbaijan (1282, 1283, 1299); Bolivia (1651); Brazil (3496, 3500b, 3503a); Bulgaria (5068); China (Taiwan) (4706, 4712); Macedonia (958)

Masks

China (People’s Republic) (4907)

Military

Albania (3071c); Azerbaijan (1299); Bolivia (1581A); Bosnia & Herzegovina (876); Brazil (3497); Bulgaria (5069); China (People’s Republic) (4928, 4928a, 4954); Egypt (2302, 2308); Italy (3954); Ukraine (1346, 1354, 1355, 1358, B14)

Motor Vehicles

Aitutaki (759a); Albania (3071c, 3071f, 3071g, 3071h, 3071i); Australia (5682a); Austria (3081, B413); China (People’s Republic) (4910e); Egypt (2308a, 2308b); Ukraine (1357b, 1357c, 1358a, B14)

Automobiles

Albania (3071b, 3071d, 3071e); Austria (3042, 3043); Belarus (1303a); Brazil (3501); Macedonia (957)

Motorcycles

Albania (3071a); Austria (3044); Cook Islands (1743b); Italy (3950)

Mushrooms

Austria (3080)

Nobel Prize

Austria (3077); Macedonia (968)

Performing Arts

Dance

Bolivia (1571A); Brazil (3501); Cook Islands (1743c); Egypt (2303b, 2303c)

Music

Austria (3040, 3048, 3077); Azerbaijan (1302); Brazil (3501); China (People’s Republic) (4907-4909, 4929); Egypt (2307); Italy (3953, 3958-3959); Ukraine (1356)

Movies, Television & Stars

Austria (3041); Azerbaijan (1280); China (People’s Republic) (4910); Macedonia (959)

Theater

China (People’s Republic) (4907-4909); Italy (3953)

Philately

Aitutaki (749); Australia (5668b, 5682a); Cook Islands (1740)

Prepared Foods and Culinary Arts

Algeria (1876-1877); Australia (5693, 5698, 5699a, 5702, 5702a); Austria (3002, 3038, 3071); China (Taiwan) (4712d); Italy (3938, 3939, 3946, 3951)

Railroads

Austria (3067a, 3076, 3087, 3092); China (Taiwan) (4707, 4712b)

Religion

Aitutaki (746d, 747b, 750d); Albania (3070, 3072d); Algeria (1878); Austria (3065, 3068, 3072, 3093, B413); Belarus (1309); Brazil (3501); China (Taiwan) (4707, 4712e); China (People’s Republic) (4866, 4891); Cook Islands (1743a, 1754); Egypt (2300, 2310e, 2310f); Italy (3948, 3949, 3955, 3956, 3960); Ukraine (1346)

Christmas

Australia (5692-5703, 5695b, 5697a, 5699a, 5700a, 5701a, 5702a, 5703a); Austria (3036-3039, 3085); Brazil (3496); Cayman Islands (1269-1272); St. Helena (1201-1205); Ukraine (1355, 1356)

Popes

Austria (3053); Italy (3944)

Science & Technology

Austria (3030, 3055); Azerbaijan (1387); China (People’s Republic) (4852-4856, 4897-4898, 4918, 4920)

Archaeology

Albania (3074); Austria (3067c); China (People’s Republic) (4911-4916); Egypt (2305-2306, 2310g)

Astronomy

China (People’s Republic) (4865)

Computers & Mathematics

Austria (3030); China (People’s Republic) (4919)

Earth Science & Earth Features

Aitutaki (747-748, 759); Austria (3003, 3033, 3034, 3074, 3086); Belarus (1303a); Bolivia (1364A, 1365A); Brazil (3497); China (Taiwan) (4712g, 4712i); China (People’s Republic) (4872-4878, 4878a, 4890, 4893, 4917, 4937-4941); Cook Islands (1749)

Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls

Austria (3051); China (People’s Republic) (4877, 4878a); Cook Islands (1746b, 1749b)

Medicine

Brazil (3500); China (People’s Republic) (4927, 4928a, 4930-4932, 4931a); Macedonia (945)

Ships & Watercraft

Aitutaki (747a, 747b, 747d, 747f); Austria (3033, 3076); Brazil (3501, 3504a, 3504b, 3504h); Cayman Islands (1271); China (People’s Republic) (4853, 4856, 4869, 4870a, 4875, 4878a, 4880-4885, 4886, 4888, 4889, 4893, 4894); Cook Islands (1744a, 1745, 1746c); Italy (3955)

Space

China (People’s Republic) (4852, 4879b, 4895c, 4928, 4928a, 4944-4947, 4947a)

Sports

Andorra (French) (874); Austria (3060-3062); Bosnia & Herzegovina (872); Brazil (3497); China (People’s Republic) (4895d); Cook Islands (1747a, 1747b); Italy (3949, 3950, 3955); Macedonia (957); Ukraine (B15)

Golf

Cook Islands (1747c);

Olympics

Azerbaijan (1314); Belarus (1266-1267); China (People’s Republic) (4863-4864, 4864a)

Soccer

Algeria (1867); Azerbaijan (1315); Brazil (3500f)

Stamps On Stamps

Austria (3052, B413)

Telecommunications

Bolivia (1651)

Textiles

Austria (2977, 3017, 3017a, 3031)

Native Costumes

Algeria (1878); Austria (2977, 3020, 3020a, 3021, 3021a, 3022, 3022a, 3023, 3023a, 3024, 3024a, 3025, 3025a, 3026, 3026a, 3082, 3083, 3083a); Azerbaijan (1282-1284); Bolivia (1571A); Brazil (3503c); China (Taiwan) (4712d); China (People’s Republic) (4867-4871, 4870a, 4880-4885, 4907-4909, 4929, 4930-4932, 4931a); Cook Islands (1742c); Egypt (2301, 2303); Ukraine (1356)

Toys & Games

Ukraine (1346)

United Nations

Azerbaijan (1289); China (Taiwan) (4716-4719); China (People’s Republic) (4872-4878, 4878a); Macedonia (958)

Universal Postal Union

Bosnia & Herzegovina (863)

Women

Aitutaki (746, 750); Albania (3075-3076, 3076a); Algeria (1872); Austria (3041, 3066, 3079, 3087, 3093, B413); Azerbaijan (1280); Belarus (1266b, 1266c, 1267c); Bolivia (1571A); Brazil (3496, 3500, 3501, 3503d, 3503g); China (Taiwan) (4712d, 4717); China (People’s Republic) (4856, 4867, 4868, 4869, 4870a, 4871, 4879a, 4907-4909, 4927-4929, 4928a, 4930, 4931a, 4945, 4947a); Cook Islands (1739, 1741, 1742b, 1742c, 1742d, 1743a, 1743d, 1744a, 1744b, 1745a, 1745d, 1746c, 1747b, 1747d, 1748); Egypt (2303b); Italy (3938, 3953, 3957); Macedonia (962, 964); St. Helena (1208); Ukraine (1346, 1354, 1356, 1358c)

Writers & Literature

Albania (3072); Austria (3089); Azerbaijan (1285); China (People’s Republic) (4867-4870, 4870a); Egypt (2312); Italy (3945); Macedonia (965, 968)

Journalism

Austria (3077); Azerbaijan (1281); Macedonia (966)

Addendum

Unaccompanied minors, such as Belarus (1286b), will only appear in By Topic listings that differ from those of the original stamps.