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By Topic - January 2011
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the January 17 Linn's Stamp News Special Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.
Antarctic & Arctic
Australian Antarctic Territory (L150-L153, L153b); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (421)
Architecture
Algeria (1506-1508); Australia (3272a); Australian Antarctic Territory (L149b);Austria (2283); Colombia (1335i, 1336, 1337, 1340); Cuba (5148, 5149, 5150, 5152-5154); Czech Republic (3458); Denmark (1503); Djibouti (832, 839-843, 850);Dominica (2749b); Estonia (648); French Polynesia (1031); Germany (2598);Liechtenstein (1495-1497); Luxembourg (B470, B471, B473); Malaysia (1286, 1288, 1289, 1306, 1306a, 1319, 1320); Mexico (2669, 2679, 2692, 2693, 2694); New Zealand(2308, 2309b, 2331); Norway (1607, 1608a, 1626-1627, 1632); San Marino (1819-1820, 1822, 1827); Sri Lanka (1593, 1601); Uruguay (2286, 2288-2289, 2302); Vatican City(1454, 1455-1457); Viet Nam (3387)
Bridges
Czech Republic (3451); France (3799); Mexico (2681); New Zealand (2304d, 2320, 2331i, 2331j, 2331o, 2331t); Norway (1611, 1612a)
Castles
Czech Republic (3446, 3451)
Lighthouses
China (Taiwan) (3949-3952); Colombia (1334); Croatia (781-783); Cuba (5155-5158, 5158a); New Zealand (2331y)
Windmills
New Zealand (1787a)
Art
Denmark (1504); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (408, 411)
Paintings
Bolivia (1434); China (Taiwan) (3953, 3954); Colombia (1336c); Costa Rica (636a);Denmark (1506); Iceland (1214-1217); Italy (3014); Liechtenstein (1501-1503);Mexico (2684, 2685, 2686, 2687, 2688, 2690, 2691, 2692, 2693, 2694); Micronesia(891); New Zealand (2332, 2337, 2339, 2339a); San Marino (1826, 1827, 1828, 1829);South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (409, 410); Vatican City (1452, 1458-1461, 1460a, 1461a)
Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media
Bolivia (1425); Colombia (1335); Denmark (1507); Italy (3015); Liechtenstein(1498); New Zealand (2333)
Nudes
Denmark (1504)
Sculpture & Statues
Canada (2412, 2412a); Colombia (1335b, 1336, 1337); Costa Rica (636b); Czech Republic (3458); Djibouti (832, 842); Dominica (2749); Germany (B1040-B1041);Italy (3013); Liechtenstein (1499, 1500); Malaysia (1326); Mexico (2503D); New Zealand (2331g, 2331l); Papua New Guinea (1502); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (409); United States (4486, 4488, 4490); Vatican City (1453)
Aviation
Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters
Bolivia (1421); Cook Islands (1343); Cuba (5115-5121); Mexico (2668); Netherlands Antilles (1267g); New Zealand (2331)
Zeppelins, Airships & Balloons
Austria (2284); New Zealand (2331i)
Bicycles
Denmark (1501); Gibraltar (1251); New Zealand (2331h)
Children
Colombia (1335k, 1337); Czech Republic (3444); Denmark (1505); Djibouti (837);Dominica (2743E, 2748c); Faroe Islands (547); Germany (2598); Gibraltar (1247-1250); Luxembourg (B470); Malaysia (1289, 1291, 1297, 1324); Maldive Islands(3003-3004); Mexico (2669, 2676, 2680, 2682); Micronesia (872-873); Norway (1631-1632); San Marino (1827, 1830)
Coins & Currency
Malaysia (1279-1282)
Endangered Species
Costa Rica (635)
Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Christmas Island (487-488, 488c); Estonia (653)
Europa
Czech Republic (3452); Norway (1631-1632)
Explorers
Netherlands Antilles (1268a); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (410)
Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
Bolivia (1425-1426); Colombia (1335b, 12338); Djibouti (757); Dominica (2726A);Italy (3015); Maldive Islands (2995); Mexico (2671); Micronesia (861, 862, 891b);New Zealand (2306, 2307, 2309b, 2312-2315, 2315a); San Marino (1826); Uruguay(2299)
Famous People
Cuba Fidel Castro, Kim Il Sung (5147); Dominica Abraham Lincoln (2748-2749); Maldive Islands Lyndon B. Johnson (3002a)
Kennedy
Maldive Islands (3001-3002)
Royalty
Austria (2282); Czech Republic (3457); Great Britain (E1-E2); Luxembourg (1124-1125); Malaysia (1282); Mauritius (1080); Micronesia (890); Netherlands Antilles(1267, 1268b); New Zealand (2304d); Sri Lanka (1591-1592, 1592c)
Fauna
Land Mammals
Australia (3361, 3362, 3363, 3366, 3366a, 3367, 3368, 3369, 3371a, 3371b); Australian Antarctic Territory (L151, L153b); Bangladesh (771l, 771t); Cape Verde (926); China (Taiwan) (3945, 3946, 3948); Christmas Island (487-488, 488c); Colombia (1335, 1336g, 1340a); Cuba (5167); Djibouti (836); Dominica (2726Ab, 2726Ae, 2726Af, 2726Ag, 2726Ai, 2726Am); Estonia (652, 653); Liechtenstein (1502); Malaysia (1315, 1317); Micronesia (861a, 861b, 861d, 861h, 861i, 861l, 863c, 863d); New Zealand(2331i, 2331l, 2331n, 2331q, 2331x); Norway (1633, 1634a); Zambia (1110)
Land Mammals: Bats
Australia (3364, 3366a, 3370, 3371b)
Land Mammals: Cats
Cape Verde (935, 937); Czech Republic (3457); Denmark (1482a, 1508); Dominica(2726Ah); Luxembourg (1305); Malawi (743); Maldive Islands (2995); Mexico (2671);Micronesia (861c, 862a, 890); San Marino (1819-1820); Sri Lanka (1592a, 1592c, 1593-1594)
Land Mammals: Dogs
Cuba (5119); Czech Republic (3422a, 3452); Denmark (1509, 1513); Dominica(2726Ad); Great Britain (2849-2856, 2850a, 2851a, 2855b); Luxembourg (B470);Micronesia (861k); Norway (1632)
Land Mammals: Elephants
Sri Lanka (1592, 1592a)
Land Mammals: Horses
Bolivia (1434); British Indian Ocean Territory (407, 408, 409, 410, 412, 413); Cuba(5170, 5172); Dominica (2726Al); Luxembourg (B471); Mexico (2692, 2694);Micronesia (861g, 892-893); New Zealand (2331k, 2331l); San Marino (1824);Uruguay (2296); Vatican City (1454)
Sea Mammals
Cuba (5168)
Sea Mammals: Whales
Cook Islands (1342); New Zealand (2319, 2331y); New Zealand (Ross Dependency)(L114-L118, L118a)
Birds
Australia (3365, 3366a, 3371, 3371a, 3371b, 3373-3377, 3377a); Australian Antarctic Territory (L149b, L153b); Cape Verde (926, 927b, 927c, 931, 932, 933, 934); Chile(1550); China (Taiwan) (3953a); Christmas Island (487-488, 488c); Colombia (1334, 1335-1336, 1337, 1340a); Cook Islands (1342); Costa Rica (635, 636b); Cuba (5122, 5123, 5124. 5125, 5126, 5127, 5128, 5129, 5130, 5131, 5132, 5134-5141, 5169);Denmark (1509a, 1510, 1514, 1514a); Dominica (2726Ac); Falkland Islands (C8-C14);French Southern & Antarctic Territories (421, 433); Germany (2596, 2597a);Gibraltar (1244-1246); Great Britain (2849b, 2849e, 2851, 2851a, 2854, 2855b);Iceland (1218-1219, 1218a); Italy (3008); Liechtenstein (1501); Maldive Islands(3001, 3007-3008); Micronesia (855-860, 861j, 863f); New Zealand (2318, 2331i);Papua New Guinea (1480-1485, 1491); San Marino (1828); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (C1-C4, C4a); Viet Nam (3382-3385)
Insects
Canada (2406-2410, 2410a); Malaysia (1293-1297)
Insects: Butterflies & Moths
Bolivia (1431b); Cuba (5166); Malawi (733, 734, 735, 738, 739); New Zealand (B197-B200)
Fish & Fishing
Colombia (1334); Cook Islands (1339, 1340); Cuba (5142-5145); Iceland (1217);Malaysia (1317); New Zealand (2331a); Norway (1605)
Fish & Fishing: Marine Life
Colombia (1334)
Fish & Fishing: Shells
Maldive Islands (2996-3000); San Marino (1826)
Reptiles & Amphibians
Cape Verde (920, 922, 925, 926); Dominica (2726Ak); Estonia (653); Fiji (1237-1240);Malaysia (1316); Maldive Islands (3005-3006); Micronesia (849-854, 861f)
Other Terrestrial Life
Malaysia (1274-1278); Viet Nam (3384)
Flags
Austria (2285); Bolivia (1419-1420, 1433-1434); British Indian Ocean Territory (407, 408, 409, 412); Cape Verde (927a, 927c); Chile (1549-1550); Colombia (1336a, 1336e, 1337); Cuba (5123, 5124, 5125, 5126, 5129, 5130, 5131, 5132, 5158, 5158a, 5170, 5172); Denmark (1497, 1500a); Djibouti (837); Gibraltar (1246); Maldive Islands(3001d, 3002, 3009); Mauritius (1081); Mexico (2679, 2689); Micronesia (870-871);Netherlands Antilles (1266e); New Zealand (2331a, 2331c, 2331e, 2331m, 2341, 2345); San Marino (1821a, 1821c, 1822, 1824); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (408); Sri Lanka (1592a, 1592c, 1593-1594); United States (4487, 4489, 4491); Uruguay (2299); Viet Nam (3386)
Flora
Cape Verde (928); China (Taiwan) (3953a, 3954); Colombia (1336i); Cook Islands(1342); Djibouti (834); Malaysia (1282, 1284-1285); New Zealand (2326c, 2331a, 2334, 2338, 2340, 2340a); Norway (1634, 1634a)
Flowers
Australian Antarctic Territory (L150, L153b); Bangladesh (771e, 771f); Bolivia(1431); Cape Verde (921, 923, 924, 926, 929, 930); China (Taiwan) (3945, 3947);Cocos Islands (354-355); Colombia (1335g, 1340a); Cook Islands (1328-1337, 1338, O70-O84); Cuba (5166); Czech Republic (34531); Denmark (1500, 1500a, 1507, 1509, B95a); Germany (2600); Gibraltar (1244); Iceland (1215); Liechtenstein (1496);Malawi (739); Malaysia (1279a, 1280a, 1281a, 1288b, 1307-1314); Mexico (2675, 2680); Micronesia (874, 875, 876, 877, 890, 891); New Zealand (2305, 2309b, 2326d, 2327d, 2335); Papua New Guinea (1484a, 1484c); Sri Lanka (1592c, 1593-1594, 1601);Uruguay (2287); Vatican City (1453); Viet Nam (3388-3389)
Flowers: Orchids
Papua New Guinea (1492-1497)
Flowers: Roses
Bolivia (1432); Denmark (1506); New Zealand (2326f); Vatican City (1456)
Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops
Algeria (1509-1512); Bangladesh (771g); China (Taiwan) (3946, 3948, 3953b); Cook Islands (1341); Denmark (1482a); Faroe Islands (544-545); Luxembourg (B474);Malaysia (1286, 1287a, 1288, 1321-1323); Mexico (2503D); Micronesia (878, 879, 880, 881, 882, 883, 884, 885, 886, 887, 888, 889); New Zealand (2331m, 2331n, 2331w, 2331x); Papua New Guinea (1474-1479); San Marino (1828); Uruguay (2300);Vatican City (1453)
Gems, Minerals & Jewelry
Croatia (784); French Polynesia (1031-1033); Germany (2601); New Zealand (2309, 2309b, 2326e, 2327c, 2326g, 2327a)
Heraldry & Coats of Arms
Colombia (1335a, 1336a); Cuba (5171, 5173); Czech Republic (3457); Denmark(1508); Djibouti (838); Malawi (743); Micronesia (890); Papua New Guinea (1503);San Marino (1822); Uruguay (2296)
Maps & Globes
Algeria (1505); Australian Antarctic Territory (L153b); Austria (2283); Cape Verde(919, 927, 936, 938); Colombia (1339, 1340a); Congo Republic (1284); Cook Islands(1343); Cuba (5115-5121, 5155-5158, 5158a); Denmark (1501); Djibouti (837);Ecuador (1978); Ethiopia (1739-1741); French Southern & Antarctic Territories(421); Mauritius (1079, 1082); Mexico (2673, 2677); San Marino (1822); Sri Lanka(1593-1594)
Masks
Bolivia (1427-1430); Colombia (1336g); Italy (3015); Uruguay (2303)
Military
Austria (2285); Bolivia (1433-1434); British Indian Ocean Territory (407-418);Colombia (1336, 1339); Cuba (5170, 5172); Djibouti (832); Malaysia (1318, 1320);Mauritius (1081-1082); Mexico (2684, 2688, 2689, 2690, 2691, 2692, 2693, 2694);Micronesia (892-893); New Zealand (2331l); Vatican City(1453)
Motor Vehicles
Bolivia (1433); Chile (1549-1550); Dominica (2743E); Malaysia (1318); Maldive Islands (3003); New Zealand (2331); Norway (1610, 1610a, 1612, 1612a)
Automobiles
Cuba (5159-5165); Djibouti (850); New Zealand (2331); Papua New Guinea (1501)
Mushrooms
Micronesia (865-869)
Nobel Prize
Cape Verde (919); Cuba (5142-5145); Micronesia (892-893); Papua New Guinea(1498, 1499, 1500, 1501)
Performing Arts
Dance
Bangladesh (771d, 771h, 771p); China (Taiwan) (3954b); Colombia (1338); Uruguay(2298)
Music
Estonia (649); Faroe Islands (546-547); Great Britain (2849, 2850, 2850a, 2850b, 2852, 2855b); Malaysia (1324); Mexico (2504D); Norway (1617, 1628-1630); San Marino (1823, 1825, 1831); Uruguay (2298)
Music: Rock Stars
Norway (1613-1616)
Music: Rock Stars: Elvis
Maldive Islands (3009-3012)
Movies, Television & Stars
Great Britain (2849-2856, 2850a, 2851a, 2855b); Maldive Islands (3009-3012);Norway (1613-1616, 1619-1623); San Marino (1824)
Theater
Cuba (5148-5151); Italy (3016); Uruguay (2303)
Personalized Stamps
Norway (1606)
Petroleum
Algeria (1504-1505); Mexico (2683)
Philately
Australia (3272a); Australian Antarctic Territory (L149b); Cuba (5159-5165);Malaysia (1306a); New Zealand (1787a, 2304d); Viet Nam (3388-3389)
Printing
Maldive Islands (3001b)
Railroads
French Polynesia (1032); Germany (2598); Liechtenstein (1495); Malaysia (1298-1306, 1305b, 1306a); New Zealand (2331g)
Red Cross
Cape Verde (919); Mexico (2672); Micronesia (892-893)
Religion
Algeria (1506-1508); Australia (3372); Colombia (1336h, 1340e, 1340f); Czech Republic (3444); Germany (2597, 2597a); Italy (3014); Liechtenstein (1497); Mexico(2686, 2693); Micronesia (891); New Zealand (2331c, 2331j); Papua New Guinea(1498, 1499, 1500, 1501); San Marino (1828); Sri Lanka (1591-1592, 1592c); Uruguay(2296); Vatican City (1452, 1454, 1455-1457)
Christmas
Canada (2411-2415, 2412a, 2413a, 2414a, 2415a, 2415b); Faroe Islands (546-547);Germany (B1040-B1041); Great Britain (2849-2856, 2850a, 2851a, 2855b); Iceland(1218-1219, 1218a); Liechtenstein (1501-1503); Luxembourg (B470); New Zealand(2332-2340, 2339a, 2340a); Norway (1633-1634, 1634a); San Marino (1832-1834);Vatican City (1458-1461, 1460a, 1461a)
Popes
Italy (3013); Micronesia (864); Papua New Guinea (1502, 1503)
Science & Technology
Austria (2284); Ecuador (1978); Italy (3008); Micronesia (863); Norway (1626-1627)
Archaeology
Colombia (1335, 1336c); Italy (3016); Mexico (2673)
Astronomy
Chile (1549-1550); Czech Republic (3458); Italy (3012)
Computers & Mathematics
Djibouti (837)
Earth Science & Earth Features
Australian Antarctic Territory (L152, L153, L153b); Austria (2283); Bolivia (1422-1423); Cape Verde (926, 934); Chile (1549-1550); Colombia (1334, 1335d, 1335e, 1335h, 1335j, 1336f, 1340c, 1340d); Cook Islands (1343); Cuba (5166-5169, 5171, 5173); Liechtenstein (1495, 1497); Malta (1418-1421); New Zealand (2316, 2317, 2318, 2319, 2321, 2321a, 2322, 2322a, 2331h, 2331m, 2331n, 2331o, 2331p, 2331r, 2331s, 2331t, 2331u, 2331y); Norway (1608, 1608a, 1609, 1610, 1610a, 1611, 1612, 1612a); San Marino (1822c, 1822d); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (411)
Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls
Iceland (1214)
Medicine
Australia (3361, 3366a, 3367, 3371a, 3371b); Djibouti (835); Malaysia (1290-1292);Mexico (2669); New Zealand (2331k); Norway (1618)
Scouting
Dominica (2743E); Gibraltar (1247-1250); Maldive Islands (3003-3004); Mexico(2681); Micronesia (872-873)
Service Organizations (Intl.)
San Marino (1819-1820); Zambia (1107)
Ships & Watercraft
Algeria (1505); British Indian Ocean Territory (418); Cape Verde (927); Colombia(1335e); Cook Islands (1343); Cuba (5118, 5142, 5172); Iceland (1216); Luxembourg(1305); Maldive Islands (3009); Mauritius (1081); Micronesia (891); Netherlands Antilles (1266); New Zealand (2308, 2309b, 2317, 2320, 2322, 2322a, 2331a, 2331d, 2331e, 2331f, 2331h, 2331j ,2331n, 2331o, 2331r, 2331t, 2331v, 2331y, 2342, 2343, 2344); Norway (1625); San Marino (1830); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands(408); Uruguay (2296)
Sports
Czech Republic (3461); Denmark (1501); Germany (2599); Gibraltar (1251); New Zealand (2310-2311, 2311a, 2323-2325, 2328-2330, 2331d, 2331f, 2331i, 2331k, 2331m, 2331q, 2331s, 2331u); Papua New Guinea (1486-1491); San Marino (1829); Sri Lanka(1593-1594)
Baseball
Mexico (2674)
Golf
New Zealand (2331b, 2331s)
Soccer
Cape Verde (935-938); Italy (3007); Mali (1107); Mexico (2677); San Marino (1821)
Stamps On Stamps
Bolivia (1421); Dominica (2726A); Mauritius (1080); Netherlands Antilles (1267-1268); New Zealand (2304d, 2332-2340, 2339a, 2340a)
Textiles
Bangladesh (771c); Czech Republic (3448-3449); Estonia (650); Liechtenstein(1498); Malaysia (1287b, 1289a); Norway (1633-1634, 1634a)
Native Costumes
Bangladesh (771); Bolivia (1419-1420, 1424); Colombia (1335k, 1336, 1338); Djibouti(757); Malaysia (1324, 1326); Uruguay (2300)
Toys & Games
China (Taiwan) (3947, 3954a); New Zealand (2326b, 2326h) Chess
New Zealand (2331c)
United Nations
Austria (2285); Djibouti (835); Malawi (743)
Wine
New Zealand (2326a, 2327b)
Women
Australia (3366a, 3372); Austria (2282, 2284); Bangladesh (771); Bolivia (1424);Cape Verde (919); Colombia (1335, 1338, 1341); Cuba (5116, 5117, 5118, 5121, 5151, 5165); Czech Republic (3422a, 3457); Denmark (1503, 1505, 1509-1515, 1514a, 1515a); Djibouti (757, 835, 837); Dominica (2743E); Estonia (651); Ethiopia (1743); France (3877-3882); Germany (2598); Malaysia (1286-1289, 1319, 1324); Maldive Islands (3003-3004, 3009); Mauritius (1080); Mexico (2669, 2672, 2676, 2680, 2682, 2693); Micronesia (872, 890a); Netherlands Antilles (1267b, 1267c, 1267d, 1267e, 1267f, 1267h, 1268b); New Zealand (2343, 2344, 2345); Norway (1613, 1614, 1619b, 1622, 1623, 1624, 1632); Papua New Guinea (1488, 1490, 1491, 1498, 1499, 1500, 1501); San Marino (1827); Sri Lanka (1591-1592, 1592c); Uruguay (2286, 2298);Vatican City (1453-1454)
Writers & Literature
China (Taiwan) (3945-3948); Cuba (5129, 5133, 5142-5145); Czech Republic (3446, 3447, 3452, 3453); Denmark (1502, 1502a, 1502b, 1503, 1505); Ethiopia (1742-1745);Faroe Islands (540-543); Germany (2600); Micronesia (863, 892-893); Norway (1631-1632); San Marino (1830); Uruguay (2303); Vatican City (1453-1454)
Journalism
Cuba (5122, 5123, 5124, 5126, 5132); Iceland (1213); Maldive Islands (3001b);Norway (1624)
Addendum
Unaccompanied minors, such as British Indian Ocean Territory (364a), will only appear in "By Topic" listings that differ from those of the original stamps.
Number changes: To stamps in 2011 Catalogue, Malawi (733 becomes 736), in Dec. 20, 2010 Linn's, Malawi (734 becomes 737).
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