POSTAL UPDATES
insights
By Topic - December 2010
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the December 27 Linn's Stamp News Special Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.
Antarctic & Arctic
Dominican Republic (1482)
Architecture
Angola (1343-1346); Australia (3349-3350, 3350a, 3351, 3351a, 3355, 3355a, 3356, 3360, 3360a, 3360b); Austria (2275, 2279); Azerbaijan (924b, 926, 930, 931-933);Bangladesh (766, 767, 770); Belarus (735-736, 736a, 748); Belgium (2450, 2458-2460, 2461d, 2461e); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (235a, 235f); Brazil (3072, 3090d, 3090e, 3090f, 3097, 3100); Brunei (608-611, 614-615, 618, 619-621, 624); Cook Islands (1323, 1324, 1325, 1327); Cyprus (1138b, 1138e); Dominican Republic (1485);Germany (2592-2593); Hungary (4173-4174); Israel (1818, 1819); Korea (South)(2330-2331, 2334d, 2337); Korea (North) (4890, 4900b, 4916, 4925, 4932); Laos (1766, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1776, 1777a, 1788-1789, 1789a, 1791, 1792, 1792a); Latvia (762, 765); Liberia (2640b, 2642a, 2643, 2644c, 2645d, 2651); Macao (1311, 1312, 1313-1314, 1315-1316, 1318); Mayotte (264); Netherlands (1350-1352, 1352a, 1355a, 1355d, 1355e, 1368b, 1368j, 1373a, 1373b); Poland (3981, 3984); St. Lucia (1266)
Bridges
Brazil (3113); Korea (North) (4916a); Laos (1777, 1777a); Liberia (2645b);Netherlands (1351, 1352a, 1355d); Poland (3982); Tristan da Cunha (905)
Castles
Belarus (746)
Lighthouses
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (236); Korea (North) (4884-4885, 4884e, 4884f, 4884g, 4884h, 4885e, 4885f, 4885g. 4885h, 4907a, 4907d); Netherlands (1357)
Windmills
Korea (North) (4916b); Netherlands (1355a, 1368d)
Art
Argentina (2583); Liberia (2645f); Netherlands (1352a)
Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips
Korea (North) (4929)
Paintings
Andorra (French) (677); Brazil (3090a); Cyprus (1138f); Korea (North) (4910, 4932-4933); Netherlands Antilles (1261-1264); Poland (3985); United States (4477)
Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media
Korea (South) (2194); Laos (1784-1786); Macao (1317-1318)
Sculpture & Statues
Australia (3349-3350, 3350a); Austria (2276); Azerbaijan (924a, 924b, 931b);Bangladesh (770); Belarus (748); Bolivia (1417-1418); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (235b, 235d, 235e, 235f); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (400-401); Cook Islands (1325); Cyprus (1138d); Israel (1822-1824); Korea (South) (2198); Korea (North) (4652, 4877, 4890, 4900a, 4908, 4909, 4916a); Laos (1790, 1792a); Liberia(2651-2652); Macao (1319-1320); Netherlands (1350-1352, 1352a); Poland (3984)
Aviation
Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters
Azerbaijan (924c); British Indian Ocean Territory (403, 404, 405); Brunei (619c, 619g, 620c, 620g); Korea (North) (4916, 4929b, 4935); Liberia (2645a); Tristan da Cunha (909)
Zeppelins, Airships & Balloons
Great Britain (2848); Korea (North) (4916)
Bicycles
Belgium (2451-2452, 2452a); Great Britain (2841, 2841a); Hungary (4170); Korea (North) (4922a); Laos (1743); Netherlands (1353f, 1355a, 1369, 1369a, 1371)
Black Americans
Liberia (2637, 2648-2650)
Children
Angola (1337, 1341, 1354-1358); Australia (3351, 3351a, 3352, 3352a, 3354, 3354a, 3355, 3355a, 3356, 3357, 3359, 3360, 3360a, 3360b); Brunei (616); Cook Islands(1323, 1324); Great Britain (2842, 2848); Israel (1822-1824); Korea (South) (2317c, 2336); Korea (North) (4887, 4916b, 4923, 4927, 4932e, 4933); Liberia (2653-2654);Macao (1307, 1313d); Nevis (1606-1607)
Coins & Currency
Bosnia & Herzegovina (388, 389d, 389e, 389f); Dominican Republic (1484); Macao(1313c, 1314)
Endangered Species
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (399); Dominican Republic (1483)
Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Belarus (737-740, 740a); Bermuda (1010-1013); Bhutan (1447, 1448-1449)
Europa
Bosnia & Herzegovina (668, 668c, 668d); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (387-389);Great Britain (2842, 2848a)
Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
Antigua (3108); Bosnia & Herzegovina (667); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (234);Korea (South) (2284, 2317); Laos (1761-1765); Liberia (2638, 2639); Netherlands Antilles (1257-1259)
Famous People
Korea (North) Kim Il Sung (4643, 4887), Kim Jong Il (4889, 4925-4928); Liberia Barack Obama (2637, 2648-2650), Abraham Lincoln (2651-2652); Nevis Nikita Khrushchev (1604b, 1604c), Richard M. Nixon (1605a, 1605d); Poland Lech Walesa (3988); Tristan da Cunha Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill (909)
Kennedy
Nevis (1604-1605)
Royalty
Bahrain (666-668); British Indian Ocean Territory (406); Brunei (612-613, 614a, 614b, 614e, 615, 621); Korea (South) (2317); Liberia (2653-2654); Malagasy Republic(1618); Netherlands (1366-1367, 1366a, 1367a); Tonga (1144-1146)
Fauna
Land Mammals
Angola (1354); Antigua (3108); Azerbaijan (931b, 933); Belarus (737-740, 740a, 745);Bermuda (1010-1013); Bhutan (1447, 1448-1449); Bolivia (1417); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (392-395); Brazil (3090, 3106, 3107, 3108, 3110, 3111);Dominican Republic (1483); Great Britain (2842-2848); Israel (1823); Korea (South)(2284); Korea (North) (4894, 4905, 4906a, 4907, 4916b, 4925, 4929); Laos (1762, 1765b); Liberia (2638c, 2638d, 2638g, 2638h, 2638i, 2638l, 2645f); Macao (1306a, 1310, 1312); Netherlands (1351, 1352a, 1353e, 1355a, 1355b, 1355e, 1368c); Niue (859)
Land Mammals: Bats
United States (4474b, UX616, UX616a)
Land Mammals: Cats
Antigua (3108c); Austria (2275); Azerbaijan (925b); Bahrain (667); Bangladesh (764, 769c); Belarus (747); Bhutan (1448-1449); Great Britain (2847); Korea (South)(2194, 2284, 2328); Korea (North) (4891-4893, 4892a, 4897, 4903-4906, 4906a, 4907, 4907d, 4910, 4929c); Liberia (2638k, 2639); Netherlands Antilles (1257-1259)
Land Mammals: Dogs
Angola (1357, 1358); Antigua (3108k); Israel (1822); Liberia (2638g, 2640-2641)
Land Mammals: Elephants
Bangladesh (767a); Korea (North) (4907); Laos (1788-1789, 1789a)
Land Mammals: Horses
Andorra (French) (676); Antigua (3108g); Azerbaijan (924a); Belarus (730); Bosnia & Herzegovina (669); Cyprus (1138b); Korea (South) (2284, 2317); Korea (North)(4922a); Liberia (2638b); Macao (1306d); Poland (3985); Tristan da Cunha (903)
Sea Mammals
Korea (North) (4884c, 4884g, 4885a, 4885b, 4885e, 4885f, 4896, 4916b); Liberia(2646); Nevis (1613)
Sea Mammals: Whales
Canada (2405); Liberia (2646b, 2646c, 2647); Nevis (1608-1612)
Birds
Angola (1355, 1356, 1358); Antigua (3108b, 3108g, 3108j); Ascension (1004-1007);Australia (3352, 3352a, 3357, 3360a, 3360b); Belarus (741, 742, 743); Bosnia & Herzegovina (666); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (388, 389d, 389e, 389f); Brazil(3098); Cameroun (962); Cook Islands (1324); Israel (1823); Jordan (2015-2017);Korea (South) (2284); Korea (North) (4884a, 4884e, 4885d, 4885h, 4895, 4900g, 4903, 4906a, 4907, 4907d, 4908, 4909, 4916b, 4924, 4929, 4930); Liberia (2638f, 2640a, 2644-2645, 2648-2650); Macao (1309); Netherlands (1360, 1368i, 1372a, 1372c);Netherlands Antilles (1265); Nevis (1604); Norfolk Island (1013-1016); Tristan da Cunha (910-914)
Insects
Belarus (737-740, 740a); Great Britain (2848); Jordan (2005-2014); Korea (North)(4899, 4899e, 4907, 4907d, 4912, 4913, 4914, 4915a, 4923, 4930); Laos (1747-1750)
Insects: Butterflies & Moths
Azerbaijan (928-929); Belarus (744); Jordan (2006, 2010); Korea (South) (2338);Korea (North) (4899, 4899e, 4904, 4906a, 4907, 4915, 4915a, 4929a); Malawi (734);Netherlands Antilles (1260, 1264); Niue (856-858, 858a)
Fish & Fishing
Australia (3354, 3354a, 3359, 3360a, 3360b); Bermuda (1010-1013); British Indian Ocean Territory (406); Liberia (2645a); St. Lucia (1266)
Fish & Fishing: Marine Life
Korea (North) (4926)
Fish & Fishing: Shells
Brunei (619e, 620e); Cayman Islands (1058-1064, 1065-1066, 1065a, 1066a); Korea (North) (4884b, 4884d, 4884f, 4884h, 4885c, 4885g); Liberia (2642-2643); St. Lucia(1266)
Reptiles & Amphibians
Antigua (3108f); Korea (North) (4907, 4911, 4929); Liberia (2638a, 2645c);Netherlands (1355c)
Other Terrestrial Life
Germany (2595)
Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals
Korea (North) (4920, 4920d)
Fire Fighting
Latvia (762)
Flags
Australia (3351, 3351a, 3356, 3360a, 3360b); Austria (2277); Azerbaijan (924b, 926);Belarus (734, 748); Belgium (2449, 2450, 2458); Bosnia & Herzegovina (669); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (235a, 235f); Brazil (3072, 3090b, 3114); British Indian Ocean Territory (405); Brunei (619c, 619e, 619f, 620c, 620e, 620f, 621); Cameroun (961);Cook Islands (1324, 1325, 1326); Cyprus (1138h); Dominican Republic (1481);France (3884); Israel (1818); Korea (South) (2315b, 2315c, 2326b, 2329b, 2333a, 2333b, 2337); Korea (North) (4643a, 4643c, 4876, 4887, 4898, 4900, 4916, 4919, 4924, 4925-4928, 4935); Laos (1773, 1774a, 1789, 1789a); Latvia (761); Netherlands (1371, 1373); Nevis (1605); Poland (3985, 3988); Tristan da Cunha (903, 904, 910-914)
Flora
Bangladesh (766); Bosnia & Herzegovina (664, 665); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat)(2343); Korea (South) (2332); Laos (1795, 1798); Netherlands (1356, 1368e, 1372);United States (4478, 4479. 4480, 4481, 4481b, 4482, 4483, 4484, 4485, 4485b)
Flowers
Angola (1354-1358); Antigua (3108); Austria (2278); Bangladesh (765); Belarus(734); Belgium (2461); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (234, 235e, 235f); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (399); Cook Islands (1305-1322, 1325); Korea (South) (2284, 2315a, 2315c); Korea (North) (4899, 4899e, 4900a, 4904, 4906a, 4907, 4907d, 4916a, 4927, 4928, 4929, 4930, 4932-4933, 4935); Laos (1778-1779, 1779a, 1780-1783, 1783a, 1793, 1794, 1797); Liberia (2640b, 2640d, 2653-2654); Macao (1314, 1320);Netherlands (1352a, 1368f, 1368g); Netherlands Antilles (1246); Niue (859); Poland(3986)
Flowers: Orchids
Brunei (622-623); Cook Islands (1321, 1323, 1327); Korea (North) (4912-4915, 4915a)
Flowers: Roses
Netherlands Antilles (1246g, 1246i, 1246j)
Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops
Andorra (French) (677); Angola (1336-1338); Belgium (2461); Germany (2594);Israel (1818); Korea (North) (4900d, 4929d); Laos (1734-1737, 1756-1760, 1796);Malagasy Republic (1617); Netherlands (1373e, 1373f); Netherlands Antilles (1247-1256)
Gems, Minerals & Jewelry
Kyrgyzstan (364-367)
Heraldry & Coats of Arms
Angola (1342); Belarus (727, 746-747); Cameroun (962, 963); Dominican Republic(1481, 1484); Liberia (2642-2643); Vatican City (1445)
Holograms & 3-D
Korea (North) (4893)
Judaica
Hungary (4173-4174); Israel (1819, 1820); Liberia (2642-2643)
Maps & Globes
Argentina (2574, 2575, 2576, 2577); Austria (2275); Azerbaijan (925a, 930); Bahrain(666, 668); Bangladesh (769a, 769b); Belarus (727); Brazil (3090, 3096); Cameroun(959-960, 962, 963, 965); Cyprus (1138h); Dominican Republic (1481, 1482); France(3884); Hungary (4172); Korea (North) (4900f, 4900g, 4921, 4924); Kyrgyzstan (360, 362); Liberia (2644f); Malagasy Republic (1617); Netherlands (1352a, 1369, 1369a, 1370, 1370a)
Masks
Brazil (3100)
Military
Angola (1340); Australia (3349-3350, 3350a); Azerbaijan (924); Belarus (730);British Indian Ocean Territory (399-405); Brunei (619c, 620c); Cook Islands (1323-1327); Korea (South) (2338); Korea (North) (4652, 4900a, 4900e, 4901-4902, 4932-4933, 4934, 4935); Laos (1771-1774, 1774a); Poland (3985); Tristan da Cunha (902, 903, 904, 909)
Motor Vehicles
Australia (3353, 3353a, 3358, 3360a, 3360b); Belgium (2453, 2455, 2457); Cook Islands (1323, 1327); Korea (North) (4935); Latvia (762); Liberia (2653);Netherlands (1368a, 1368h)
Automobiles
Andorra (French) (676); Australia (3351, 3351a, 3352, 3352a, 3356, 3357, 3360a, 3360b); Brunei (614a, 614e, 615); Cook Islands (1324); Cyprus (1138b); Hungary(4172); Mayotte (264); Netherlands (1368f)
Motorcycles
Brazil (3101)
Mushrooms
Belarus (741-745); Korea (North) (4907, 4929); Netherlands (1372)
Nobel Prize
Liberia (2637, 2648-2650); Poland (3988); Tristan da Cunha (909)
Performing Arts
Dance
Macao (1309); Mayotte (265); St. Lucia (1266)
Music
Antigua (3108i); Brazil (2877C); Israel (1819, 1825); Korea (North) (4923, 4930, 4935); Liberia (2645c); Netherlands (1350, 1351, 1352a, B760a, B760d); Sri Lanka(1389A); United States (4477); Vatican City (1446-1448)
Movies, Television & Stars
Azerbaijan (927); Brazil (3099); Korea (North) (4929); Liberia (2645e); Netherlands(B760c)
Theater
Macao (1315a); Netherlands (1352, 1352a, B760a)
Personalized Stamps
Netherlands (1358)
Petroleum
Austria (2277); Brunei (619e, 620e, 625)
Philately
Bangladesh (770); Brazil (3098); Dominican Republic (1484); Great Britain(MH401b); Korea (South) (2315, 2315c); Korea (North) (4907, 4907d); Laos (1778-1779, 1779a); Nevis (1606)
Printing
Liberia (2645c)
Railroads
Austria (2275, 2279); Azerbaijan (924c); Bangladesh (767c); Belarus (735-736, 736a); Belgium (2454, 2456); Korea (North) (4643c, 4890, 4900e, 4926); Laos (1775-1777, 1777a)
Red Cross
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (RA26, RA26a)
Religion
Austria (2276); Azerbaijan (931d, 932b, 932d); Bangladesh (770); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (235, 235f); Brunei (614-615, 614e); Cook Islands (1325);Cyprus (1138c); Korea (South) (2198); Laos (1766, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1788-1789, 1789a, 1790-1792, 1792a); Macao (1306-1307, 1313a, 1315c, 1315d, 1317-1318, 1319-1320); Netherlands (1350-1352, 1352a); Poland (3983, 3984); Tristan da Cunha(902); Vatican City (1449-1451)
Christmas
Bolivia (1417-1418); Brazil (3105, 3106-3112); Niue (859); Norfolk Island (1013-1016); United States (4477-4485, 4481b, 4485b)
Popes
Angola (1342); Liberia (2642-2643); Poland (3981); Vatican City (1445, 1451)
Science & Technology
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (388, 389d, 389e, 389f); Brazil (3096, 3100); Korea (South) (2330); Korea (North) (4900); Liberia (2644b, 2645b, 2645d, 2645f);Netherlands (1353); Poland (3988); Tristan da Cunha (905)
Archaeology
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (233); Brazil (3090c)
Astronomy
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (388, 389d, 389e, 389f); Vatican City (1445)
Computers & Mathematics
Korea (North) (4900)
Earth Science & Earth Features
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (233); France (3823); Korea (South) (2334); Korea (North) (4643, 4936); Liberia (2645e)
Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls
Laos (1751-1755)
Medicine
Angola (1355); Bangladesh (765, 768); Brune (616-618); Germany (2595); Liberia(2644a, 2645c); Netherlands (1353c); Poland (3964)
Scouting
Cook Islands (1323, 1324); Liberia (2644-2645, 2653-2654); Nevis (1606-1607);Poland (3987)
Ships & Watercraft
Australia (3351, 3351a, 3354, 3354a, 3356, 3359, 3360a, 3360b); Belarus (728-729, 734a, 734d); Brazil (3090); Brunei (619e, 620e, 625a); Israel (1821); Korea (South)(2334a, 2334c); Korea (North) (4884a, 4884c, 4884e, 4884g, 4916a, 4925, 4935);Netherlands (1353, 1355a); Tristan da Cunha (904)
Space
Korea (North) (4900, 4916b, 4921-4922, 4923)
Sports
Argentina (2582); Austria (2280); Bangladesh (764); Hungary (4170, 4171, 4172);Israel (1821); Korea (North) (4917, 4917e, 4922a); Laos (1788-1789, 1789a); Latvia(765); Netherlands (1371); St. Lucia (1266)
Basketball
Korea (North) (4922a)
Olympics
Austria (2280); Belarus (731-733, 733a, 734); Great Britain (2840-2841, 2841a);Korea (South) (2327, 2333); Korea (North) (4898, 4919); Laos (1743-1746);Netherlands (B760b)
Soccer
Angola (1343-1346); Argentina (2574-2581); Azerbaijan (925); Bahrain (666-668);Bangladesh (769); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (390-391); Brazil (3103, 3114);Great Britain (2840, 2841a); Korea (North) (4921-4922, 4922a); Kyrgyzstan (360-363); Laos (1746); St. Lucia (1266)
Stamps On Stamps
Brazil (3072); British Indian Ocean Territory (406); Korea (South) (2315, 2315c)
Telecommunications
Brazil (3083); Liberia (2644e); Tristan da Cunha (906)
Textiles
Austria (2278); Bhutan (1446); Laos (1739-1742); Netherlands (1353i)
Native Costumes
Angola (1348-1350, 1351-1353); Bosnia & Herzegovina (667); Brazil (3100); Korea (South) (2284); Laos (1761-1765); Macao (1306-1307, 1308-1309); Netherlands(1373c, 1373d); Sri Lanka (1389A)
Toys & Games
Brazil (3091); Macao (1307)
United Nations
Brazil (3097); Korea (South) (2336); Macao (1315-1316)
Wine
Belgium (2461c); Netherlands (1353d)
Women
Angola (1337, 1351-1353, 1357, 1358); Australia (3351, 3351a, 3352, 3352a, 3353, 3353a, 3354, 3354a, 3356, 3357, 3358, 3359, 3360a, 3360b); Austria (2275b); Belarus(731, 733a, 734); Belgium (2451, 2452a); Bhutan (1446); Bosnia & Herzegovina(667); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (234); Brazil (3099); Brunei (616, 617, 619f, 619g, 620f, 620g, 624a, 624b, 625c); Cook Islands (1327); Cyprus (1138f); France(3884); Hungary (4171); Israel (1819); Korea (South) (2284, 2327a, 2333, 2336);Korea (North) (4643a, 4643c, 4887, 4898b, 4900a, 4900b, 4900c, 4902, 4917, 4917e, 4919b, 4922a, 4924, 4925a, 4925c, 4926, 4927, 4928, 4932-4933, 4934); Laos (1739, 1742a, 1744, 1761, 1764, 1765a, 1765d); Liberia (2644b, 2648-2650, 2653-2654);Macao (1306g, 1308-1309); Netherlands (1351, 1352a, 1355b, 1366-1367, 1366a, 1367a, 1373c, 1373d, B760b, B760c, B760f); Netherlands Antilles (1262, 1263); Nevis(1606-1607); Tristan da Cunha (907)
Writers & Literature
Argentina (2585); Bosnia & Herzegovina (668, 668c, 668d); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (236); Great Britain (2842-2848); Israel (1819); Netherlands (1354, B760e, B760f)
Journalism
Argentina (2573); Korea (North) (4918); Tristan da Cunha (908)
Addendum
Unaccompanied minors, such as Barbados (1078a, 1079a, 1082a, 1086a, 1087a, 1088a), will only appear in "By Topic" listings that differ from those of the original stamps.
Number changes: To stamps in November 2010 Scott Stamp Monthly, Brazil (3092 becomes 3089).
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