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By Topic - May 2011
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the May 23 Linn's Stamp News Special Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.
Antarctic & Arctic
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (425); Uruguay (2307)
Architecture
Aitutaki (555, 561, 561a); Germany (2617-2618); Micronesia (631A-631B, 860G, 860H); Namibia (1193); Nicaragua (C1160B-C1160C); Norfolk Island (1020, 1024, 1026); Norway (1638-1639, 1639a); Oman (507-508); Pakistan (1134); Palau (1005, 1009); Panama (C473); Paraguay (2871-2872); Philippines (3302, 3302e, 3303-3306, 3310, 3315, 3317-3318, 3323, 3324c, 3324d, 3325, 3329, 3334a, 3336, 3336e, 3340a, 3346, 3346e); Portugal (3209, 3213, 3214, 3215, 3217, 3220, 3237-3240, 3248-3250);Qatar (1033, 1041-1042, 1047, 1050, 1051); Romania (5141, 5141a, 5165, 5168, 5170, 5171, 5171a, 5204b, 5205-5206, 5206a); St. Helena (998h, 1009a, 1016); St. Pierre & Miquelon (918); Salvador (1698a, 1698b, 1698d, 1702b, 1704-1705); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (424); United States (4522); Uruguay (2307, 2311); Wallis & Futuna Islands (685b, 686)
Bridges
Andorra (French) (681); Philippines (3317a, 3318a); Portugal (3243, 3275); United States (4511)
Castles
Andorra (French) (681); Romania (5169, 5171a, 5205-5206, 5206a)
Lighthouses
Namibia (1190-1192); Portugal (3253a); Romania (5144, 5144a, 5157-5161); Uruguay(2311d)
Windmills
Netherlands (1375); Portugal (3211, 3275)
Art
Portugal (3235, 3240); Qatar (1041-1042)
Children's Art
Estonia (656); Pakistan (1135); Philippines (3333); Portugal (3266-3268, 3275);Romania (5207)
Paintings
Andorra (French) (680); Andorra (Spanish) (364); Estonia (654); Italy (3030);Micronesia (896-900); Palau (998b, 998e, 1014-1015, 1017-1020, 1023-1024);Philippines (3307-3312); Portugal (3248, 3251-3252); Portugal (Madeira) (287);Romania (5140, 5140a, 5162, 5218-5219); Uganda (1906c); United States (4504, 4512); Uruguay (2308); Wallis & Futuna Islands (689)
Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media
Norfolk Island (1022, 1024); Pakistan (1135); Philippines (3340c); Portugal (3236);Romania (5188-5189, 5217, 5217a); Salvador (1698a)
Nudes
Romania (5172)
Sculpture & Statues
Italy (3023); New Caledonia (1104); Panama (C473); Philippines (3341c); Portugal(3235b, 3235d, 3273-3274); Romania (5141a, 5165, 5172); St. Pierre & Miquelon(918a); Salvador (1698d); United States (4518, 4519b)
Aviation
Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters
Aitutaki (547, 561a); Panama (943); Romania (5163, 5163a, 5213); United States(C148); Uruguay (2312); Wallis & Futuna Islands (687)
Bicycles
Norway (1635); Philippines (3323); Portugal (3267); Qatar (1017e, 1019)
Children
Aitutaki (553, 561a); Burkina Faso (1293); Micronesia (894); Netherlands (B761);New Caledonia (1102); Nicaragua (1674A-1674D); Norfolk Island (1025); Palau (993, 1007-1008); Panama (C472); Paraguay (2874-2875); Philippines (3323, 3341c, 3346e); Portugal (3211, 3241, 3269); Romania (5166-5167, 5167a, 5167b, 5187); St. Helena (1010, 1011, 1012); St. Kitts (763-764); St. Pierre & Miquelon (918); Salvador(1699)
Coins & Currency
Estonia (657); Romania (5203-5204, 5203a, 5204a, 5204b)
Endangered Species
Romania (5183-5186, 5186a)
Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Aitutaki (543-546); Cook Islands (1351-1354); Palau (992, 992e); Samoa (1126)
Europa
Portugal (3210-3211); Portugal (Azores) (528-529); Portugal (Madeira) (290-291);Romania (5166-5167, 5167a, 5167b)
Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
France (3923, 3923a); Papua New Guinea (1521-1527); Philippines (3342-3343, 3343a); Portugal (3259)
Famous People
Micronesia Abraham Lincoln (903); Palau Abraham Lincoln (1005); Panama Jimmy Carter (942); United States George Washington (4504, 4512)
Kennedy
Palau (993)
Royalty
Aitutaki (563, 564, 565, 566, 568); Andorra (French) (681); Cook Islands (1344-1350, 1349a, 1356, 1357, 1358, 1359, 1361); Micronesia (895a); Oman (510, 512); Palau(1012b, 1016a); Portugal (3265); Romania (5164, 5164a); St. Helena (998, 1006); St. Kitts (767a)
Royalty: Princess Diana
Micronesia (894); Palau (1010); St. Kitts (776-777); Uganda (1905)
Fauna
Land Mammals
Aitutaki (543-546); Andorra (French) (680, 682); Cook Islands (1351-1354);Micronesia (900); Netherlands (1378e, 1378f, 1378k); New Caledonia (1104); Norway(1636-1637); Palau (992, 992e, 1018); Papua New Guinea (1524, 1527); Philippines(3312d, 3333b, 3342-3343, 3343); Portugal (3194, 3196, 3210-3211, 3234, 3240, 3246, 3276); Qatar (1018, 1019); Romania (5166, 5167a, 5167b); St. Kitts (763a, 765-766);Salvador (1700c); Samoa (1126); Uganda (1907); Uruguay (2308, 2309b)
Land Mammals: Cats
Burkina Faso (1293); Namibia (1188); Pakistan (1134); Papua New Guinea (1522, 1527); Portugal (3221-3222); Romania (5164a, 5167a, 5167b, 5200, 5206a); St. Helena (1006); St. Kitts (771b)
Land Mammals: Dogs
Papua New Guinea (1526, 1527); Philippines (3326-3327); Portugal (3211, 3240); St. Pierre & Miquelon (918d)
Land Mammals: Horses
Aitutaki (563, 564a, 565b, 568); Andorra (French) (681); Cook Islands (1357b);Netherlands (1378c, 1378k); Nigeria (814); Palau (1012b, 1014b); Papua New Guinea(1523, 1527); Portugal (3206, 3240, 3251-3252, 3273-3274); Portugal (Azores)(529a); Romania (5178-5182); St. Helena (998); St. Kitts (767); Uganda (1907b);United States (4523); Uruguay (2309b)
Sea Mammals
New Caledonia (1105); Philippines (3300)
Birds
Burkina Faso (1293); Cook Islands (1349a, 1351-1354); Namibia (1189); New Caledonia (1105); Nigeria (814); Palau (993d, 1009); Panama (C472); Papua New Guinea (1527b); Paraguay (2885); Philippines (3307, 3312a, 3312b, 3333b, 3341b, 3346a, 3346b, 3346e); Portugal (3195, 3196, 3240, 3254, 3276); Qatar (1053-1059);Romania (5164a, 5165, 5184, 5186, 5186a, 5190, 5203, 5203a, 5204b); St. Kitts (763b, 764a, 764d, 765f); Salvador (1697b, 1700c, 1701a, 1702a); Samoa (1126); Uganda(1907a); United States (UX621, UY49); Uruguay (2307)
Insects
New Caledonia (1105); Philippines (3263-3264); Romania (5145-5148, 5145a-5148a)
Insects: Butterflies & Moths
Malawi (736A); Namibia (1194-1197); New Caledonia (1105); Salvador (1697a, 1697c, 1697d, 1698c)
Fish & Fishing
Aitutaki (543-546, 553, 561a); Cook Islands (1349a); New Caledonia (1103, 1104, 1105, 1106); Palau (979-991, 992, 992e); Philippines (3266, 3267, 3279, 3280, 3282, 3283, 3284, 3285, 3286, 3288, 3295, 3296, 3309); Portugal (3192, 3193, 3211, 3275);Romania (5185, 5186a); St. Kitts (752-757); Wallis & Futuna Islands (688)
Fish & Fishing: Marine Life
Italy (3023); New Caledonia (1103, 1106); Palau (994); Philippines (3265, 3268, 3269, 3270, 3271, 3274, 3275, 3278, 3281, 3287, 3289, 3290, 3291, 3292, 3293, 3298, 3299, 3301); Portugal (Azores) (530-535)
Fish & Fishing: Shells
New Caledonia (1106); Norfolk Island (1026); Philippines (3273, 3276, 3294, 3297);Portugal (Azores) (530)
Reptiles & Amphibians
France (3923, 3923a); New Caledonia (1105); Palau (999-1003); Papua New Guinea(1515-1520, 1525, 1527); Philippines (3277); Romania (5183, 5186a)
Other Terrestrial Life
Romania (5153-5156)
Flags
Namibia (1188); Nigeria (813); Pakistan (1134a); Palau (996, 1005, 1016); Panama(943, C472); Philippines (3315b); Portugal (3235d, 3247, 3248-3250, 3252, 3260, 3261, 3263, 3272); Romania (5164, 5172); St. Helena (998, 1012, 1018, 1019); St. Kitts(770b, 771b); St. Pierre & Miquelon (918); Salvador (1704-1705, 1706b); Uganda(1906, 1907a); United States (4519, 4519b, 4523); Uruguay (2309)
Flora
Algeria (1516-1519); New Caledonia (1104, 1105); Paraguay (2871-2872);Philippines (3313-3314, 3333a); Salvador (1704a)
Flowers
Aitutaki (564a); Canada (2440-2444, 2444a); Cook Islands (1349a, 1350, 1356, 1357a, 1358b, 1361); Germany (2420B, 2420Bc); Micronesia (894); Netherlands (1378c, 1378d, 1378e, 1378h, 1378i, 1378k); New Caledonia (1105); Palau (995); Paraguay(2874-2875); Philippines (3333b, 3340c); Portugal (3195, 3196, 3235c, 3236b, 3266, 3281); Portugal (Madeira) (284-289, 291); Romania (5145a-5148a, 5167a, 5167b, 5189, 5191-5196); St. Helena (1014-1017, 1021); St. Kitts (772); Salvador (1697c, 1697d, 1700b, 1700c, 1700d, 1702b); Uganda (1905b, 1905d); United States (4505-4509, 4513-4517, 4521)
Flowers: Orchids
Belize (1222-1225); St. Helena (1014); Salvador (1697a, 1698c)
Flowers: Roses
Paraguay (2886)
Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops
Algeria (1517); Philippines (3302, 3302e, 3323, 3334); Portugal (Madeira) (291);Romania (5167a, 5167b, 5217, 5217a); United States (4498, 4505, 4509, 4515, 4516)
Gems, Minerals & Jewelry
Aitutaki (564j, 565); Cook Islands (1357j, 1358); Oman (507); Portugal (3197-3200);Romania (5173-5177)
Heraldry & Coats of Arms
Andorra (French) (680); Cook Islands (1349a); Micronesia (631B); Nigeria (814);Romania (5144a, 5168, 5169, 5170, 5171, 5171a); Salvador (1704-1705, 1706a);Uruguay (2309b); Wallis & Futuna Islands (686)
Holograms & 3-D
Netherlands (1375)
Judaica
Portugal (3237-3240); Romania (5142, 5142a)
Maps & Globes
Estonia (657); Micronesia (895); Namibia (1188, 1198); New Caledonia (1103, 1105);Nigeria (815-818); Norfolk Island (1017-1019); Oman (503, 507-508); Palau (993d, 998, 1016); Panama (C473); Philippines (3328, 3331-3332, 3331c); Portugal (3253);Qatar (1052); Romania (5163, 5163a, 5168-5172, 5171a, 5186a, 5206a); St. Helena(1007-1009, 1009a); Uruguay (2307, 2310b)
Masks
Micronesia (860C); Romania (5142, 5142a)
Military
Aitutaki (564a, 564f, 566); Cook Islands (1356, 1357a, 1358b, 1359, 1361); Micronesia(903d); Norfolk Island (1023, 1024); Oman (510); Palau (998b, 1012); Panama (942);Philippines (3316); Portugal (3251-3252, 3262, 3264); Romania (5170, 5171a); St. Helena (998, 1016); St. Kitts (767b); United States (4522-4523)
Motor Vehicles
Palau (1007); Paraguay (2872); Philippines (3323, 3334d, 3335, 3336, 3336e);Portugal (3184, 3267)
Automobiles
New Caledonia (1101); Philippines (3317d, 3318d); Portugal (3241); Romania(5141a); St. Helena (1009a); St. Kitts (773)
Motorcycles
New Caledonia (1102); Philippines (3336, 3336h)
Mushrooms
St. Kitts (758-762)
Nobel Prize
Palau (1011, 1012-1013); Panama (942); St. Kitts (767-768)
Performing Arts
Dance
Philippines (3323, 3337b)
Music
Estonia (658-662); Philippines (3323, 3337a); Portugal (3211, 3236a); Romania(5188); St. Helena (998); St. Pierre & Miquelon (918); United States (4497-4501, 4503); Uruguay (2309a)
Music: Rock Stars
Portugal (3241-3247)
Music: Rock Stars: Elvis
Palau (1006); St. Kitts (772-775)
Movies, Television & Stars
Philippines (3338, 3338e); St. Kitts (772-775)
Theater
Portugal (3223-3228); Romania (5142, 5142a)
Entertainers
Portugal (3254-3258)
Personalized Stamps
Netherlands (1374, 1377); Qatar (1017)
Petroleum
Nigeria (819-820); Qatar (1052, 1061)
Philately
France (3923. 3923a); Micronesia (895); Norfolk Island (978b); Pakistan (1135);Palau (1016); Philippines (3323, 3337-3338, 3338e); Portugal (3235, 3250, 3260-3265); Romania (5190); St. Helena (1006); St. Kitts (762)
Railroads
Philippines (3317-3318); Portugal (3185, 3186, 3188, 3189, 3190, 3215, 3216, 3217, 3218, 3219, 3220); Romania (5165, 5205-5206, 5206a)
Red Cross
Palau (1012-1013); St. Kitts (767-768)
Religion
Andorra (French) (680); Namibia (1193); Norfolk Island (1020); Palau (1011, 1014a, 1015, 1023-1024); Panama (C473); Paraguay (2871); Philippines (3303-3306, 3311, 3312c, 3323, 3324-3325, 3341, 3346, 3346e); Portugal (3197-3200, 3224, 3265, 3278, 3279); Qatar (1033, 1062); Romania (5162, 5164a, 5168, 5171a, 5190, 5205, 5206a);St. Pierre & Miquelon (918); Salvador (1698b, 1701-1703, 1704b, 1705); Wallis & Futuna Islands (686)
Christmas
Andorra (French) (682); Andorra (Spanish) (364); Belize (1222-1225); Estonia (655-656); Micronesia (896-900); Netherlands (1378, 1378k); New Caledonia (1106);Palau (994-997, 1017-1020); Philippines (3340); Poland (3996-3997); Romania (5140, 5140a, 5218-5219); St. Helena (1014-1017); Salvador (1700); Uruguay (2308)
Popes
Micronesia (901, 902); Palau (1004, 1025); Portugal (3212-3213); Uganda (1906)
Science & Technology
Oman (506); Palau (998); Paraguay (2885); Philippines (3334b); Portugal (Madeira)(289); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (422-425); Wallis & Futuna Islands(685)
Astronomy
Palau (993)
Computers & Mathematics
Netherlands (B761)
Earth Science & Earth Features
Aitutaki (547-561, 561a); Germany (2604A, 2604Ab); Micronesia (860F); Philippines(3328); Romania (5197-5199, 5198a, 5201-5202); St. Helena (1015); Salvador (1697);Uganda (1907); United States (C148)
Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls
St. Helena (1017); Salvador (1698c)
Medicine
Netherlands (1376); Nicaragua (1674A, 1674C, 1674D); Norfolk Island (1024);Philippines (3321-3323); St. Kitts (768)
Scouting
Palau (1007-1008); Panama (C472); St. Helena (1010-1013); St. Kitts (763-764);Uganda (1907)
Service Organizations (Intl.)
Burkina Faso (1293)
Ships & Watercraft
Aitutaki (550, 561a); Micronesia (860D, 860E); Oman (507); Palau (998a, 998d, 1013);Panama (942); Philippines (3311, 3331-3332, 3331c); Portugal (3187, 3191, 3207, 3224, 3243, 3247, 3250, 3253, 3271); Romania (5143, 5144a); St. Helena (1018-1021);St. Kitts (763d, 767c, 768); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (425); Uganda(1907c); United States (4522); Uruguay (2311); Wallis & Futuna Islands (686, 688)
Space
Palau (993)
Sports
Aitutaki (563, 564a, 565b, 568); Cook Islands (1357b); Germany (B1049, B1050);Micronesia (631A); Norfolk Island (1017-1019); Norway (1635, 1638-1639, 1639a);Qatar (1017, 1018-1022)
Basketball
Philippines (3344b); St. Kitts (763c)
Olympics
Romania (5149-5152, 5200)
Soccer
Aitutaki (566); Germany (B1047, B1048); Namibia (1188); Palau (1021-1022);Paraguay (2883-2884); Portugal (3221-3222); Qatar (1018, 1020); St. Helena (1007-1009, 1009a); St. Kitts (769-771); Uruguay (2310)
Stamps On Stamps
Micronesia (895); Palau (1016); St. Helena (1006); Uruguay (2312)
Textiles
Paraguay (2871-2872)
Native Costumes
Portugal (3269-3270); Salvador (1698d)
Toys & Games
Netherlands (1378c, 1378k); Norfolk Island (1023, 1025); St. Kitts (763a); Salvador(1699)
United Nations
New Caledonia (1103); Nicaragua (C1160B-C1160C); Portugal (3269-3270); Romania(5163, 5163a, 5207); Samoa (1122-1125)
Wine
Italy (3038); Romania (5216, 5217a)
Women
Aitutaki (553, 561a, 562, 564, 565, 566, 567); Burkina Faso (1293); Cook Islands(1344, 1345, 1346, 1347, 1348, 1349a, 1350, 1355, 1357, 1358, 1359, 1360); Germany(B1047, B1048, B1049); Micronesia (894, 895a, 903b); Netherlands (1375, 1376); New Caledonia (1102); Nicaragua (1674A-1674D); Nigeria (815-818); Norfolk Island(1017, 1021, 1025); Norway (1635); Pakistan (1135); Palau (1007-1008, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1016a); Philippines (3307, 3309, 3312b, 3312c, 3318, 3319, 3323, 3333, 3337b, 3339, 3346d, 3346e); Portugal (3211, 3223, 3225, 3226, 3227, 3228, 3235, 3248-3250, 3258, 3260, 3263, 3269-3270, 3277, 3278, 3279, 3281); Portugal (Azores) (528-529);Portugal (Madeira) (290-291); Qatar (1021); Romania (5172, 5205, 5206a); St. Helena (1013, 1021); St. Kitts (768, 773, 776-777); St. Pierre & Miquelon (918);Salvador (1698d); Uganda (1905, 1906a); United States (4498, 4499, 4501, 4503);Wallis & Futuna Islands (688)
Writers & Literature
Palau (998e, 998f, 1012d); Philippines (3337c, 3337d); Portugal (3206, 3207, 3208, 3210-3211); Portugal (Azores) (528-529); Romania (5166-5167, 5167a, 5167b); St. Kitts (767d)
Journalism
Paraguay (2880); Qatar (1047)
Addendum
Unaccompanied minors, such as Portugal (3087a, 3088a, 3089a), will only appear in "By Topic" listings that differ from those of the original stamps.
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