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By Topic - November 2011
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the November 21 Linn's Stamp News Special Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.
Antarctic & Arctic
Korea (South) (2358)
Architecture
Algeria (1528); Andorra (French) (688); Colombia (1344, 1353, 1355); Ghana (2690, 2692); Guatemala (645, 649); Hong Kong (1457); Iceland (1234, 1235, 1236-1237, 1238, 1241, 1245); Indonesia (2253-2264, 2263a, 2269); Iran (3023); Iraq (1823-1827); Ireland (1931, 1931a, 1935b, 1935c); Israel (1862, 1863, 1863a, 1864, 1866a, 1867, 1867a, 1872-1875); Japan (3189G, 3189H, 3278-3279, 3282, 3284, 3285, 3299b, 3299c, 3301, 3302, 3315, 3322-3323, 3325); Korea (South) (2345); Korea (North)(4877A, 4877C, 4877D, 4942, 4943, 4945, 4955-4956, 4966, 4967, 4968, 4979c, 4983-4990, 4990a, 4994); Kosovo (165-167); Latvia (782); Liberia (2702-2703, 2710a, 2710b); Liechtenstein (1526); Lithuania (915, 921b, 926-927, 928, 937, 940, 941);Macao (1335, 1336-1339, 1340a, 1340c, 1341, 1342e, 1342f, 1343); Macedonia (517-521, 541, 546-552, 562-563); Malaysia (1343); Malta (1434-1437, 1438); Mauritius(1087, 1090, 1090a, 1094); Mexico (2708, 2719, 2727, 2735); Moldova (694-695, 698a, 699-704); Monaco (2608); Papua New Guinea (1560a); Tunisia (1508)
Bridges
Japan (3299c, 3301, 3331e); Lithuania (937); Macedonia (519, 552, 563); Malaysia(1341)
Castles
Japan (3290, 3301e, 3301f, 3301i, 3331b, 3331c); Liberia (2728b); Liechtenstein(1524); Lithuania (920); Luxembourg (1318); Montserrat (1263-1264, 1270-1271)
Lighthouses
Iceland (1228-1229); Korea (North) (4979); Latvia (769, 769a); Malta (1436)
Windmills
Iceland (1241); Ireland (1933, 1933a, 1935b, 1935c); Korea (North) (4979a)
Art
Colombia (1344); Lithuania (935); Papua New Guinea (1568-1573); United States(4566-4569)
Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips
French Polynesia (1053-1054); Israel (1845-1860); Japan (3300, 3318); Korea (South) (2353); Luxembourg (1318)
Children's Art
Maldive Islands (3016-3017)
Paintings
Andorra (French) (687); Japan (3315, 3324-3326); Korea (North) (4951a, 4977a, 4977d); Liechtenstein (1522); Macedonia (544); Mexico (2711, 2712, 2713, 2718, 2737); Moldova (708-711)
Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media
Japan (3278-3279, 3299a); Lithuania (942a); Moldova (696-698, 698a)
Sculpture & Statues
Andorra (French) (688); French Polynesia (1055-1057); Iceland (1236); Indonesia(2264, 2273); Iran (3024); Iraq (1823, 1824); Japan (3290, 3297, 3298, 3301c, 3302a);Korea (North) (4877B, 4877D, 4877E, 4877F, 4951c, 4956, 4994); Lebanon (677);Lithuania (921a); Macedonia (543, 561, 562); Malaysia (1352e, 1353e); Mauritius(1089, 1090a); Mexico (2720, 2727, 2735); Moldova (698a); United States (4559, 4560b, 4561, 4562b, 4563, 4564b)
Aviation
Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters
Iran (3024, 3026a); Korea (South) (2353); Korea (North) (4960, 4970, 4979)
Zeppelins, Airships & Balloons
Japan (3299d); Lithuania (915)
Black Americans
Maldive Islands (3013-3014); United States (4565, 4566-4569)
Children
Algeria (1527); Australia (3543, 3544, 3546, 3548, 3549, 3551, 3552b, 3553, 3556);Indonesia (2275); Iraq (1804-1808, 1819); Israel (1845-1860, 1871); Japan (3315, 3319b); Korea (North) (4943c, 4945c, 4946b, 4947, 4951d, 4979b); Lebanon (588);Liberia (2702); Lithuania (917-918); Macedonia (541); Malaysia (1332-1335, 1336, 1337, 1338); Maldive Islands (3016-3017); Mexico (2702, 2703b, 2733, 2737);Moldova (694)
Coins & Currency
Latvia (782); Macedonia (553); Malaysia (1352b, 1352d, 1353b, 1353d); Mexico (2715)
Endangered Species
Gibraltar (1284-1289, 1289a); Lithuania (925); United States (B4)
Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Israel (1876); Liechtenstein (1525)
Europa
Andorra (French) (686); Czech Republic (3499); Iceland (1230-1233, 1232a, 1233a);Lithuania (917-918, 938-939); Luxembourg (1312-1313); Macedonia (476, 564-566);Moldova (713-714)
Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
French Polynesia (1056); Iceland (1246); Indonesia (2265-2268, 2267a, 2272d, 2273);Kyrgyzstan (378); Latvia (775); Liberia (2696-2697, 2720-2723, 2728b); Lithuania(906, 921b); Macao (1342-1343); Macedonia (540); Moldova (698a); Mongolia (2704);United States (4567)
Famous People
Korea (North) Fidel Castro (4937), Kim Il Sung (4937, 4942-4948, 4977b, 4978b, 4981), Mao Zedong (4951a, 4977-4978), Kim Jong Il, Hu Jintao (4955), Kim Jong Il (4956);Liberia Mao Zedong (2693), Hu Jintao (2694, 2724, 2726)
Kennedy
Liberia (2708-2709)
Royalty
Ghana (2690-2693); Liberia (2698-2701, 2704-2707); Montserrat (1263-1264, 1270-1271)
Royalty: Princess Diana
Liberia (2702-2703)
Fauna
Land Mammals
Australia (3532-3541, 3537a, 3538a, 3547, 3552, 3552b, 3559, 3560b); Colombia(1354); Gibraltar (1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1289a); Indonesia (2263, 2263a, 2265-2268, 2267a, 2269b, 2269d, 2273, 2276b, 2276c); Iraq (1806); Israel (1876); Japan(3300, 3303a, 3303e, 3316-3317, 3322-3323); Korea (South) (2353, 2358a); Korea (North) (4959, 4959c, 4961-4964, 4964b, 4974, 4975a); Kyrgyzstan (378); Latvia(775); Liberia (2696-2697); Liechtenstein (1525); Lithuania (917, 941a, 941d);Macedonia (476); Malaysia (1336, 1339, 1340, 1352b); Mexico (2703c); Moldova (697, 698a, 713); Monaco (2609); Mongolia (2704); Montserrat (1254-1255); Tunisia (1520)
Land Mammals: Cats
Colombia (1354); Gibraltar (1285, 1289a); Indonesia (2267a); Israel (1876); Japan(3300b, 3300d, 3300g, 3300i); Liberia (2695, 2696c); Luxembourg (1318d); Malaysia(1337, 1345); Montserrat (1263-1264); United States (B4)
Land Mammals: Dogs
Australia (3533, 3539, 3543, 3548, 3552b); Indonesia (2267a); Japan (3315); Liberia(2696k); Malaysia (1338); Marshall Islands (1002e)
Land Mammals: Elephants
Gibraltar (1284, 1289a); Korea (North) (4960); Mexico (2703c)
Land Mammals: Horses
Iceland (1246a); Indonesia (2267a, 2269c, 2272h); Japan (3284, 3301c, 3319d, 3325);Korea (North) (4943c); Kyrgyzstan (380); Liberia (2696g, 2710-2714); Lithuania(921b, 946); Macedonia (567); Mexico (2703c, 2713, 2717)
Sea Mammals: Whales
Japan (3189I); Macedonia (538)
Birds
Australia (3559-3560, 3560b); Colombia (1350, 1354); Great Britain (2933);Guatemala (649); Hong Kong (1457); Iceland (1241, 1242); Indonesia (2267a, 2272-2273); Iran (3020, 3025, 3026b, 3028); Iraq (1804-1808); Japan (3281, 3283, 3294, 3295, 3296, 3299a, 3302b, 3302i, 3303b, 3303d, 3304c, 3316-3317); Korea (South)(2353, 2358b); Korea (North) (4951d, 4969, 4972-4975, 4975a, 4979); Kosovo (157-161); Liberia (2696j, 2710-2714, 2717-2719, 2724-2726, 2727b); Liechtenstein (1525);Lithuania (911, 913, 918, 925a, 941b); Macao (1342c); Macedonia (476); Marshall Islands (1001c); Mexico (2707, 2712, 2725); Moldova (695, 714); Mongolia (2705);Tunisia (1512, 1513)
Insects
Australia (3532, 3534, 3535, 3536, 3537, 3537a, 3538, 3538a, 3540, 3541); Colombia(1354); Indonesia (2272); Iraq (1804, 1808); Japan (3316-3317); Korea (North)(4982, 4982f); Lithuania (912, 925a); Malaysia (1355b)
Insects: Butterflies & Moths
Australia (3533, 3539); Canada (B17); Colombia (1354); Iraq (1808); Japan (3303c, 3316-3317); Korea (North) (4961, 4964b, 4975a, 4982, 4982f); Mexico (2721);Mongolia (2697-2702)
Fish & Fishing
Colombia (1354); French Polynesia (1053-1054); Iceland (1245); Indonesia (2253, 2263a, 2272h); Iran (2988, 2989, 3021c); Iraq (1804-1808, 1815, 1817, 1818); Japan(3299e, 3331d); Latvia (777); Lithuania (941c); Macao (1343); Maldive Islands(3015); Malta (1438); Marshall Islands (1002c); Morocco (1116)
Fish & Fishing: Marine Life
Indonesia (2272h); Iraq (1814, 1816); Ireland (1930, 1930a); Macao (1343);Macedonia (534, 535)
Fish & Fishing: Shells
Iraq (1816); Ireland (1930, 1930a); Macedonia (533); Montserrat (1256-1261)
Reptiles & Amphibians
Colombia (1354); Indonesia (2267a); Iraq (1807, 1808); Kyrgyzstan (374-377);Liberia (2696f); Macao (1342b, 1342d, 1343); Mexico (2707)
Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals
Korea (South) (2353); Moldova (689-693)
Flags
Australia (3544, 3549, 3552b); Ghana (2690, 2692, 2693); Indonesia (2263a, 2265-2268, 2267a, 2269, 2270-2271, 2272-2273, 2274, 2275, 2276, 2276c); Iran (3023, 3024, 3025); Japan (3302a, 3315j); Korea (North) (4877E, 4937, 4944, 4945, 4946, 4947, 4948, 4950-4951, 4956, 4957, 4967-4971, 4976, 4977, 4979); Kosovo (155); Lebanon(672); Liberia (2693-2694, 2695, 2710-2714, 2724-2726); Lithuania (906, 931); Macao(1336); Macedonia (541, 562-563); Malaysia (1355e); Malta (1437); Marshall Islands(1001); Mexico (2707, 2708, 2713); Micronesia (860L); Montserrat (1270-1271);Morocco (1115); Tunisia (1508, 1510); United States (4560, 4560b, 4562, 4562b, 4564, 4564b)
Flora
Andorra (French) (686); Czech Republic (3499); Iceland (1230-1233, 1232a, 1233a);Indonesia (2261, 2263a, 2276, 2276c); Iran (3022); Iraq (1804-1808, 1819-1820);Israel (1845-1860, 1870); Japan (3289); Korea (South) (2354); Lebanon (544C-544F, 544Fg, 672, 680); Liechtenstein (1524); Lithuania (914, 919, 925a, 929, 938-939);Luxembourg (1312-1313); Macedonia (532, 564-566); Mauritania (586A); Mexico(2721, 2729); Moldova (713-714)
Flowers
Aitutaki (569-570); Australia (3532-3541, 3537a, 3538a); Colombia (1354); Iceland(1236, 1242); Indonesia (2255, 2257, 2260, 2261, 2263a, 2268); Iran (3021, 3028);Iraq (1804); Ireland (1935, 1935a, 1935b, 1935c); Japan (3189B-3189G, 3282, 3286, 3287, 3288, 3299a, 3303-3304, 3305-3314, 3318e, 3318f, 3320-3321, 3327-3330); Korea (South) (2353); Korea (North) (4937, 4942-4948, 4956, 4957, 4959, 4959c, 4976, 4982, 4982f, 4991-4992, 4994); Liberia (2702a, 2702e); Lithuania (912, 925b, 947);Malaysia (1339, 1340, 1354a); Maldive Islands (3015); Marshall Islands (990);Mexico (2730-2731, 2733, 2734b, 2734c); Mongolia (2704); Montserrat (1270b, 1271);Papua New Guinea (1566b); Tunisia (1516-1519)
Flowers: Orchids
Colombia (1354); Guatemala (650); Korea (North) (4982a, 4982f, 4992a, 4996, 4996e); Mexico (2728)
Flowers: Roses
Japan (3303c, 3303d, 3305, 3310); Korea (North) (4982d, 4982f); Latvia (778)
Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops
Iran (3021c, 3021d); Israel (1845-1860); Japan (3303e, 3315a, 3315b, 3316-3317);Korea (North) (4969, 4980-4981, 4995); Latvia (775); Liechtenstein (1522); Lithuania(945); Luxembourg (1314); Macedonia (545); Malaysia (1342, 1344, 1347-1351, 1354b); Marshall Islands (1002d); Mexico (2734a, 2734c); Montserrat (1262); Papua New Guinea (1550-1555, 1562-1567); Tunisia (1510, 1516-1519)
Gems, Minerals & Jewelry
Great Britain (2931-2938); Japan (3301j); Malaysia (1352a)
Heraldry & Coats of Arms
Indonesia (2253-2264, 2263a); Korea (North) (4977c, 4978); Latvia (776-777);Liberia (2724-2726, 2727b, 2728b); Lithuania (906, 910-912, 945-947); Montserrat(1263-1264)
Holograms & 3–D
Micronesia (860L)
Judaica
Israel (1861-1867, 1863a, 1866a, 1867a, 1870, 1872-1875); Liberia (2695); Macedonia(555)
Maps & Globes
Colombia (1350); Guatemala (645); Indonesia (2263a, 2274b, 2275a); Iran (3024, 3026g); Korea (South) (2314, 2345); Korea (North) (4956, 4960, 4966, 4971, 4977c, 4979); Kosovo (156); Latvia (769, 769a, 781, 782); Liberia (2724-2726); Lithuania(908, 932); Mexico (2725, 2732, 2734c); Mongolia (2705); Morocco (1118); Tunisia(1027, 1513, 1520)
Masks
Czech Republic (3497); Indonesia (2269d); Japan (3319a, 3319c); Mexico (2727d, 2736)
Military
Iran (3024, 3025); Israel (1861, 1863a); Korea (South) (2359); Korea (North)(4877B, 4943, 4945, 4946, 4947, 4948, 4950-4951, 4958, 4967, 4970, 4971); Liberia(2710-2714); Lithuania (906, 920); Mexico (2709-2718); Monaco (2642)
Motor Vehicles
Iran (3024, 3026c); Israel (1861, 1863a); Korea (North) (4979); Lithuania (937);Mexico (2704-2705, 2724); Papua New Guinea (1567)
Automobiles
Andorra (French) (689); Iceland (1226b, 1226c, 1227, 1227c); Japan (3315i); Korea (North) (4986, 4988, 4990a); Macedonia (551, 559-560)
Motorcycles
Iceland (1226a, 1226c); Iran (3026f); Japan (3315i); Mexico (2705)
Mushrooms
Korea (North) (4959, 4964, 4964b); Liberia (2715-2716)
Nobel Prize
Israel (1868-1869); Liberia (2695d, 2702c); Lithuania (943); Macedonia (529, 536, 537); Mexico (2723)
Performing Arts
Dance
Australia (3546, 3551, 3552b); Czech Republic (3497); Lebanon (676); Mexico (2726)
Music
Colombia (1350); Iceland (1235, 1238); Indonesia (2264); Japan (3304b, 3319a, 3319b); Korea (South) (2353b); Korea (North) (4946c); Kyrgyzstan (371); Lebanon(673, 681, 682); Macao (1340-1341); Mexico (2726, 2730-2731); Montserrat (1263-1264)
Movies, Television & Stars
Czech Republic (3496); Japan (3322-3323); Lebanon (673, 674); Macedonia (538);Morocco (1119)
Theater
Korea (North) (4988, 4990a)
Entertainers
Korea (North) (4993); Lebanon (675)
Personalized Stamps
Australia (3539, 3540, 3541); Israel (1838a); Korea (South) (2347-2352);Luxembourg (1316-1317); Malaysia (1354)
Petroleum
Mexico (2718)
Philately
Japan (3300, 3324-3326); Korea (North) (4920e, 4960, 4976); Liberia (2693-2694, 2702-2703); Malaysia (1340); Montserrat (1254-1255); Tunisia (1520)
Railroads
Great Britain (2930, 2930a); Japan (3326); Korea (North) (4956b, 4968, 4983, 4990a);Malaysia (1341); Mexico (2717); Moldova (719); Morocco (1120)
Red Cross
Korea (North) (4979); Macedonia (536, RA153)
Religion
Colombia (1353); Ghana (2692); Iran (3010A, 3021d, 3023); Iraq (1827); Israel(1866, 1866a); Japan (3298, 3299c, 3301, 3302f); Liberia (2702c); Lithuania (914, 921b, 926-927, 929, 931); Macedonia (529, 539); Malaysia (1352e, 1353e); Mongolia(2703)
Christmas
Lithuania (928); Macedonia (545); Mexico (2702-2703); Moldova (694-695); Monaco(2609)
Popes
Israel (1865, 1866a); Liberia (2727a, 2728a); Lithuania (940)
Science & Technology
Indonesia (2270-2271); Ireland (1931-1935, 1931a-1935a, 1935b, 1935c); Israel(1868-1869); Korea (North) (4968); Macedonia (538, 561); Mexico (2722, 2729, 2734b)
Archaeology
Iraq (1823-1827); Japan (3299b); Lebanon (671); Lithuania (923-924); Mexico(2727); Moldova (696-698, 698a)
Astronomy
Australia (3560, 3560b); Latvia (781); Liberia (2720-2723); Macedonia (476)
Computers & Mathematics
Algeria (1527); Indonesia (2275); Iran (3026e); Israel (1871); Morocco (1118);Tunisia (1509)
Earth Science & Earth Features
Czech Republic (3499); Iceland (1244); Iran (3022c); Japan (3189H-3189I, 3302e, 3302g, 3302h, 3302j, 3330); Korea (South) (2314); Korea (North) (4877A, 4946, 4976); Lebanon (679); Liechtenstein (1523-1524, 1526); Lithuania (938-939);Luxembourg (1313); Mauritius (1088, 1090a); Morocco (1115)
Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls
Indonesia (2268)
Medicine
Algeria (1528); Canada (B17-B18, B18a); Iraq (1821-1822); Israel (1871); Macao(1338); Macedonia (537, RA153); Mauritius (1090, 1090a); Montserrat (1262); Tunisia(1516-1519)
Scouting
Maldive Islands (3015)
Service Organizations (Intl.)
Australia (3542); Iceland (1243)
Ships & Watercraft
French Polynesia (1053); Iceland (1245); Indonesia (2260, 2263a); Iran (3024d);Japan (3299, 3318a, 3318b, 3331d, 3331e); Korea (South) (2353); Korea (North)(4979); Liberia (2714, 2724-2726); Lithuania (944); Macao (1340b, 1340d, 1342a);Maldive Islands (3015); Malta (1434-1437, 1438); Marshall Islands (1002d, 1002e);Micronesia (860L); Papua New Guinea (1556, 1560, 1561, 1565, 1567)
Space
Indonesia (2274); Korea (North) (4960); Kyrgyzstan (380); Marshall Islands (1001);Mexico (2706-2707); Mongolia (2705)
Sports
Australia (3545, 3550, 3552b, 3553-3558, 3557a, 3558a); Iceland (1226-1227, 1226c, 1227c, 1235); Korea (North) (4965-4966); Lebanon (588); Mexico (2736, 2738)
Basketball
Lithuania (922, 932)
Olympics
Lithuania (909, 922); Maldive Islands (3013-3014)
Soccer
Iceland (1235); Iraq (1809-1813); Malaysia (1345-1346); Mexico (2733)
Stamps On Stamps
Algeria (1528); Guatemala (645); Korea (North) (4976)
Telecommunications
Algeria (1527); Colombia (1350)
Textiles
Indonesia (2272-2273); Iran (3027); Moldova (705-707)
Native Costumes
Algeria (1527); Indonesia (2264, 2269); Japan (3319); Marshall Islands (1002a, 1002b, 1002c); Mauritania (586A); Mexico (2734a)
Toys & Games
Canada (B17-B18, B18a); Korea (South) (2353e, 2353g); Malaysia (1332-1335);Maldive Islands (3017a); Mexico (2702)
Chess
Lithuania (916)
United Nations
Indonesia (2276c); Korea (South) (2314); Lithuania (923-924); Mauritius (1087-1090, 1090a); Mexico (2721); Papua New Guinea (1559, 1560, 1561); Tunisia (1027, 1513)
Universal Postal Union
Iran (3026g)
Wine
Luxembourg (1314-1315)
Women
Algeria (1527); Australia (3553, 3556); Czech Republic (3497); Ghana (2690, 2691b, 2692, 2693); Iceland (1235, 1246); Indonesia (2273); Iraq (1830); Israel (1871);Japan (3315c, 3315i, 3318); Korea (North) (4877B, 4942b, 4943, 4944c, 4944d, 4946, 4947, 4950, 4956a, 4958, 4967, 4971, 4979, 4981, 4993); Kosovo (164); Lebanon (588, 673, 676, 681); Liberia (2695a, 2695d, 2701, 2702-2703, 2704, 2705, 2706a, 2707, 2724-2726); Lithuania (933, 934); Macao (1342-1343); Macedonia (529, 541, RA153);Malaysia (1342); Maldive Islands (3017e); Marshall Islands (1002a, 1002b);Mauritania (586A); Mexico (2716, 2718, 2720, 2724, 2726, 2733, 2737); Moldova(708); Montserrat (1263-1264, 1270-1271); Papua New Guinea (1560c); United States (4565)
Writers & Literature
Iceland (1239-1241); Iran (3028, 3029); Iraq (1828-1830); Japan (3316-3317);Kyrgyzstan (370, 372); Lebanon (678); Lithuania (907, 934, 936, 943); Macedonia(540, 542); Mexico (2723); Tunisia (1512)
Journalism
Colombia (1353); Guatemala (649); Macedonia (567); Tunisia (1513)
Addendum
Unaccompanied minors, such as Ghana (1357Ao, 1357Bp), will only appear in "By Topic" listings that differ from those of the original stamps
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