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By Topic - March 2012
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the March 19 Linn's Stamp News Special Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.
Antarctic & Arctic
Japan (3342); Micronesia (920)
Architecture
Austria (2348, 2350); China (People's Republic) (3971-3973, 3974-3977); Finland(1392, 1393, 1393a); France (3991); Gambia (3392); Germany (2644, B1056);Grenada (3820-3821, 3832-3833, 3836-3837); Guyana (4067, 4068); Hong Kong(1478); Italy (3080, 3082, 3083, 3094); Japan (3335, 3345, 3348a, 3348i, 3350d, 3356, 3357, 3359, 3370c, 3370d); Kazakhstan (644); Korea (South) (2357a, 2362a, 2362e);Korea (North) (5024-5026); Kyrgyzstan (383, 387, 388); Laos (1799, 1801a, 1813-1817, 1823, 1825, 1825a, 1836-1839, 1839a); Latvia (789); Liberia (2729d, 2753, 2755c, 2755f, 2756, 2768-2769, 2771, 2781-2782); Libya (1748a, 1748i, 1748j, 1748n, 1748o, 1748p, 1748ab, 1748ah); Lithuania (952-953); Macao (1349-1350, 1351-1355);Macedonia (569, 570); Malaysia (1357, 1358, 1359); Mexico (2750, 2754, 2757, 2760);Micronesia (920d, 933-935, 940-941, 946); Monaco (2653, 2654); Montserrat (1272, 177); Poland (4020, 4021); Qatar (1045, 1046); Zimbabwe (1127-1130)
Bridges
China (People's Republic) (3972); Denmark (1580-1584, 1583a, 1584a); Grenada(3836); Italy (3083); Korea (North) (5025); Laos (1799, 1801a); Liberia (2768-2769, 2770, 2781b); Libya (1748m); Mexico (2752); United States (U676)
Castles
Italy (3083); Liberia (2772-2774)
Windmills
Korea (North) (5029); Liberia (2782)
Art
Finland (1390, 1391, 1391a, 1392, 1393, 1393a, 1396, 1397, 1397a); Japan (3345, 3348, 3379); Macao (1349a); Poland (4022c)
Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips
Costa Rica (644); Japan (3334, 3336-3341, 3347)
Children's Art
Finland (1394-1395, 1395a); Mayotte (282); Micronesia (960); Tunisia (1514-1515)
Paintings
Austria (2347-2349); China (People's Republic) (3973); Croatia (816, 816a);Denmark (1578-1579); Finland (1389); Grenada (3821, 3826, 3827, 3828, 3829, 3830, 3831, 3836c); Grenada Grenadines (2798-2801); Italy (3091); Japan (3380, 3381);Korea (South) (2362, 2362e); Kyrgyzstan (384, 387); Liberia (2729a, 2743, 2755e, 2775-2778); Mexico (2748, 2754); Poland (4022a)
Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media
Germany (B1056-B1057); Korea (South) (2197A); Laos (1806, 1808a, 1831-1834);Liberia (2762b); Macedonia (569); Mayotte (283); Micronesia (957-958)
Sculpture & Statues
Gambia (3394); Grenada (3820); Guyana (4069); Honduras (C1297-C1298); Japan(3333e); Kyrgyzstan (387); Laos (1817, 1822-1825, 1825a); Liberia (2729a, 2755-2756); Macao (1350, 1352, 1355); Malaysia (1360); Mexico (2754, 2758); Micronesia(934); Moldova (726); Montserrat (1277-1278); Poland (4022b)
Aviation
Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters
Japan (3356-3359); Liberia (2764, 2782); Libya (1748aa, 1748af); Malaysia (1356-1358); Mayotte (282); Mexico (2757e); Micronesia (931); United States (C149-C150)
Zeppelins, Airships & Balloons
Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1470)
Bicycles
Finland (1397, 1397a)
Black Americans
Grenada (3842-3843); Liberia (2729-2730); Micronesia (917-919); Montserrat (1273);United States (4624)
Children
Costa Rica (644); Finland (1387b, 1387d, 1389a, 1389d); Great Britain (2986, 2986a, 2989, 2989e); Guyana (4087); Hong Kong (1478); Korea (South) (2356, 2362e);Korea (North) (5029); Laos (1801, 1801a, 1806, 1808a); Liberia (2744-2745); Libya(1748af); Mexico (2754, 2759, 2765a); Micronesia (925d, 926, 937a); Poland (4020, 4022b); Tunisia (1514)
Coins & Currency
Kazakhstan (644); Malaysia (1360c, 1360d)
Endangered Species
Japan (3351-3355); Lithuania (954)
Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Kyrgyzstan (384); Liberia (2738, 2738e)
Explorers
Micronesia (920b)
Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
Canada (2495-2497, 2496a, 2497a); Estonia (693); Finland (1388d); France (4015);French Polynesia (1065); Grenada (3838-3839); Grenada Grenadines (2802-2803);Japan (3343c, 3343g, 3343h); Laos (1806-1808, 1808a); Liberia (2779-2780); Maldive Islands (3018, 3019); Mexico (2758); Micronesia (933, 934, 957c, 958, 959); Poland(4022b); United States (4617, 4623)
Famous People
Gambia Abraham Lincoln (3394-3395); Grenada Abraham Lincoln (3820-3821), Mao Zedong (3834-3835), Barack Obama (3842-3843); Korea (North) Kim Jong Il (5024-5026, 5030), Hu Jintao (5024); Liberia Barack Obama and Hu Jintao (2729-2730), Silvio Berlusconi (2739i), Abraham Lincoln (2742-2743); Libya Moammar Khadafy (1748c, 1748h, 1748q, 1748r, 1748s, 1748aa, 1748ab, 1748ac, 1748ah, 1748ai, 1748aj, 1748ak);Macao Dr. Sun Yat-sen (1349d, 1350, 1352, 1355); Micronesia Barack Obama (917-919), Abraham Lincoln (923-924), Sun Yat-sen (946-947)
Kennedy
Grenada (3819d)
Royalty
Denmark (1574-1575, 1578-1579); Gambia (3388-3391); Grenada (3819a, 3824-3831);Grenada Grenadines (2789-2791); Guyana (4082c); Liberia (2772-2774); Micronesia(933-935); Moldova (726); Monaco (2654)
Royalty: Princess Diana
Grenada (3818c); Guyana (4082-4083); Liberia (2759-2760); Micronesia (936-937)
Fauna
Land Mammals
Austria (2347); Canada (2496a); Croatia (816, 816a); Finland (1388, 1396, 1397a);Great Britain (2984, 2988a); Grenada (3838); Grenada Grenadines (2802); Guyana(4088-4091); Japan (3332j, 3333, 3345-3347, 3370i, 3370j); Korea (North) (5029);Kyrgyzstan (384, 388); Laos (1801a); Liberia (2738, 2738e, 2744-2745, 2779);Malaysia (1306b, 1359g, 1360); Maldive Islands (3018, 3019); Mexico (2757, 2764, 2765b); Moldova (721, 722, 723, 724); Monaco (2656); Poland (4025-4026); United States (4614)
Land Mammals: Cats
Denmark (1578-1579); Finland (1397, 1397a); Grenada (3838c); Grenada Grenadines(2802c); Japan (3336-3341, 3347b, 3347d, 3347g, 3347i, 3351); Liberia (2779c);Malaysia (1359a, 1359i, 1360); Maldive Islands (3018c); Micronesia (933, 934); Sri Lanka (AR2)
Land Mammals: Dogs
Finland (1387d); Grenada (3838h, 3838k); Grenada Grenadines (2802k); Liberia(2779k); Maldive Islands (3018); Mexico (2757e, 2762-2763); Micronesia (931);United States (4604-4607)
Land Mammals: Elephants
Laos (1813-1817)
Land Mammals: Horses
Germany (B1056); Grenada (3838g); Grenada Grenadines (2790c, 2802g); Japan(3344c, 3345); Kazakhstan (644); Korea (South) (2362b, 2362d, 2362e); Liberia(2779g); Malaysia (1359); Maldive Islands (3018); Mexico (2754, 2757, 2761);Micronesia (921-922); United States (C150)
Sea Mammals
Japan (3343i)
Sea Mammals: Whales
Mayotte (282); Micronesia (944-945)
Birds
Finland (1387a); Gambia (3396-3399); Germany (2643); Great Britain (Isle of Man)(1461-1462); Grenada (3816-3817, 3838g, 3838j, 3840-3841); Grenada Grenadines(2792-2795, 2802j); Guyana (4088-4091); Hong Kong (1478); Japan (3332j, 3335c, 3342, 3343e, 3343f, 3352, B60, B62); Korea (North) (5029); Liberia (2729b, 2742b, 2743, 2744-2745, 2779j, 2781a); Libya (1748d, 1748g, 1748t); Lithuania (954);Malaysia (1360); Maldive Islands (3018); Mexico (2757); Micronesia (920c, 921-922);Moldova (720, 725, 726); United States (4608-4612, 4613, 4615, 4616, U677-U678);Zimbabwe (1131-1134)
Insects
Great Britain (2985, 2986a); Korea (North) (5029, 5031, 5031e); Mexico (2757)
Insects: Butterflies & Moths
Japan (3355); Korea (North) (5029, 5031b, 5031e); Liberia (2757-2758); Maldive Islands (3018h, 3018i); Tunisia (1515); United States (4602)
Fish & Fishing
French Polynesia (1065); Italy (3089); Japan (3343j); Korea (North) (5029); Mayotte(282); Micronesia (948-949, 950-952, 953, 960c); United States (4596, 4597)
Fish & Fishing: Marine Life
Mayotte (282); Mexico (2757); Micronesia (948-949, 953); United States (4596, 4597)
Fish & Fishing: Shells
Korea (South) (2193); Mexico (2757); Micronesia (956); United States (4595, 4601)
Reptiles & Amphibians
French Polynesia (1065); Grenada (3838f); Grenada Grenadines (2802f); Guyana(4088-4091); Japan (3332j, 3343h, 3354); Korea (North) (5029); Liberia (2779f);Maldive Islands (3018f); Mayotte (282); Micronesia (938-939)
Other Terrestrial Life
Japan (3343b)
Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals
United States (4594, 4600)
Fire Fighting
Liberia (2768b); Montserrat (1273)
Flags
Costa Rica (644a); Greece (2517); Grenada (3819a, 3820-3821, 3832-3833); Grenada Grenadines (2790c); Hong Kong (1478); Japan (3370c); Korea (South) (2200); Korea (North) (5024-5026, 5030); Laos (1813-1817, 1821, 1822, 1825a, 1836-1839, 1839a, 1840); Liberia (2729c, 2729d, 2730, 2742, 2743c, 2755e, 2768, 2772-2774); Libya(1748d, 1748f, 1748g, 1748s, 1748x, 1748ac, 1748af, 1748ah); Macao (1349-1350);Malaysia (1359, 1360); Mayotte (282); Micronesia (917, 918c, 919, 921-922, 933-935, 940, 942-943, 960); Moldova (720c, 726); Montserrat (1272-1273); Poland (4023);Tunisia (1514); United States (CVP84); Zimbabwe (1130, 1131-1134)
Flora
Costa Rica (644c); Finland (1387b); Guyana (4088-4091); Japan (3332, 3348e); Korea (South) (2357a); Korea (North) (5029); Laos (1844-1849); Liberia (2744a, 2744b);Micronesia (954, 955); United States (4592, 4598, 4618-4622, 4622b)
Flowers
Finland (Aland) (324); France (4046-4049); Grenada (3838, 3840-3841); Grenada Grenadines (2789a, 2789d, 2792, 2793, 2794, 2802); Guyana (4084, 4087); Japan(3332b, 3332e, 3332h, 3333, 3335, 3336, 3337, 3339, 3341, 3349a, 3349b, 3360-3369, 3370, B58, B59, B60, B61); Korea (North) (5024, 5025, 5029, 5031, 5031e);Kyrgyzstan (385); Laos (1835, 1835c, 1836-1839, 1839a, 1845, 1846); Liberia (2757-2758, 2759c, 2772b, 2772c, 2772f, 2773a, 2774); Libya (1748j, 1748o); Maldive Islands(3018); Mexico (2756, 2758); Micronesia (931, 935, 938-939); Moldova (715-718, 725); Tunisia (1515); United States (4602)
Flowers: Orchids
Gambia (3400-3403); Japan (3353); Laos (1841-1843, 1843a); Liberia (2765-2767)
Flowers: Roses
Grenada (3836c); Japan (3334); Korea (North) (5029); Micronesia (937); Poland(4022a)
Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops
Finland (1389b); Germany (B1057); Great Britain (2985, 2986a); Grenada (3838d);Guyana (4088-4091); Japan (3332, 3333b, 3350b); Korea (South) (2356b, 2357b);Laos (1801, 1801a, 1809-1812, 1812a); Liberia (2740-2741); Maldive Islands (3018a, 3018d); Mexico (2755c, 2757, 2758, 2765b); Poland (4029)
Heraldry & Coats of Arms
Liberia (2772-2774); Malaysia (1359, 1360); Micronesia (933, 934); Moldova (720)
Holograms & 3-D
Japan (3347); Kyrgyzstan (384)
Maps & Globes
Gambia (3396-3399); Grenada (3816-3817, 3836); Italy (3084); Japan (3342f, 3358);Kazakhstan (642); Korea (North) (5030); Liberia (2742); Libya (1748); Malaysia(1359); Mayotte (282); Mexico (2749, 2753, 2754f, 2757e); Micronesia (920, 922c, 940d); Monaco (2651); Poland (4028)
Masks
Japan (3350c); Laos (1825, 1825a, 1840)
Military
Grenada (3820); Laos (1818-1821); Liberia (2729d, 2730, 2742-2743, 2768d); Libya(1748f, 1748g, 1748h, 1748af, 1748aj, 1748ak); Macao (1345b, 1346, 1349b, 1349c);Malaysia (1359, 1360); Micronesia (921-922, 940); United States (4606)
Motor Vehicles
Korea (North) (5024); Kyrgyzstan (383); Liberia (2768b, 2781b); Libya (1748k, 1748ab, 1748ae); Malaysia (1357); Mayotte (282); Mexico (2752, 2757)
Automobiles
Korea (North) (5024, 5026); Kyrgyzstan (383b); Liberia (2751, 2771a); Zimbabwe(1127, 1129, 1130)
Motorcycles
Liberia (2748a)
Mushrooms
Guyana (4088-4091); Korea (North) (5029); Mexico (2757)
Nobel Prize
Grenada (3818-3819, 3842-3843); Korea (North) (5027); Liberia (2729-2730);Micronesia (917-919); Poland (4024)
Performing Arts
Dance
Japan (3349a, 3349b); Mexico (2754)
Music
Austria (2351); Great Britain (Jersey) (1559-1564); Grenada Grenadines (2796-2797); Japan (3343d, 3349e, 3349f); Liberia (2742b, 2743, 2776); Macao (1345c, 1346, 1347-1348); Mexico (2754, 2765c); Micronesia (933, 934); Monaco (2652)
Music: Rock Stars
Montserrat (1274-1276)
Music: Rock Stars: Elvis
Guyana (4084-4087); Liberia (2746-2752); Micronesia (927-932)
Movies, Television & Stars
Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1469-1470); Greece (2511-2516); Guyana (4085); Liberia(2749, 2750, 2751, 2752); Mexico (2749); Micronesia (929, 930, 931, 932); Monaco(2651)
Theater
Japan (3348d, 3348h)
Personalized Stamps
Great Britain (2974b, 2975b, 2977a, 2979b); Poland (3993)
Petroleum
Libya (1748b)
Philately
China (People's Republic) (3971-3973); Denmark (1580-1584, 1583a, 1584a);Grenada (3835); Grenada Grenadines (2796-2797); Guyana (4067-4069); Japan(3345-3347); Korea (South) (2362, 2362e); Kyrgyzstan (384); Liberia (2780);Malaysia (1306b); Micronesia (957-958); Moldova (720); Poland (4021)
Railroads
Austria (2350); Latvia (784); Liberia (2762c, 2782); Zimbabwe (1127-1130)
Red Cross
Costa Rica (644b); Macedonia (RA154)
Religion
France (3991, 4015); Germany (2643, 2644); Grenada (3818-3819); Guyana (4067c, 4068a, 4068d, 4069); Honduras (C1298); Italy (3091); Japan (3335d, 3345i, 3348a, 3350d); Korea (South) (2366); Laos (1813-1817, 1822-1825, 1825a, 1836-1839, 1839a); Libya (1748p); Lithuania (952-953); Macedonia (569); Mexico (2758);Micronesia (933-935); Montserrat (1272d); Poland (4020)
Christmas
Andorra (Spanish) (374); Austria (2347-2349); Croatia (816, 816a); Finland (Aland)(324); Germany (B1056-B1057); Grenada Grenadines (2798-2801); Liberia (2775-2778); Lithuania (955-956); Mexico (2764-2765); Micronesia (953-956); Monaco(2656); Poland (4025-4026)
Popes
Grenada (3818b, 3836-3837); Liberia (2753-2754); Micronesia (925-926); Poland(4020)
Science & Technology
Korea (North) (5027); Liberia (2771); Libya (1748i, 1748l, 1748n, 1748r); Macedonia(558); Mexico (2752, 2754e, 2756, 2757); Micronesia (920d); Poland (4019, 4024)
Archaeology
Italy (3082); Kyrgyzstan (387)
Astronomy
Denmark (1576-1577); Japan (3343)
Computers & Mathematics
Kazakhstan (645); Mexico (2754e)
Earth Science & Earth Features
Finland (Aland) (322-323); Germany (2645); Guyana (4068c); Italy (3081); Japan(3333g, 3333h, 3335, 3345, 3346, 3350, 3370, 3371); Korea (South) (2357c, 2357d);Laos (1802-1805, 1805a); Mexico (2751); Micronesia (920a); United States (C149-C150)
Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls
Japan (3370g); Korea (North) (5030)
Medicine
Guyana (4088-4091); Japan (3332j); Kazakhstan (641); Korea (North) (5029); Libya(1748o); Macao (1351-1355); Macedonia (RA154); Mexico (2750); Moldova (727)
Ships & Watercraft
China (People's Republic) (3972, 3973); Italy (3083); Japan (3345, 3372); Korea (South) (2357c); Korea (North) (5026); Laos (1804, 1805a); Latvia (789); Liberia(2755e, 2768, 2770, 2781d, 2782); Libya (1748am); Malaysia (1360c, 1360e); Mayotte(282); Mexico (2757); Micronesia (921, 931, 960); United States (UX627, UY50)
Space
Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1469); Kyrgyzstan (386); Liberia (2761-2764, 2782);Poland (4023)
Sports
France (4045); Greece (2517-2518); Italy (3089, 3090); Japan (3344, 3372-3376, 3377-3378); Korea (South) (2365); Kyrgyzstan (381-382, 382a); Mexico (2754, 2755)
Baseball
Japan (3344e, 3376)
Olympics
Great Britain (2981-2982, 2982a, 2982b, C6-C7); Japan (3344)
Soccer
Gambia (3393); Japan (3375); Liberia (2739); Micronesia (942-943)
Stamps On Stamps
Japan (3346b); Malaysia (1360e, 1360f); Moldova (720)
Telecommunications
Kazakhstan (647); Kyrgyzstan (386); Libya (1748al)
Textiles
Laos (1800, 1801a); Micronesia (959); United States (4592-4601)
Native Costumes
France (4015); Japan (3336-3341, 3345c, 3345g, 3345j, 3348, 3349, 3379-3381);Kazakhstan (644); Korea (South) (2362b, 2362c, 2362e); Laos (1806-1808, 1808a, 1808b, 1822, 1823, 1825a, 1826-1830, 1836, 1837, 1839a); Libya (1748ak, 1748an);Mayotte (283); Mexico (2761); Micronesia (931); Qatar (1045, 1046)
Toys & Games
Korea (South) (2361); Mexico (2765c)
United Nations
Laos (1822-1825, 1825a); Libya (1748ah); Lithuania (952-953)
Women
Denmark (1574-1575, 1578-1579); Finland (1387e, 1388b, 1389c); France (4045, 4050-4056); Gambia (3390); Great Britain (2987, 2988, 2988a); Greece (2512, 2515, 2516, 2517); Grenada (3818-3819); Grenada Grenadines (2789-2791); Guyana (4082-4083);Hong Kong (1478); Italy (3084); Japan (3334, 3344c, 3344f, 3344j, 3348b, 3348f, 3348j, 3377, 3379-3381); Korea (South) (2356, 2362c, 2362e); Korea (North) (5024-5026, 5027); Kyrgyzstan (387); Laos (1799, 1801, 1801a, 1807, 1808, 1808a, 1808b, 1823, 1825a, 1826-1830, 1836, 1837, 1839a); Liberia (2729c, 2729d, 2744-2745, 2748, 2751, 2759-2760, 2772-2774); Libya (1748ak, 1748an); Macao (1355); Mayotte (283);Mexico (2748, 2754, 2757d, 2757f); Micronesia (917d, 918, 919c, 931, 932, 933, 934b, 934d, 935, 936-937, 940, 942-943, 960); Monaco (2651, 2653); Poland (4022, 4024b);Qatar (1045, 1046); United States (4604); Zimbabwe (1132)
Writers & Literature
Estonia (691); Great Britain (2983-2989, 2986a, 2988a, 2989e); Kazakhstan (643, 648); Macedonia (568); Monaco (2653, 2655)
Journalism
China (People's Republic) (3974-3977)
Addendum
Unaccompanied minors, such as Croatia (806a), will only appear in "By Topic" listings that differ from those of the original stamps.
Number changes: To stamps in Aug. 22, 2011 Update, Croatia (No. 702a becomes No. 701a).
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