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By Topic - November 2012
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the November 19 Linn's Stamp News Special Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.
Antarctic & Arctic
France (4138, 4138a); Russia (7363)
Antarctic & Arctic
Australian Antarctic Territory (L163-L167, L167b)
Architecture
Andorra (Spanish) (378); Australia (3708-3709, 3709a, 3710-3711, 3711c, 3738, 3739, 3743a); Australian Antarctic Territory (L163, L167b); Azerbaijan (984, 985, 986, 987, 989); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (266, 266c); Costa Rica (647, 648); Czech Republic (3532); Dominican Republic (1523); Ecuador (2059, 2060); Greenland (622, 623a); Honduras (C1299d, C1300d); Hong Kong (1510a); Hungary (4240, 4244, 4251);Iceland (1269, 1273); Indonesia (2298b, 2298c, 2298e, 2299a, 2299b, 2302, 2303-2304, 2304d); Ireland (1974, 1975b); Israel (1951, 1954, 1955a); Japan (3414a, 3414b, 3418, 3424a, 3424b, 3444, 3445, 3448, 3450a, 3450b, 3460e, 3462a, 3462b); Korea (South) (2360, 2376b); Korea (North) (5032-5038, 5038a, 5066, 5071, 5072, 5075, 5077, 5078-5083, 5083a, 5083b, 5091, 5103, 5105, 5106, 5108, 5125, 5130); Kosovo(185-188); Kuwait (1716b, 1716c, 1716d, 1716e); Kyrgyzstan (410); Laos (1857a, 1858); Liberia (2797c, 2805b, 2805d); Lithuania (980); Luxembourg (1340, 1342);Panama (944a); United Nations (1048); United Nations (Vienna) (515); United States (4705)
Bridges
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (266b, 266c, 270); Czech Republic (3532); Germany(2687); Japan (3418, 3424, 3438-3439, 3461b, 3461d, 3461j); Kyrgyzstan (410);Luxembourg (1341, 1343); United Nations (Vienna) (515); Vatican City (1507)
Castles
Germany (2686); Hungary (4247); Liechtenstein (1555g)
Lighthouses
Germany (2673); Iceland (1282-1283); Japan (3450c); Lithuania (980)
Windmills
Liechtenstein (1555c)
Art
Andorra (Spanish) (380); Japan (3419-3423); Liechtenstein (1550c)
Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips
Japan (3443-3444); Korea (South) (2378)
Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips: Disney
United Nations (1046-1047)
Children’s Art
Liechtenstein (1550a, 1550b); Luxembourg (1339-1340); St. Helena (1054-1057)
Paintings
Argentina (2656-2657); Belgium (2573, 2577, 2580-2589, 2589a); Dominican Republic(1511); Japan (3415-3417, 3427, 3461); Luxembourg (1341-1343); Vatican City (1507)
Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media
Andorra (Spanish) (379); Belgium (2575); Hungary (4244); Israel (1946); Korea (North) (5087-5089, 5089a, 5098); Senegal (1685, 1686); Tajikistan (379-382)
Sculpture & Statues
Andorra (Spanish) (381); Armenia (907-908); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (268);Costa Rica (647); Dominican Republic (1516); Ecuador (2060); Hungary (4252);Iceland (1284); Indonesia (2294, 2297a); Japan (3447, 3450c); Korea (South) (2360);Korea (North) (5083a, 5083b, 5093, 5094, 5095, 5096, 5097, 5098, 5099, 5100, 5101, 5012, 5103, 5125); Kosovo (179); Laos (1855-1857, 1857a, 1858)
Aviation
Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters
Belgium (2579, 2579a); Cameroun (971); Honduras (C1299b, C1300b); Iceland(1268); Indonesia (2294, 2297, 2297a); Korea (North) (5062a, 5074, 5130);Kyrgyzstan (410); St. Helena (1054)
Parachutes
Indonesia (2305a); Luxembourg(1337)
Bicycles
Costa Rica (648, 649); Hong Kong (1509, 1510a); United Nations (Geneva) (553)
Black Americans
Liberia (2805c, 2806d); Libya (1749-1750)
Children
Argentina (2656); Australia (3734, 3740, 3743a); Costa Rica (646); Czech Republic(3533); Dominican Republic (1511); Falkland Islands (1063, 1064); Grenada (3848-3849); Ireland (1970, 1970a); Israel (1947); Japan (3427c, 3427f, 3441, 3448); Korea (North) (5086, 5097, 5100, 5102a, 5105, 5107, 5130); Liberia (2797a); Libya (1749-1750); Panama (944d); Viet Nam (3438)
Coins & Currency
Estonia (709); Korea (North) (5083a); Kyrgyzstan (410d)
Endangered Species
Indonesia (2312)
Europa
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (266, 266c); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (447-449);Czech Republic (3532); Greenland (622-623, 623a); Hungary (4240); Iceland (1274-1277, 1276a, 1277a)
Explorers
Australia (3724-3727, 3727b); Australian Antarctic Territory (L163-L167, L167b)
Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
Indonesia (2303-2304, 2303d); Japan (3416, 3449, 3451-3454); Korea (South) (2375, 2375a); Korea (North) (5035, 5038a, 5038b, 5067); Tajikistan (383-384)
Famous People
Korea (North) Kim Jong Il (5062-5063, 5064-5065, 5085, 5086), Kin Jong Un (5065),Kim Il Sung (5095-5105, 5107, 5108, 5111); Kyrgyzstan Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln (410); Liberia Mao Zedong (2798-2802), Barack Obama (2805c, 2806b); Libya Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1749-1750), Moammar Khadafy (1753-1755); United States George Washington (4704)
Kennedy
Grenada Grenadines (2813a, 2813b, 2814)
Royalty
Germany (2685); Grenada (3848-3849); Korea (South) (2360); Korea (North) (5083a, 5083b); Kuwait (1715); Luxembourg (1344-1345); St. Helena (1054-1057); Tajikistan(382)
Fauna
Land Mammals
Argentina (2656); Australia (3712, 3715, 3716, 3719, 3720, 3723, 3723a, 3723b, 3735, 3742, 3743a); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (418, 419, 420); Costa Rica (648);Ecuador (2061a, 2061b); Hungary (4246); Iceland (1280-1281); Indonesia (2309a, 2310); Japan (3418a, 3418b, 3444b, 3444d, 3448d, 3449a, 3463); Korea (North) (5032, 5038a, 5038b, 5072, 5083b); Kyrgyzstan (411); Laos (1852, 1853, 1853a); Liberia(2797, 2807-2810); Liechtenstein (1555c, 1555f)
Land Mammals: Cats
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (421); Indonesia (2293); Japan (3443-3444); Korea (South) (2378); Korea (North) (5083b); Laos (1851, 1853a); Liberia (2807, 2808c);Luxembourg (1339)
Land Mammals: Dogs
Australia (3724, 3727b); Australian Antarctic Territory (L164, L165, L167b); Czech Republic (3533); Grenada (3854); Liberia (2814-2817)
Land Mammals: Elephants
Laos (1850, 1853a); Liberia (2809)
Land Mammals: Horses
Argentina (2657); Australia (3724, 3727, 3727b); Hungary (4247); Japan (3450a);Korea (North) (5035, 5038a, 5038b, 5083b); Liechtenstein (1555c, 1555e); Vatican City (1507)
Sea Mammals
Japan (3442i)
Sea Mammals: Whales
Japan (3442); Korea (South) (2377)
Birds
Australia (3737, 3743, 3743a); Australian Antarctic Territory (L166, L167b);Dominican Republic (1522); Ecuador (2062); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (467a); Hungary (4246); Indonesia (2292, 2299, 2307q, 2312); Israel(1945); Japan (3427a, 3427h, 3442a, 3448g, 3464); Korea (South) (2378, 2380b);Korea (North) (5028, 5033, 5038a, 5038b, 5072, 5076, 5083b, 5105, 5108, 5126, 5127-5129, 5129a); Kosovo (191-192); Kuwait (1715b); Kyrgyzstan (410); Latvia (808-809); Liberia (2788); Liechtenstein (1555f); St. Helena (1054-1057); United Nations (Geneva) (553)
Insects
Ecuador (2061c); Japan (3442h); Korea (North) (5112-5114, 5114a, 5127-5129, 5129a)
Insects: Butterflies & Moths
Belgium (2578-2579, 2578a, 2579a); Costa Rica (647); Ecuador (2061d); Japan(3448h); Korea (North) (5070, 5070e, 5114a)
Fish & Fishing
Costa Rica (648); Grenada Grenadines (2812); Iceland (1278); Japan (3424, 3448e, 3449c, 3466); Luxembourg (1338); St. Helena (1054); Tajikistan (384); Tunisia(1533-1536); United Nations (Geneva) (553); United Nations (Vienna) (515)
Fish & Fishing: Marine Life
Japan (3448i, 3467); Liberia (2803f); Luxembourg (1338)
Fish & Fishing: Shells
Dominican Republic (1516); Japan (3442d, 3442f); Liberia (2797)
Reptiles & Amphibians
Ecuador (2061g, 2061h); Grenada Grenadines (2808-2811); Indonesia (2299, 2300a, 2300c, 2301a); Ireland (1969, 1969a); Korea (South) (2378b); Korea (North) (5126);Liberia (2789-2792); St. Helena (1054, 1055, 1057)
Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals
Korea (South) (2364); Liberia (2812-2813)
Fire Fighting
Ireland (1970-1973, 1970a-1973a)
Flags
Australia (3708-3709, 3709a, 3727, 3727b); Australian Antarctic Territory (L163, L167b); Azerbaijan (989); Costa Rica (646a, 648); Dominican Republic (1511, 1512, 1516, 1522); Ecuador (2060a); Falkland Islands (1062, 1065); Germany (2687);Honduras (C1299-C1300); Hungary (4247); Indonesia (2291, 2292-2293, 2294-2297, 2297a, 2298, 2300-2301, 2300c, 2302, 2303-2304, 2303d, 2305, 2307-2308, 2307q);Israel (1943, 1944); Korea (South) (2355, 2376b, 2380b); Korea (North) (5034, 5038a, 5038b, 5062c, 5063, 5071-5076, 5094, 5098, 5104, 5110, 5115, 5116-5119, 5119a); Kuwait (1715); Liberia (2787-2788, 2805-2806); Libya (1749-1750);Liechtenstein (1555g); Panama (944); St. Helena (1054, 1055, 1057); United States(4706-4709, 4709b); Viet Nam (3409)
Flora
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (269); Japan (3418i, 3419, 3425, 3427, 3442j, 3462);Liberia (2789, 2790)
Flowers
Belgium (2573); Ecuador (2061e, 2061f); Grenada (3848); Hungary (4238-4239, 4250); Iceland (1272-1273); Indonesia (2293, 2300b, 2300c, 2301b, 2304, 2308);Japan (3414e, 3415, 3417, 3418c, 3418d, 3420, 3421, 3423, 3425d, 3425e, 3425g, 3425j, 3426, 3427h, 3428-3437, 3442b, 3442g, 3443-3444, 3445j, 3446, 3450d, 3462c, 3462d, 3463, 3465); Korea (North) (5028, 5064, 5066, 5070, 5070e, 5084-5086, 5092, 5100, 5105, 5106, 5107, 5111, 5125, 5128, 5129a); Laos (1854); St. Helena (1055, 1056, 1057); United Nations (1048); United Nations (Vienna) (515)
Flowers: Orchids
Japan (3422, 3424); Papua New Guinea (1640-1645)
Flowers: Roses
Korea (North) (5112-5114, 5114a); Tunisia (1532)
Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops
Australia (3713, 3714, 3717, 3718, 3721, 3722, 3723a, 3723b, 3737, 3743, 3743a);Czech Republic (3530); Ecuador (2058); Hungary (4238-4239, 4240a, 4251); Iceland(1267, 1267a); Indonesia (2311); Japan (3424, 3425, 3443-3444, 3462e); Korea (South) (2379); Korea (North) (5072, 5103c, 5103d); Kyrgyzstan (410b); Senegal(1666, 1667)
Gems, Minerals & Jewelry
Grenada (3848-3849); Iceland (1265, 1265a)
Heraldry & Coats of Arms
Ecuador (2061-2062); Liberia (2797); Lithuania (980)
Judaica
Czech Republic (3531); Hungary (4241); Israel (1945, 1947-1949)
Maps & Globes
Australia (3711c, 3727b); Australian Antarctic Territory (L166, L167b); Bosnia & Herzegovina (684); Estonia (709); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (467);Grenada (3847); Grenada Grenadines (2812); Indonesia (2294, 2297a, 2306, 2309b, 2310); Israel (1943); Japan (3440-3441); Korea (South) (2380a); Korea (North)(5076, 5115, 5124, 5125); Kuwait (1717); Libya (1753-1755); Panama (944); St. Helena (1054-1057); Senegal (1666, 1667); United Nations (1048, 1050a); United Nations (Geneva) (555a); United Nations (Vienna) (517a)
Masks
Dominican Republic (1518, 1519, 1520, 1521f); Indonesia (2292-2293); Japan (3462a)
Military
Argentina (2657); Hungary (4247); Indonesia (2294-2297. 2297a); Japan (3440-3441); Korea (North) (5062-5063, 5071, 5074, 5085a, 5090, 5104, 5109, 5110-5111, 5124); Tunisia (1532); United States (4704); Vatican City (1507)
Motor Vehicles
Australia (3708-3709, 3709a); Grenada (3851); Indonesia (2295, 2306); Korea (North) (5062b, 5062d, 5063, 5073, 5077, 5102d, 5103c, 5104c, 5014d, 5130)
Automobiles
Azerbaijan (986e, 986f); Ireland (1972, 1972a); Korea (South) (2376a);Liechtenstein (1551-1554)
Mushrooms
Estonia (710); Grenada Grenadines (2804-2807); Iceland (1279); Korea (North)(5126)
Nobel Prize
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (270); Grenada (3850-3851); Liberia (2787-2788, 2805c, 2806b); Libya (1749-1750)
Performing Arts
Dance
Japan (3414a, 3414d, 3462a)
Music
Azerbaijan (984-988); Belgium (2576); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (450-452);Costa Rica (646b); Estonia (708); Hungary (4253); Japan (3448j); Korea (South)(2373); Paraguay (2876)
Music: Rock Stars: Elvis
Grenada (3852-3855)
Movies, Television & Stars
Azerbaijan (984-988); Dominican Republic (1526); Grenada (3852-3855); Japan(3418); Korea (South) (2378); Korea (North) (5098); Liberia (2803-2804); United Nations (1046-1047)
Theater
Azerbaijan (985b, 985d, 985f); Korea (North) (5079, 5083, 5083a, 5083b)
Personalized Stamps
Czech Republic (3529); Hungary (4242); United Nations (1046-1047)
Petroleum
Australia (3738, 3739, 3743a); Azerbaijan (984c); Indonesia (2309-2310)
Philately
Indonesia (2302); Korea (North) (4959d, 5125, 5126); Kyrgyzstan (410);Liechtenstein (1550)
Printing
Czech Republic (3531)
Railroads
Bosnia & Herzegovina (685); Germany (2687, B1066-B1068); Japan (3424); Korea (North) (5073, 5077, 5103a); Kyrgyzstan (410); United States (4705)
Red Cross
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (267); Korea (North) (5130)
Religion
Armenia (907-908, 910); Australia (3708-3709, 3709a); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (268, 271); Czech Republic (3530); Dominican Republic (1512, 1514, 1516, 1523); Ecuador (2059, 2060); Grenada (3850-3851); Hungary (4240, 4252); Iceland(1284); Indonesia (2298a); Japan (3414a, 3414b, 3418e, 3418f, 3445, 3447, 3450a);Korea (North) (5035, 5038a, 5038b); Laos (1857a, 1858); Libya (1749-1750); Vatican City (1506b, 1507)
Christmas
Korea (South) (2378h)
Popes
Honduras (C1299-C1300); Liberia (2797); Vatican City (1505, 1506a, 1506c)
Science & Technology
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (270); Czech Republic (3530); Iceland (1264-1267, 1265a, 1267a); Ireland (1974-1975, 1975b); Korea (North) (5073, 5077, 5102, 5013d);Kyrgyzstan (410)
Archaeology
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (268); Iceland (1284); Kosovo (177-179)
Astronomy
Japan (3449)
Computers & Mathematics
Costa Rica (648); Korea (South) (2376a); Korea (North) (5103d); Kyrgyzstan (410)
Earth Science & Earth Features
Costa Rica (648); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (467b); Greenland (622-623, 623a); Iceland (1266, 1267a, 1274-1277, 1276a, 1277a); Israel (1944, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1955a); Japan (3442, 3445, 3450); Korea (North) (5065, 5068-5069);Kosovo (189-190); Kyrgyzstan (411); Viet Nam (3410)
Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls
Iceland (1264, 1265a)
Medicine
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (267); Hungary (4253); Korea (North) (5130); Viet Nam (3438)
Scouting
Costa Rica (646); Czech Republic (3533); Iceland (1270)
Ships & Watercraft
Australia (3710-3711, 3711c, 3730, 3733, 3733a); Australian Antarctic Territory(L166, L167, L167b); Belgium (2577); Bosnia & Herzegovina (684); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Serb) (447, 449a, 449b, 449c); Costa Rica (648); Ecuador (2060b);Falkland Islands (1062-1065, 1066); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (467);Greenland (623, 623a); Grenada (3846-3847); Hong Kong (1507, 1510a); Hungary(4249); Iceland (1268, 1278); Indonesia (2294, 2296, 2297a, 2305e, 2305f); Israel(1951, 1954, 1955a); Japan (3414, 3418g, 3438-3439, 3444, 3448, 3460a, 3460i, 3461b, 3461d); Korea (South) (2355, 2376a); Korea (North) (5034, 5038a, 5038b, 5103);Liberia (2795-2796, 2811d); Liechtenstein (1555f); Lithuania (979, 980); St. Helena(1054, 1056, 1057); United Nations (Vienna) (515)
Space
Grenada Grenadines (2813-2814); Kyrgyzstan (410)
Sports
Indonesia (2299, 2305); Papua New Guinea (1634-1639)
Basketball
United Nations (Vienna) (516)
Olympics
Armenia (909); Australia (3708-3709, 3709a, 3728-3733, 3732a, 3733a); Belgium(2574); Costa Rica (649); Estonia (707); Hong Kong (1507-1510, 1510a); Hungary(4248-4249); Iceland (1271); Ireland (1976-1977); Korea (South) (2363); Korea (North) (5116-5119, 5119a); Liberia (2811); Lithuania (978-979); United Nations(1049-1050, 1050a); United Nations (Geneva) (554-555, 555a); United Nations (Vienna) (516-517, 517a)
Soccer
Hungary (4245); Indonesia (2299c); Korea (North) (5032-5038, 5038a, 5038b)
Stamps On Stamps
Korea (North) (5083a, 5083b, 5094)
Telecommunications
Costa Rica (648); Korea (South) (2376a)
Textiles
Hungary (4250); Iceland (1260-1263); Indonesia (2292-2293, 2307-2308, 2307q);Japan (3414c); Korea (North) (5103b)
Native Costumes
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (269); Indonesia (2298, 2302, 2308); Japan (3414a, 3414d, 3427, 3445d, 3448, 3455-3460, 3461); Korea (South) (2373)
Toys & Games
Falkland Islands (1063)
United Nations
Argentina (2654, 2656); Japan (3440-3441, 3442, 3445); Korea (South) (2360);Kyrgyzstan (411); Libya (1753-1755); Panama (944); United Nations (1048, 1050a);United Nations (Geneva) (553, 555a); United Nations (Vienna) (515, 517a)
Women
Andorra (Spanish) (380); Argentina (2654); Armenia (910); Australia (3710, 3710a, 3711c, 3728, 3731); Belgium (2577); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (267, 269); Costa Rica (649); Dominican Republic (1517, 1520, 1521, 1526); Falkland Islands (1063, 1064); Germany (2686); Grenada (3846a, 3848-3849, 3850-3851, 3852); Hungary(4249); Iceland (1260, 1261); Indonesia (2298e); Israel (1945, 1947-1949, 1950, 1953, 1955a); Japan (3414d, 3427, 3445d, 3455, 3458, 3460b, 3460h, 3461); Korea (South) (2373a); Korea (North) (5062c, 5071, 5086, 5096, 5097, 5098, 5099, 5100, 5102a, 5102c, 5103, 5104b, 5104c, 5105, 5107, 5108, 5109, 5118, 5119, 5119a, 5130);Liberia (2787-2788); Libya (1749-1750); Luxembourg (1344-1345); Panama (944c, 944d); Papua New Guinea (1634); St. Helena (1056); Tajikistan (381); United Nations (1050, 1050a); United Nations (Geneva) (555, 555a); United Nations (Vienna) (516); Viet Nam (3438)
Writers & Literature
Azerbaijantrong> (990, 991); Bosnia & Herzegovina (Croat) (270); Hungary(4253a, 4253c); Japan (3455-3460); Korea (North) (5093); Liechtenstein (1555);United States (4705)
Journalism
Korea (North) (5071-5076)
Addendum
Unaccompanied minors, such as Australia (3312a, 3313b, 3313c), will only appear in “By Topic” listings that differ from those of the original stamps.
Number changes:
To stamps in Sept. 17, 2012 Update, Ecuador (2049-2050) are deleted, to stamps in 2013 Catalogue, Korea (North) (5056-5060 become 5057-5061).
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