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By Topic - September 2013
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the September 16 Linn's Stamp News Special Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.
Antarctic & Arctic
Australian Antarctic Territory (L168-L171, L171a)
Architecture
Ascension (1089); Australia (3876-3878, 3877a, 3878a, 3904, 3904a, 3908, 3908a, 3909, 3913, 3913a); Austria (2454); Azerbaijan (1017); Belarus (853, 856-857, 857a);China (People's Republic) (4052, 4053, 4053a, 4054b, 4055, 4057, 4058c, 4058d, 4060, 4067, 4072, 4096); Finland (1427); France (4294, 4330, 4331, 4337, 4350, 4351, 4352, 4365, 4367, 4368, 4381, 4382, 4385, 4386, 4397a, 4398, 4399); Germany (2711, 2712-2715, 2715a); Hungary (4268-4270, 4272-4273, 4280, 4281, 4282); Iceland (1300, 1301, 1301a, 1307); India (2624, 2628, 2631-2632, 2632a, 2633-2634, 2634a, 2635);Iraq (1896-1903, 1908); Kosovo (212, 223-225, 226-228); Latvia (823, 832);Liechtenstein (1576-1577); Luxembourg (1358); Malta (1484-1485, 1486-1488);Pakistan (1191); Russia (7440, 7441, 7442, 7448); San Marino (1889, 1890); Slovenia(989); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (473); Spain (3910, 3911); Tonga(1201b); Ukraine (910, 919, 920, 922b); Vatican City (1531, 1532-1535)
Bridges
Australia (3915); China (People's Republic) (4056-4057); France (4366, 4391, 4397a); Iraq (1896, 1903); Slovenia (985-989); Spain (3907-3908, 3916-3919)
Castles
Gibraltar (1384); San Marino (1890, 1891); Spain (3914)
Lighthouses
France (4369, 4380a); United States (4791-4795)
Windmills
Fiji (1284); Slovakia (660)
Art
Australia (3876, 3877a, 3878, 3878a); Georgia (485); Germany (2720-2723, 2722a, 2723a); Iceland (1296, 1298, 1299); Liechtenstein (1576-1577)
Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips
Finland (1432)
Children's Art
Austria (B391)
Paintings
Australia (3879-3888, 3888a); Austria (2452, 2453); Belarus (853); China (People's Republic) (4086-4089); Costa Rica (654); Finland (Aland) (338); France (4331, 4386-4397, 4397a); Kazakhstan (697); San Marino (1890); Slovakia (649, 649a); Ukraine(912-913); Vatican City (1532-1535)
Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media
China (People's Republic) (4049-4050); France (4317, 4321, 4322, 4325, 4327a, 4330, 4330c); Hungary (4273); Spain (3905); Ukraine (922d)
Nudes
France (4365); Hungary (4272-4273)
Sculpture & Statues
Australia (3914); Belarus (852); China (Taiwan) (4111); China (People's Republic)(4058a); France (4316-4327, 4327a, 4337, 4351, 4365, 4376, 4380a); Germany (2716);Hungary (4272, 4279-4281); India (2630); Iraq (1896-1903); Kosovo (221); Malta(1481-1483); Pakistan (1191)
Aviation
Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters
Ascension (1090); Cocos Islands (371a); Falkland Islands (1094); French Polynesia(1099); Latvia (831); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (472); Spain (3909)
Parachutes
India (2625)
Bicycles
Belarus (857a); Latvia (831); Luxembourg (1358)
Children
Belarus (857a); Botswana (919, 925); Canada (2652-2654, 2654a); China (Taiwan)(4101-4105, 4105a); China (People's Republic) (4071, 4088, 4089); Eritrea (419-420);France (4358, 4364a, 4365, 4392, 4397a); Germany (2717); Kazakhstan (690); Kosovo(225); Latvia (822); Russia (7448); San Marino (1888-1889)
Coins & Currency
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (474)
Endangered Species
Fiji (1278-1281); Spain (3912)
Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Fiji (1286); Finland (Aland) (340, 340e)
Europa
Belarus (856-857, 857a); Croatia (871-872); Finland (1430); Finland (Aland) (341);Gibraltar (1386-1389); Hungary (4282); Iceland (1309-1312, 1311a, 1312a);Kazakhstan (697); Latvia (830-831); Luxembourg (1355-1356); Malta (1484-1485);Russia (7440); Slovakia (661-662, 662a); Spain (3904)
Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
China (People's Republic) (4061, 4061a); Christmas Island (509-512, 510a, 511m, 511n, 511o, 511p, 511q, 511r); Fiji (1277); France (4315, 4325, 4327a); Kazakhstan(698); Malta (1482); Slovakia (665); Spain (3905); Ukraine (922)
Famous People
India Mahatma Gandhi (2634a)
Royalty
Australia (3900-3902, 3901a, 3902a); Falkland Islands (1097, 1098-1101); France(4399); Germany (2716); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (476-479);Ukraine (910)
Fauna
Land Mammals
Australia (3846a, 3882, 3887, 3888a, 3890, 3891, 3892, 3893, 3894, 3894a, 3895, 3895a, 3896, 3896a, 3918); Austria (2450); China (People's Republic) (4059b);Christmas Island (511, 511n, 511p, 511q, 512b, 512c, 512d, 512g, 512h, 512j);Falkland Islands (1094-1097); Fiji (1286); Finland (Aland) (340, 340e); France (4316, 4317, 4318, 4321, 4322, 4323, 4327a, 4338, 4344, 4345, 4347, 4349a, 4352, 4384);Germany (2720-2723, 2722a, 2723a); Hungary (4274, 4275, 4278); Iraq (1896-1903);Kazakhstan (689, 697, 698a, 698b, 698d, 698h, 698i, 698l); Kenya (853-856); Latvia(822); Liechtenstein (1578-1581); San Marino (1891); Slovenia (998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (472-475); Spain(3912c); Tonga (1201)
Land Mammals: Bats
France (4383-4384); Hungary (4277)
Land Mammals: Cats
Australia (3918); Christmas Island (511e, 511q, 512i); France (4320, 4327a, 4344, 4349a); Georgia (486); Germany (2720-2723, 2722a, 2723a); Hungary (4276); India(2625); Iraq (1896-1903); Kazakhstan (698c); Malta (1481); Slovakia (665); Slovenia(998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (472-475); Spain (3914)
Land Mammals: Dogs
Australia (3866-3875, 3871a, 3872a, 3873a, 3874a, 3875a); Canada (2652, 2654, 2654a); Christmas Island (511l, 511o, 512f); France (4324, 4327a, 4346, 4349a, 4352, 4397, 4397a, 4399); Kazakhstan (698k); Slovenia (998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005)
Land Mammals: Elephants
France (4398)
Land Mammals: Horses
Australia (3900, 3901a, 3914-3915, 3916-3917, 3917a); China (Taiwan) (4110, 4113);Christmas Island (511, 511m, 512a); France (4327, 4327a, 4337, 4348, 4349a, 4352, 4365, 4369-4380, 4380a, 4399); Gibraltar (1387); Hungary (4281); Iceland (1299);Kazakhstan (698g); Latvia (830); Russia (7440); Ukraine (912); Vatican City (1533, 1534)
Sea Mammals: Whales
Spain (3912a)
Birds
Australia (3889, 3894, 3894a, 3918); Austria (2450); Belarus (851, 853); Canada(2652, 2653, 2654a); China (Taiwan) (4115, 4116, 4117); China (People's Republic)(4054b, 4059a); Christmas Island (508, 508a, 511, 511m, 511n, 511o, 511q, 511r, 512a, 512c, 512e); Cocos Islands (371, 371a); Fiji (1286); Finland (1424); Finland (Aland)(340, 340e); France (4319, 4327, 4327a, 4332-4336, 4342, 4345, 4349, 4349a, 4384);French Polynesia (1098, 1098a); Germany (2720, 2722, 2722a); Hungary (4278);Iceland (1296); Iraq (1891-1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899); Kazakhstan (689a, 698j);Malta (1483); Russia (7441b); San Marino (1891); Slovenia (998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (472-475); Tonga(1203-1215)
Insects
Australia (3889-3896, 3894a, 3895a, 3896a); Botswana (922-925); Canada (2652);Christmas Island (511c, 511h, 511p, 511r); Finland (1431e); France (4384); Kenya(854, 855, 856); San Marino (1891a)
Insects: Butterflies & Moths
China (People's Republic) (4061, 4061a); Christmas Island (511a, 511p, 512c, 512f);France (4384); Kenya (853)
Fish & Fishing
China (Taiwan) (4114); China (People's Republic) (4051, 4053a); Christmas Island(511e, 511q, 513-515); France (4339, 4540, 4349a, 4394, 4397a); Slovakia (665);Slovenia (998, 999, 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005); Spain (3912b, 3912d); Tonga(1202); United Nations (1067); United Nations (Geneva) (566); United Nations (Vienna) (528)
Fish & Fishing: Marine Life
Canada (2652, 2654, 2654a); Christmas Island (508, 508a); Spain (3912)
Fish & Fishing: Shells
Canada (2652, 2654, 2654a); Christmas Island (511i, 511l, 511n, 511); France (4351);Kazakhstan (698e)
Reptiles & Amphibians
Canada (2652); China (People's Republic) (4061, 4061a); Christmas Island (509, 510a, 511, 511n, 511o, 511p, 511q, 511r, 512l); Cocos Islands (367, 371a); France(4315, 4326, 4327a, 4341, 4343, 4349a); French Polynesia (1097, 1098a); Kazakhstan(698f) Other Terrestrial Life
Australia (3889, 3894, 3894a)
Fire Fighting
Iceland (1303, 1303a)
Flags
Australia (3848a, 3877, 3877a, 3918); Azerbaijan (1017); Belarus (855); China (People's Republic) (4054a, 4055, 4072); Eritrea (416-418); Falkland Islands (1096);France (4314, 4350, 4362, 4364a, 4398); Germany (2720, 2722, 2722a); Gibraltar(1385a); Iceland (1304); India (2633, 2634a); Iraq (1889-1890); Kosovo (222);Luxembourg (1357); Russia (7439, 7441a, 7441b, 7443-7446, 7446a); San Marino(1887, 1890); Ukraine (910); United Nations (1063-1066)
Flora
Australia (3840, 3846, 3846a, 3904-3913, 3904a, 3905a, 3906a, 3907a, 3908a, 3913a);Austria (B391); Fiji (1279, 1280); Germany (B1071-B1074, B1074a); Tonga (1201, 1203-1215)
Flowers
Australia (3889-3896, 3894a, 3895a, 3896a); Belarus (855); China (Taiwan) (4116);China (People's Republic) (4053, 4053a, 4054, 4061, 4061a, 4065, 4073-4084);Christmas Island (511, 511o, 511p, 512, 516-517); Fiji (1278, 1281, 1286c); Finland(1428); Finland (Aland) (343-344); France (4332-4336, 4339, 4340, 4343, 4345, 4346, 4349a, 4382, 4384); French Polynesia (1096, 1098a); Germany (2420D); India (2635);Kenya (853-856); Latvia (829); Liechtenstein (1573-1575); San Marino (1889, 1891);Spain (3905)
Flowers: Orchids
Australia (3844, 3850, 3850a)
Flowers: Roses
Australia (3843, 3849, 3849a); Finland (1425); Spain (3911)
Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops
Austria (2451); China (Taiwan) (4106-4109); Christmas Island (511, 511m, 511n, 511o, 511p, 511q, 511r, 512a, 512b, 512c, 512d, 512e); Cocos Islands (370, 371a);Finland (1426); France (4347, 4349a, 4378, 4380a); French Polynesia (1096, 1098a, 1100); Iceland (1298); Ukraine (922c)
Gems, Minerals & Jewelry
Georgia (486); Hungary (4283); Kazakhstan (689)
Heraldry & Coats of Arms
Australia (3918); China (People's Republic) (4058d, 4060, 4067); Falkland Islands(1094-1097); Malta (1481); San Marino (1890, 1891); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (472-475); Ukraine (922)
Holograms & 3-D
Hungary (4283-4284)
Judaica
Kazakhstan (690)
Maps & Globes
Australia (3841, 3842, 3847, 3848, 3848a, 3876-3878, 3877a, 3878a, 3918); Botswana(918); Cocos Islands (371a); Eritrea (416-418); Finland (1429); Georgia (487);Iceland (1313); Iraq (1889-1890, 1896-1903); Kosovo (222); San Marino (1888, 1891); Spain (3909); United Nations (1067); United Nations (Geneva) (566); United Nations (Vienna) (528)
Masks
Finland (1423d)
Military
Ascension (1090); Australia (3900, 3901a, 3914-3915); Belarus (852); China (Taiwan) (4110, 4113); China (People's Republic) (4068-4071); Eritrea (421-422);India (2625, 2626, 2636); Iraq (1889-1890); Pakistan (1191); Russia (7443-7446, 7446a)
Motor Vehicles
Belarus (857, 857a); Croatia (872); Finland (1430); Gibraltar (1386, 1389); Hungary(4282); Iceland (1300-1303, 1301a, 1303a, 1309-1312, 1311a, 1312a); India (2633, 2634a); Kosovo (224); Latvia (831); Luxembourg (1355-1356); Malta (1484-1485);Slovakia (661-662, 662a); Spain (3904, 3908)
Automobiles
Australia (3860, 3860a, 3861b, 3861d, 3864, 3865a, 3865b); Belarus (856, 857a);Falkland Islands (1095); Finland (Aland) (341); France (4353, 4355, 4356, 4360, 4362, 4363, 4364a); Kosovo (224); Slovenia (987); Ukraine (919); United Nations (Geneva) (566l)
Motorcycles
Croatia (871); Gibraltar (1388)
Performing Arts
Dance
Belarus (855); Eritrea (409, 412); Slovakia (663)
Music
Costa Rica (654); Eritrea (410, 414); Finland (1431c); French Polynesia (1099);Germany (2712, 2714, 2715a, 2717); Hungary (4263-4264); Iceland (1307, 1308);India (2627); Luxembourg (1354); Slovakia (664); Ukraine (914)
Music: Rock Stars
Iceland (1305)
Movies, Television & Stars
Azerbaijan (1018); Finland (1423); Spain (3903)
Theater
France (4381)
Entertainers
Spain (3915)
Personalized Stamps
Finland (Aland) (342); Slovakia (665); Slovenia (990-1005)
Petroleum
China (People's Republic) (4062-4064)
Philately
China (People's Republic) (4096); Cocos Islands (367-371, 371a); France (4368);Hungary (4279-4281); Iceland (1313); Spain (3906); Tonga (1201)
Railroads
Georgia (487); Latvia (830); Slovenia (986); Spain (3913); Ukraine (915-918)
Religion
Austria (2454); Belarus (856, 857a, 858); China (People's Republic) (4050, 4057);Finland (1424); France (4330, 4330c, 4351, 4365b, 4385); Germany (2713, 2715, 2715a, 2719); Hungary (4265-4267, 4268, 4279, 4281); India (2624, 2629, 2631-2632, 2632a, 2635); Iraq (1896-1903); Luxembourg (1353); Pakistan (1185); Russia (7441b, 7448); San Marino (1890); Spain (3911); Ukraine (922b, 922d, 923); Vatican City(1536)
Christmas
Christmas Island (508, 508a); Latvia (822-823); Slovakia (649, 649a)
Popes
Vatican City (1531, 1532-1535)
Science & Technology
Belarus (854); Fiji (1282-1285); Latvia (832); San Marino (1886)
Archaeology
Georgia (486); Iraq (1896-1903); Kazakhstan (689)
Astronomy
Iceland (1313)
Earth Science & Earth Features
Australia (3879-3888, 3888a); Australian Antarctic Territory (L168-L171, L171a);Cocos Islands (371a); Finland (1429); Kosovo (207-209); Tonga (1202); Ukraine(921, 922)
Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls
Fiji (1282); Spain (3917)
Medicine
Austria (2449); Botswana (922-925); France (4358, 4364a)
Ships & Watercraft
Australia (3883, 3888, 3888a); Canada (2652, 2654, 2654a); China (People's Republic) (4051, 4053a, 4057, 4062, 4064); Cocos Islands (368, 369, 371a); Falkland Islands (1094-1097); Finland (Aland) (339); France (4366, 4388, 4389, 4390, 4391, 4392, 4393, 4394, 4395, 4397, 4397a, 4398); Germany (2720, 2722, 2722a); Malta(1486-1488); Russia (7441a, 7443-7446, 7446a); United States (4792)
Space
China (People's Republic) (4054a)
Sports
Australia (3858-3865, 3858a, 3859a, 3860a, 3861a, 3861b, 3861d, 3865a, 3865b, 3916-3917, 3917a); Finland (1431); France (4353-4364, 4364a); Hungary (4271);Luxembourg (1357, 1358)
Basketball
Slovenia (984)
Soccer
Finland (1431f); Gibraltar (1384); San Marino (1887); Spain (3910)
Stamps On Stamps
Australia (3918); Cocos Islands (371a); India (2634a)
Telecommunications
Belarus (854); Botswana (919)
Textiles
China (People's Republic) (4086-4089); Spain (3905)
Native Costumes
Belarus (853, 855); China (People's Republic) (4086-4089); Cocos Islands (371a);Eritrea (407-415); Kosovo (212); Slovakia (663-664); Ukraine (914)
Toys & Games
Canada (2652); China (Taiwan) (4101-4105, 4105a); Germany (2720-2723, 2722a, 2723a); Latvia (822)
United Nations
Russia (7441); United Nations (1067); United Nations (Geneva) (566); United Nations (Vienna) (528)
Wine
Australia (3845, 3851, 3851a, 3851b); Ukraine (922c)
Women
Ascension (1089-1092); Australia (3858, 3858a, 3860, 3860a, 3861b, 3861d, 3862, 3864, 3865a, 3865b, 3901, 3901a, 3902, 3902a); Austria (2451); Azerbaijan (1018, 1019); Belarus (855, 857a); Botswana (924); China (People's Republic) (4086-4089);Cocos Islands (371a); Eritrea (407-415, 419-420); Falkland Islands (1097, 1098-1101);Finland (1423a, 1423c, 1423e,m 1431a, 1431d); France (4314, 4328, 4339, 4340, 4345, 4349a, 4353-4364, 4364a, 4365, 4382, 4388, 4391, 4397a); Germany (2716); Hungary(4264, 4272-4273); Iceland (1304, 1306, 1307, 1308); Iraq (1905); Kosovo (212, 225);Pakistan (1184); Russia (7448); San Marino (1889); Slovakia (663-664); South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (476-479); Ukraine (910, 913, 914)
Writers & Literature
Azerbaijan (1016, 1019); Canada (2652-2654, 2654a); China (Taiwan) (4110-4113);Germany (2718, 2719); India (2627); Kosovo (221); Pakistan (1182-1183, 1190);United Nations (1067); United Nations (Geneva) (566); United Nations (Vienna)(528)
Journalism
India (2628)
Addendum
Unaccompanied minors, such as Australia (502a), will only appear in "By Topic" listings that differ from those of the original stamps.
Number changes:
To stamps in 2014 Catalogue, Kenya (856-859 become 857-860).
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