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By Topic - February 2014
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the February 17 Linn's Stamp News Monthly Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.
Antarctic & Arctic
Chile (1596b); Cuba (5328); New Zealand (Ross Dependency) (L129-L133, L133a)
Architecture
Aitutaki (614); Andorra (French) (722); Anguilla (1204, 1206);Ascension (1105, 1107, 1109a, 1109c); Australia (3996-4003, 4003a, 4003b); Austria(2477, 2478); Bhutan (1468a, 1474); Bulgaria (4656); China (People's Republic)(4100-4107, 4126c, 4133, 4140a, 4143-4146, 4147); Cuba (5314, 5315, 5318, 5320, 5321, 5331, 5359); Curaçao (137, B9); Cyprus (1195, 1197); Czech Republic (3578, 3579c); Fiji (1300); Finland (1445b, 1445d); Gambia (3489, 3507); Great Britain(3222, 3224a, 3226, 3227a); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1239); Great Britain (Jersey)(1701, 1703, 1704, 1705); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1603, 1607, 1609); Kazakhstan(703, 704a, 705d, 707); Mexico (2825, 2826, 2830, 2832); New Zealand (2500, 2500a);Peru (1815, 1816, 1819, 1823, 1825, 1827, 1833, 1834, 1836, 1837, 1838, 1839); United Nations (1078a); United Nations (Geneva) (576c); Uruguay (2382, 2435); Uzbekistan(726-728); Viet Nam (3488-3489)
Bridges
China (People's Republic) (4143); Gambia (3489)
Castles
Czech Republic (3579d); Gambia (3472-3473); Gibraltar (1413)
Lighthouses
Viet Nam (3473-3476)
Art
Austria (2476, 2480); China (People's Republic) (4122-4125); Gambia (3499-3502);Slovakia (669)
Children's Art
Cuba (5329); Cyprus (1196-1198); Great Britain (3246-3247); Peru (1839-1840, 1841-1842)
Paintings
Aitutaki (594-597, 614a, 617-619); Anguilla (1206); Austria (2479); Belarus (870);Cook Islands (1418-1421); Cuba (5320, 5353-5359); Finland (1443); Gambia (3461-3466, 3479-3480, 3495, 3499); Great Britain (3238-3245, 3239a, 3240a, 3245b); Great Britain (Jersey) (1707-1712); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1596-1602); Iceland(1320-1323); Liechtenstein (1592); Mexico (2824, 2829, 2832, 2835); Peru (1828)
Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media
Ascension (1106, 1108, 1109b, 1109d); Gambia (3500); Great Britain (Isle of Man)(1605); Iceland (1324-1326); Marshall Islands (1071)
Nudes
Mexico (2835)
Sculpture & Statues
China (People's Republic) (4115-4121); Cuba (5315, 5318, 5320, 5324, 5352, 5366);Gambia (3500b, 3501); Malta (1499-1502); Mexico (2832); Norfolk Island (1073);Peru (1817, 1827); Uruguay (2436)
Aviation
Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters
Albania (2940b, 2940c); Belgium (2672, 2673); Chile (1592-1596); China (People's Republic) (4156, 4157a); Gambia (3489-3490, 3491-3492, 3505-3506); Peru (1811)
Zeppelins, Airships & Balloons
Christmas Island (522-523, 522a, 523a)
Parachutes
Kazakhstan (699, 700a)
Bicycles
China (People's Republic) (4105)
Black Americans
Gambia (3467-3468); Kazakhstan (708)
Children
Aitutaki (613b); Andorra (French) (722); Armenia (951); Bhutan (1474); Cuba (5317, 5329-5330); Cyprus (1195); Fiji (1292-1295, 1302, 1303); Finland (1443b, 1445a, 1448, 1449, 1451); Gambia (3510); Ghana (2674C); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1226, 1233, 1236); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1603, 1609); Kazakhstan (705b, 705c); Mexico(2822); Mozambique (1746A); Peru (1841)
Coins & Currency
Australia (4005-4007); Bhutan (1468b); Peru (1825, 1826); United Nations (1078);United Nations (Geneva) (576); United Nations (Vienna) (539); Uzbekistan (728)
Endangered Species
Gambia (3485-3488); United Nations (1074-1077); United Nations (Geneva) (572-575); United Nations (Vienna) (534-537)
Europa
Albania (2940, 2940c)
Explorers
Australia (4004); Croatia (889)
Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
Aitutaki (599); Bhutan (1468, 1476-1477, 1478-1479); Cook Islands (1424, 1436);Cuba (5322-5325, 5366); Cyprus (1195); Gambia (3500); Liechtenstein (1599);Mexico (2821); New Zealand (2497-2500, 2500a); Peru (1814, 1825a, 1835a, 1835b)
Famous People
Ghana Kwame Nkrumah (2674C, 2674E), Mao Zedong (2674E); Marshall IslandsAbraham Lincoln (1070a), Jefferson Davis (1070b); United Nations George Washington (1078c), Abraham Lincoln (1078e), Simon Bolivar (1078h); United Nations (Geneva)Franklin D. Roosevelt (576b), Jomo Kenyatta (576e), Thomas Jefferson (576h)
Kennedy
Aitutaki (615-616); Gambia (3497-3498)
Royalty
Aitutaki (613); Belgium (2671-2673); Bhutan (1467, 1468a, 1468f, 1469, 1470-1475);Cook Islands (1424, 1425, 1426, 1428, 1429); Czech Republic (3576); Fiji (1292-1295); Gambia (3493-3496, 3501); Ghana (2674C); Great Britain (MH441, MH441a);Great Britain (Guernsey) (1226); Great Britain (Jersey) (1719-1720); United Nations(1078b, 1078g); United Nations (Geneva) (576f); United Nations (Vienna) (539e, 539g)
Fauna
Land Mammals
Aitutaki (596b, 597f, 614a, 617-619); Australia (4013a); Bhutan (1468); Bulgaria(4656); Cook Islands (1418, 1421a, 1421b, 1453, 1454, 1455); Cuba (5332); Cyprus(1195); Finland (1446f); Gambia (3464, 3465, 3469, 3485-3488, 3499); Gibraltar(1415, 1418a); Great Britain (3245b); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1223, 1233, 1234, 1239); Great Britain (Alderney) (477, 478, 479, 480, 482, 483); Great Britain (Jersey)(1707-1712); Liechtenstein (1597, 1599); Mali (1147); Malta (1499, 1502b); Marshall Islands (1069b, 1069c, 1069d); Mauritania (521A); New Zealand (Ross Dependency)(L132, L133a); Peru (1814a, 1825b, 1828, 1835a); United Nations (1074, 1075, 1077);United Nations (Geneva) (572, 573, 574); United Nations (Vienna) (534, 536, 537, 539c, 539d); United States (CVP89); Uzbekistan (728)
Land Mammals: Bats
Czech Republic (3579)
Land Mammals: Cats
China (People's Republic) (4134-4137); Cook Islands (1424, 1456); Gambia (3485);Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1596, 1597, 1598, 1599, 1600, 1601); Kazakhstan (701-702); Peru (1814a); United Nations (1076)
Land Mammals: Dogs
China (People's Republic) (4101, 4103, 4105, 4106, 4107); Peru (1814a)
Land Mammals: Elephants
Cook Islands (1457); Gambia (3485c, 3486); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1602)
Land Mammals: Horses
Aitutaki (6141); Australia (4004); China (People's Republic) (4099); Cook Islands(1428); Czech Republic (3576); Gibraltar (1415, 1418a); Great Britain (Guernsey)(1222); Marshall Islands (1069e); Mexico (2826, 2832); New Zealand (2498, 2499, 2500a); Peru (1814a); United Nations (Vienna) (539b)
Sea Mammals
Aitutaki (603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 612)
Sea Mammals: Whales
Aitutaki (600, 601, 602, 609, 610, 611, 612a, 612b, 612c, 612j, 612k, 612l); New Zealand (Ross Dependency) (L133, L133a)
Birds
Burma (394); China (People's Republic) (4100, 4104, 4110, 4111); Christmas Island(522-523, 522a, 523a); Cook Islands (1422, 1458); Cuba (5322, 5335, 5338, 5357);Cyprus (1195); Czech Republic (3579); Finland (1445b, 1445c, 1446a, 1446b, 1446c, 1446d, 1446e); Gibraltar (1411-1412); Great Britain (Jersey) (1701, 1705); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1602, 1606); Kazakhstan (699, 700a, 700-701, 703d); Mexico(2822, 2833); New Zealand (Ross Dependency) (L130, L131, L133a); Niue (892, 895a); Norfolk Island (1073); Pakistan (1198); Peru (1814a, 1827, 1830, 1832, 1839);United Nations (Vienna) (535, 539b, 539c, 539e, 539h); Viet Nam (3477-3481, 3485-3486)
Insects
Czech Republic (3579); Gambia (3474-3475, 3503-3504); Great Britain (Jersey)(1689-1694); Uruguay (2437)
Insects: Butterflies & Moths
Cuba (5289-5296, 5325); Czech Republic (3579); Dominica (2797-2798); Great Britain (Jersey) (1709); Iraq (1911-1917); Libya (1770, 1773); Peru (1831, 1836)
Fish & Fishing
China (People's Republic) (4114b, 4114f); Cook Islands (1422, 1431, 1432, 1433, 1435); Cuba (5319); Fiji (1298); Peru (1812-1813)
Fish & Fishing: Marine Life
China (People's Republic) (4114a, 4114c4114f); Christmas Island (522-523, 522a, 523a); Fiji (1297); New Zealand (Ross Dependency) (L129, L133a)
Fish & Fishing: Shells
Cook Islands (1434); Cuba (5299-5305, 5336); Czech Republic (3579); Gambia (3481-3482)
Reptiles & Amphibians
Aitutaki (599); Bhutan (1478-1479); China (People's Republic) (4114, 4114f); Cook Islands (1436); Czech Republic (3579); Gambia (3483-3484); Peru (1814a)
Other Terrestrial Life
Uruguay (2270)
Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals
Great Britain (3228-3237); Peru (1820, 1829)
Flags
Aitutaki (598); Albania (2937-2938); Anguilla (1214a); Cook Islands (1423, 1424, 1426, 1429); Cuba (5305, 5314, 5316, 5319, 5320, 5321, 5341, 5351, 5363, 5366);Czech Republic (3577); Gambia (3472b, 3472c, 3496, 3498); Gibraltar (1413); Great Britain (3219, 3220, 3221, 3221a, 3222, 3224, 3224a, 3225, 3225e, 3227, 3227a); Great Britain (Jersey) (1695, 1696, 1697, 1699, 1700a, 1718a); Iraq (1909-1910);Kazakhstan (701-702, 708b); Libya (1770, 1771-1772); Malagasy Republic (1620);Marshall Islands (1070); Pakistan (1200); Peru (1813, 1815, 1834, 1839-1840);United Nations (1078); United Nations (Geneva) (576); United Nations (Vienna)(539); Uruguay (2435); Viet Nam (3466)
Flora
China (People's Republic) (4131); Croatia (RA114); Fiji (1296-1299); Finland (1443a);Gibraltar (1414, 1418a); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1607); Iraq (1914, 1915, 1916, 1917); Kazakhstan (705)
Flowers
Andorra (French) (720-721); Ascension (1106, 1109b); Belgium (2658, 2658a);Bhutan (1470b, 1478-1479); China (People's Republic) (4098, 4133); Cook Islands(1426, 1437-1445, O88-O102, O103-O117); Cuba (5333, 5334, 5356); Cyprus (1195);Czech Republic (3579); Fiji (1301); Gambia (3503-3504, 3511-3514); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1227-1232, 1227a-1232a); Great Britain (Jersey) (1707, 1708, 1712);Guinea-Bissau (1030); Iraq (1911, 1912, 1913); Libya (1773); Liechtenstein (1592b, 1594, 1599); Malagasy Republic (1625); Marshall Islands (1069a, 1069c, 1069f); Peru(1827, 1831, 1832, 1837); Slovakia (668); United Nations (Vienna) (539a); Uruguay(2437c, 2437d); Uzbekistan (729); Viet Nam (3482-3484)
Flowers: Orchids
Cuba (5337, 5344-5350); Finland (1442); Viet Nam (3470-3472)
Flowers: Roses
Cook Islands (1425); Czech Republic (3579d); Gambia (3515c)
Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops
Cuba (5322); Finland (1445d, 1448a); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1221); Marshall Islands (1071); Peru (1822, 1825b, 1835a, 1841-1842); United Nations (1078d, 1078f);United Nations (Geneva) (576a, 576d); United Nations (Vienna) (539f); Uruguay(2434); Uzbekistan (730)
Gems, Minerals & Jewelry
Cuba (5326); Peru (1818)
Heraldry & Coats of Arms
Belarus (872-873); Bulgaria (4656a, 4656c); Cook Islands (1422, 1424); Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1608); Kazakhstan (704c, 705a); Peru (1825b, 1837); United Nations (Geneva) (576c); United Nations (Vienna) (539b)
Holograms & 3-D
Great Britain (Jersey) (1687)
Maps & Globes
Albania (2940, 2940c); Anguilla (1205); Bhutan (1468a); Bulgaria (4656); Croatia(889, RA110); Cuba (5328); Finland (1444c, 1447, 1448d); Gambia (3469, 3477-3478, 3487, 3488, 3490); Ghana (2693N); Iraq (1909-1910); Kazakhstan (701-702, 705a, 708); Libya (1770); Malagasy Republic (1620); Mexico (2833); United Nations (Vienna) (538); Uzbekistan (728)
Masks
Mexico (2832c)
Military
Belarus (872); Chile (1594a); China (People's Republic) (4141-4142, 4156, 4157a);Cuba (5281, 5316); Gambia (3505-3506); Gibraltar (1413); Great Britain (3225, 3225e); Great Britain (Jersey) (1701-1706); Marshall Islands (1070); Mexico (2825);Pakistan (1193, 1200); Peru (1811); Viet Nam (3487)
Motor Vehicles
Albania (2940a, 2940c); Great Britain (3226, 3227a); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1220, 1224); Great Britain (Jersey) (1701-1706)
Automobiles
Aitutaki (613); China (People's Republic) (4105); Cuba (5324, 5330); Czech Republic(3580-3581, 3581a); Gambia (3489b); Great Britain (Jersey) (1713-1718, 1718a)
Motorcycles
China (People's Republic) (4101, 4102)
Mushrooms
Czech Republic (3579)
Nobel Prize
Kazakhstan (708); Malta (1498); Mexico (2832e)
Performing Arts
Dance
Cuba (5282-5288, 5339-5340)
Music
Austria (2478); China (People's Republic) (4122); Cook Islands (1424); Cuba (5306);Curaçao (B9, B11); Kazakhstan (705c); Malta (1500, 1502); Pakistan (1201); Viet Nam (3482-3484)
Movies, Television & Stars
Cuba (5297); Great Britain (Jersey) (1682-1688)
Theater
Cuba (5318)
Personalized Stamps
Aitutaki (598); Cook Islands (1422-1423); Czech Republic (3582-3583, 3582a, 3583a);United Nations (Vienna) (538)
Philately
Cuba (5299-5305, 5332-5338)
Railroads
Albania (2940b, 2940c); Australia (3996-4003, 4003a, 4003b); Bulgaria (4656)
Red Cross
Croatia (RA110, RA112, RA114); Great Britain (Jersey) (1704); Malta (1498)
Religion
Anguilla (1204-1206); Belarus (870); Bhutan (1468d); Bulgaria (4656a, 4656c); China (People's Republic) (4115-4121, 4126c, 4147); Cuba (5353); Czech Republic (3576);Gambia (3479-3480); Kazakhstan (705); Marshall Islands (1071); Mexico (2830, 2836); Peru (1815b, 1816, 1821, 1823, 1833, 1834b); Slovakia (667)
Christmas
Aitutaki (594-597, 617-619); Ascension (1105-1109); Australia (4008-4020, 4013a, 4014a, 4016a, 4017a, 4018a, 4019a, 4020a); Austria (2476-2479); Bulgaria (4657);Christmas Island (522-523, 522a, 523a); Cook Islands (1418-1421); Croatia (RA112);Cyprus (1196-1198); Fiji (1300-1303); Finland (1449-1451); Gambia (3461-3466);Gibraltar (1414-1418, 1418a); Great Britain (3238-3245, 3239a, 3240a, 3245b, 3246-3247); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1233-1239); Great Britain (Alderney) (477-483);Great Britain (Isle of Man) (1603-1610); Iceland (1324-1326); Liechtenstein (1595-1598); Malta (1499-1502); Marshall Islands (1069); Niue (892-895, 895a); Norfolk Island (1071-1074); United States (CVP89)
Popes
Cuba (5298); Gambia (3507-3510); Peru (1837)
Science & Technology
China (People's Republic) (4154-4157, 4157a); Ghana (2689D); Mauritania (521B);Mexico (2831); Viet Nam (3487)
Archaeology
Bulgaria (4656a); Gambia (3499, 3502); Great Britain (Jersey) (1627-1631); Peru(1815a, 1817, 1823, 1824, 1828, 1834a, 1838)
Astronomy
Finland (1448f)
Earth Science & Earth Features
China (People's Republic) (4097, 4108-4113, 4126-4127); Cook Islands (1430); Czech Republic (3579); Iceland (1319, 1320-1323); Libya (1773); Liechtenstein (1592b);Norfolk Island (1065-1070)
Medicine
Cuba (5331, 5342-5343); Finland (1448b); Mexico (2821, 2826, 2835); Viet Nam(3488-3489)
Scouting
Aitutaki (613b)
Ships & Watercraft
Aitutaki (600-612); Albania (2940b, 2940c); Anguilla (1205, 1214a); Belarus (873);Burma (394d, 394h); Cayman Islands (1130, 1130a); China (People's Republic)(4126-4127, 4128, 4156, 4157, 4157a); Cook Islands (1446-1452); Curaçao (137);Czech Republic (3577); Finland (1445c); French Polynesia (1109-1110); Gambia(3505-3506); Great Britain (3219-3225, 3221a, 3224a, 3225e, 3227, 3227a); Great Britain (Jersey) (1695-1700, 1700a, 1706); Guinea-Bissau (1021); Liechtenstein(1592a); Pakistan (1200); Peru (1813, 1836)
Space
China (People's Republic) (4154, 4155, 4157a); Gambia (3470-3471); Iraq (1909-1910); Kazakhstan (699-700, 700a)
Sports
Albania (2937-2938); Belarus (871); Bhutan (1468); Burma (394); China (People's Republic) (4139-4140, 4140a, 4152-4153); Czech Republic (3577); Gambia (3467-3468); Great Britain (Jersey) (1713-1718, 1718a); New Zealand (2499, 2500a);Uzbekistan (731-732); Viet Nam (3467-3469)
Olympics
China (People's Republic) (4132); Kazakhstan (707); Liechtenstein (1593)
Soccer
Burma (394d, 394h); Ghana (2693N)
Stamps On Stamps
Bhutan (1468)
Telecommunications
Cuba (5297); Gambia (3477-3478); Iraq (1909-1910)
Textiles
Cuba (5360); Liechtenstein (1594)
Native Costumes
Armenia (951); Bhutan (1468-1469, 1470-1475); Bulgaria (4657); China (People's Republic) (4122-4125, 4148-4151); Cuba (5282-5288, 5358); Cyprus (1195); Great Britain (Guernsey) (1225); Kazakhstan (705b, 705c); Mali (1147); Uzbekistan (728)
Toys & Games
China (People's Republic) (4123); Finland (1446); Gibraltar (1415, 1416, 1418a);Mexico (2823)
United Nations
Gambia (3477-3478); United Nations (Vienna) (538)
Women
Aitutaki (613); Andorra (French) (722); Armenia (951); Austria (2480); Belarus(871a); Bhutan (1467, 1470-1475); Bulgaria (4656a, 4656c); China (People's Republic) (4104, 4106, 4107, 4139, 4140a, 4152); Cook Islands (1424, 1425, 1426, 1428, 1429); Cuba (5285, 5286, 5288, 5306, 5317, 5320, 5324, 5325, 5339-5340, 5355, 5358, 5360, 5367); Cyprus (1195); Fiji (1292, 1293, 1294, 1299, 1302); Finland (1448a, 1448e, 1448f); Gambia (3493-3496, 3501, 3515-3516); Great Britain (MH441, MH441a);Great Britain (Guernsey) (1225, 1226); Kazakhstan (700, 700a, 705b, 705c, 708);Mexico (2824, 2825, 2832, 2834); Pakistan (1201); Peru (1835c, 1835d); United Nations (1078b, 1078g); United Nations (Geneva) (576f); United Nations (Vienna)(539e, 539g); Uruguay (2433)
Writers & Literature
Albania (2939); Armenia (951); China (People's Republic) (4148-4151); Cuba (5327, 5352, 5365); Mexico (2827); Pakistan (1202); Slovakia (667)
Journalism
Iceland (1319)
Addendum
Unaccompanied minors, such as China (People's Republic) (4067a), will only appear in "By Topic" listings that differ from those of the original stamps.
Number changes
To stamps in Oct. 21, 2013 Update, Ghana (2689D becomes 2689E).
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