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By Topic - May 2015
The new stamp-issue listings from the Scott New Issues Update in the May 18 Linn's Stamp News Monthly Edition fall into the following popular topical collecting areas.
Antarctic & Arctic
French Southern & Antarctic Territories (516, 517, 523, 524, 525)
Architecture
Andorra (Spanish) (406); Hungary (4338, 4339, 4342); India (2689, 2694, 2704, 2705, 2709); Jamaica (1115, 1116, 1117); Korea (South) (2191a, 2191b, 2191d, 2191f, 2191g, 2191h, 2423f); Korea (North) (5156, 5167, 5176, 5189, 5196, 5197, 5206-5209);Kosovo (247-248); Kyrgyzstan (468, 475); Laos (1868, 1873, 1874-1878, 1879, 1880a, 1881, 1881c); Lebanon (704); Liberia (2901a, 2902f, 2912-2915, 2978, 2979); Libya(1774); Luxembourg (1397, 1398); Macao (1415-1417, 1420a, 1420b, 1421, 1422-1423, 1426, 1428, 1429-1430, 1431-1432, 1433a, 1434); Macedonia (642); Malawi (795, 795a, 797, 797a, 798, 798a, 799b); Malaysia (1487, 1494-1495, 1496, 1499, 1500-1504, 1517); Malta (1531b, 1531c); Mexico (2895, 2902, 2906, 2908, 2911a, 2911b, 2912, 2920, 2921); Micronesia (1052, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1085-1086); Moldova (821-823, 824, 827, 829, 846); Monaco (2789, 2792); Mongolia (2812-2813, 2818); Montenegro (361, 362, 367); Montserrat (1337); Pakistan (1209, 1213)
Bridges
Korea (South) (2191g); Laos (1880, 1880a, 1881, 1881c); Liberia (2911, 2912-2915, 2974b); Micronesia (1086b)
Castles
Liberia (2918)
Lighthouses
Latvia (886); Libya (1775)
Art
Latvia (889); Moldova (823); United States (4968-4972)
Caricatures, Cartoon Art & Comic Strips
Korea (South) (2420)
Paintings
Andorra (Spanish) (404, 405); Japan (3799); Korea (South) (2423a, 2423c); Korea (North) (5052); Kosovo (244); Latvia (888); Liberia (2902a, 2902c, 2902e, 2908-2911, 2970-2973, 2976-2979); Macao (1429-1430); Macedonia (642); Mexico (2896);Micronesia (1054-1057, 1103-1106); Moldova (829); Montserrat (1347-1348)
Pottery, Ceramics & Other Media
Jamaica (1118); Korea (South) (2197B, 2423c, 2423e); Mexico (2898)
Sculpture & Statues
Dominican Republic (1567); Hungary (4340a); India (2689); Korea (North) (5194, 5205); Kyrgyzstan (475a); Laos (1873, 1881, 1881c); Latvia (890); Lebanon (703);Macao (1426b); Macedonia (651); Malaysia (1509); Mexico (2902b, 2906, 2908, 2923);Micronesia (1060, 1061, 1075, 1077); Moldova (822, 830); Pakistan (1212)
Aviation
Airplanes, Gliders & Helicopters
French Southern & Antarctic Territories (524); Gibraltar (1501); Korea (North)(5167); Kyrgyzstan (Express Post) (1, 2); Malaysia (1500, 1501, 1503, 1504); Mexico(2895); Mongolia (2817); Pakistan (1213); Vanuatu (1080, 1081, 1082, 1084, 1085)
Zeppelins, Airships & Balloons
Lithuania (1037)
Parachutes
Vanuatu (1081)
Bicycles
Macao (1417, 1429b)
Black Americans
Montserrat (1353b)
Children
Hungary (4341); Korea (North) (5155, 5157, 5198); Kyrgyzstan (459); Laos (1883);Lebanon (710); Liberia (2912c, 2914b, 2917d, 2970d); Libya (1787a); Luxembourg(1397); Macao (1433d); Macedonia (RA168); Malaysia (1498, 1502); Mexico (2916);Micronesia (1064-1065); Moldova (824); Monaco (2786); Montserrat (1348); Senegal(1719)
Coins & Currency
Lebanon (709)
Endangered Species
Kyrgyzstan (481-484)
Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Kyrgyzstan (464-467, 467a)
Europa Kosovo (252-254); Liechtenstein (1641-1642); Macedonia (659-662)
Explorers
French Southern & Antarctic Territories (524)
Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
Gibraltar (1489); Hungary (4343); Liberia (2908, 2916-2919); Malaysia (1486-1489, 1514-1516); Marshall Islands (1105); Mongolia (2817, 2819)
Famous People
Korea (North) Mao Zedong (5052), Kim Jong Il (5155, 5156, 5157, 5205b), Kim Il Sung (5155, 5157, 5196, 5197, 5205a), Kim Jong Un (5162); Liberia Mao Zedong (2901, 2902), Jawaharlal Nehru (2901b); Malta Franklin D. Roosevelt (1531a, 1531c), Joseph Stalin (1531c); Mongolia Vladimir Putin (2813), Genghis Khan (2814-2815), Benjamin Franklin (2817); Montserrat (1353-1354)
Kennedy
Micronesia (1087-1090)
Royalty
Libya (1780a, 1780c); Liechtenstein (1635, 1638); Luxembourg (1394-1396);Micronesia (1052, 1056, 1064-1065); Mongolia (2817); Montenegro (367)
Fauna
Land Mammals
French Southern & Antarctic Territories (517); Gibraltar (1489); Hungary (4343);Japan (3789, 3790, 3792, 3793, 3794); Korea (North) (5139-5141, 5170, 5177);Kyrgyzstan (464-467, 467a, 481, 483); Kyrgyzstan (Express Post) (5b, 5c); Lebanon(712); Liberia (2966-2969); Liechtenstein (1641-1642); Malawi (799, 799a, 799b);Marshall Islands (1105); Mexico (2916); Micronesia (1092-1093); Moldova (820, 822, 832-833, 848); Mongolia (2819); Pakistan (1212); United States (4969, 4971)
Land Mammals: Bats
Liberia (2962-2965)
Land Mammals: Cats
Andorra (Spanish) (404); Kyrgyzstan (482, 484); Kyrgyzstan (Express Post) (4-5);Macao (1418b, 1418c, 1419); Mongolia (2817)
Land Mammals: Dogs
Macao (1418a, 1418d, 1419); Micronesia (1046-1047); Monaco (2788); Montserrat(1349-1350)
Land Mammals: Elephants
Laos (1880a)
Land Mammals: Horses
India (2708); Korea (North) (5201-5203); Kyrgyzstan (Express Post) (2a); Liberia(2908c, 2970b, 2970c, 2971b, 2976-2979); Libya (1780c, 1781); Macedonia (670);Malaysia (1486-1489); Mexico (2924); Moldova (844); Mongolia (2816, 2817)
Birds
Armenia (1011); Botswana (939-952); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (516, 519, 524a); Hungary (4338-4340, 4341); Japan (3791); Korea (South) (2420e, 2423);Korea (North) (5211); Kyrgyzstan (464-467, 467a, 479); Kyrgyzstan (Express Post)(3, 5a); Laos (1873); Macao (1427a, 1428); Malaysia (1515b); Mexico (2900, 2922, 2924); Micronesia (1048-1049, 1066-1073); Moldova (831, 839, 843, 843a); Mongolia(2817); Montenegro (311); Montserrat (1341-1342); Senegal (1719)
Insects
French Southern & Antarctic Territories (520-521); Korea (South) (2420); Korea (North) (5182-5184); Micronesia (1103, 1104)
Insects: Butterflies & Moths
Dominican Republic (1565); Libya (1782); Mexico (2922)
Fish & Fishing
Aruba (444); Dominican Republic (1564); French Southern & Antarctic Territories(525); Korea (North) (5168); Laos (1869-1872, 1872a); Libya (1788d, 1788f);Macedonia (652-653); Marshall Islands (1103); Mexico (2910); Micronesia (1094-1097, 1099); Moldova (834, 840, 841, 843a); Monaco (2785); Montserrat (1355-1356)
Fish & Fishing: Marine Life
French Southern & Antarctic Territories (515); Korea (North) (5168); Malaysia(1513, 1513a); Marshall Islands (1103); Mexico (2904-2905, 2909); Micronesia (1094-1097, 1101); Monaco (2785, 2791); Montserrat (1355-1356)
Fish & Fishing: Shells
Korea (South) (2193A); Marshall Islands (1103); Moldova (838, 842, 843a)
Reptiles & Amphibians
Korea (North) (5149); Korea (North) (5168b); Liberia (2969); Macao (1425); Mexico(2922); Montenegro (312); Montserrat (1335-1336); Senegal (1719)
Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals
Korea (South) (2389); Libya (1779); Marshall Islands (1102); Mongolia (2809-2811)
Fire Fighting
Gibraltar (1490-1497)
Flags
Canada (2807-2808, 2807a); Dominican Republic (1567); Hungary (4341); Korea (North) (5147, 5162, 5167, 5169, 5194, 5196, 5205a); Kyrgyzstan (479); Laos (1868, 1884); Lebanon (719); Liberia (2923); Libya (1780a, 1780c, 1783b, 1784b); Macao(1415a, 1416, 1432, 1433a, 1434); Macedonia (670); Malawi (795-799, 795a-799a, 799b); Malaysia (1496, 1509); Mexico (2900, 2912, 2918, 2921, 2922, 2923);Micronesia (1078, 1079, 1087d, 1088a, 1089a); Moldova (831); Mongolia (2812-2813, 2816, 2817a); Montenegro (329-330); Montserrat (1340); Pakistan (1213); Vanuatu(1083-1086)
Flora
Andorra (Spanish) (403); Kyrgyzstan (480); Liberia (2904c); Montenegro (364);United States (4973-4977)
Flowers
Armenia (1010); Botswana (942); Gibraltar (1498-1503); Hungary (4341); Jamaica(1118); Japan (3795, 3796, 3797, 3798, 3800-3801); Korea (South) (2420b, 2423a, 2423c); Korea (North) (5141, 5176, 5205); Kosovo (255-257); Kyrgyzstan (460-463, 479); Laos (1880a, 1881a, 1881c); Liberia (2909, 2910, 2917c); Macao (1420e, 1427d, 1432); Malaysia (1510-1513, 1513a, 1516b); Malta (1532-1534); Mexico (2899);Micronesia (1048b, 1103, 1104, 1105); Moldova (820, 835); Monaco (2787, 2790);Mongolia (2818); Montserrat (1341-1342, 1347); United States (4964-4967)
Flowers: Orchids
Korea (North) (5182-5184); Liberia (2958-2961)
Flowers: Roses
Malaysia (1490-1493); Mongolia (2812-2813)
Fruits, Vegetables & Food Crops
Aruba (442); Japan (3800-3801); Korea (North) (5169, 5204, 5205a); Laos (1867, 1867a, 1885, 1886); Liberia (2908b, 2924-2925, 2963); Libya (1786, 1788);Liechtenstein (1642); Luxembourg (1401); Macao (1427d); Malaysia (1505-1508, 1510, 1513a); Marshall Islands (1104); Mexico (2901); Micronesia (1054b, 1091, 1103c); Moldova (834-837, 847); Montserrat (1345-1346, 1347d, 1348)
Gems, Minerals & Jewelry
French Southern & Antarctic Territories (522); Kosovo (264-265); Macedonia (647-648); Micronesia (1099-1102); Senegal (1719)
Heraldry & Coats of Arms
Laos (1885, 1886); Liechtenstein (1638); Micronesia (1074, 1075c); Mongolia (2812-2813, 2817); Montserrat (1338)
Maps & Globes
French Southern & Antarctic Territories
(514); Korea (South) (2421a); Korea (North) (5147, 5177, 5196); Kosovo (249-250, 266); Kyrgyzstan (476); Latvia (886); Lebanon (711, 719); Libya (1780c, 1781, 1782, 1783c, 1784b, 1788b); Liechtenstein (1639); Luxembourg (1400); Macao (1431d);Mexico (2918, 2922); Mongolia (2811); Montserrat (1353-1354)
Masks
Korea (South) (2423b)
Military
Gibraltar (1498-1503); Korea (South) (2191b); Korea (North) (5169, 5185-5186, 5194, 5196, 5197, 5205); Kosovo (261, 262, 263); Laos (1868a, 1868b, 1882); Lebanon(715); Liberia (2920-2923); Macao (1427c, 1427d, 1433-1434); Macedonia (670);Malaysia (1509); Malta (1531c); Mexico (2917, 2920); Micronesia (1050-1053);Moldova (844-846); Mongolia (2816); Montserrat (1337, 1339-1340); Pakistan (1210, 1211)
Motor Vehicles
French Southern & Antarctic Territories (523, 524b); Gibraltar (1503); Hungary(4340b); Kosovo (247); Kyrgyzstan (480); Kyrgyzstan (Express Post) (2c); Laos(1879, 1880a); Macao (1417, 1429b); Moldova (824); Mongolia (2818); Pakistan(1213)
Automobiles
Gibraltar (1495, 1497); Laos (1879, 1880a); Macao (1418b, 1419, 1429b); Malaysia(1503, 1517); Malta (1531b); Moldova (845); Monaco (2793b, 2794); Mongolia (2818);Montserrat (1337)
Motorcycles
Macao (1417); Mexico (2903)
Mushrooms
Liberia (2917b); Micronesia (1103d)
Nobel Prize Malta (1531a, 1531c); Micronesia (1078-1081); Montserrat (1353);Vanuatu (1083-1086)
Performing Arts
Dance
Dominican Republic (1566); Korea (North) (5198); Liberia (2970a, 2971a);Micronesia (1057); Montserrat (1347c)
Music
Dominican Republic (1566); India (2689, 2695-2702, 2702a); Korea (South) (2423d, 2423e); Korea (North) (5198); Kosovo (252-254); Liberia (2908, 2910); Macao(1433e); Macedonia (640, 659-662); Mexico (2900); Moldova (825, 828); Montserrat(1338)
Music: Rock Stars: Elvis
Liberia (2903)
Movies, Television & Stars
Korea (South) (2420); Kyrgyzstan (469, 478); Mexico (2901)
Theater
India (2694)
Entertainers
Liberia (2970c, 2972)
Philately
Korea (South) (2423); Korea (North) (5177, 5198); Liberia (2924-2925); Libya(1782); Liechtenstein (1638); Luxembourg (1397); Malaysia (1517); Mexico (2924);Micronesia (1085-1086)
Railroads
French Southern & Antarctic Territories (514); Kyrgyzstan (Express Post) (2b);Mongolia (2818); Montserrat (1339e); United States (4970)
Red Cross
Korea (North) (5167); Lebanon (707); Macedonia (RA166, RA167, RA168); Montserrat(1339b, 1340)
Religion
India (2689, 2703, 2709); Jamaica (1115-1118); Korea (North) (5189); Laos (1868c, 1873, 1874-1878, 1881, 1881c); Lebanon (714); Macao (1429d); Mexico (2899);Micronesia (1054, 1055b, 1055c); Moldova (820); Mongolia (2813); Montenegro (361, 367); Montserrat (1338); Pakistan (1209)
Christmas
Andorra (Spanish) (405); Aruba (443); Lithuania (1036-1037); Macedonia (642);Mexico (2913-2916); Moldova (848)
Popes
Liberia (2912-2915); Micronesia (1058-1061, 1074-1077)
Science & Technology
Korea (North) (5169, 5204, 5205a); Kosovo (251); Kyrgyzstan (475); Liechtenstein(1640); Mexico (2897, 2901, 2906, 2907); Montserrat (1357-1358)
Archaeology
Malaysia (1495a); Mexico (2898)
Astronomy
Korea (South) (2191f); Macedonia (655); Montserrat (1343-1344)
Computers & Mathematics
Macao (1424-1425); Mexico (2895)
Earth Science & Earth Features
Japan (3798, 3799); Korea (South) (2191c, 2191d, 2191e, 2191i); Korea (North)(5157); Liberia (2904-2905, 2974-2975); Micronesia (1085b, 1085c); Montenegro (363, 364); Senegal (1719)
Earth Sciences & Earth Features: Waterfalls
Liberia (2904b, 2974b); Senegal (1720)
Medicine
India (2704); Kyrgyzstan (460-463); Macedonia (RA166, RA167); Mexico (2897, 2908); Moldova (827); Montserrat (1339b, 1340)
Scouting
Dominican Republic (1567); Libya (1787); Malaysia (1497-1499)
Service Organizations (Intl.)
Monaco (2786, 2796)
Ships & Watercraft
Aruba (444); French Southern & Antarctic Territories (518, 524a); Gibraltar (1494, 1499); Korea (North) (5207, 5210-5213); Liberia (2921, 2923); Macao (1420e, 1429a);Malaysia (1495d, 1515b, 1516b); Mexico (2909); Micronesia (1051, 1053, 1062-1063, 1102, 1106); Montenegro (362); Pakistan (1210); Vanuatu (1082)
Space
Korea (North) (5147); Monaco (2795)
Sports
Hungary (4338-4340); India (2708); Kosovo (246, 249-250); Liberia (2906-2907, 2976-2979); Malaysia (1486a, 1488, 1489); Micronesia (1082-1084, 1098); Monaco(2789, 2793-2794); Montenegro (329-330); Montserrat (1351-1352); Vanuatu (1079-1082)
Basketball
Korea (South) (2420h)
Olympics
Kosovo (266); Macedonia (649-650); Micronesia (1079c, 1083); Montenegro (330)
Soccer
Korea (South) (2420, 2424); Kyrgyzstan (468); Lebanon (712-713); Liberia (2926-2957, 2980-2981); Libya (1784); Mexico (2902); Montenegro (365, 365a); Montserrat(1351d); Vanuatu (1085)
Stamps On Stamps
Libya (1781); Mexico (2899); Mongolia (2817)
Telecommunications
Korea (South) (2421b); Korea (North) (5196); Kyrgyzstan (476); Montenegro (366);Pakistan (1213)
Textiles Canada (2808); Kosovo (260); Kyrgyzstan (470-471, 480); Laos (1864-1867, 1867a); Macedonia (659-662); Malaysia (1494d)
Native Costumes
Andorra (Spanish) (402); India (2689); Korea (South) (2423b, 2423g); Kosovo (263);Kyrgyzstan (476, 479); Kyrgyzstan (Express Post) (2a); Laos (1868); Liberia(2908c); Libya (1781); Liechtenstein (1636); Macao (1425, 1427-1428); Malaysia(1514-1516)
United Nations
Andorra (Spanish) (403); Hungary (4341); Liechtenstein (1639); Montserrat (1357-1358)
Universal Postal Union
Kyrgyzstan (Express Post) (3)
Women
Andorra (Spanish) (402); Dominican Republic (1566); Hungary (4341); India (2695, 2696, 2702a); Korea (North) (5157); Kosovo (261, 263); Kyrgyzstan (476, 479); Laos(1864, 1865, 1866, 1867a, 1868, 1881a, 1881c, 1883); Lebanon (705-708); Liberia(2901d, 2906e, 2908c, 2909, 2910, 2970a, 2970c, 2971a, 2971c, 2972, 2973); Libya(1783b); Macao (1417, 1429b, 1429c, 1429d, 1430, 1433e); Macedonia (RA168);Malaysia (1502, 1514, 1515a, 1516b); Mexico (2899, 2920, 2924); Micronesia (1055, 1057, 1064-1065, 1087-1090); Moldova (824, 825, 828); Monaco (2789); Mongolia(2817, 2818); Montenegro (329-330, 367); Montserrat (1338, 1339-1340, 1347-1348, 1351a, 1351b); Senegal (1719); Vanuatu (1079, 1080, 1082)
Writers & Literature
Korea (South) (2422); Kosovo (259); Kyrgyzstan (477); Lebanon (700, 716-718);Liberia (2900); Macao (1420-1421); Moldova (826, 829)
Journalism
Lebanon (708)
Addendum
Unaccompanied minors, such as Korea (North) (4190a), will only appear in “By Topic†listings that differ from those of the original stamps.
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