Thematic or Topical Collecting for Beginners
In the vast stampscape of philately Thematic or Topical collecting is constantly increasing in popularity. What you collect is only limited by your imagination.
Here are some suggested Themes or Topics to inspire you to start your collection:
A
Actors and/or Actresses, Advertising, Agriculture, AIDS, Airports, Airships, Americana, Ancient World, Angels, Animals, Antartic, Archaeology, Architecture, Armed Forces, Astronomy, Australiana, Austria, Authors and Aviation.
B
Badges, Banking and/or Finance, Battles, Bears, Bicycles, Birds, Boats, Bridges, British History and Butterflies.
C
Canals, Cars, Cartoons, Castles, Cathedrals, Cats, Chapels, Chemistry, Chess, Children, China, Christmas, Churches, Churchill, Cinema, Circus, Cities, Coats of Arms, Coins, Computers, Conservation and Costume.
D
Dams, Dance, Dead Countries, Dentistry, Disasters, Disney, Diving and Dogs.
E
Economics, Education, Edward VII, Edward VIII, Elephants, Emergency Issues, Engineering, Environment, Ethnology, Europa, Europe and Explorers.
F
Fairy Tales, Family, Film Stars, Fish, Fishing, Flags, Flowers, Folklore, Food & Drink, Fruits and Fungi.
G
Gardens, & Parks, Geology & Landforms, Glaciology, Glass and Greetings.
H
Handicrafts, Hands, Harry Potter, Hearts, Helicopters, Hitler, Horses, Human Rights, Hydrology and Hyperinflations.
I
Independence, Industry, Insects, International Cooperation, Inventions and Inventors.
J
Jewellery and Judaica.
K
Knots.
L
Labour, Languages, Linguistics, Literacy, Law, Libraries, Lighthouses, Lord of the Rings (LOTR) and Low Denominations.
M
Magic, Mao Tse Tung, Maps, Marine Life, Mathematics, Medals, Medical, Medicine, Monarchs, Mountains, Mourning Stamps, Museums, Music, Mussolini and Mythology.
N
National Parks, Navigation, New Year and Nobel Prize.
O
Olympic Games, Olympic Medalists, Orchids and Owls.
P
Paintings, Peace, Philosophy, Physics, Plants, Polar, Police, Politics, Ports, Post Offices, Posters, Posts, Pottery, Prehistoric Creatures, Presidents, Press & Publishing, Princess Diana, Princess Grace, Printing, Popes, Prime Minister and Public Safety.
Q
Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Victoria
R
Railways, Red Cross, Religion, Reptiles, Rivers, Roses, Royalty and Russia.
S
Sailing, Saints, Science, Scotland, Scouts, Sculpture, Self-adhesives, Shells, Ships, Signs, South Africa, Space, Spain, Sports, Stamp-on-stamp, Stalin and Surcharges.
T
Tanks, Telecommunications, Temples, Textiles, Theatre, Tourism, Toys, Trade, Transport and Trees.
U
UNESCO, Uniforms, United Nations, Universities and UPU.
V
Valcanoes.
W
Wales, Waterfalls, Weaponry, Welfare, Windmills and Watermills, World War I, World War II, Writers and WWF.
Y
Yachts and Youth.
A look through a discarded album, a world mixture, some old packets could offer up a multitude of surprises! If you have some further suggestions to add to this list, don’t hesitate to contact us
Should you collect an unusual Theme or Topic, share it with our readers, perhaps with some images of your favourite items…
For further information see the American Topical Association.
