British Commonwealth

The United Kingdom administrated or ruled the colonies dominions and other territories, which in all make up the British Empire. At its peak of power the British Empire was the largest empire in history and was the dominant global power for over a century. In 1922, 458 million people were held under the reign of the British Empire which was at the time one quarter of the global population at the time covering more than 13 million square miles roughly a quarter of the total global land area. This widespread presence is evident in the influence over many worldwide issues such as politics, linguistics and culture to name but a few.

During the Second World War we began to see the decline of the Empire due to South East Asia being heavily occupied by the Japanese, damaging the prestige of being a British colony in spite of Britain being victorious. Within the two years following the war, Britain then granted independence to its most populous and valuable colony, India.

For the remainder of the 20th century many of the territories of the Empire then became independent as a large decolonisation movement was taking place passed by the powers of the European nations. This movement then ended in 1997 with Hong Kong being returned to the people’s republic of China. To this date the British sovereignty has a reign of a total of fourteen overseas territories.

Following being made independent many former British colonies then joined the Common wealth of Nations a free association of independent states. The head of state for the Commonwealth being Queen Elizabeth II is shared between a total of sixteen Commonwealth realms.

Due to the many nations joining the Commonwealth this will have been viewed as a milestone for the progress of the uniting of our nations whilst having their own independence. As many major milestones in history are rarely significant enough to achieve their own stamps to be commissioned to honor the event. Commonwealth stamps are a true rare documented collection of stamps stating this worldwide event happened to unite society

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  • Bermuda 1943 £1 Deep Reddish Purple & Black-Pale Red SG121c Fine MM (4)
    New
    £26.00
  • Bermuda 1943 £1 Deep Reddish Purple & Black-Pale Red SG121c Fine MM (5)
    New
    £26.00
  • Bermuda 1943 £1 Deep Reddish Purple & Black-Pale Red SG121c Fine VLMM (2)
    New
    £28.00
  • Nyasaland 1938 £1 Purple & Black-Red SG143 Fine MNH
    New
    £40.00
  • Nyasaland 1938 2s Purple & Blue-Blue SG139 Fine MM
    New
    £5.00
  • Nyasaland 1938 2s6d Black & Red-Blue SG140 Fine LMM
    New
    £8.00
  • Nyasaland 1938 5s Pale Green & Red-Yellow SG141 Fine VLMM
    New
    £24.00
  • Nyasaland 1938 10s Emerald & Deep Red-Pale Green SG142 Fine VLMM
    New
    £26.00
  • Nyasaland 1938-42 Set of 13 to 1s SG130-138 Fine MM
    New
    £14.00
  • Northern Rhodesia 1949 UPU Set of 4 SG50-53 Fine & Fresh MM
    New
    £3.00
  • Nyasaland 1949 UPU Set of 4 SG163-166 Fine LMM
    New
    £3.00
  • Bermuda 1943 £1 Deep Reddish Purple & Black-Pale Red SG121c Fine LMM (3)
    New
    £27.00
  • Bermuda 1943 £1 Deep Reddish Purple & Black-Pale Red SG121c Fine LMM (4)
    New
    £27.00
  • Bermuda 1943 £1 Deep Reddish Purple & Black-Pale Red SG121c Fine MM (3)
    New
    £26.00
  • Nigeria 1938-51 Set of 16 SG49-59a Fine LMM
    New
    £31.00
  • North Borneo 1939 Postage Due Set of 5 SGD85-D89 V.F VLMM
    New
    £80.00
  • North Borneo 1939 Set of 15 SG303-317 V.F & Fresh VLMM & MNH Clear White Gum
    New
    £900.00
  • North Borneo 1941 War Tax Set of 2 SG318-319 Fine VLMM (2)
    New
    £8.00
  • North Borneo 1945 BMA Set of 15 SG320-334 V.F VLMM & MNH
    New
    £135.00
  • North Borneo 1947 Set of 15 SG335-349 V.F VLMM (2)
    New
    £50.00
  • North Borneo 1950 Set of 16 SG356-370 Fine & Fresh LMM
    New
    £60.00
  • Nigeria 1937 Coronation Set of 3 SG46-48 V.F MNH
    New
    £4.00
  • Nigeria 1948 RSW Set of 2 SG62-63 V.F MNH
    New
    £12.00
  • Nigeria 1949 UPU Set of 4 SG64-67 V.F MNH
    New
    £3.00