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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  • Bechuanaland 1891 6d Purple-Roe-Red SG36 Fine VLMM
    New
    £6.00
  • Falkland Islands 1891 1/2d Blue-Green SG15 V.F.U
    New
    £18.00
  • Falkland Islands 1891 1/2d on Half of 1d Brownish Claret SG13 Good MM
    New
    £195.00
  • Falkland Islands 1891 1d Brown SG18a Fine Used
    New
    £44.00
  • Falkland Islands 1891 1d Brown SG18a V.F.U
    New
    £46.00
  • Falkland Islands 1891 1d Reddish Chestnut SG19 Fine Used
    New
    £27.00
  • Falkland Islands 1891 2 1/2d Dull Blue SG28 Fine Used
    New
    £19.00
  • Falkland Islands 1891 2 1/2d Pale Chalky Ultramarine SG27 V.F.U
    New
    £32.00
  • Falkland Islands 1891 6d Orange-Yellow SG33x Wmk Reversed Fine Used
    New
    £27.00
  • Falkland Islands 1891 6d Orange-Yellow SG33x Wmk Reversed Superb Used
    New
    £35.00
  • Falkland Islands 1892 1/2d Green SG16 V.F.U
    New
    £11.00
  • Falkland Islands 1894 1/2d Deep Yellow-Green SG17 V.F.U
    New
    £13.00
  • Falkland Islands 1894 1d Claret SG21 Good Used
    New
    £35.00
  • Falkland Islands 1894 1d Orange-Brown SG20 Fine Used
    New
    £27.00
  • Falkland Islands 1894 2 1/2d Prussian Blue SG29 V.F.U
    New
    £70.00
  • Falkland Islands 1894 2 1/2d Ultramarine SG30 Fine Used
    New
    £7.00
  • Falkland Islands 1894 4d Brownish Black Wmk Reversed SG31 V.F.U
    New
    £225.00
  • Falkland Islands 1895 1s Grey-Brown SG37 Fine Used
    New
    £32.00
  • Falkland Islands 1895 2d Deep Purple SG25 Fine Used
    New
    £6.00
  • Falkland Islands 1895 2d Pale Purple SG25 Fine Used
    New
    £6.00
  • Falkland Islands 1895 4d Olive-Black SG32 Fine Used
    New
    £11.00
  • Falkland Islands 1895 9d Pale Reddish Orange SG35 V.F.U
    New
    £33.00
  • British Guiana 1881 1 on 48c Red-Brown SG154 Good MM
    New
    £44.00
  • British Guiana 1881 2 on 12c Pale Violet SG155 Good MM
    New
    £25.00

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