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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Canada 1870 3c Pale Rose-Red SG80 Fine Used
£7.00
Canada 1870 6c Yellow-Brown SG59b Fine Used
£27.00
Canada 1871 2c Pale Emerald Green SG57a Fine Used
£35.00
Canada 1873 6c Yellowish Brown SG86 Fine Used
£10.00
Canada 1874 10c Very Pale Lilac Magenta SG99 Good Used (2)
£145.00
Canada 1875 5c Olive-Green SG63 Fine Used
£40.00
Canada 1876 10c Pale Lilac-Magenta SG87 Fine Used (4)
£24.00
Canada 1876 10c Pale Lilac-Magenta SG88 Good Used
£22.00
Canada 1877 15c Lilac-Grey SG65 Fine Used
£100.00
Canada 1887 15c Slaty Blue SG69 Fine Used
£14.00
Canada 1890 10c Carmine-Pink SG110 Fine Used
£18.00
Canada 1893 Set of 2 SG115-116 Fine Used (5)
£52.00
Canada 1897 $1 Lake SG136 Fine Used
£195.00
Canada 1897 $2 Deep Violet SG137 Fine Used Nicely Centered
£175.00
Canada 1897 $4 Violet SG139 Good Used
£245.00
Canada 1897 $5 Olive-Green SG140 Good Used
£195.00
Bermuda 1866 2d Dull Blue SG3 Fine Used (3)
£22.00
Canada 1852 3d Orange-Red Very Thin Paper SG8 Good Used
£70.00
Canada 1852 6d Brownish Grey SG11 V.F.U 4 Large to Very Large Margins Rare
£875.00
Canada 1859 1c Carmine-Rose SG30 Fine Used
£35.00
Canada 1859 1c Deep Rose SG30 Fine Used (2)
£30.00
Canada 1859 1c Pale Rose SG29 Fine Used
£25.00
Canada 1859 1c Rose-Red SG29 Good Used
£10.00
Canada 1859 5c Deep Red Thick Paper SG32 Fine Used Nicely Centered
£15.00