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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Seychelles 1906 75c Yellow & Violet SG68 Fine & Fresh LMM
£7.00
Penrhyn 1902 2 1/2d Blue SG1 Good MM
£7.00
Penrhyn 1903 Set of 3 SG14-16a Fine MM
£33.00
Aitutaki 1903 1s Bright Red SG7 Good MM
£15.00
Aitutaki 1903 3d Yellow-Brown SG5 Fine MM
£9.00
Aitutaki 1903 6d Rose-Red SG6 Good MM
£14.00
St Lucia 1902-03 Set of 5 SG58-62 Fine MM
£40.00
St Lucia 1904 1/2d Dull Purple & Green SG64 Fine LMM
£7.00
St Lucia 1904 1d Dull Purple & Carmine SG66b Chalk Fine MM
£6.00
St Lucia 1904 2 1/2d Dull Purple & Ultramarine SG68 Fine VLMM
£20.00
St Lucia 1904-09 Set of 9 to 6d SG64-72b Fine MM CV £100
£50.00
St Lucia 1905 1s Green & Black SG74 Fine MM
£28.00
St Lucia 1905 5s Green & Carmine SG76 Fine LMM
£50.00
St Lucia 1905 6d Dull Purple & Violet SG72b Chalk Fine MM (2)
£12.00
St Lucia 1905 6d Dull Purple & Violet SG72b Chalk Fine MM (3)
£12.00
St Lucia 1905 6d Dull Purple & Violet SG72b Chalk Fine MM (4)
£12.00
St Lucia 1907 5s Green & Red-Yellow SG77 Fine MM
£35.00
St Lucia 1907 6d Dull Purple & Bright Purple SG72ba Fine MM (2)
£5.00
St Lucia 1907 6d Dull Purple & Bright Purple SG72ba Fine MM
£5.00
Northern Nigeria 1906 6d Dull Purple & Violet SG25b Chalk Fine MM
£30.00
Cyprus 1903 1pi Carmine & Blue SG52 Fine MM
£20.00
Cyprus 1904 6pi Sepia & Green SG67 Good MM
£14.00
Cyprus 1904 18pi Black & Brown SG70 Good MM
£24.00
Natal 1904 1d Deep Carmine SG147b Fine MM
£8.00