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

Grid
sort-ascending
Northern Nigeria 1910 2d Grey SG30 Fine Used
£4.00
Natal 1902 £1.10s Green & Violet SG143 Good Used (2)
£70.00
Natal 1904 2s Dull Green & Bright Violet SG156 Fine Used
£27.00
Antigua 1925 3d Purple-Pale Yellow SG74 Fine Used
£3.00
Antigua 1932 1d Scarlet SG82 Fine Used
£5.00
Antigua 1935 Jubilee Set of 4 SG91-94 Fine Used
£13.00
Ascension 1922 1s Black-Green SG9 Fine Used
£32.00
Ascension 1922 2d Black & Grey SG4 Fine Used (2)
£7.00
Ascension 1922 3d Bright Blue SG5 Fine Used
£17.00
Ascension 1935 Jubilee Set of 4 SG31-34 Fine Used
£66.00
Bahamas 1911 6d Bistre-Brown SG74 Fine Used
£27.00
Bahamas 1921 5s Dull Purple & Blue SG88 Good Used
£20.00
Bahamas 1931 3s Slate-Purple & Myrtle-Green SG132 V.F.U (2)
£17.00
Bahamas 1935 1s Slate & Purple SG144 V.F.U
£9.00
Bahamas 1935 6d Light Blue & Olive-Green SG143 Fine Used
£8.00
Cayman Islands 1914 3d on Lemon SG45b Fine Used
£9.00
Cayman Islands 1920 3d on Orange-Buff SG45c Fine Used
£15.00
Cyprus 1934 45pi Green & Black SG143 Good Used Reduced Pen Cancel with Forged Cancel
£10.00
Cyprus 1934 Set of 9 to 9pi SG133-141 Fine Used
£24.00
Cyprus 1935 Jubilee Set of 4 SG144-147 Fine Used
£18.00
Cayman Islands 1905 1d Carmine SG9 Fine Used
£9.00
Morocco Agencies 1898 1p Bistre & Ultramarine SG7 Good Used
£14.00
Morocco Agencies 1904 20c Grey-Green & Carmine SG19 Good Used (2)
£17.00
Morocco Agencies 1905 5c Grey-Green & Green SG24a 'CD Sideways' V.F.U
£50.00