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 1975 $3 Chalice Cup SG265a Fine Used (8)
£6.00
Cyprus 1955 Set of 15 SG173-187 Good Used
£40.00
Cyprus 1960 500m Slate & Purple SG201 Fine Used
£16.00
KUT 1960 20s Violet-Blue & Lake SG198 Fine Used
£20.00
Turks & Caicos Islands 1973 Birds Set of 14 SG381-395 Fine Used
£12.00
Bermuda 1962 10s Old Post Office SG178 Fine Used (3)
£4.00
Bermuda 1962 10s Old Post Office SG178 Fine Used (4)
£4.00
New Zealand 1953-57 Set of 16 SG723-736 Fine Used
£15.00
New Zealand 1955-59 Set of 7 SG745-751 V.F.U
£3.00
New Zealand 1967 Set of 18 SG845-862 Good Used
£6.00
Ross Dependency 1967 Set of 4 SG5-8 V.F.U
£19.00
Bermuda 1962 Set of 18 SG163-179 Fine Used
£17.00
S.W.A 1957 Cover to U.S.A Bearing SG124 x 2, 127 x 2, 129 x 2, 128 & 130 Fine & Attractive
£125.00
KUT 1954-59 Set of 15 SG167-180 Fine Used
£17.00
KUT 1960 Set of 16 SG183-198 Good Used
£18.00
Nauru 1963-65 Set of 8 SG57-64 V.F.U
£7.00
Nyasaland 1953 2s6d Deep Emerald & Deep Blue SG184 Fine Used
£7.00
Gibraltar 1960 10s S.S Neuralia SG212 Fine Used
£13.00
Falkland Islands 1960 £1 Black & Orange-Yellow SG207 Fine Used
£15.00
Barbados 1953 2c Black SGD5a Fine Used
£5.00
Bermuda 1953-57 Set of 19 SG135-150 V.F.U
£22.00
Singapore 1949-52 Set of 18 SG16-30 Fine Used
£32.00
Bechuanaland 1955 1s3d Black & Lilac SG150 Fine Used
£5.00
Malacca 1954 $1 Bright Blue & Brown-Purple SG36 Fine Used
£10.00