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    Western Australia 1905 5d Pale Olive-Bistre SG143 Fine MM
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    Western Australia 1903 10d Red SG123 Fine VLMM
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    Western Australia 1903 8d Apple-Green SG121 Fine MM
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    Western Australia 1902 2s6d Deep Blue-Rose SG125 Fine LMM
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    Western Australia 1901 2 1/2d Blue SG114 Fine MM
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    Western Australia 1901 2 1/2d Blue SG114 Fine LMM
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    Western Australia 1899 2d Bright Yellow SG113 Good MNH
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    Western Australia 1898 1d Carmine SG112 Fine LMM
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    Western Australia 1893 6d Bright Violet SG100 Fine MM
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    Western Australia 1892 2 1/2d Deep Blue SG97 Fine MM
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    Western Australia 1892 2 1/2d Blue SG97a Fine MM
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    Western Australia 1892 2 1/2d Blue SG97a Fine LMM
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    Western Australia 1890 4d Chestnut SG98 Fine MM
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    Western Australia 1890 2d Grey SG96a Good MM
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    Western Australia 1890 1s Olive-Green SG102 Fine MM
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    Western Australia 1890 1d Carmine SG95 Fine MM
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    Western Australia 1888 4d Red-Brown SG105 Fine Unused
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    Western Australia 1885 1/2d Yellow-Green SG94 Fine MNH
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    Western Australia 1885 1/2d Green SG94a Fine MM (2)
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    Western Australia 1884 1/2d on 1d Yellow-Ochre SG90 Fine Unused
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    Western Australia 1895 1/2d on 3d Pale-Brown SG110 Fine MM
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    Western Australia 1885 1/2d Green SG94a Fine MM
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    Western Australia 1884 1/2d on 1d Yellow-Ochre SG89 Good MM
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    Western Australia 1879 2d Yellow-Ochre SG70 Fine MM
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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