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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Malta 1922 10s Blue-Black SG105 Fine Used
£245.00
Malta 1922 10s Slate-Grey & Brown SG138 V.F.U
£105.00
Malta 1925 £1 Black & Bright Carmine SG140 Fine Used
£210.00
Malta 1928 10s Black & Carmine SG192 Fine Used
£60.00
Negri Sembilan 1936 $5 Green & Red-Emerald SG39 Fine Used
£75.00
Seychelles 1865 6d Yellow-Green of Mauritius SGZ22 Good Used
£50.00
Mauritius 1902 2R50 Green & Black-Blue SG154 Cleaned Fiscal Forged Cancel
£18.00
Mauritius 1902 5c Dull Purple & Bright Purple-Buff SG144 Fine Used Madam Joseph Cancel
£40.00
Mauritius 1902 25c Green & Carmine-Green SG151 Fine Used
£27.00
Mauritius 1904 3c Green & Carmine-Yellow SG166 V.F.U Block of 4
£41.00
Mauritius 1910 Set of 14 to 5R SG181-194 Fine Used
£150.00
Mauritius 1913 5c Both Shades SG196 + 196a Fine Used
£8.00
Mauritius 1914 25c White Back SG199a Fine Used
£12.00
Mauritius 1917 1R Black-Blue-Green SG201 Fine Used
£13.00
Mauritius 1921 10R on Emerald, Emerald Back SG204c Good Used
£95.00
Mauritius 1935 Jubilee Set of 4 SG245-248 V.F.U
£30.00
Falkland Islands 1975 Set of 4 SG311-314 V.F.U
£4.00
Falkland Islands Dep 1954 2d Black & Rose-Red SGG29 V.F.U
£3.00
Falkland Islands 1929 2s6d Carmine-Blue SG123 Fine Used
£38.00
Falkland Islands 1938 1s Lighjt Dull Blue SG158 Fine Used
£10.00
Falkland Islands 1957 9d Orange-Yellow SG191 Fine Used
£10.00
Falkland Islands 1963 1d Black & Carmine-Red D.L.R SG194a V.F.U
£5.00
Falkland Islands 1969 Set of 4 SG250-253 V.F.U
£3.00
Victoria 1859 3d Greenish Blue SG79 Robertson Good Used
£60.00