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List of stamps depicting the Commonwealth Games information


The Commonwealth Games has been commemorated in the postage stamps of a number of nations. Unlike the Olympic Games the first celebrations of the Commonwealth Games did not appear on stamps. The first Commonwealth Games stamps were issued in connection with the Games in Cardiff in 1958, although there were philatelic labels issued for Games prior to 1958.

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List of stamps depicting the Commonwealth Games

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The Commonwealth Games has been commemorated in the postage stamps of a number of nations. Unlike the Olympic Games the first celebrations of the Commonwealth...

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Commonwealth Games

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Commonwealth Youth Games Commonwealth Mountain and Ultradistance Running Championships List of Commonwealth Games venues List of stamps depicting the...

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List of British postage stamps

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Anniversaries (5 stamps), 3 June Decimal Currency: Machin design of 10p, 20p, 50p and £1 (4 stamps), 17 June Ninth British Commonwealth Games (3 stamps), Edinburgh...

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Federation of South Arabia

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flag of the Federation. The stamps referred to above are those listed in the Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalog. A number of other stamps have also...

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Postage stamps and postal history of Australia

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the then-current colony stamps. These stamps continued to be valid and became de facto Commonwealth stamps. Some of these stamps continued to be used for...

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Jennifer Toombs

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Churchill her stamp designs commemorating the first anniversary of the death of the statesman were adopted for the stamps issued by 33 Commonwealth countries...

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Stuart Slack

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the Isle of Man Post Office issued a set of postage stamps for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester including a 22 pence stamp depicting the photo-finish...

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List of United Kingdom commemorative stamps

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This list of United Kingdom commemorative stamps deals with commemorative stamps issued by Royal Mail, the postal administration of the United Kingdom...

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Indian rupee sign

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sign, when it issued the Commonwealth Games commemorative stamps on 3 October 2010. In his budget speech on 28 February 2011, the finance minister, Pranab...

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Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II

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Commemorative stamps and coins were released in Australia. On 5 April, two commemorative stamps were released by Australia Post: a $1.10 stamp featuring an...

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Sport in South Asia

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as the South Asian Games and Asian Games. Some martial arts were practiced during this time period, such as kalaripayattu. Several variations of tag...

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Australia Post stamps and products

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products. Before the formation of Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901, each state of Australia issued separate postage stamps through colonial...

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Canadian royal symbols

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postage stamps since 1851, when Queen Victoria and her consort, Prince Albert, were shown on 12- and 6-pence stamps, respectively, for mail in the Province...

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The Bahamas

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The Bahamas (/bəˈhɑːməz/ bə-HAH-məz), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is a country in North America. It is an island country within the Lucayan...

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List of postage stamps of Guernsey

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for the 3rd anniversary of liberation, the Royal Mail issued two stamps, designed primarily for use in the Channel Islands depicting the gathering of Vraic...

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Monarchy of Papua New Guinea

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and postage stamps. A bust of Queen Elizabeth II is also located in the grounds of Government House in Port Moresby. A Crown is also depicted as a royal...

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2012 Summer Olympics

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The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July...

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Anigozanthos manglesii

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scene of Perth was depicted on a 5 pence on a 1962 Australian stamp issue designed by R. M. Warner to mark the British Empire and Commonwealth Games held...

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Dominica

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Waitukubuli), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago...

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Monarchy of New Zealand

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and postage stamps such as the Queen Elizabeth II definitive stamp. There are references to St Edward's Crown, on New Zealand's coat of arms, on various...

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Western physical culture

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through the history of events such as the Olympics, have helped in the formation of the modern community of nations. The Commonwealth Games contributes...

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Gibraltar pound

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10 of 1914. At first, the typeset notes were signed by hand by Treasurer Greenwood, though he later used stamps. The notes bore the embossed stamp of the...

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Havant

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contributed two players to the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. The astroturf was provided by the National Lottery Fund. The town has a successful amateur...

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Monarchy of Canada

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Princess of Wales, opened Expo 86 in Vancouver. Between them, the Queen and her family opened numerous Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Heads of Government...

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Monarchy of Australia

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Australian coins minted during her reign, the five-dollar banknote, and postage stamps such as the Queen's Birthday stamp, issued by Australia Post every year...

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Douglas Nicholls

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teaching that skill to some members of the United States military. There is a photograph depicting this in the Australian War Memorial archives. He also...

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