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This website opened for business in March 2006 and has always been protected by sophisticated SSL 128 bit encryption in the areas where your personal details and card numbers are placed. Since 2006 website security has moved on and now instead of just the two pages where your details are placed the entire website now benefits from SSL encryption. Thus on this front page depending upon your browser there may well be a padlock displayed giving you the assurance that your total "browsing experience" is totally secure when moving around this website. This was implemented August 2018. To see the certificate itself please click on the GLOBAL SIGN logo at the foot of this page.

Added January 2024 40 better sets and single items. To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type BBF in the box to see what is new! Highlights include a KUT 1938 ''SPECIMEN'' set of thirteen - MALAYA JAPANESE OCCUPATIONS - SARAWAK etc etc

Added November 2023 110+ better illustrated sets and singles. To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type BBD in the box to see what is new! Highlights include ASCENSION, CYPRUS, GRENADA, MOROCCO AGENCIES, SIERRA LEONE, ST HELENA - THE TRISTAN RELIEF SET -UNMOUNTED MINT AND FINE USED! etc etc

Added April 2023 70+ better illustrated sets and singles. To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QQF in the box to see what is new! Highlights include BAHAWALPUR, INDIA, NYASALAND, SOUTH WEST AFRICA, SUDAN, TURKS AND CAICOS etc etc.

Added January 2023 75 better illustrated sets and singles. To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QQV in the box to see what is new! Highlights include BRITISH LEVANT, BRUNEI, INDIA, MALAYAN STATES, NAURU and and a very rare TRANSJORDAN set etc etc

Added November 2022 over 100 better illustrated sets and singles. To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QQY in the box to see what is new! Highlights include early CANADA, INDIA GANDHI set, various GB overprints, NEW HEBRIDES, NEW ZEALAND, SARAWAK, SUDAN and many complete George 6th and First QEII sets.

Added July 2022 a run of over 150 MALAYSIA unmounted and used commemorative sets

Added May 2022 A selection of over 50 illustrated items. To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QQW in the box to see what is new! Highlights include ADEN ''DHOWS'' Specimen set - UNMOUNTED MINT, CAYMAN George 6th in blocks, INDIA Ghandhi set UNMOUNTED, KUWAIT George 5th set UNMOUNTED, some MALAYAN STATES sets, A great raity of Commonwealth philately... ST HELENA - TRISTAN RELIEF FUND set of four superb unmounted with 2020 RPSL certificate. (now sold) etc etc

Added March 2022 A selection of over 84 illustrated items. To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QQU in the box to see what is new! Highlights include ASCENSION, INDIA, INDIAN STATES, MALAYAN STATES, NORTH BORNEO. Also, one of the great sets of Commonwealth....from TRANSJORDAN as UNMOUNTED and MOUNTED etc etc

Added February 2022 A selection of over 48 illustrated items. To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QQS in the box to see what is new! Highlights include CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, GOLD COAST, IRELAND, SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH WEST AFRICA etc etc

Added 12th December 2021
A selection of over 125 ASCENSION sets and singles

Added 28th November 2021 A selection of over 70 illustrated items. To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QQR in the box to see what is new! Highlights include various Unmounted George 5th, GB Overprints, Various India, 1948 Silver Weddings, A NYASALAND great rarity, SUDAN and a selection of early SARAWAK etc etc

Added 4th November 2021 some British Indian Ocean Territory

Added 3rd November 2021 a run of modern FIJI First Day Covers

Added June 2021 over 175 better sets and singles, all illustrated. To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QQL in the box to see what is new! Highlights include BRITISH OCCUPATIONS, INDIAN AND MALAYAN STATES, NORTH BORNEO etc etc

Added 13th February 2021 130 Commonwealth First Day Covers

Added 5th February over 100 1937 CORONATION
First Day Covers and Covers.
To see them type "DIBBEN" in the QUICK SEARCH box

Added 8th December 2020 over 100 BAHRAIN sets and singles.

A selection of 29 unmounted mint GEORGE 6th Definitive sets added 25 November 2020. To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QQJ in the box to see what is new!

A good selection of over 45 better odd values and some sets
added 20th Aug 20.
To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QQH in the box to see what is new!

An unmounted mint run of CANADA commemoratives from the 1960s to 1980s added 19th July 2012 - over 120 different sets

Ever popular .....a collection of BANGLADESH broken down and added 21st June 2020. Now well over 200 items including errors.

Added 13th June 2020 a range of fine used 1949 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION sets

Added 2nd May 2020 over 130 IRELAND fine used sets in a new dedicated section.

Added 19th April 2020 over 120 NEVIS items added to the website

Added 13th April 2020 over 130 BAHAMAS items added to the website

Added 3rd April 2020 over 150 illustrated items of better sets and singles. Hi-lights include ANTIGUA, BAHAMAS, BARBADOS, BERMUDA etc etc.
To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QPX in the box to see what is new!

Added 19th March 2020 36 illustrated items of better sets and singles. Hi-lights include BAHRAIN, MAURITIUS, NORTH BORNEO, SUDAN, TONGA etc etc.
To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QNX in the box to see what is new!

Added 22nd February 2020 nearly 50 illustrated items of better sets and singles. Hilights include AUSTRALIA, BERMUDA, GILBERT AND ELLICE IS, MALAYAN STATES, SARAWAK, SOMALILAND etc etc.
To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QMX in the box to see what is new! .

Added 27 Dec 2019 nearly 160 different
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS sets and minisheets

Added 23 Dec 2019 nearly 100 different NIUE sets and minisheets

Added 19th December 2019 over 36 illustrated items of better sets and singles. Hilights include CANADA CEYLON CYPRUS GIBRALTAR INDIA PAPUA etc etc. To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QLX in the box to see what is new! .

Added 3rd December 2019 a stock of over 170 different MONTSERRAT definitive and commemorative sets with minisheets too!

Added 15th November 2019 over 135 different commemorative sets and minisheets for KENYA and K.U.T.

Added 14th November 2019 over 30 illustrated items of better sets and singles. Hilights include BAHAMAS, BAHAWALPUR, BURMA, INDIAN STATES, LABUAN, MALAYAN STATES etc etc. To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QKX in the box to see what is new! .

Added 2nd November 2019 nearly 90 different commemorative sets and minisheets for MALAWI

Added 27 October 2019 nearly 100 illustrated items of CANADA. To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QJX in the box to see what is new!

Added 13 October 2019 over 45 illustrated items of better sets and singles. To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QHX in the box to see what is new! Hilights include........BECHUANALAND, BRUNEI and JAPANESE OCCUPATIONS, BUSHIRE, FALKLANDS CENTENARY SET, MALAYAN STATES, JAPANESE OCCUPATIONS, MAURITIUS, NORTH BORNEO etc etc. MANY WITH CERTIFICATES.

Added 17th August 2019 over 60 illustrated items of better sets and singles. To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QGX in the box to see what is new! Hilights include.........

The rarest QEII set there is........the ANGUILLA 1967 INDEPENDENCE set superb unmounted mint with 2019 certificate. Perhaps only 40 complete unmounted mint sets in the world. A great rarity of philately!...............NOW SOLD!

Other hilights include 25 early SPECIMEN sets and singles, A stunning Falklands Centenary £1 fine used with certificate, INDIA and STATES, HONG KONG George 5th set UNMOUNTED, superb NEW GUINEA, PALESTINE etc etc

Added 4 August 2019 over 50 illustrated items of better sets and singles. To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QFX in the box to see what is new! Hilights include 1928 CYPRUS £5 mint, KUT specimens, MOROCCO AGENCIES, NORTH BORNEO, TANGIER, ZANZIBAR etc etc

Added 22 June 2019 a huge amount of stock - over 220 illustrated items of better sets and singles. To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QDX in the box to see what is new! Hilights include AUSTRALIA, BRUNEI, CAYMANS, INDIA, IRELAND, JAMAICA, MALAYAN STATES, 1935 JUBILEES, 1948 SILVER WEDDINGS etc etc

Added 26th May 2019 nearly 300 items added to MALTA

Added 16th May 2019 a selection of some 65 better sets and singles. To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QCX in the box to see what is new! Hilights include BAHAWALPUR, FIJI, HONG KONG, INDIA AND STATES, IRAQ, KUWAIT etc etc

Added 5th May 2019 very modern sets for ASCENSION, ST HELENA, TRISTAN, FALKLANDS and SOUTH GEORGIA.

Added 19th April 2019 - the very, very rare St. HELENA "Tristan Relief" set of four - unmounted mint - top marginals. One of the rarest sets of Commonwealth philately! Maybe four sets exist as top marginals?

NEWSFLASH! JUST SOLD - THE SET WAS ON WEBSITE FOR 4 HOURS!

Added 20th APRIL 2019 a selection of over 20 better sets and singles. To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QBX in the box to see what is new! Hilights include ABU DHABI, HONG KONG etc etc.

Added 1st April 2019 a near complete run of very modern GIBRALTAR stamps and minisheets from 2015 to 2018.

Added 22nd March 2019 a run of over 80 Illustrated First Day Covers from the 1953 Coronation series. Each cover is pictured in the FDC section for each country.

Added 1st MARCH 2019 a selection of better sets and singles. To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QAX in the box to see what is new! Hilights include EGYPT, IRAQ, NEW HEBRIDES, SOUTHERN RHODESIA etc.

Added 1st FEBRUARY 2019 a large range of ANTIGUA Definitives, Commemoratives and Minisheets. Over 200 new items added!

Added 27 DECEMBER 2018
TOBAGO, TRINIDAD and TRINADAD AND TOBAGO.
A large amount of stock added in particular QV issues

Nearly 40 new items of stock added 17 DECEMBER 2018
To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type UJU in the box to see what is new! Highlights include: CANADA, EGYPT, MALAYAN STATES, NORTH BORNEO, TRINIDAD etc

Over 35 new items of stock added 14 NOVEMBER 2018
To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type UHU in the box to see what is new! Highlights include: BARBADOS, BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA, GRENADA, INDIA, THE WILLIAM WILBERFORCE - SIERRA LEONE set etc etc

Over 100 new items of stock added 3 NOVEMBER 2018
To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type UFU in the box to see what is new! Highlights include: AUSTRALIA, JAMAICA, MAURITIUS, SOUTH AFRICA etc etc

Nearly 250 better items added 1st OCTOBER 2018
This is the BIGGEST amount of material I have ever loaded in one session. To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type UEU in the box to see what is new! Too many to list here but highlights include: BAHAMAS, BARBADOS, BERMUDA, BRUNEI, DOMINICA, a FALKLANDS rarity, HONG KONG, LEEWARD, MALAYAN STATES, NORFOLK ISLAND, NORTH BORNEO, SAMOA, SARAWAK, SIERRA LEONE, ST LUCIA, ST VINCENT, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, TRISTAN, TURKS & CAICOS, ZANZIBAR etc etc

Over 100 colour unaddressed First Day Covers for ASCENSION - FALKLAND IS - FALKLAND DEPD - SOUTH GEORGIA - ASCENSION - ST HELENA and HONG KONG added 31st July 2018

Over 70 better items added 8th JUNE 2018
To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type UDX in the box to see what is new! Highlights include: BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA Co, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, CEYLON, KUT, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS etc etc

Over 60 better items added 18th MAY 2018
To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type UBU in the box to see what is new! Highlights include: ADEN ''DHOWS'', BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY, NORTH BORNEO etc etc

From the dealers stock JAMAICA added 30th March 2018
Over 100 different sets and minisheets new to the website.

From the dealers stock ZAMBIA added 27th March 2018
Over 110 different sets and minisheets new to the website.

From the dealers stock FIJI added 24th March 2018
Over 100 different sets and minisheets new to the website.

Over 60 better items added 12th APRIL 2018
To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type UAU in the box to see what is new! Highlights include: ADEN ''DHOWS'' U/M, BURMA, DOMINICA, GAMBIA, MALTA, SOUTHERN RHODESIA etc etc

Nearly 100 better items added 30th MARCH 2018
To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QVQ in the box to see what is new! Highlights include: ASCENSION, BURMA, CAMEROONS, CANADA, GIBRALTAR, MOROCCO AGENCIES, NORTH BORNEO, SIERRA LEONE, TANGIER, TRANSVAAL etc etc

From the dealers stock NIGERIA added 24th February 2018
Over 150 sets and minisheets new to the website.

over 90 illustrated items of LAGOS loaded 18 February 2018. Stamp from LAGOS as seldom seen! Click this link to see: LAGOS

Over 100 better sets and singles added 16th FEBRUARY 2018 To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QUQ in the box to see what is new! Highlights include: CEYLON, INDIA, INDIAN STATES, LABUAN, MOROCCO AGENCIES, NIUE, SEYCHELLES, ETC ETC

Over 70 better items added 7th FEBRUARY 2018
To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QTQ in the box to see what is new! Highlights include: BAHAMAS, FIJI, GAMBIA, MOROCCO AGENCIES, NORTH BORNEO, SARAWAK, SOUTH WEST AFRICA, STRAITS ETC ETC

A number of NEW ZEALAND collections have now been broken down and loaded on the website.
Over 650 Illustrated items and over 1950 Non Illustrated items.
Over 2600 in total!!

Over 70 better items added 22ND NOVEMBER 2017
To see them please use the QUICK SEARCH box located top right corner of this web page (below the stamps in the blue heading) and type QRQ in the box to see what is new! Highlights include: A number of UNMOUNTED MINT GEORGE 5th definitive sets - BRITISH GUIANA - BURMA - KUT - NORTH BORNEO - ZULULAND etc etc


Huge amount of stock to be added in the coming months!

The following are all "My Entire Stock" added to this website:
Below is a list of countries now loaded. Its more of a memo to myself of what has been done. You can however click on the country name below to take you straight there to the ILLUSTRATED items section.
To see the full A-Z listing click on COUNTRY at the top of this web page. There you will see quantity numbers of both ILLUSTRATED and NON ILLUSTRATED items.

ADEN stamps
AITUTAKI stamps & minisheets
ALDERNEY FDC's stamps & minisheets
ANGUILLA stamps & minisheets
ANTIGUA stamps & minisheets
ASCENSION stamps & minisheets
Many sections of AUSTRALIA here
AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY stamps & minisheets
BAHAMAS stamps & minisheets
BAHAWALPUR stamps
BANGLADESH stamps & minisheets
BARBADOS stamps & minisheets
BARBUDA stamps & minisheets
BASUTOLAND stamps
BECHUANALAND stamps & minisheets
BELIZE stamps & minisheets
BERMUDA FDC's stamps & minisheets
BOPHUTHATSWANA stamps
BOTSWANA stamps & minisheets
BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY stamps & minisheets
BRITISH HONDURAS stamps
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY stamps & minisheets
BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY stamps
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS stamps & minisheets
BRUNEI stamps & minisheets
BURMA stamps
CAICOS ISLANDS stamps & minisheets
Many sections of CANADA here
CAYMAN ISLANDS stamps & minisheets
CHRISTMAS ISLAND stamps & minisheets
CISKEI stamps & minisheets
COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS stamps & minisheets
COOK ISLANDS stamps & minisheets
CYPRUS stamps & minisheets
DOMINICA stamps & minisheets
FALKLAND ISLANDS stamps & minisheets
FALKLAND ISLAND DEPENDENCIES stamps & minisheets
FIJI stamps & minisheets
GAMBIA stamps & minisheets
GHANA stamps & minisheets
GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS stamps & minisheets
GILBERT ISLANDS stamps & minisheets
GIBRALTAR stamps & minisheets
GOLD COAST stamps
GRENADA stamps & minisheets
GRENADA - GRENADINES stamps & minisheets
GUERNSEY stamps & minisheets
HADHRAMAUT stamps & minisheet
HONG KONG stamps & minisheets
INDIA stamps & minisheets
IRAQ stamps
IRAQ - MOSUL stamps
IRELAND stamps & minisheets
ISLE OF MAN stamps & minisheets
JAMAICA stamps & minisheets
JERSEY stamps & minisheets
K.U.T. stamps & minisheets
KENYA stamps & minisheets
KIRIBATI stamps & minisheets
KUWAIT stamps
LAGOS stamps
LESOTHO stamps & minisheets
MALAWI stamps & minisheets
MALAYA - JAPANESE OCCUPATION stamps
MALAYSIA NATIONAL ISSUES stamps & minisheets
MALDIVE ISLANDS stamps & minisheets
MALTA stamps & minisheets
MAURITIUS stamps & minisheets
MONTSERRAT stamps & minisheets
MOROCCO AGENCIES stamps
NAURU stamps & minisheets
NEVIS stamps & minisheets
NEW GUINEA stamps
NEW HEBRIDIES - ENGLISH stamps & minisheets
NEW HEBRIDES - FRENCH stamps
Many sections of NEW ZEALAND here
NIGERIA stamps & minisheets
NIUE stamps & minisheets
NORTH BORNEO stamps
NORFOLK ISLAND stamps & minisheets
NORTHERN RHODESIA stamps
PAKISTAN stamps & minisheets
PAPUA stamps
PALESTINE stamps
PAPUA NEW GUINEA stamps & minisheets
PENRHYN ISLAND stamps & minisheets
PITCAIRN ISLAND stamps & minisheets
RHODESIA stamps & minisheets
RHODESIA AND NYASALAND stamps
ROSS DEPENDENCY stamps & minisheets
ST. HELENA stamps & minisheets
ST. KITTS stamps & minisheets
ST. KITTS NEVIS & ANGUILLA stamps & minisheets
ST. LUCIA stamps & minisheets
ST. VINCENT stamps & minisheets
SAMOA stamps & minisheets
SARAWAK stamps
SEIYUN stamps
SEYCHELLES stamps & minisheets
SIERRA LEONE stamps & minisheets
SINGAPORE stamps & minisheets
SOLOMON ISLANDS stamps & minisheets
SOMALILAND PROTECTORATE stamps
SOUTH AFRICA stamps & minisheets
SOUTH AFRICA - CISKEI stamps & minisheets
SOUTH AFRICA - TRANSKEI stamps & minisheets
SOUTH AFRICA - VENDA stamps & minisheets
SOUTH ARABIAN FEBERATION stamps
SOUTH GEORGIA stamps & minisheets
SOUTHERN RHODESIA stamps
SOUTH WEST AFRICA stamps & minisheets
SRI LANKA stamps & minisheets
SUDAN stamps
SUDAN OFFICIALS stamps
SUDAN POSTAGE DUES stamps
SUDAN ARMY SERVICE ISSUES stamps
SUDAN TELEGRAPHS stamps
SUDAN INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC stamps
SWAZILAND stamps & minisheets
TANGIER stamps
TANZANIA stamps & minisheets
TOKELAU stamps & minisheets
TONGA stamps & minisheets
TRANSKEI stamps & minisheets
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO stamps & minisheets
TRISTAN DA CUNHA stamps & minisheets
TURKISH CYPRIOT POSTS stamps & minisheets
TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS stamps & minisheets
TUVALU stamps & minisheets
UGANDA stamps & minisheets
VANUATU stamps & minisheets
VENDA stamps & minisheets
ZAMBIA stamps & minisheets
ZIL ELWANNEN SESEL (Seychelles) stamps & minisheets
ZIMBABWE stamps & minisheets
ZULULAND stamps

more countries will be added over the coming months......

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commonweath-stamps.com
from Rowan S. Baker

One of the biggest sites on the internet to buy Commonwealth stamps online!

Over 7,600 orders serviced on this website since launch.

Over 21,600 orders now serviced across all four websites.


You can view 1000's of illustrated Commonwealth definitive sets and better single items that are currently in stock. I am now also adding lists of inexpensive, non illustrated sets and singles. Nearly 1500 First Day Covers from over 100 countries loaded. To begin your search click on any of the buttons at the top or select a category from the right. You can search for specific items or generally browse.
Please read the LATEST NEWS at the bottom of this page!

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