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.

1934 London

New Zealand, 1990, SG 1559 (shows Jack Lovelock running in the 1934 British Empire Games) New Zealand, 1990, SG MS1561 (mentions the 1934 British Empire Games on the miniature sheet)

1938 Sydney

Australia, 1938, Philatelic label Australia, 1938, 150th anniversary of New South Wales, SG 193-195 (Not Commonwealth Games, but the games were held in conjunction with the 150th anniversary of New South Wales)

1958 Cardiff

Great Britain, 1958, SG 567-569

1962 Perth

Australia, 1962, SG 346-347 Australia, 2006, SG MS2599 (1962 stamps reprinted in miniature sheet in conjunction with 2006 Commonwealth Games) Papua & New Guinea, 1962, SG 39-41

1966 Kingston

Jamaica, 1966, SG 254–257, MS258 Kenya Uganda Tanzania, 1966, SG 227-230

1970 Edinburgh

Calf of Man, 1970, British local issue not listed in Stanley Gibbons (set of 5 values and Miniature Sheet) Gambia, 1970, SG 262-264 Great Britain, 1970, SG 832-834 Kenya Uganda Tanzania, 1970, SG 280-283 Malawi, 1970, SG 351–354, MS355 Swaziland, 1970, SG 180-183

1974 Christchurch

Cook Islands, 1974, SG 455–459, MS460 Fiji, 1974, SG 489-491 New Zealand, 1974, SG 1041–1045, MS1046 Samoa, 1974, SG 422-425 Tonga, 1974, SG 469–478, O109-O111

1978 Edmonton

Canada, 1978, SG 908–909, 918-921 Isle of Man, 1978, SG 140 Kenya, 1978, SG 127-130 Tonga, 1978, SG 665-665, O163-O165 Turks & Caicos Islands. 1978, SG 509–512, MS513 Uganda, 1978, SG 210–213, MS214 Uganda, 1979, SG 263-266 (Commonwealth Games set overprinted "Uganda Liberated 1979")

1982 Brisbane

Anguilla, 1982, SG 530-533 Ascension Island, 1982, SG 326-327 Australia, 1982, SG 859–862, MS863 Australia, 1982, SG MS863 (overprinted with "ANPex 82 National Stamp Exhibition 1982" on non-stamp portion of Miniature Sheet) Australia, 1982, Aerogram with printed stamp Australia, 2006, SG MS2599b 1982 stamps reprinted in Miniature Sheet in conjunction with 2006 Commonwealth Games Falkland Islands, 1982, SG 431-432 Great Britain, 1982, Commemorative Sheet issued for Stampex 82 Great Britain, 2012, stamp issued as part of Diamond Jubilee set shows the Queen at the Brisbane Games in 1982 Guyana, 1982, SG 1005 Kenya, 1984, SG 457 Papua New Guinea, 1982, SG 460-463 St Helena, 1982, SG 401-402 Samoa, 1982, SG 625-628 Solomon Islands, 1982, SG 473–474, MS476 Tonga, 1982, SG 823-824 Tristan da Cunha, 1982, SG 335-336

1982 Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships, Bombay

India, 1980, SG 967

1986 Edinburgh

Eynhallow, 1986, British local issue not listed in Stanley Gibbons (set of 2 values) Great Britain, 1986, SG 1328-1331 Guernsey, 1986, SG 371-376 Isle of Man, 1986, SG 306-309 Kenya, 1986, stamps prepared but not issued. (A few rural post offices did issue the stamps, so used examples of the 1/- value have been seen. One mint set of all 5 values is known in the collection of a German stamp collector.) Tonga, 1986, SG 948-949

1990 Auckland

New Zealand, 1989, SG 1530–1537, MS1538 Tanzania, 1990, SG 817–820, MS821 Tonga, 1990, SG 1065-1069

1994 Victoria

Canada, 1994, SG 1590-1595 Hong Kong, 1994, SG 783-786 Nauru, 1994, SG 421

1998 Kuala Lumpur

Fiji, 1998, SG 1026–1029, MS1030 Malaysia, 1994, SG 548-549 Malaysia, 1995, SG 575-576 Malaysia, 1996, SG 627-630 Malaysia, 1997, SG 668-671 Malaysia, 1998, SG MS678 Malaysia, 1998, SG 693–708, MS709 Malaysia, 1998, SG MS715/MS716 Malaysia, 1998, Aerogram with printed stamp Malaysia, 1998, pre-printed envelope for closing ceremony Nauru, 1998, SG 483–486, MS487 Norfolk Island, 1998, SG 679–681, MS682 Papua New Guinea, 1998, SG 841-844

2002 Manchester

Australia, 2002, Aerogram with printed stamp British Virgin Islands, 2003, SG 1116-1117 Great Britain, 2002, SG 2299-2303 Isle of Man, 2002, SG 976-981 Norfolk Island, 2002, SG 809-812 Pabay, 2002, British Local Issue not listed by Stanley Gibbons (3 values in a Miniature Sheet) St Kitts, 2002, SG 718-719 (stamps feature Kim Collins) Samoa, 2003, SG 1126 (stamp shows Beatrice Faumuina, the Commonwealth Games Discus champion from New Zealand) Tonga, 2002, SG 1523-1526

2006 Melbourne

Australia, 2005, SG 2522 (stamp issued for the Queen's 79th Birthday, featured Commonwealth Games logo) Australia, 2006, SG 2575, 2596–2598, MS2599, MS2599c, 2600 Australia, 2006, SG MS2607 (Opening Ceremony Miniature Sheet) Australia, 2006, SG MS2608-MS2621 (14 miniature sheets featuring Australian Gold Medal winners) Australia, 2006, SG MS2622 (Closing Ceremony Miniature Sheet) Australia, 2006, SG MS2623 ("Most Memorable Moment" Miniature Sheet (Women's Marathon)) Norfolk Island, 2006, SG 946-947 (Commonwealth Games Baton arrival in Norfolk Island) Norfolk Island, 2006, SG 948-950 Uganda, 2007, SG 2669-2670 two stamps issued as part of the set for Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kampala, featuring Ugandan athletes at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, namely Dorcus Inzikuru, the gold-medallist in the women's steeplechase, and Boniface Toroitich Kiprop the gold-medallist in the men's 10,000 metres Samoa, 2007, SG 1201, MS1204 (featuring Ele Opeloge, the Commonwealth Games Women's Weightlifting Champion from Samoa)

2008 Pune (Commonwealth Youth Games)

India, 2008, 4 stamps and Miniature Sheet SG 2509–2512, MS2513

2010 Delhi

Australia, 2006, miniature sheet SG MS2622 stamps feature Delhi 2010 contribution to the Melbourne Commonwealth Games closing ceremony Gibraltar, 2010, miniature sheet issued 20 October 2010 Guernsey, 2010, stamps issued 23 September 2010 India, 2008, stamp and miniature sheet SG 2516 miniature sheet not listed by Stanley Gibbons India 2010, 2 stamps and miniature sheet SG 2723–2724, MS2725 India 2010, 2 stamps and miniature sheet SG 2735–2736, MS2737 India 2010, 4 stamps and miniature sheet issued 3 October 2010 Mozambique, 2010, 8 stamps and miniature sheet issued 30 November 2010 Papua New Guinea, 2010, set of four stamps and miniature sheet issued 3 September 2010

2011 Isle of Man (Commonwealth Youth Games)

Isle of Man, 2011, miniature sheet issued 19 August 2011

2014 Glasgow

Sri Lanka, 2007, 2 stamps SG 1920-1921 (issued for CGF General Assembly held in Sri Lanka in 2007, where the Games were awarded to Glasgow in 2014) Sri Lanka, 2013, 4 stamps (issued for the Glasgow 2014 Queen's Baton Relay visit to Sri Lanka; these however are "personalized stamps" which are valid for postage, but not issued to the general public)e-mails with Sri Lanka post office

2018 Gold Coast

St Kitts, 2011, 1 stamp (issued for CGF General Assembly held in St Kitts in 2011, where the Games were awarded to Gold Coast in 2018)

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