Stamps issued across the British Empire after World War II to commemorate victory and celebrate the peace.
July 2, 2025: Collection updated with the 2025 A4 souvenir sheet issued by the Royal Mail for the 2025 EuroPhilEx held in Birmingham. The sheet features are designs for the 2½d and 3d stamps issued in 1946 to mark the nation’s victory celebrations, with the theme ‘Symbols of Peace and Restoration’ that were submitted but not taken forward. Each design is paired with the commemorative Union Flag First Class stamp.
(opens in a new tab)Aden > Yemen
(opens in a new tab)Antigua
(opens in a new tab)Ascension Island
(opens in a new tab)Australia
(opens in a new tab)The Bahamas
(opens in a new tab)Bahawalpur > Pakistan
(opens in a new tab)Barbados
(opens in a new tab)Basutoland > Lesotho
(opens in a new tab)Bechuanaland > Botswana
(opens in a new tab)Bermuda
(opens in a new tab)British Guiana > Guyana
(opens in a new tab)British Honduras > Belize
(opens in a new tab)British Solomon Islands > Solomon Islands
(opens in a new tab)Burma > Myanmar
(opens in a new tab)Canada
(opens in a new tab)Cayman Islands
(opens in a new tab)Ceylon > Sri Lanka
(opens in a new tab)Cook Islands
(opens in a new tab)Cyprus
(opens in a new tab)Dominica
(opens in a new tab)Falkland Islands
(opens in a new tab)The Gambia
(opens in a new tab)Gibraltar
(opens in a new tab)Gilbert & Ellice Islands > Kiribati & Tuvalu
(opens in a new tab)Gold Coast > Ghana
(opens in a new tab)Great Britain
(opens in a new tab)Grenada
(opens in a new tab)Hong Kong
(opens in a new tab)Hyderabad > India
(opens in a new tab)India
(opens in a new tab)Jamaica
(opens in a new tab)Kathiri State of Seiyun > Yemen
(opens in a new tab)Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika
(opens in a new tab)Leeward Islands
(opens in a new tab)Malta
(opens in a new tab)Mauritius
(opens in a new tab)Montserrat
(opens in a new tab)New Zealand
(opens in a new tab)Nigeria
(opens in a new tab)Northern Rhodesia > Zambia
(opens in a new tab)Nyasaland > Malawi
(opens in a new tab)Pitcairn Islands
(opens in a new tab)Qu'aiti State of Shihr & Mukalla > Yemen
(opens in a new tab)St Kitts & Nevis
(opens in a new tab)St Helena
(opens in a new tab)St Lucia
(opens in a new tab)St Vincent
(opens in a new tab)Seychelles
(opens in a new tab)Sierra Leone
(opens in a new tab)Somaliland Protectorate > Somaliland
(opens in a new tab)South Africa
(opens in a new tab)Southern Rhodesia > Zimbabwe
(opens in a new tab)South West Africa > Namibia
(opens in a new tab)Swaziland > Eswatini
(opens in a new tab)Tangier > Morocco
(opens in a new tab)Trinidad & Tobago
(opens in a new tab)Turks & Caicos Islands
(opens in a new tab)Virgin Islands
(opens in a new tab)Western Samoa > Samoa
(opens in a new tab)Zanzibar > Tanzania