The

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

has been commemorated in the postage stamps of a number of nations. Unlike the

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ...

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 London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

* New Zealand, 1990, SG 1559 (shows

Jack Lovelock John Edward Lovelock (5 January 1910 – 28 December 1949) was a New Zealand athlete who became the world 1500m and mile record holder and 1936 Olympic champion in the 1500 metres. Early life Lovelock was born in the town of Crushingto ...

running in the

1934 British Empire Games The 1934 British Empire Games were the second edition of what is now known as the Commonwealth Games, held in England, from 4–11 August 1934. The host city was London, with the main venue at Wembley Park, although the track cycling events we ...

) * New Zealand, 1990, SG MS1561 (mentions the

on the miniature sheet)

1938 Sydney

* Australia, 1938, Philatelic label * Australia, 1938, 150th anniversary of

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

1958
Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

* Great Britain, 1958, SG 567-569

1962
Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...

* 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 Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of t ...

* 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 Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...

* Cook Islands, 1974, SG 455–459, MS460 * Fiji, 1974, SG 489-491 * New Zealand, 1974, SG 1041–1045, MS104

* Samoa, 1974, SG 422-425 * Tonga, 1974, SG 469–478, O109-O111

1978 1978 Commonwealth Games, 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 Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...

* 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 An aerogram, aerogramme, aérogramme, air letter or airletter is a thin lightweight piece of foldable and gummed paper for writing a letter for transit via airmail, in which the letter and envelope are one and the same. Most postal administration ...

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 Stampex is a twice yearly British stamp show held at the Business Design Centre (BDC) in Islington, London, every Spring and Autumn. The show is organised by the Philatelic Traders Society (PTS) through their company ''PTS Stamp and Coin Exhibi ...

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 Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-m ...

* India, 1980, SG 967

1986
Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of t ...

* 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 Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...

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

1994
Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

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

1998
Kuala Lumpur , anthem = ''Maju dan Sejahtera'' , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia , pushpin_map_caption = , coordinates = , sub ...

* 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,

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 Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

* Australia, 2002,

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 Kim Collins (born 5 April 1976) is a former track and field sprinter from Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 2003, he became the World Champion in the 100 metres. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics on five occasions, from 1996 to 2016, a ...

) * Samoa, 2003, SG 1126 (stamp shows

Beatrice Faumuina Beatrice Roini Liua Faumuina (born 23 October 1974 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand discus thrower. Career Faumuina was a gold medallist at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics. She has represented New Zealand in four Su ...

, the Commonwealth Games Discus champion from New Zealand) * Tonga, 2002, SG 1523-1526

2006
Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

* 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 Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...

, featuring Ugandan athletes at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, namely

Dorcus Inzikuru 230px Dorcus Inzikuru (born 2 February 1982 in Vurra, Arua District) is a Ugandan track and field athlete, competing in the steeplechase. She won the inaugural world title in women's 3000 m steeplechase, as well as the first Commonwealth title i ...

, the gold-medallist in the women's steeplechase, and

Boniface Toroitich Kiprop Boniface Toroitich Kiprop (born 12 October 1985 in Kapchorwa District) is a track and field athlete from Uganda. His older brother Martin Toroitich is also a runner, who has featured at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Boniface Kipro ...

the gold-medallist in the men's 10,000 metres * Samoa, 2007, SG 1201, MS1204 (featuring

Ele Opeloge Ele Opeloge (born July 11, 1985) is a Samoan Olympic weightlifting, weightlifter. She was the first Samoan to win an Olympic medal, winning silver in the women's +75 kg category at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Family Opeloge comes from a ...

, the Commonwealth Games Women's Weightlifting Champion from Samoa)

2008
Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, ( the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million As of 2021, Pune Metropolitan Region is the largest i ...
(Commonwealth Youth Games)

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

2010
Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders ...

* 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 ) , anthem = "O Land of Our Birth" , image = Isle of Man by Sentinel-2.jpg , image_map = Europe-Isle_of_Man.svg , mapsize = , map_alt = Location of the Isle of Man in Europe , map_caption = Location of the Isle of Man (green) in Europe ...
(Commonwealth Youth Games)

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

2014
Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

* 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 Gold Coast may refer to: Places Africa * Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana: Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642) Dutch G ...

* 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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1934 London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

1938 Sydney

1958 Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

1962 Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...

1966 Kingston

1970 Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of t ...

1974 Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...

1978 1978 Commonwealth Games, Edmonton

1982 Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...

1982 Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships, Bombay Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-m ...

1986 Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of t ...

1990 Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...

1994 Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

1998 Kuala Lumpur , anthem = ''Maju dan Sejahtera'' , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia , pushpin_map_caption = , coordinates = , sub ...

2002 Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

2006 Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

2008 Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, ( the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million As of 2021, Pune Metropolitan Region is the largest i ... (Commonwealth Youth Games)

2010 Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders ...

2011 Isle of Man ) , anthem = "O Land of Our Birth" , image = Isle of Man by Sentinel-2.jpg , image_map = Europe-Isle_of_Man.svg , mapsize = , map_alt = Location of the Isle of Man in Europe , map_caption = Location of the Isle of Man (green) in Europe ... (Commonwealth Youth Games)

2014 Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

2018 Gold Coast Gold Coast may refer to: Places Africa * Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana: ** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642) ** Dutch G ...

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