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 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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1934 London

1938 Sydney

1958 Cardiff

1962 Perth

1966 Kingston

1970 Edinburgh

1974 Christchurch

1978 Edmonton

1982 Brisbane

1982 Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships, Bombay

1986 Edinburgh

1990 Auckland

1994 Victoria

1998 Kuala Lumpur

2002 Manchester

2006 Melbourne

2008 Pune (Commonwealth Youth Games)

2010 Delhi

2011 Isle of Man (Commonwealth Youth Games)

2014 Glasgow

2018 Gold Coast

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