Show Your Commonwealth KGVI Era And Pictorial Sets

Bahamas 1948 Silver wedding

Falkland Islands 1952. Recess printing by Waterlow and Sons

Turks and Caicos Islands 1950. Recess printing by Waterlow and Sons

1937 Kelantan Sultan Ismail (Chief's Hat) set

Recess printing by Bradbury, Wilkinson.

1942 Bahamas 450th Anniversary of Landfall on America. Typography printing by De La Rue, overprinted at the office of the Nassau Guardian.

The Kelantan Chef's Hat set is interesting from a collector's perspective. Despite being fairly rare and expensive, all the stamps were issued together except the 2 high values which were issued 3 years later. Many collectors and dealers must have been tuned in to completing the sets because full sets can be found fairly easily. Or, perhaps it was because album pages printed in the 1940s or 50s included the 2 high values. Similarly, the North Borneo set from this era was issued all at once in 1939 so while rare, it is obtainable as a complete set.

By comparison, similar long sets from Johore, Perak, and Trengganu are virtually impossible to find complete except occasionally in auctions. These 3 sets can take a lot of effort to complete.

Interesting note Shermae, thanks for sharing. Apologies, it's been a bit since I've added images here. I'll get some additional ones posted.


1938 St Vincent

Oh boy, now to try and figure where I left off.

Mauritius 1950 - Printers Harrison and Sons

Mauritius 1938 with shades.

1938 - 1947 British Virgin Islands