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