Gilbert and Ellice Islands - 1946 - WW II victory

Groups of islands in the Pacific north-eastern Australia. The Gilbert and Ellice Islands were a British protectorate from 1892 and colony from 1916 until 1 January 1976, when the islands were divided into two different colonies which became independent nations shortly after. The Gilbert Islands have been the major part of the nation of Kiribati since 1979, and the Ellice Islands became Tuvalu in 1978.

In 1946 in the British Empire are issued stamps to celebrate 
the end of World War II and the return of peace