Forerunner: A stamp or postal stationery item used in a given location prior to the issuing of regular stamps for that location. Turkish stamps before 1918 cancelled in Palestine are forerunners of Israeli issues.
Forerunners
In the UK, the first RPO (called a TPO, for Travelling Post Office) was established in 1837 or 1838, and trains quickly became the primary means for moving mail there.
Forerunners & Founders
Official Publication, Growing Pains, and Solidifying the Structure
World's Fair and Winding Down the Nineteenth Century ...
Some forerunner stamps are listed just before the countries now comprising them. German States precede Germany, Italian States precede Italy, Australian States precede Australia and British North American colonies precede Canada.
... that a forerunner is a postage stamp used during the time period before a region or territory issues stamps of its own?
... that the Royal Philatelic Society is the oldest philatelic society in the world, founded in London in 1869?
7: Scott Catalogue prefixes for forerunners, such as India, used abroad. 8: watermark, with Imperial Crown, used in Australian stamps, 1913-26. 9: Amic, papermaker initial as a watermark, in the one lira issue of Modena.
25 nln 634 PN Pair, horizontal, RS #21399, one of the first Experimental-Eye plates, a forerunner of all Electric-Eye issues, one pulled perf on PNS F .55 nln 634 2c Wash, LS #21442, (Exp-Eye plate) F .25 nln 637 PNS (UL #18909) F+ 2.
In 1995 the US Postal Service issued three stamps that were forerunners of many more which have caused dispute among collectors of Bureau issues.
Forerunner - 1. A stamp or postal stationery item used at a location before regular stamps are available (issued). 2. Describes an earlier stamp which had an influence on the design or purpose of its successor.
I have used Crystal Mount (a forerunner of PermaGuard) for 25+ years and I see no need to change.
Forerunner - A handstamp used by a parent country within an area which subsequently became independent of the original domination.
Forgery - ...
 See also: Stamp, Used, Catalog, Cover, Philatelic
  
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