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Forerunner (stamp)

This stamp from the Australian state of Queensland is a forerunner to the stamps of modern Australia.

In philately, a forerunner is a postage stamp used before a region or territory issued stamps of its own.[1] The term also includes stamps of the political predecessors of a country. For instance stamps of the state of Western Australia are forerunners of Australia today and stamps of the British Mandate for Palestine are forerunners of modern Israel.[2]

  1. ^ Mackay, James (2003). Stamp collecting: Philatelic terms illustrated. London: Stanley Gibbons. p. 59. ISBN 0-85259-557-3.
  2. ^ Sutton, R.J. & K.W. Anthony. The Stamp Collector's Encyclopaedia. 6th edition. London: Stanley Paul, 1966, p.116.

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