British Colonies
Many British colonies used British stamps overprinted with the name of the colony, for instance Malta or Cyprus, before those territories had their own stamps and those overprinted stamps are forerunners. Stamps of Britain used abroad but not marked for the specific use in a colony may also be regarded as forerunners if their use in a colony can be identified by the postmark.
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