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Post Offices ARBORETUM to ASHTON

ARBORETUM
21.06.1948 to Republic
Area: Bloemfontein

21.06.1948 05.06.1956
1   2C "Blank" 29mm
(Aab) (Putzel)
 

       

ARCADIA
 01.10.1915 to Republic
Area: Pretoria

25.08.1925 ??.06.1943
1 "PRETORIA" 2C "Blank"   (Aab) (Aab)
 

Last seen:
09.10.1946
2 "PRETORIA" 2C "Blank" 10.08.1978
(Putzel)
Union  
(Putzel)

       

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First seen:
(3)   2C "PRETORIA"   18.12.1963      
(Putzel)

ARDEER
22.08.1927 to 19.05.1930
Area: Pretoria

1929
1   2C "?"   (Visser)
   

Visser

ARDENTINNY
Union to 01.07.1912
Area: Lake Chrissie (Transvaal)

07.12.1910 30.11.1911
1   2C "?"   (Visser) (Aab)
 

ARDMORE
23.05.1927 to 23.02.1931
Area: Middelburg (Transvaal)
NOT RECORDED
ARGENT (RAIL)  (STATION)
Union to Republic
Area: Germiston (Transvaal)
13.11.1917
1   2C "R.O"   Spelt Argent
(Putzel)
   

Spelt Argent 02.09.1920

2   1C "Bar"
Rail (Putzel) (Aab)
 

3   2C "Bar" Spelt Argent ??.08.1933 13.02.1936  

Rail (Aab) (Aab)

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Spelt Argent 16.01.1925

4   2C "Blank"   Rail (Putzel)
   

22.03.1943
5 "STA" 1C "xxxx" Skeleton
(Visser)
   

Visser

Spelt Argent / 03.12.1955 ??.10.1956

6 "/STA" 2C "Blank"
Sta (Putzel) (Aab)
 

ARIESFONTEIN
05.10.1936 to
Republic
Area: Kimberley (Cape)

14.10.19?0
1   2C "Blank"     (Aab)
 

       

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ARISTON
Union to 01.01.1917
Area: Klerksdorp

First seen
23.12.1909 11.05.1914
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"
(Johan
Union
(Putzel)
 
Bezuidenhout)

Visser
11.05.1914
2   2C "Bars + cross"     (Putzel)
   

ARKOL
13.07.1936 to 28.08.1937
Area: Petrusburg (OFS)
NOT RECORDED  
ARLINGTON
04.03.1929 to Republic
Area: Senekal (OFS)
renamed from Lindley Road

Large 09.02.1940 10.02.1956

1   2C "Blank"
postmark (Aab) (Aab)
 

Small postmark 08.09.1931 16.01.1950

2   2C "Blank"
Round "O" (Aab) (Aab)
 

3   1C "?" Skeleton 16.11.1942    

(Visser)

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Visser

ARMINEL
26.08.1935 to 13.09.1954
Area: Alice (Cape)
Renamed to Hogsback

28.10.1949 03.01.1954
1   2C "Bars + cross"   (Aab) (Putzel)
 

11.05.1954
2   1C "PO, PK"   Skeleton   (Putzel)
 

ARMMANSVRIEND
01.08.1916 to Republic
Area: Hankey (Cape)
27.08.1932
1   2C "Blank"     (Putzel)
   

ARMOED
Union to 03.03.1947
Area: Oudtshoorn (Cape)
Renamed to Volmoed

First seen: 29.07.1927

1   2C "Bar + cross"
21.02.1902
Union
(Putzel)
 

03.01.1946
2   2C "Bar + cross"   Shorter bars   (Putzel)
 

ARNOLDTON (RAIL)
01.08.1914 to Republic
Area: East London (Cape)
Renamed from Brabant Rail

South Africa in
01.11.1918 02.11.1949
1   2C "Blank" centre
(Putzel) (Putzel)
 
Arnoldton Rail

South Africa in
11.10.1954
2   2C "Blank"   centre   (Putzel)
 
Arnoldton

ARNOT
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22.08.1912 to Republic
Area: Middleburg (Transvaal)

22.08.1912 15.01.1951
1   2C "S.AFRICA"   (Putzel) (Putzel)
 

??.02.1952 ??.05.1954
2   1C "S.A." Skeleton
(Aab) (Putzel)
 

12.01.1955
3   2C "Bars + cross"   (Aab)
Republic  

ARUNDEL (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Naauwpoort (Cape)

First seen:
1   1C CGH
03.12.1900
Union 11.11.1913  

02.02.1914
2   2C "Bars + cross"   (Aab)
   

2   2C "Bars + cross"   24.02.1914    

(Aab)

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South Africa in 23.05.1931 14.06.1935

2   2C "Bars + cross"
centre (Putzel) (Aab)
 

ASABEKA
29.10.1923 to 05.05.1924
Area: Zululand

1   2C "?"   (Visser)    

Visser

ASBESTOS
27.06.1921 to 18.08.1924
Area: Beaufort West (Cape)
NOT RECORDED  
ASCENT
 01.05.1912 to
Republic
Area: Vrede (OFS)

14.10.1914 19.10.1930
1   2C "S.AFRICA"   (Hamilton) (Putzel)
 

       

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04.11.1942
2   2C "Bars + cross"   (Aab) (Aab)
 

ASHBURTON RAIL (STATION)

01.03.1919 to Republic
Area: Pietermaritzburg
15.09.1931
1   2C "Bar"     (Putzel)
   
15.09.1931
2   2C "Blank"   Station
(Putzel)
   

ASHTON
Union to Republic
Area: Robertson (Cape)
First seen:
1   BONC "658"   1887
Union 02.08.1912  

First seen:
2   1C "Blank"
24.01.1905
Union 26.11.1913  

3   2C "Blank" South Africa in 25.03.1918 01.10.1923  

centre (Paterson) (Putzel)

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Paterson
South Africa in
14.01.1935 05.06.1936
4   2C "Blank"   centre 
(Putzel) (Putzel)
 
removed

20.07.1936 12.08.194?
5   1C "Blank" Skeleton
(Putzel) (Aab)
 

01.06.1943 30.07.1947
6   2C "Bars + cross"   (Aab) (Aab)
 

14.06.1946
7   1C "Blank"   (Visser)
   

Visser

04.07.1955
8   2C "Bars + cross"   (Aab)
   

24.11.1958
8   2C "Bars + cross"     (Putzel)
   

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ASHTON RAIL (STATION)

31.10.1910 to 17.10.1927
Area: Robertson (Cape)
NOT RECORDED  
 

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