Postal History of
BECHUANALAND
Post Offices OERWOUD to PITSANI

OERWOUD
20.09.1963 to 30.09.1966
 Postal agency under Mahalapye
1   2C "BECH. PROT"   20.09.1963
(Proud)		 30.09.1966  

OOTSI (OUTSI)
1896 to closed by 1899
01.04.1964 to 30.09.1966
 Postal agency under Lobatsi
1   2C "SOUTH AFRICA" Spelt Outsui 26.04.1899
(Proud)		    
2   2C-D "BECH. PROT"   21.10.1964
(Proud)		 30.09.1966
(Proud)		  

PALACHWE (PALAPYE) (PALAPYE STATION) (PALAPYE ROAD)
 01.05.1897 to 30.09.1966
 Post office fom March 1937
Also see Palachwe Khamas Town
1   BONC "1052"   24.07.1897
(Proud)		    
2   1C "BP" Spelt Palapye Station 28.05.1897
(Proud)		 24.03.1906
(Proud)		  
3   3C "BECHUANALAND PROT" Spelt Palapye Station 16.10.1906
(Proud)		 28.08.1913
(Aab)		  
4   2C "Bars + cross" Spelt Palapye Road 24.07.1913
(Proud)		 18.12.1935
(Proud)		  
       
5   1C "Blank"
(Visser)		 Skeleton 31.12.1935
(Proud)		 03.02.1937
(Proud)		  
6   2C "Bars + cross" Thin lines 27.02.1937
(Proud)		 02.06.1959
(Proud)		  
13.08.1964
(Cover)		 30.09.1966
(Proud)		  
     
7   2C "B.PROT"   25.02.1948
(Proud)		 22.02.1965
(Proud)		  
       

PALACHWE (PALAPYE)
 22.09.1890 to 23.06.1902
Moved from Shoshong
Also see Palachwe above
1   BONC "676" Previously used at Shoshong 18.04.1891
(Proud)		 22.12.1897
(Proud)		  

http://www.rhodesia.co.za 		       
2   1C "KHAMAS TOWN"   18.09.1890
(Proud)		 20.07.1892
(Proud))		  
04.03.1894
(Aab)		 07.05.1898
(Proud))		  
       
3   1C "Blank"   Smaller postmark 10.06.1893
(Proud)		 20.06.1894
(Proud)		  
       
4   1C "Blank" Larger postmark 13.07.1898
(Proud)		 23.06.1902
(Proud)		  

PALLA (ROAD)
May 1893 to 01.01.1898
01.07.1916 to 30.09.1966
 Central District
1   BONC "758"   05.06.1895
(Proud)		 14.06.1896
(Proud)		  
2   1C "Blank" Spelt Palla 28.02.1894
(Proud)		 18.07.1897
(Proud)		  
       
3   1C "Blank" Skeleton
not reported by Putzel

NEW DISCOVERY

 27.05.1922
(Aab)		 23.05.1922
(Proud)		  
4   2C "Blank" Spelt Palla Road 15.05.1920
(Proud)		 30.09.1966
(Proud)		  
       
5   1C "Blank"   Spelt Palla Road
Skeleton		 23.05.1922
(Proud)		    

PARR'S HALT
11.05.1959 to 30.09.1966
 Postal agency under Mahalapye
1   2C "BECH PROT"   12.04.1962
(Proud)		 30.09.1966
(Proud)		  

PELENG VILLAGE
08.08.1960 to 30.09.1966
 Postal agency under Lobatsi
Not recorded

PILANE (STATION)
05.11.1928 to 21.09.1953
 Postal agency under Mafeking
Used to be called Mochudi Station
1   2C "Bars + cross"   28.11.1928
(Proud)		 03.01.1940
(Proud)		  
2   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton
New discovery		 30.12.1940
(Visser)		    
3 "STA" 2C "BECHUANALAND"   03.03.1947
(Proud)		 10.07.1952
(Proud)		  

PILIKWE
26.05.1958 to 28.02.1965
03.09.1965 to 30.09.1966
 Postal agency under Mahalapye
1   2C "BECH PROT"   23.11.1960
(Proud)		 28.02.1965
(Proud)		  
03.09.1965
(Proud)		 30.09.1966
(Proud)		  
       

PITSANI
 01.04.1898 to 22.10.1899
 Unknown to 01.10.1900
01.03.1920 to 01.04.1957
10.06.1957 to 30.09.1966
Southern District
Occupied by Boer Forces from 23 October to April 1900

1   BONC "1014"   10.09.1898
(Proud)		 13.11.1898
(Aab)		  
2   1C "SOUTH AFRICA"   19.06.1898
(Proud)		 14.04.1899
(Proud)		  
       
3   1C "Bars + cross"
http://www.danica-janeckova.com 		  23.08.1922
(Proud)		 26.07.1936
(Proud)		  
4   2C "Bars + cross"   21.11.1936
(Proud)		 17.09.1949
(Proud)		  
24.03.1958
(Proud)		 30.09.1966
(Proud)		  
5   2C "BECH PROT"   03.02.1962
(Proud)		 30.09.1966
(Proud)