Postal History of NATAL |
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The POA of of NATAL |
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POA 1 to 20 | POA 21 to 40 | POA 41 to 60 | POA 61 to 80 | POA 81 to 100 | POA 101 to 123 |
The post office agency cancellers (POA) make a fascinating study of the
post offices agency they were issued to. The POA cancellers were at
first issued in 1890 and was in use until 1910. It is difficult to
allocate POA cancellers as the same number was issued to several
different places. The only sure way of establishing the origin of a POA
canceller depends on evidence of an entire which shows the canceller in
the correct position cancelling the stamp, but also has a reference
in the text. FOR MORE INFORMATION The Postal Markings of Natal (W.R.Hart, B.A. Kantey and A. Leslie Leon) |
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POA 1 ADAMS MISSION and MERAN Use at Adams Mission has not been recorded |
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Adams Mission 1892 and 1896 |
80 |
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Meran 1891 1898 to 1899 closed after Boer war |
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Used at Meran |
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POA 2 BOSHOFFS ROAD, TUGELA FERRY, WESTS (Durban), VRYHEID and BABANANGO Use at Boshoff Road, Tugela Ferry and Babanango has not been recorded |
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Boshoff's Road 1893 |
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Tugela Ferry 1894 to 1898 |
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Wests 1900 to ??.11.1901 |
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Vryheid 02.09.1902 to ??.10.1902 |
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Babanango 1906 to 1909 |
80 | |||
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Used at Wests ??.08.1901 to ??.11.1901 |
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Used at Vryheid The District of Vryheid was incorporated into the Natal Colony in 1902 |
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POA 3 COALFIELDS (Dundee), RUSSELSTR. (Durban), SUNKELSDRIFT Use at Coalfields has not been recorded |
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Coalfields Type 1 1891 to 1892 Russel Str. Type 2 1900 to 1902 Sunkelsdrift Type 2 1903 to 1910 |
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Russel Str. Type 2 20.04.1900 - 26.07.1902 |
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Used at Sunkelsdrift 13.12.1904 - 17.01.1911 |
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POA 4 STIRLING, SALEM and ISIPOFU |
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Stirling 1891 to 1897 Salem 1898 to 1906 Isipofu 1907 to 1911 |
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Stirling 30.08.1894 to 26.03.1896 |
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Salem 22.04.1904 to 27.05.1904 |
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Isipofu 20.01.1911 |
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POA 5 UMSINSINI, ACTON HOMES, HERONVALE and FAIRFIELD Use at Umsinsini, and Fairfield has not been recorded |
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Umsinsini 1893-1898 |
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Acton Homes 1900-1901 |
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Heronvale 1901-1903 |
80 | |||
Fairfield 1906-1909 |
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Acton Homes 01.04.1900 |
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POA 5 and POA 78
combination as backstamps on QV ½d PSE with added QV ½d pmk'd Bulwer JY 2 01 to Heronvale Post Agency via Dargle. POA 78 Umsinga |
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POA 6 DINGLEY DALE, HOPE TOWN, MOSSDALE and AMAHLONGWA |
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Dingly Dale 1891-1892 |
80 | ||
Hope Town 1896-1898 |
60 | |||
Mossdale 1899-1899 |
120 | |||
Amahlongwa 1900-1910 |
40 | |||
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POA 7 ADDINGTON, ZWARTKOP RAIL, UNDERBERG, TALAVERA and HARTS HILL |
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Addington 1891-1892 |
50 | ||
Zwartkops Rail 1893-1893 |
200 | |||
Underberg 1895-1904 |
40 | |||
Talavera 1906-1907 |
100 | |||
Harts Hill 1908-1909 |
100 | |||
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Underberg 04.10.1896 |
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Harts Hill 24.12.1909 |
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POA 8 Amanzimtoti, Blackwater, North End Ladysmith, Qudeni and Impolweni |
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Amanzimtoti 1891-1891 |
150 | ||
Blackwater 1895-1895 |
150 | |||
North End 1899-1899 |
150 | |||
Qudeni 1901-1904 |
80 | |||
Impolweni 1906-1910 |
60 | |||
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POA 9 BATSTONES, HILLTOP and EAST STRANGES |
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Batstones 1892-1895 |
80 | ||
Hilltop 1898-1901 |
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East Stranges 1907-1911 |
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POA 9 written HILLTOP, on QV 1d Post Card to Yorkshire, reverse GPO F/8 AP 98 transit. | |||
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POA 9 written EAST STRANGERS , Marrianhill | |||
POA 10 HIGHBURY, UMLALAZI, FAIRVIEW and HOLMESDALE |
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Highbury 1894-1896 Umlalazi Fairview |
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FAIRVIEW Backstamped 1902 |
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POA 11 ONDERBROOKSPRUIT |
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Onderbrookspruit 1896-1910 |
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POA 12 UNDEEN, SHAFTON GRANGE, ENTUMENI and BROADACRE |
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UNKNOWN (Near Ixopo) 1889-1889 |
200 | ||
Undeen 1893-1893 |
100 | |||
Shafton Grange 1899-1899 |
100 | |||
Entumeni 1900-1902 |
60 | |||
Unknown South Coast 1904-1904 |
100 | |||
Broadacre 1906-1908 |
60 | |||
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POA numerals apparently only recorded as being in use from 1891. Both
the backstamps clearly show the year as 1889. Being a low numeral, it
may be that it was allocated to a small agency prior to the otherwise
recorded dates of use http://rhodesia.co.za
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Backstamped 1904 Mehlomonyama which is close to Port Shepstone on the South Coast.
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POA 13 DUMISA |
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Dumisa 1891-1902 |
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POA 14 TOPOMASI, WEST END PMB, BUISTRODE'S STORE and HORTON RADFORD |
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Topomasi 1895-1896 |
100 | ||
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Buistrode's Store 1901-1902 |
100 | |||
Horton Radford 1906-1909 |
80 | |||
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Buistrode's Store 21.04.1901 - 30.04.1902 |
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Horton Radford 27.01.1906 |
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POA 15 INANDA, INSUZI, EDWALENI and PALMIET |
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Inanda 1891-1907 Insuzi Palmiet |
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1½d rate cover from the Methodist Mission Edwaleni to New York | |||
POA 16 INGAGANE, and GRAHAMS |
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Ingagane 1891-1892 Grahams |
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POA 17 KLIPKRAAL, GREENVALE and UNDEEN |
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Klipkraal 1891-1892 Greenvale Undeen |
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POA 18 LANDS END, THOMPSON, CLARKE ROAD DURBAN, TABLE MOUNTAIN MISSION and MONA |
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Lands End 1891-1891 Thompson Clarke Road Durban Mona |
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POA 19 BESTERS, MIDDLETON, and MULLERS PASS |
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Besters 1893-1893 |
200 | ||
Middleton 1894-1904 |
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Mullers Pass 1907-1910 |
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Used at Middleton 13.05.1895 |
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Mullers Pass 27.12.1906 |
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POA 20 NGOBEVU, and GOOD HOPE |
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Ngobevu 1891-1902 Good Hope |
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