Postal History of NATAL

The POA of of NATAL
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)
POA 1
ADAMS MISSION and MERAN
 Use at Adams Mission has not been recorded
  Adams Mission
1892 and 1896
80		  
Meran
1891
1898 to 1899
closed after
Boer war		 80
 
Endorsed MERAN 23 of April without year		 Used at
Meran		    
POA 2
BOSHOFFS ROAD, TUGELA FERRY, WESTS (Durban), VRYHEID and BABANANGO
 Use at Boshoff Road, Tugela Ferry and Babanango has not been recorded
       Boshoff's Road
1893		  
Tugela Ferry
1894 to 1898
Wests
1900 to ??.11.1901
Vryheid
02.09.1902 to ??.10.1902
Babanango
1906 to 1909		 80
  Used at
Wests
??.08.1901 to ??.11.1901		    
  Used at
Vryheid

The District of Vryheid
 was incorporated
 into the Natal Colony
 in 1902		    
POA 3
COALFIELDS (Dundee), RUSSELSTR. (Durban), SUNKELSDRIFT
 Use at Coalfields has not been recorded
        
Type 1                                     Type 2

2 types exist:
Type 1 narrow A large 3
Type 2 wider A small 3

 Coalfields
Type 1
1891 to 1892

Russel Str.
Type 2
1900 to 1902

Sunkelsdrift
Type 2
1903 to 1910		    
  Russel Str.
Type 2
20.04.1900 - 26.07.1902		    
  Used at
Sunkelsdrift
13.12.1904 - 17.01.1911		    
POA 4
STIRLING, SALEM and ISIPOFU
  Stirling
1891 to 1897

Salem
1898 to 1906

Isipofu
1907 to 1911
 		    
  Stirling
30.08.1894
 to
26.03.1896		    
  Salem
22.04.1904 to 27.05.1904		    
  Isipofu
20.01.1911		    
POA 5
UMSINSINI, ACTON HOMES, HERONVALE and FAIRFIELD
 Use at Umsinsini, and Fairfield has not been recorded
  Umsinsini
1893-1898
 		  
Acton Homes
1900-1901
Heronvale
1901-1903		 80
Fairfield
1906-1909
  Acton Homes
01.04.1900		    
  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		    
POA 6
DINGLEY DALE, HOPE TOWN, MOSSDALE and AMAHLONGWA
  Dingly Dale
1891-1892		 80  
Hope Town
1896-1898		 60
Mossdale
1899-1899		 120
Amahlongwa
1900-1910		 40
       
POA 7
 ADDINGTON, ZWARTKOP RAIL, UNDERBERG, TALAVERA and HARTS HILL
  Addington
1891-1892		 50  
Zwartkops Rail
1893-1893		 200
Underberg
1895-1904		 40
Talavera
1906-1907		 100
Harts Hill
1908-1909		 100
 
Underberg
04.10.1896		    
  Harts Hill
24.12.1909		    
POA 8
Amanzimtoti, Blackwater, North End Ladysmith, Qudeni and Impolweni
     Amanzimtoti
1891-1891		 150  
Blackwater
1895-1895		 150
North End
1899-1899		 150
Qudeni
1901-1904		 80
Impolweni
1906-1910		 60
 
 		 Qudeni    
POA 9
BATSTONES, HILLTOP and EAST STRANGES
  Batstones
1892-1895		 80  
Hilltop
1898-1901
East Stranges
1907-1911
 
www.michael-hamilton.com 		POA 9 written HILLTOP, on QV 1d Post Card to Yorkshire, reverse GPO F/8 AP 98 transit.    
  POA 9 written EAST STRANGERS , Marrianhill    
POA 10
HIGHBURY, UMLALAZI, FAIRVIEW and HOLMESDALE
  Highbury
1894-1896

Umlalazi
1898-1898

Fairview
1900-1904

Holmesdale
1906-1910 

    
  FAIRVIEW
Backstamped
1902		    
POA 11
ONDERBROOKSPRUIT
  Onderbrookspruit
1896-1910		    
       
POA 12
UNDEEN, SHAFTON GRANGE, ENTUMENI and BROADACRE
  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
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Backstamped 1904
Mehlomonyama which is close to Port Shepstone on the South Coast.

 

    
POA 13
DUMISA
    Dumisa
1891-1902		    
POA 14
TOPOMASI, WEST END PMB, BUISTRODE'S STORE and HORTON RADFORD
 
Topomasi
1895-1896
 		 100  


West End PMB
1900-1900
 

 100

Buistrode's Store
1901-1902
 		 100

Horton Radford
1906-1909 
 		 80
  Buistrode's Store
21.04.1901 - 30.04.1902		    
 
Horton Radford
27.01.1906		    
POA 15
INANDA, INSUZI, EDWALENI and PALMIET
    Inanda
1891-1907

Insuzi
1898-1898

Palmiet
1908-1908

Edwaleni
1909-1909 

    
 
www.michael-hamilton.com 		1½d rate cover from the Methodist Mission Edwaleni to New York    
POA 16
INGAGANE, and GRAHAMS
     Ingagane
1891-1892

Grahams
1893-1910
 

    
POA 17
KLIPKRAAL, GREENVALE and UNDEEN
  Klipkraal
1891-1892

Greenvale
1893-1902

Undeen
1905-1910
  

    
POA 18
LANDS END, THOMPSON, CLARKE ROAD DURBAN, TABLE MOUNTAIN MISSION and MONA
     Lands End
1891-1891

Thompson
1892-1892

Clarke Road Durban
1894-1896

Table Mountain Mission
1898-1904

Mona
1906-1909 

    
POA 19
BESTERS, MIDDLETON, and MULLERS PASS
       Besters
1893-1893		 200  
Middleton
1894-1904
Mullers Pass
1907-1910 
  Used at Middleton
13.05.1895		    
  Mullers Pass
27.12.1906		    
POA 20
NGOBEVU, and GOOD HOPE
    Ngobevu
1891-1902

Good Hope
1906-1908

    
  Ngobevu    
  Ngobevu