Postal History of
ORANGE FREE STATE

Post Offices DAVELSRUST to EDENBURG

DAVELSRUST
January 1896 to 1898
Transfered to Roodepoort
Area: Bethlehem

Not recorded

DE BAD
July 1898 to 1899
Area: Kroonstad

1 PAK 1C O.V.S.   13.10.1898
(OFS Ph. Soc)
30.07.1899
(Putzel)

DELAWARE
January 1896 to 1900
Area: Vrede

1 PAK 1C O.V.S.   27.09.1898
(OFS Ph. Soc)
   

DE PUT
29.08.1886 to 1900
Area: Fauresmith

1   LETTER "M" SERIF 15.09.1892
(OFS Ph. Soc)
January 1900
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 
2   LETTER "M"   1896
(Aab)
1896
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 
       
3   SQ-OCT "O.V.S."   29.09.1892
(OFS Ph. Soc)
16.01.1900
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 
4   1C "O.V.S." Asterisks on sides 13.03.1886
(OFS Ph. Soc)
29.08.1886
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 

DE WERF
1896 to 1900
Area: Jacobsdal

1 PAK 1C "O.V.S."   03.04.1897
(OFS Ph. Soc)
21.07.1897
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 

DEWETSDORP
1880 to 28.03.1900 (British occupation)
Area: Dewetsdorp

1   OFS LETTER "Y"   Last seen
22.02.1903
(OFS Ph. Soc)
02.06.1884
(OFS Ph. Soc)
Occupation  
       
2   1C O.V.S. De Wetsdorp
seperate
Stars on sides
02.06.1884
(Tim Bartshe)
   
3   1C O.V.S. Stars on sides 10.08.1883
(OFS Ph. Soc)
07.07.1884
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 
4   1C O.V.S. Stars on sides 08.03.1893
(OFS Ph. Soc)
22.02.1898
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 
5   1C O.V.S. De Wetsdorp
separate
10.08.1884
(OFS Ph. Soc)
21.08.1893
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 
6   1C O.V.S. Dewetsdorp
one word
05.09.1891
(OFS Ph. Soc)
11.03.1900
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 
       

DONKERPOORT
1892 to 1900
Area: Philippolis

1   Double edged "O.V.S."   07.05.1891
(OFS Ph. Soc)
08.11.1893
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 
2   1C "Blank."   13.02.1893
(OFS Ph. Soc)
08.11.1899
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 

DOORNFONTEIN
1894 to 1900
Area: Winburg

1   1C "O.V.S."   24.06.1895
(Aab)
24.06.1895
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 

DOORNPAN
1895 to 1900
Area: Bultfontein

Not recorded

DOUGLAS VALLEY
1895 to 1900
Area: Heilbron

Not recorded

DRIEFONTEN - Heilbron -
January 1892 to 31.01.1899
Area: Heilbron

1   SQ-OCT "O.V.S"   16.08.1896
(OFS Ph. Soc)
06.12.1897
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 

DRIEFONTEN - Boshof -
1883 to April 1892
Area: Boshof

1   2C "O.V.S"
Visser
This is possibly
DRIEFONTEIN Bethlehem
 
16.02.1884
(Visser)
   

DRIEFONTEN - Bethlehem -
1884 to April 1892
Area: Bethlehem

Not recorded

DRIEKOP
1895 to 1900
Area: Bethlehem

Not recorded

DROOGEFONTEIN
1893 to 1900
Area: Wepener

1 "P.A.K." 1C "DROOGEFONTEIN"   29.09.1894
(OFS Ph. Soc)
28.12.1899
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 

DUNDAS
1892 to 1896
Area: Vrede

Not recorded

DUPREEZLAGER
September 1893 to 1900
Area: Winburg

1   1C "O.V.S."   29.03.1897
(OFS Ph. Soc)
04.11.1899
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 

EDENBURG
1871 to 15.03.1900 (British occupation)
Area: Edenburg

1   NUMBER "14."   1872
(OFS Ph. Soc)
1899
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 
2   1C "O.V.S." Asterisks on sides 26.04.1882
(OFS Ph. Soc)
12.04.1883
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 
3   1C "Blank" Last seen
04.12.1900
(OFS Ph. Soc)
12.04.1885
(OFS Ph. Soc)
Occupation  
4   DARC "O.F.STATE" Last seen
07.07.1900
(OFS Ph. Soc)
24.08.1874
(OFS Ph. Soc)
Occupation  
       

EDENBURG RAIL
1890 to 15.03.1900 (British occupation)
Area: Edenburg

1   1C "R.O"   11.11.1891
(OFS Ph. Soc)
01.08.1898
(OFS Ph. Soc)