Postal History of
ORANGE FREE STATE
Post Offices REEKFORT to SANDHURST

REEKFORT
April 1892 to June 1898

Not recorded

REITZ
1889? to 4.07.1900 (British occupation)
Near Bethlehem

1   NUMBER "55"   30.10.1892
(OFS Ph. Soc)
   
2   SQ-OCT "O.V.S."   21.10.1892
(OFS Ph. Soc)
25.06.1900
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 

REITZBURG
01.12.1890 to 1899
Renamed from Lindiquesdrift

Near Vredefort

1   SQ-OCT "O.V.S."   ??.11.1893
(OFS Ph. Soc)
21.07.1897
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 

RIETFONTEIN
1895 to 1900
Near Hoopstad

1 PAK 1C "O.V.S."   30.11.1895
(OFS Ph. Soc)
01.03.1900
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 

RIETGAT
1885 to 1891
Near Winburg

1   1C "O.V.S."   20.02.1885
(Aab)
19.02.1891
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 

RIETSPRUIT
January 1892 to 1900
Near Winburg

1   1C "O.V.S."   14.10.1893
(OFS Ph. Soc)
03.03.1899
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 

RIETVLEI (RIETVALLEI)
1896 to 1900
Near Boshoff

Not recorded

ROBBERTSDRIFT
July 1897 to 1899
Near Vrede

Not recorded

ROBBERTSRUST
1895 to 1900?
Near Dewetsdorp

1 "P.A.K." 1C "O.V.S."   26.04.1895
(OFS Ph. Soc)
   

ROODEBULT
1878 to 1880
Near Ladybrand

Not recorded

ROODEKRANS (ROODEKRANTZ)
January 1895 to 1899
Near Ficksburg

Not recorded

ROODEPOORT
1898 to 1900
Near Bethlehem

Not recorded

ROODEWAL (RAIL)
1881 to 30.11.1892
14.09.1893 to 23.05.1900
Near Kroonstad

1   1C "O.V.S."   07.07.1897
(OFS Ph. Soc)
01.05.1900
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 

ROOIKOP
January 1895 to 1896
Near Heilbron

Not recorded

ROUXVILLE
1871 to April 1900

1   NUMBER "12" 16 bar 1872
(OFS Ph. Soc)
17.11.1894
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 
       
2   DARC "O.F.STAAT"   23.11.1878
(OFS Ph. Soc)
23.01.1885
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 
3   2C "O.V.STAAT"   13.07.1881
(OFS Ph. Soc)
26.09.1884
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 
4   1C "O.V.S." Asterisks on sides 15.12.1882
(OFS Ph. Soc)
21.04.1883
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 
5   1C "O.V.S." Asterisks on sides 05.04.1883
(OFS Ph. Soc)
05.05.1885
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 

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6   1C "Blank"   10.11.1884
(OFS Ph. Soc)
15.09.1895
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 
7   1C "O.V.S." Last seen
11.08.1900
(OFS Ph. Soc)
14.05.1892
(OFS Ph. Soc)
Occupation  
8   SHIELD "ORANJE VRYSTAAT"     07.08.1891
(OFS Ph. Soc)
   
       

R.P.K NOORD
1894 to 1900
This TPO operated between Norvalspont and Bloemfontein

1 "O.V.S." 2C "Blank"   22.01.1900
(Aab)
   

RUIGTEFONTEIN
1884 to 1894
Transfered to Doornfontein
Near Winburg

1   1C "O.V.S." 22 mm
6 ray asterisk
30.01.1884
(OFS Ph. Soc)
01.04.1885
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 
2   2C "O.V.S." 25 mm
8 ray asterisk
05.06.1890
(OFS Ph. Soc)
24.07.1890
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 
3 P.K. DR "O.V.S." 34 mm
Double edged circle
02.05.1893
(OFS Ph. Soc)
23.05.1894
(OFS Ph. Soc)
 

SANDHURST
October 1896 to 1897
Near Harrismith

Not recorded