Postal History of
ORANGE FREE STATE
Post Offices VREDEFORT to ZWARTKOP

VREDEFORT
1878 to 1900
1   1C "Blank"   Asterisk on sides
Name 2 words
(Putzel)		    
2   1C "O.V.S."   Asterisk on sides
Name 1 word		 18.12.1885
(Putzel)		    
3   1C "Dot"   20.12.1892
(Aab)		 14.11.1896
(Aab)		  
       
4   1C "O.V.S."   02.07.1898
(Aab)		 31.10.1899
(Aab)		  

VREDEFORTWEG (VREDEFORT ROAD RO)
31.01.1889 to 1900
1   1C "?"
Visser		 Vredefort Road RO ??.07.1899
(Visser)		    
2   1C "O.V.S.S."   20.04.1899
(Aab)		 22.02.1900
(Aab)		  

WAAIHOEK
12.05.1895 to 1898
Near Vrede
1   1C "O.V.S."
Spink		   12.05.1895
(Spink)		 30.06.1896
(OFS
Society)		  

WAGENMAKERSVLEI
12.05.1895 to 1898
Near Vrede
1   1C "O.V.S."   ??.11.1891
(OFS
Society)		 17.01.1893
(Visser)		  
2 "P.A.K." 1C "O.V.S."
Visser		   1891
(Visser)		 20.06.1900
(OFS
Society)		  

WATERVAL
15 January 1893 to 1899?
Near Bethlehem
Not recorded

WATERVAL WEST
1898 to 1899?
Near Jacobsdal
Not recorded

WELGELEGEN (RAIL) (SIDING)
January 1892 to 1898
Near Winburg
1   1C "O.V.S." New discovery 03.01.1899
(Aab)		    

WELKOM - Dist. Winburg -
04.07.1883 to 1899?
Near Winburg
1   1C "O.V.S."
Visser		 This could be the other Welkom!!! 05.10.1896
(Visser)		    
2 "P.A.K." 1C "O.V.S." This could be the other Welkom!!! 03.07.1899
(Aab)		    

WELKOM - Dist. Bethulie -
1892 to 1899?
Near Bethulie
Not recorded

WELTEVREDEN
 28.12.1883 to unknown
Near Bloemfontein
1   1C "O.V.S."
Visser		   28.12.1883
(Visser)		    

WEPENER (WIPENER)
1871 to ORC
1   BONC "16"
  30.04.1885
(Aab		 29.03.1886
(Putzel)		  
  16.05.1891
(Putzel)		    
2   DARC "O.V.STAAT"   16.10.1884
(Aab)		 06.05.1899
(Aab)		  
       
3   2C "O.V.STAAT"     30.04.1885
(Aab		    
       
4   2C "O.V.S." Asterisk
on sides
Tall R		 18.04.1886
(Batten		    
5   2C "O.V.S." Asterisk
on sides
Normal R		 1885
(Visser		 28.06.1886
(Aab		  
6   1C "O.V.S."   05.04.1887
(Batten		    
7   1C "O.V.S."   15.04.1894
(Batten		 26.12.1899
(Batten		  

WILLOUGHBY
20.10.1884 to Union
 Near Smithfield
1   1C "OVS"   20.10.1884
(Aab)		    
2 "P.A.K." 2C "OVS" Double outer circle 14.06.1894
(Putzel)		 05.09.1895
(Kevin Price)		  
3 "P.A.K." 1C "OVS"   11.06.1893
(Putzel) 

 

    
4   2C "O??"
Putzel		    

 

    

WINBURG
16.09.1850 to 1900
1   NUMBER "2"
  27.08.1877
(Aab)		    
       
2   DARC "O.F.STAAT"   27.08.1877
(Aab)		 31.01.1892
(Aab)		  
3   1C "O.V.S." Small OVS 07.05.1889
(Aab)		    
4   1C "O.V.S." 23mm
Small V
Rounded O		 18.06.1894
(Aab)		 23.01.1895
(Putzel)		  
5   1C "O.V.S." 26mm
Tall V
Oval O		 07.10.1896
(Aab)		 27.03.1899
(Aab)		  
       
6   SHIELD  
Visser		  
(Visser)		    

WINBURG AANSLUITING
01.08.1898 to 01.03.1899
Renamed from  Winburg Road
Renamed to Smaldeel
1   1C "Dot"   26.12.1898
(Aab)		 29.01.1899
(Visser)		  

WINBURG ROAD RAIL
1892 to 01.08.1898
Renamed Winburg Aansluiting
1 "P.K. AGENT" 1C "Dot"   13.07.1892
(Aab)		 11.10.1894
(Aab)		  
2   1C "Dot"   27.12.1894
(Aab)		 26.09.1898
(Aab)		  
       

WINKELDRIFT
1883 to 1899
 Near Kroonstad
1   1C "O.V.S."
Visser		 Asterisks on sides 08.09.1885
(Visser)		    
2   1C "O.V.S."
Visser		  
(Visser)		    

WITZIESHOEK
1870 to 1900
 Near Harrismith
1   1C "O.V.S."   Asterisks on sides 01.08.1886
(Putzel)		    
2   1C "O.V.S."   10.06.1896
(Putzel)		 20.11.1896
(Putzel)		  

WOLVEHOEK
August 1893 to 1900
1   1C "O.V.S."   1894
(Aab)		 26.03.1896
(Putzel)		  
1   1C "O.V.S.S."   21.01.1899
(Aab)		 28.04.1899
(Putzel)		  
       

WOLVESPRUIT
1889 to 1900?
Near Boshof
1 "P.A.K." 1C "O.V.S."   22.10.1897
(Putzel)		    

WONDERFONTEIN
13.04.1894 to 1900?
Near Hoopstad
1   1C "O.V.S."   13.04.1894
(Putzel)		 03.06.1899
(Aab)		  

WOODSIDE
1883 to 1900?
Near Frankfurt
1   1C "O.V.S."
Hamilton		 Asterisks on sides 01.08.1884
(Hamilton)		 31.12.1884
(Putzel)		  

ZAAIPLAATS
1897 to 21.04.1900
Near Kroonstad
1 "P.A.K." 1C "O.V.S."   18.11.1898
(Putzel)		 21.04.1900
(Aab)		  
       

ZAND RIVIER
1892? to 1900
1   BONC "13"   09.04.1899
(Aab)		    
       
2   2C "O.V.STAAT"   02.04.1896
(Putzel)		 11.08.1899
(Aab)		  
       

ZASTRON
1883? to 1900
1   BONC "K"   09.04.1899
(Aab)		    
       
2   OCTAGON "O.V.S."   ??.05.1892
(OFSSC)		 27.07.1895
(OFSSC)		  
3   OCTAGON "O.V.S." Corners removed 16.05.1897
(Aab)		    
4   1C "O.V.S." Asterisks on sides      
5   1C "O.V.S."   Inverted Z 1890
(Visser)		    
6   1C "O.V.S."   20.03.1893
(Rhodesia.co.za)		 11.04.1899
(Aab)		  
       

ZEVENFONTEIN
1894 to 1900
 Near Boshof
1   1C "O.V.S."   13.05.189?
(Aab)		 02.02.1895
(Visser)		  

ZOETVLEI
1898 to 1899?
Near Hoopstad
Not recorded

ZOUTPAN
October 1892 to 1896
Near Hoopstad
1   1C "O.V.S."   20.12.1894
(OFSSC)		 ??.10.1896
(Aab)		  

ZURINGSKRANTZ
1890? to 1900
 Near Bethlehem
1   NUMBER "60"        
2   1C "O.V.S.S."   05.06.1892
(Aab)		 12.07.1899
(Visser)		  

ZWARTKOP
1897 to 1899?
Near Hoopstad
Not recorded

ZWARTKOPPIES
1897 to 1899?
Near Hoopstad
1   NUMBER "43."