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LOVAT (RAIL) (STATION)
Union to 11.01.1926
Area: Near Lindley
1   BONC "93" Used in union Union    
2   2C "Blank" 26 mm
ORC removed		 13.03.1911
(Aab)		 01.04.1912
(Aab)		  

LOVEDALE
Union to Republic
Area: Alice
1   1C "Blank" First seen:
05.07.1886
(Aab)		 Union 18.10.1915
(Frescura)		  
2   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 1927
(Visser)		    
3   2C "Bars + cross" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 06.09.1935
(Putzel)		 09.09.1935
(Aab)		  
4   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 18.09.1936
(Visser)		    
5   2C "Blank" Wide V 30.03.1937
(Aab)		 04.05.1943
(Aab)		  
6   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 05.05.1947
(Visser)		    
7   2C "Blank" Narrow V 19.03.1954
(Putzel)		 28.07.1954
(Aab)		  

LOWER ADAMSON (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Burgersdorp
1   2C "S.AFRICA"     ??.12.1923
(Putzel)		 1943
(Visser)		  

LOWER BLINKWATER
01.11.1917 to Republic
Postal agent
Area: Fort Beaufort
1   2C "Blank"   20.06.1955
(Aab)		 20.11.1956
(Putzel)		  

LOWER DIDIMA
01.03.1911 to 01.04.1913
Area: Kamastone
NOT  RECORDED

LOWER DIKGAT(H)LONG
1921 to Republic
Area: Kuruman
1   1C "Bar"   12.11.1921
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  
2   1C "Bar"   30.04.1930
(Aab)		    
3   2C "DIKGATLONG"   13.07.1935
(Putzel)		 194?
(Aab)		  
4   2C "Blank"   DIKGATHLONG 1957
(Putzel)		    

LOWER INCLINE (STATION)
Union to Republic
Area: Sterkstroom
1 "SIDING" 2C "S.AFRICA"     1915
(Visser)		    
(2) "STA" 2C "Blank"     1962
(Putzel)		    

LOWER KAMNATIE
Union to 05.05.1947
Renamed to Onder Kamnassie
Area: Oudtshoorn
1   2C "Bars + cross"    
(Putzel)		    

LOWER LOTENI
07.12.1931 to Republic
Area: Nottingham Road
1 "LOWER" 2C "LOTENI"   Bars on sides
(Putzel)		    

LOWER PAARL
Union to 01.11.1912
Renamed to Noorder Paarl
Area: Paarl
1   1C "Blank" Name 9 to 3 o'clock

First seen:
19.02.1906
(Aab)		 Union 01.02.1912
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
09.07.1902
(Aab)		 Union 03.11.1911  

LOWER PITSING (LOWER PITSENG)
07.05.1919 to Republic
Area: Maclear
1   2C "S.AFRICA"     13.10.1949
(Putzel)		    

LOWER TSITSANA
01.02.1912 to Republic
Area: Maclear
1   2C "S.AFRICA"   Last seen
10.05.1962
(Putzel)		 26.01.1915
(Putzel)		 Republic  

LOWER TUGELA
Union to 11.12.1911
Renamed to Tugela
Area: Durban
NOT  RECORDED

LOWER TYUMIE
Union to 05.06.1922
Area: Alice
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
15.07.1892
(Frescura)		 Union 17.04.1917
(Frescura)		  
2   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 28.04.1922
(Putzel)		    

LOWER UMKOMAAS
Union to 23.01.1912
Area: Durban
1   2C "NATAL"
First seen
09.07.1909
(Putzel)		 Union 23.01.1912
(Aab)		  

LOWLANDS (RAIL)
01.10.1914 to Republic
Area: Estcourt
1   2C "Bars + cross" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 10.06.1916
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Bar"     1931
(Putzel)		 19.06.1937
(Putzel)		  

LOXTON
Union to Republic
Area: Victoria West
1   1C "CGH"   First seen:
03.12.1897
(Frescura)		 Union ??.??.1924
(Putzel)		  
2   1C "Blank"
First seen:
11.01.1904
(Frescura)		 Union 05.09.1914
(Frescura)		  
3   1C "Blank" Relief 11.12.1919
(Aab)		    
4   1C "Bars + cross"   31.01.1923
(Aab)		    
5   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 18.06.1924
(Visser)		    
6   1C "Bars + cross"     ??.11.1926
(Putzel)		    
7   1C "Blank" Skeleton 18.09.1927
(Putzel)		    
8   2C "Bars + cross"   27.05.1935
(Aab)		 18.01.1937
(Putzel)		  

LUBALEKU
1954 to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Blank"    
(Putzel)		    

LUBANZI
23.07.1956 to Republic
Area: Transkei
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

LUCERNE
 01.11.1913 to Republic
Renamed from Jacobsdal, Transvaal
Area: Zeerust
1   2C "Bars + cross"   SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 1913
(Visser)		 ??.04.1915
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"   ??.11.1923
(Putzel)		 11.02.1956
(Putzel)		  

LUCERNVALE
28.01.1935 to 14.11.1955
Area: Middelburg, Cape
NOT  RECORDED

LUCKHOFF
Union to Republic
Area: Fauresmith
1   1C "Blank"
Visser		 ORC removed 20.06.1910
(Visser)		    
2   2C "Blank"   25 mm
ORC removed		 ??.08.1915
(Putzel)		 03.03.1924
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Bar"   04.06.1935
(Aab)		 29.11.1955
(Putzel)		  

LUDEKE (LUDEKA)
27.09.1926 to 05.07.1950
Renamed to Mkantsweni
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Bars + cross"   LUDEKA ??.03.1938
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Bars + cross"   LUDEKE 05.07.1950
(Putzel)		    

LUDIWANA
1950 to 25.09.1950
Area: Transkei
NOT  RECORDED

LUDLOW (RAIL)
Union to 22.05.1961
Area: Naauwpoort
1   1C "Blank?"     08.05.1925
(Putzel)		    
2   1C "RTO"   First seen:
30.05.1907
(Frescura)		 Union 10.01.1916
(Putzel)		  
       
3   2C "Bars + cross"     01.12.1955
(Putzel)		    

LUFUTA
1955 to Republic
Renamed from Lafuto
Area: Transkei
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

LUHEWINI
04.03.1941 to Republic
Area: Transkei
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

LUHWAYIZO
07.07.1958 to Republic
Area: Transkei
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

LUIPARDSKOP
01.08.1911 to 13.03.1922
Renamed from Boschvarksfontein
Area: Edenburg
1   2C "Bars + cross" New discovery 08.05.1914
(Aab)		    

LUIPAARDSVLEI (STATION)
Union to Republic
Area: West Rand
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		 25 mm 10.01.1913
(Visser)		    
2 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"   S.AFRICA
above date
Z.AFRICA
below date		 14.01.1916
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Blank"   RAIL removed 01.11.1930
(Putzel)		 1935
(Putzel)		  
4   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 16.04.1941
(Putzel)		    
5   2C "Blank" 26 mm

Last seen
22.09.1978
(Putzel)		 29.06.1942
(Aab)		 Republic  
6   2C "Blank"   28 mm

Last seen
07.11.1963
(Putzel)		 12.12.194?
(Aab)		 Republic  
7   2C-D "Blank" 31 mm 07.02.1956
(Aab)		 20.11.1957
(Aab)