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Post Offices MAANDAGSHOEK to MAFUBE

MAANDAGSHOEK
27.09.1926 to 23.03.1936
Area: Near Lydenburg
1   2C "Blank"   20.02.1928
(Aab)		 09.06.1932
(Aab)		  

MAANHAARRAND
1928 to Republic
Renamed from Manhaarrand
Area: Magaliesburg
1   2C "Blank"
Last seen
14.08.1978
(Putzel)		 02.03.1934
(Aab)		 Republic  

MAASRUST
01.04.1915 to 23.04.1951
Area: Graafwater
1   2C "Blank"     193?
(Putzel)		    

MAASSTROOM
01.03.1925 to Republic
Renamed from Du Plessis
Area: Nylstroom
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"   03.12.1931
(Aab)		 1935
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank"     193?
(Putzel)		    

MABAALSTAD
Union to Republic

1   2C "TRANSVAAL"   1915
(Aab)		 192?
(Putzel)		  

MABAAN
21.07.1924 to 20.07.1925
Renamed to Bingley
Area: Pretoria
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   ??.05.1925
(Visser)		    

MABAKE
03.06.1946 to 05.05.1947
Area: Pretoria
NOT  RECORDED

MABIESKRAAL
Union to Republic
Area: Rustenburg
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"   05.11.1911
(Putzel)		 14.06.1938
(Aab)		  

MABULA
15.03.1915 to Republic
Area: Warmbad
1   2C "Bars + cross" New discovery 15.03.1915
(Aab)		    
2   2C "Bars + cross"   Thick bars 10.06.1934
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Bars + cross"   Thin bars

Last seen
16.08.1978
(Putzel)		 03.11.1956
(Putzel)		 Republic  

MACHADODORP
Union to Republic
Area: Between Middelburg and Nelspruit
1   2C-D "Asterisk" First seen
09.09.1902
(Putzel)		 Union 23.08.1913
(Putzel)		  
2   2C-D "TRANSVAAL"     22.01.1913
(Putzel)		    
3   2C-D "Bar" 33 mm 16.02.1920
(Putzel)		 06.07.1920
(Aab)		  
4   2C "Blank" 29 mm 04.01.1928
(Aab)		 ??.01.1939
(Putzel)		  
5   2C "Blank" 26 mm

P below date

 11.12.1924
(Putzel)		 07.12.1928
(Putzel)		  
6   2C "Blank" 26 mm

P level with date		 1930
(Visser)		 10.06.1935
(Visser)		  
7   2C "Blank" 26 mm 09.03.1946
(Aab)		 17.01.1959
(Putzel)		  

MACHAVIE (RAIL)
1910 to 1916
01.01.1918 to 05.07.1937
Renamed to New Machavie Station
Area: Klerksdorp
Dates are a little confusing - Previous PO in Transvaal -
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"   First seen
19.12.1907
(Putzel)		 Union 24.12.1935
(Putzel)		  

MACIBINI
Union to 02.08.1943
Area: Queenstown
1   1C "CGH"   First seen:
18.01.1892
(Frescura)		 Union 19.10.1920
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank"   26 mm
(Putzel)		    

MACKENZIE
1913 to 15.02.1954
27.06.1955 to 19.09.1955
04.06.1956 to 24.09.1956
Area: Warmbad
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"     21.03.1939
(Putzel)		    

MACKINNON'S POST
Union to 1949
Area: Middelburg , Cape
NOT  RECORDED

MACKMAAR
07.03.1927 to Republic
Area: Bronhorstspruit
1   2C "Blank" 25 mm 05.09.1927
(Aab)		 1947
(Putzel)		  

MACLEANTOWN
Union to Republic
Area: East London
1   1C "Blank" First seen:
05.09.1882
(Putzel)		 Union 05.08.1918
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bar" Last seen
25.08.1978
(Putzel)		 21.05.1944
(Aab)		 Republic  

MACLEAR
Union to Republic
1   1C "Blank" Name: 10 to 2 o'clock

First seen:
22.07.1902
(Frescura)		 Union 07.04.1911
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
09.08.1907
(Aab)		 Union 29.07.1911
(Frescura)		  
3   1C "SA"
Visser		 Skeleton 25.02.1913
(Visser)		    
4   2C "S. AFRICA"   17.11.1913
(Aab)		 30.10.1936
(Putzel)		  
5   2C "Bars + cross" 29 mm 21.04.1941
(Aab)		 16.04.1959
(Putzel)		  
6   2C "Blank"     10.09.1949
(Putzel)		    
7   1C "Blank" Skeleton
(Aab)		    
8   2C "Bars + cross" 25 mm 1944
(Visser)		 16.06.1958
(Putzel)		  
9   2C "Cross"   29 mm 20.02.1959
(Putzel)		    

MACLEAR STATION TO
Union to 1928
TO ONLY
1   2C "?"     1912
(Visser)		 1918
(Visser)		  

MADEAKHAM
01.07.1914 to 1950
Area: Vryburg
1   2C "Blank"   SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date
(Putzel)		    

MADEPELESA
01.11.1918 to 22.06.1931
03.02.1947 to 1953
Renamed to Madipelesa
Area: Kimberley
1   2C "Bar"     31.03.1930
(Putzel)		    

MADEVU
02.12.1946 to 19.01.1948
Renamed to Denny Dalton
Area: Zululand
1   2C "?"     194?
(Putzel)		    

MADIAKGAMA
1953 to 16.05.1960
Area: Vryburg
NOT  RECORDED

MADIBOGO
1953 to Republic
Renamed from Maribogo
Area: Vryburg
1   2C "Blank" Last seen
16.10.1963
(Putzel)		 13.09.1957
(Putzel)		 Republic  

MADIPELESA
1953 to Republic
Renamed from Madapelesa
Area: Kimberley
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

MAFATSANA
1959 to Republic
Area: Vereeniging
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

MAFEKING
Union to Republic
1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
17.01.1903
(Frescura)		 Union 02.05.1922
(Aab)		  
2   1C    Skeleton
First used CGH
27.10.1907
to 10.12.1907

Reused 1919		 1919    
3   2C "Blank" 25 mm 16.06.1917
(Putzel)		 02.12.1920
(Aab)		  
4   2C-D "Bar" 28 mm
Thik bar		 24.11.1919
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  
5   2C-D "Bar" 28 mm
Bar ends
straight		 11.06.1929
(Putzel)		 01.08.1931
(Aab)		  
6   2C-D "Bar" 32 mm
Bar ends
at an angle		 18.12.1933
(Aab)		 24.08.1934
(Putzel)		  
7   2C-D "Blank"   32 mm 02.02.1937
(Putzel)		    
8   2C "Blank"   29 mm
(Putzel)		    
9   2C-D "Blank"   29 mm 05.01.1943
(Putzel)		 30.10.1950
(Putzel)		  
10   1C "52"   Skeleton 17.11.1952
(Putzel)		    
11   2C "Bar"   25 mm 20.08.1952
(Putzel)		    
12   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 05.09.1953
(Putzel)		    
13   2C "Blank" 25 mm 14.02.1955
(Aab)		 20.10.1956
(Putzel)		  
14   2C-D "Blank" 30 mm 08.08.1956
(Putzel)		 18.02.1958
(Aab)		  
15   1C "Blank" Skeleton 1955
(Aab)		    
16   2C "1"   Index 1 03.09.1959
(Putzel)		    
17   2C "RLS -GBA"   Last seen
14.11.1967
(Putzel)		 07.11.1955
(Putzel)		 Republic  
18   2C "PAID/BETAAL"   Last seen
11.08.1978
(Putzel)		 24.02.1955
(Putzel)		 Republic  

MAFEKING RAIL
26.06.1925
TO only
1   2C "Bars + cross" New discovery 26.06.1925
(Aab)		    

MAFUBE
Union to 06.08.1951
06.09.1954 to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
31.03.1897
(Frescura)		 Union 20.12.1930
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"     06.08.1957
(Putzel)