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MANOR GARDENS
10.11.1924 to 07.04.1947
Area: Durban
1   2C "Blank"    
(Putzel)		    

MANSFIELD
01.06.1920 to Republic
Area: Vryburg
1   1C "Blank"   Skeleton ??.09.1920
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Blank"    
(Putzel)		    

MANTHESTAD
17.03.1926 to Republic
Area: Taungs
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmarks known

MANUBI(E)
Union to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   1C "CGH"   First seen:
12.07.1896
(Frescura)		 Union 28.02.1925
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bar"     1947
(Visser)		    

MANZI
1948

1   2C "Blank"
Visser		   1948
(Visser)		    

MANZIMHAHLE
11.07.1949 to 1955
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Blank"     15.09.1950
(Putzel)		 1955
(Visser)		  

MAPELA
Union to Republic
Area: Potgietersrust
1   2C "Asterisk?"
 		 30.03.1912
(Aab)		 1956
(Aab)		  
       

MAPFONTEIN
19.07.1926 to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Blank"   27.11.1933
(Putzel)		 06.09.1937
(Aab)		  

MAPLETON (STATION)
01.05.1913 to April 1914?
01.03.1915 to 01.10.1918
Area: Germiston
NOT  RECORDED

MAPOTENG
Basutoland using South African stamps up to 1 December 1933
See Basutoland

MAPOTTIELLA
1926 to 13.02.1933
Area: Tzaneen
NOT  RECORDED

MAPUMULO
Union to Republic
Area: Stanger
1   2C "NATAL" No markings on sides

First seen
16.12.1897
(Aab)		 Union 1914
(Putzel)		  
       
2   2C "Blank" 25 mm 01.10.1916
(Aab)		 03.06.1924
(Aab)		  
3 "NATAL" 1C "S A"   Skeleton ??.09.1930
(Putzel)		    
4   1C "NATAL"   Skeleton ??.08.1932
(Putzel)		    
5   2C "Bar"
 		   22.01.1932
(Putzel)		 03.11.1932
(Putzel)		  
6   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 1941
(Visser)		    
7   2C "Blank"
29 mm 20.04.1942
(Aab)		 25.09.1958
(Putzel)		  

MAPUTA
Union to Republic
Area: Zululand
1   2C "NATAL" First seen
25.07.1906
(Aab)		 Union 15.02.1930
(Putzel)		  

MAQATLANA
04.10.1927 to 29.07.1935
Renamed to Fletcherville
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Blank"     11.11.1932
(Putzel)		    

MAQUASSI (RAIL)
Union to 1953
Renamed to Makwassie
Area: Klerksdorp
1   2C "TRANSVAAL" First seen
13.04.1910
(Aab)		 Union ??.??.1919
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Bar"     06.04.1921
(Aab)		 08.03.1923
(Putzel)		  
       
3   1C "Blank"   07.08.1925
(Aab)		 28.07.1931
(Putzel)		  
4   2C "Blank" 30 mm 21.08.1934
(Putzel)		 08.05.1935
(Aab)		  
5   2C "Blank" 26 mm 08.10.1936
(Aab)		 30.03.1944
(Aab)		  
6   2C "Blank" 25 mm
Small lettering		 29.04.1949
(Putzel)		 10.08.1950
(Aab		  

MARA
Union to Republic
Area: Louis Trichardt
1   3C "Asterisk" First seen
13.06.1903
(Aab)		 Union ??.01.1916
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Marking" Last seen
21.09.1962
(Aab)		 29.03.1935
(Putzel)		 Republic  

MARABASTAD (MARABA)
Union to 12.12.1955
Renamed to Eerste Goud
Area: Pietersburg
1   2C "?"   24 mm 10.05.1915
(Putzel)		 30.08.1918
(Aab)		  
       
2   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1937
(Visser)		    
3   2C "Blank"   26 mm 1940
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Blank"   26 mm
MARABA
(Putzel)		    

MARABONE
17.08.1953 to Republic
Area: Tzaneen
NOT  RECORDED

MARAHEKI
28.06.1926 to 18.01.1960
Area: Warmbaths
1   2C "Blank"   25 mm 10.11.1953
(Putzel)		    

MARAIS (RAIL) (SIDING)
Union to Republic
Area: Aberdeen
1 "SIDING" 1C "CGH" First seen:
19.05.1899
(Aab)		 Union 16.02.1918
(Aab)		  
2 "RAIL" 2C "Bar"  
(Putzel)		 24.10.1919
(Aab)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross"   30 mm 1937
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Blank"   28 mm
(Putzel)		    

MARAISBURG - Cape -
Union to 01.08.1913
Renamed to Hofmeyr
Area: Cradock
1   1C "Blank" First seen:
10.02.1893
(Frescura)


Name: 8 to 4 o'clock		 Union 11.01.1913
(Putzel)		  

MARAISBURG (RAIL) - Transvaal -
Union to Republic
Area: West Rand
1   2C "TVAAL"     19.05.1913
(Aab)		    
       
2 "TRANSVAAL" 2C "Bars + cross"   01.08.1913
(Aab)		 13.12.1919
(Putzel)		  
3 "TRANSVAAL" 2C "Blank"     31.12.1932
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Blank" 25 mm 30.01.1946
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  
5   2C "TRANSVAAL"   02.04.1952
(Aab)		 20.03.1956
(Putzel)		  
6   1C "Blank" Skeleton 1954
(Putzel)		 29.11.1954
(Aab)		  
7   2C "Bar" Thin lines

New discovery		 31.08.1955
(Aab)		    
8   2C "Blank"   26 mm

Last seen
16.11.1976
(Putzel)		 11.09.1958
(Putzel)		 Republic  
9   PARCEL   New discovery
(Aab)		    

MARAISHOOP (MARAISHOPE)
01.03.1915 to 19.11.1951
Renamed to Kornhaanbult
Area: Uitenhage
NOT  RECORDED

MARAKABEIS
Basutoland using South African stamps up to 1 December 1933
See Basutoland

MARBLE HALL
02.08.1937 to Republic
Area:

1   2C "Blank" 9 to 3 o'clock 05.07.1939
(Aab)		 21.06.1951
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank" 10 to 2 o'clock 1952
(Aab)		 04.04.1956
(Aab)		  

MARBURG
Union to 1911
01.10.1914 to 01.06.1915
Area: Port Shepstone
1   2C "NATAL"   Bars on sides 07.01.1911
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "NATAL"   Dots on sides 03.03.1942
(Putzel)		    

MARCHAND  (MARCHANT)
01.03.1911 to Republic
Area: Kakamas
1   2C "Bars + cross"     10.06.1914
(Putzel)		 24.04.1918
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank"   1946
(Aab)		 1955
(Aab)		  
3   1C "Blank" Skeleton 01.06.1956
(Visser)		 04.06.1956
(Aab)		  

MAREBA
01.10.1913 to 01.05.1914
Area: Pretoria
NOT  RECORDED

MAREETSANE
06.05.1946 to Republic
Renamed from Maritzani
Area: Mafeking
1   2C "Blank"     1955
(Putzel)		    

MARGATE
17.11.1924 to Republic
Area: Natal South Coast
1   2C "Bars + cross"   26.05.1931
(Putzel)		 06.09.1931
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross" 29 mm ??.10.1933
(Putzel)		 07.08.1952
(Aab)		  
3   2C   English ??.01.1937
(Putzel)		 02.02.1950
(Putzel)		  
4   2C     Afrikaans ??.05.1937
(Putzel)		 03.02.1950
(Putzel)		  
5   2C "Blank"   25 mm

Last seen
16.08.1978
(Putzel)		 22.01.1951
(Putzel)		 Republic  
6   2C "Cross"   26.05.1952
(Putzel)		 20.01.1955
(Aab)		  
7   2C "3"   Index 3 12.06.1955
(Putzel)		    
8   2C "4"   Index 4

Last seen
29.10.1977
(Putzel)		 23.09.1958
(Putzel)		 Republic  
9   2C "5"  
(Aab)		 09.04.1958
(Putzel)