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MAZELSFONTEIN
01.12.1911 to 1950
Area: Douglas
1   2C "Bars + cross"   27 mm
(Putzel)		    

MAZEPPA BAY
28.03.1955 to 31.08.1959
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Blank"   27 mm 03.07.1959
(Putzel)		    

MAZISTA
25.01.1937 to Republic
Area: Swartruggens
1   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm

Last seen
24.01.1978
(Putzel)		 17.12.1946
(Aab)		 Republic  

MBABANE
Swaziland using South African stamps up to 2 January 1933
See Swaziland

MBONGOLWANE
01.01.1920 to 14.07.1930
Area: Zululand
NOT  RECORDED

MBULUKWEZA
06.09.1954 to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Blank" 27 mm

Last seen
1964
(Visser)		 30.11.1956
(Aab)		 Republic  

MBUMBA
27.08.1923 to 28.04.1924
1927 to 24.06.1928
28.06.1948 to Republic
Area: Acornhoek
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

MCAMBALALA
01.12.1912 to 14.05.1951
1960 to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   2C "S.AFRICA"   28 mm ??.05.1923
(Putzel)		    

MCGREGOR
Union to Republic
Area: Robertson
1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
??.12.1908
(Aab)		 Union 1934
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank"   1956
(Aab)		    

MCKINNONS POST
Union to 28.02.1949
Area: Middelburg, Cape
NOT  RECORDED

MC TAGGARTS CAMP
1953 to 06.07.1953
Renamed to Klippunt
Area: Upington
NOT  RECORDED

MEADOWLANDS
05.07.1937 to 06.02.1939
Area: West Rand
1   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 13.07.1937
(Putzel)		    

MEADOWS (STATION)
01.11.1911 to Republic
Area: Dewetsdorp
1   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm 30.11.1912
(Aab)		 25.12.1918
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"   25.12.1918
(Visser)		 1933
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross" Thin bars 15.07.1940
(Aab)		 1949
(Visser)		  
4   1C "52" Skeleton
New discovery		 17.10.1952
(Aab)		    

MEANDERTHAL
24.01.1927 to 1950
Area: Pietersburg
1   2C "Blank" 26 mm
(Aab)		 30.04.1934
(Putzel)		  

MEBANI
01.08.1920 to 16.04.1934
Area: ?
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   1932
(Visser)		    

MEERHOF
23.03.1953 to 24.09.1956
Area: Pretoria
NOT  RECORDED

MEERLUS
21.09.1925 to Republic
Area: Middelburg, Transvaal
1   2C "Bars + cross" Last seen
02.06.1965
(Putzel)		 31.08.1955
(Aab)		 Republic  

MEGNATLINGSNEK
1929 to 1937
Area: OFS
NOT  RECORDED

MEHLOMNYAMA
Union to Republic
Area: Port Shepstone
1   2C "NATAL" Dots on sides

First seen:
13.01.1902
(Aab)		 Union 29.07.1910
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Bar"  
(Aab)		    

MEISJESVLEI
01.05.1916 to 21.01.1923
Area: Warmbaths
1   2C "?"
Visser		 16 mm ??.06.1916
(Visser)		    
2   2C "Blank"   24 mm 1920
(Putzel)		    

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

MELIETUIN
Union to 01.09.1910
01.05.1917 to 1933
Renamed to Milietuin
Area: Estcourt
1   2C "Bars + cross"     193?
(Putzel)		    

MELBOURNE ROAD DEPOT
1956 to Republic
Area: Durban
NOT  RECORDED

MELK
01.02.1912 to 01.01.1915
Area: Lady Grey
1   2C "S.AFRICA"   28 mm 16.10.1913
(Putzel)		    

MELKBOS(CH)STRAND
29.09.1924 to Republic
Area: Cape Town
1   2C "Blank" 24 mm 20.11.1924
(Putzel)		 07.02.1956
(Aab)		  

MELKHOUTBOOM
Union to Republic
Area: Uitenhage
1   1C "CGH"     13.12.1926
(Putzel)		 23.12.1934
(Putzel)		  

MELKHOUTFONTEIN
01.02.1915 to Republic
Area: Riversdale
1   2C "Blank"   30 mm 08.03.1934
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Blank"   27 mm 12.11.1942
(Putzel)		    

MELKRIVIER
16.03.1925 to Republic
Area: Vaalwater
1   2C "Blank"   25.04.1931
(Putzel)		 1956
(Putzel)		  

MELKSPRUIT
02.02.1925 to 27.02.1950
Area: Lady Grey
1   2C "Blank"     03.02.1941
(Putzel)		    

MELLIODORA
01.05.1913 to Republic
Area: Klerksdorp
1   2C "S.AFRICA"   25.02.1930
(Putzel)		 13.01.1956
(Aab)		  

MELMOTH
Union to Republic
Area: Zululand
1   2C "ZULULAND" First seen
23.11.1903
(Aab)		 Union 03.04.1915
(Aab)		  
2   1C "NATAL"
Visser		 Skeleton 02.12.1917
(Visser)		    
3   2C "Bars + cross" 29 mm 19.11.1922
(Aab)		 11.07.1936
(Putzel)		  
4   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm 16.08.1938
(Aab)		 05.10.1958
(Putzel)		  

MELODIE
26.07.1948 to Republic
Area: Pretoria
1   2C "Bars + cross" New discovery 11.02.1955
(Aab)		 Republic  

MELON
19.01.1931 to Republic
Area: Port Elizabeth
1   2C "Bars + cross" 28 mm 1934
(Aab)		 30.04.1952
(Putzel)		  

MELTONWOLD
01.05.1916 to Republic
Postal agent
Area: Victoria West
1   2C "Bars + cross" 30 mm 14.01.1936
(Putzel)		 27.02;1956
(Aab)		  

MELVILLE
Union to 07.02.1921
25.10.1936 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg
1 "TSO" 2C "?" New discovery ??.11.1935
(Aab)		    
2   2C "JOHANNESBURG" 29 mm

Last seen
13.04.1975
(Putzel)

 02.11.1941
(Aab)		 Republic  
3 "JOHANNESBURG" 2C "1" Index 1 10.08.1942
(Aab)		 01.07.1954
(Aab)		  

MEMEL
Union to Republic
Area: Vrede
1 "SO" 2C "ORC" ´First seen
17.05.1907
(Putzel)		 Union 17.01.1914
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank"
Visser		 SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 28.07.1915
(Visser)		    
3   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1931
(Visser)		    
4   2C "Blank" 31 mm 22.08.1918(Aab) 03.04.1933
(Aab)		  
5   2C "Bars + cross" 25 mm
Thick bars		 1933
(Aab)		 30.06.1942
(Putzel)		  
6   2C "Bars + cross"   26 mm
Thin bars

Last seen
19.09.1978
(Putzel)		 29.06.1958
(Putzel)		 Republic