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Post Offices MHLABAMYANA to MILTON

MHLABAMYANA (MHLABAMYAMA)
14.04.1930 to Republic
Renamed from Morre's Post
Area: Transkei
1   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 1933
(Visser)		    
2   2C "Blank"
Visser		 30 mm 20.12.1937
(Visser)		    
3   2C "Blank"   28 mm 07.05.1960
(Putzel)		    

MHLANGANA (MHLANGANE)
10.11.1924 to Republic
Area: Weenen
1   2C "Blank"   26 mm 15.01.1930
(Putzel)		    

MHLATUZE
1953 to Republic
Area: Zululand
1   2C "Blank"   26 mm 12.01.1958
(Putzel)		    

MHLOSINGA
 July 1937 to 1958
Area: Zululand
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		 25 mm ??.07.1937
(Visser)		    

MHLUMBA
23.03.1959 to Republic
Area: Weenen
NOT  RECORDED

MHLUZI
19.01.1953 to Republic
Area: Middelburg, Transvaal
NOT  RECORDED

MICA
01.09.1915 to 01.08.1916
01.06.1917 to Republic
Area: Acornhoek
1   2C "Bars + cross"
30 mm
Last seen
17.10.1962
(Putzel)		 29.10.1924
(Aab)		 Republic  

MICHVILLE
01.06.1914 to 22.03.1954
Postal agent
Area: Kimberley
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		 25 mm

below date		 1924
(Visser)		 1927
(Visser)		  
2   2C "Blank"   31 mm
SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 ??.05.1929
(Putzel)		    
3   1C "Blank" Skeleton

New discovery
(Aab)		    
4   2C "Blank"   25 mm 17.07.1935
(Putzel)		    

MIDALIAN
14.05.1956 to 24.02.1958
Area: Vereeniging
NOT  RECORDED

MIDDELBOSJESVELD
Union to 26.01.1942
Area: Robertson
NOT  RECORDED
CGH postmark known

MIDDELBULT
17.11.1924 to 22.07.1935
Area: Kinross
1   2C "Blank"   26 mm
(Putzel)		    

MIDDELBURG - Cape -
Union to Republic
1 "-CAPE" 1C "Blank" Middelburg Cape
First seen:
19.07.1904
(Aab)		 Union 18.08.1921
(Frescura)		  
2 "CAPE" 2C "Bars + cross" Name: 8 to 4 o'clock
First seen:
02.11.1903
(Aab)		 Union 21.03.1914
(Frescura)		  
3 "CAPE" 2C "Bars + cross" Name: 7 to 5 o'clock
First seen:
05.10.1906
(Frescura)		 Union 14.11.1911
(Aab)		  
4 "CAPE" 2C "S.AFRICA"
Ian Paterson		   ??.10.1913
(Aab)		 23.08.1917
(Ian Paterson)		  
5 "CAPE" 1C "1924"   Skeleton 25.11.1924
(Putzel)		    
6 "CAPE" 1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 23.10.1925
(Visser)		    
7   2C "CAPE"
Ian Paterson		 29 mm 02.06.1925
(Ian Paterson)		 07.12.1925
(Putzel)		  
8   2C "CAPE"
Ian Paterson		 27 mm
Smaller CAPE		 02.05.1931
(Paterson)		 29.04.1934
(Visser)		  
9   2C "CAPE" 26 mm 02.12.1933
(Putzel)		 13.08.1941
(Aab)		  
10   2C "CAPE"   29 mm
Large CAPE
9 to 3 o'clock		 1933
(Putzel)		    
11 "CAPE" 2C "Blank"   26 mm 1932
(Putzel)		    
12   2C "CAPE/KAAP"
Visser		 26 mm 13.01.1941
(Visser)		 31.03.1952
(Putzel)		  
13 "C/K" 2C "Blank" New discovery 03.07.1944
(Aab)		    
       
14 "CAPE/KAAP" 2C "Blank" 30 mm 23.12.1948
(Aab)		 04.09.1950
(Putzel)		  
15 "C/K" 2C "Blank"
Visser		 25 mm 23.04.1957
(Putzel)		 21.10.1958
(Visser)		  
16   PARCEL  
Visser		  
(Visser)		    

MIDDELBURG - Transvaal -
Union to Republic
1 "TVL"  1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 23.07.1910
(Visser)		    
2   1C "T" Skeleton
VL of TVL
missing		 04.04.1912
(Aab)		    
3   1C "TVL" Skeleton 12.04.1912
(Visser)		 03.04.1913
(Aab)		  
4   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 05.05.1913
(Visser)		    
5 "TRANSVAAL" 2C "S.AFRICA"   29 mm 19.07.1913
(Putzel)		    
6   2C "T"   25 mm 15.01.1914
(Putzel)		    
7 "TVL"  1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 29.12.1913
(Visser)		 17.04.1915
(Visser)		  
8 "T ' VAAL" 2C "T" 25 mm 24.12.1915
(Putzel)		 15.09.1947
(Aab)		  
9   2C-D "TRANSVAAL" 29 mm ??.12.1915
(Putzel)		 19.10.1924
(Aab)		  
10   2C "TRANSVAAL" 24 mm 14.05.1914
(Aab)		 08.10.1919
(Putzel		  
11   1C "?"
Visser		 Skeleton 31.08.1929
(Visser)		    
12   2C-D "TRANSVAAL" 32 mm
Wide S in Transvaal		 05.02.1929
(Aab)		 1934
(Aab)		  
13   2C-D "TRANSVAAL"   30 mm 20.08.1934
(Putzel)		    
14   2C "TRANSVAAL" 30 mm  06.02.1936
(Aab)		 27.09.1943
(Visser)		  
15   2C-D "TRANSVAAL"   30 mm
Narrow G		 05.01.1954
(Putzel)		    
16   2C "TRANSVAAL"   25 mm
Dots on sides		 30.04.1954
(Putzel)		    
17 "(T)" 2C "TRANSVAAL"   29 mm 1943
(Putzel)		 1952
(Putzel)		  
18 "TVL" 1C "1954"
Visser		 Skeleton 04.08.1954
(Putzel)		 27.08.1954
(Putzel)		  
19 "TVL" 1C "Blank"   Skeleton 17.11.1954
(Putzel)		    
20   2C "TRANSVAAL"   26 mm 08.10.1956
(Putzel)		    
21   2C "TRANSVAAL"   27 mm 06.01.1956
(Putzel)		    
22   2C-D "TRANSVAAL" 30 mm 1952
(Aab)		 11.05.1956
(Putzel)		  
23   2C "TRANSVAAL"   28 mm 06.01.1956
(Putzel)		 )  
24   2C "TRANSVAAL"
Visser		 30 mm 04.02.1956
(Visser)		 )  
25 "PARCELS" 2C "MIDDELBURG"
Visser		 TVL below date 192?
(Visser)		    

MIDDELFONTEIN
Union to 1942
05.07.1943 to 24.03.1958
03.11.1958 to Republic
Area: Nylstroom
1   2C "Blank" First seen
27.11.1907
(Putzel)		 Union 28.01.1919
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank"   9 to 3 o'clock
(Putzel)		    

MIDDELPLAATS
16.09.1924 to  Republic
Postal agent
Area: Oudtshoorn
1   2C "Blank"   18.01.1931
(Putzel)		 12.01.1955
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Bar"

Visser

 Thin line
Relief type 3		 1955
(Visser)		    

MIDDELPOS(T)
1934 to Republic
Renamed from Middlepost
Area: Calvinia
1   2C "Blank"   With T 25.04.1937
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Blank"   No T 07.09.1950
(Putzel)		    

MIDDELRAND
01.05.1944 to 24.07.1950
Area: Zeerust
NOT  RECORDED

MIDDELREST (MIDDELRUS)
Union to Republic
Area: Estcourt
1   2C "NATAL" Dots on sides

First seen
18.12.1907
(Visser)

 Union 1918
(Visser)		  
2   2C "NATAL"   27 mm
Middelrest		 1926
(Visser)		 24.04.1934
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Blank"   Middelrest 03.08.1937
(Putzel)		    

MIDDELVLEI (RAIL)
01.01.1920 to 12.04.1954
renamed to Koksvlei
Area: West Rand
1 "RAIL" 2C "Bar"     03.01.1923
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Bar"   Thin line
Rail removed?		 1953
(Putzel)		    

MIDDEN
01.06.1911 to 01.07.1912
Area: Frankfort, OFS
NOT  RECORDED

MIDDENIN
1938 to 04.09.1950
Area: Lindley
1   2C "Bar"     29.06.1943
(Putzel)		    

MIDDLEDERIFT (MIDDELDRIFT)
Union to Republic
Area: Kingwilliamstown
1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
18.06.1908		 Union 01.12.1913
(Aab)		  
2   2C "S.AFRICA"
Visser		 Thick bars
SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 11.06.1914
(Visser)		 30.03.1915
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Bars"   Thick bars
(Putzel)		    
4   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 1926
(Visser)		    
5   2C "Blank" 25 mm 21.05.1932
(Aab)		 1952
(Putzel)		  
6   2C "Blank"   30 mm
06.03.1940
(Putzel)		    
7   2C "Blank"   27 mm
10 to 2 o'lock		 1942
(Putzel)		    
8   2C "Blank" 27 mm
10 to 2 o'lock		 30.03.1949
(Aab)		 14.05.1952
(Putzel)		  

MIDDLEKRAAL (MIDDELKRAAL)
Union to 16.04.1923
Renamed to Klipwerf
Area: Calvinia
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
CGH
(Aab)		 Union 23.09.1916
(Frescura)		  

MIDDLEPOST
Union to 1932
Area: Calvinia
1   1C "Blank"     07.05.1912
(Frescura)		 10.08.1932
(Frescura)		  

MIDDLEPUTS
25.03.1957 to unknown
Area: Kuruman
NOT  RECORDED

MIDDLETON (RAIL)
01.07.1912 to Republic
(CGH PO opened until 1907)
Area: Somerset East
1   1C "Blank" First seen:
03.03.1891
(Frescura)		 Union 23.01.1911
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "S.AFRICA"   04.09.1929
(Aab)		 25.08.1945
(Putzel)		  
3   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 23.04.1937
(Visser)		    
4   2C "Blank"   21.03.1951
(Aab)		 27.09.1954
(Putzel)		  

MIDDLEWATER (MIDDELWATER)
Union to Republic
Area: Somerset East
2   1C "Dot"

John Carter		 First seen:
30.08.1898
(A.T. Visser)		 30.08.1898
(A.T. Visser)		 01.12.1944
(Frescura)		  

MID ILLOVO
Union to 29.10.1951
1953 to Republic
Area: Pietermaritzburg
1   2C "Blank"   25 mm 12.05.1934
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Blank"   31 mm
(Putzel)		    

MID ILLOVO CENTRAL
Union to 1950
Area: Pietermaritzburg
1   2C "NATAL" Dots on sides

First seen:
06.02.1903
(Aab)		 Union  10.04.1911
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank"   07.03.1931
(Putzel)		 23.01.1946
(Aab)		  

MIDWAY (STATION)
06.06.1938 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg
1   2C "Blank"   1943
(Aab)		 1948
(Putzel)		  

MIER
Union to 1914
01.06.1916 to Republic
Area: Upington
1   1C "B.B."   First seen:
11.12.1901
(Frescura)		 Union 20.01.1928
(Putzel)		  
       

MIGDOL
1920 to Republic
Area: Coligny
1   1C "Blank" Skeleton 18.03.1920
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  
2   1C "Bars + cross"   25.01.1922
(Aab)
 		  
3   2C "Bars + cross"   1937
(Putzel)		 07.01.1956
(Aab)		  

MILITARY CAMP
01.01.1940 to 25.03.1940
Area: East London
NOT  RECORDED

MILLER (RAIL) (STATION)
Union to Republic
Area: Willowmore
1 "STATION" 1C "Blank" Last seen:
11.08.1903
(Hamilton)		 Union 29.03.1927
(Frescura)		  
2 "RAIL" 1C "SOUTH AFRICA"   04.11.1915
(Aab)		 29.03.1927
(Putzel)		  
3 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"
Visser		   27.07.1927
(Visser)		    
4   2C "S. AFRICA"
Paterson		   20.08.1928
(Paterson)		 11.04.1956
(Putzel)		  

MILLSITE
01.04.1913 to 1933
Renamed from Randfontein East
Area: West Rand
1   2C-D "S. AFRICA"     25.05.1922
(Putzel)		    
2   2C-D "Blank"   14.05.1924
(Aab)		 17.12.1930
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Blank"   28 mm 25.11.1937
(Putzel)		    
4   1C "?"   Skeleton
(Putzel)		    
5   2C "Blank" 25 mm 28.12.1951
(Visser)		 08.12.1954
(Aab)		  

MILL STREET
Union to Republic
Renamed from Gardens, Cape Town
Area: Cape Town
1 "CAPE TOWN" 2C "Bars + cross" Spelt Mill Street
Cape Town
First seen
22.01.1910
(Frescura)
 		 Union 26.03.1913
(Frescura)		  
2   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Relief ??.11.1913
(Visser)		    
3 "CAPE TOWN" 2C "CAPE TOWN"   11.04.1914
(Aab)		 19.01.1917
(Aab)		  
4 "CT" 1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton

Year on top		 08.08.1930
(Visser)		    
5 "CAPE TOWN" 2C "CAPE TOWN"   17.06.1931
(Putzel)		 19.02.1944
(Aab)		  
6 "/STRAAT" 2C "CAPE TOWN
KAAPSTAD"		 Last seen
23.08.1978
(Frescura)
 		 02.05.1960
(Aab)		 Republic  

MILLVALE
Union to Republic
Area: Rustenburg
1   3C "Asterisk" First seen
25.02.1907
(Aab)		 Union 26.09.1913
(Aab)		  

MILLWOOD
Union to 15.10.1923
Area: Knysna
NOT  RECORDED
CGH postmarks known

MILNER PARK CAMP
11.11.1940 to 02.04.1945
Area: Johannesburg
1   2C "Blank" New discovery 19.03.1941
(Aab)		 16.04.1941
(Aab)		  

MILNERTON
Union to 01.04.1912
21.12.1936 to Republic
Area: Cape Town
1   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Last seen:
16.07.1907
(Frescura)		 Union 13.11.1911
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Blank"   26 mm

Last seen
19.12.1968
(Putzel)		 15.02.1937
(Putzel)		 Republic  

MILTON
11.04.1921 to 10.03.1958
Area: Hankey
1   2C "Bars + cross"   27 mm 01.02.1951
(Putzel)