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Post Offices MIMOSA to MOBILE P.O.

MIMOSA (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Sandflats

1 "RAIL" 2C "Blank" 25 mm
(Putzel)

(Aab)
 

MINARD
Union to 27.02.1944
Area: Transkei

NOT  RECORDED
CGH postmark known

MINERA
01.01.1917 to 31.10.1921
Area: Amersfoort

NOT  RECORDED

MINNAAR (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Witbank

1   2C "TRANSVAAL"   13.09.1917
(Visser)
20.06.1923
(Aab)
 
2 "RAIL" 2C "R.O."   19.07.1924
(Putzel)
18.01.1926
(Aab)
 
3 "/STA" 2C "Blank"     10.10.1936
(Putzel)
1957
(Putzel)
 

MIRAGE
01.04.1917 to Republic
Area: Kroonstad

1   2C "Bars + cross"   Gap between bars
an cross
16.07.1940
(Putzel)
   
2   2C "Bars + cross"   Thick bars
(Putzel)
   

MISGUND
Union to Republic
Postal agent
Area: Uniondale

1   1C "Blank" First seen:
 03.08.1899
(Frescura)
Union 28.02.1934
(Frescura)
 
2   2C "Bars + cross"   03.08.1935
(Putzel)
08.06.1955
(Aab)
 

MISGUND OOS(T)
27.07.1925 to Republic
Area: Uniondale

1   2C "Blank" OOST 1933
(Aab)
08.01.1946
(Aab)
 
2   2C "Blank"   OOS 04.02.1952
(Putzel)
   
3   1C "Blank"
Visser
OOS 15.08.1960
(Visser)
   

MISGUNST
Union to 01.07.1919
Renamed to Upper Umvoti
Area: Greytown

1   2C "NATAL"   Dots on sides
First seen:
24.09.1905
(Putzel)
Union 1918
(Visser)
 
       

MISKRAAL (MIST KRAAL)
Union to 13.07.1953
Postal agent
Renamed to Demistkraal
Area: Hankey

1   1C "Blank"

Year above date
MIST KRAAL 14.07.1917
(Putzel)
29.06.1940
(Putzel)
 
2   2C "Blank"   MISKRAAL 13.01.1949
(Putzel)
   

MISPAH - Natal -
01.12.1913 to 01.08.1915
Area: Greytown

NOT  RECORDED

MISPAH - Free State -
25.02.1924 to 21.01.1929
Area: ?

1   2C "Blank"
Visser
  1928
(Visser)
   

MISSION (SIDING)
Union to Republic
Area: Caledon

1   1C "Blank"   22 mm

First seen:
08.05.1903
(Frescura)
Union 10.05.1913  
       

MISTY MOUNT
20.10.1940 to Republic
Area: Transkei

1   2C "Blank"     07.07.1952
(Putzel)
   

MITCHELL STREET
06.03.1939 to Republic
Area: Pretoria

1   2C "PRETORIA"   29.04.1956
(Aab)
18.08.1958
(Putzel)
 

MJAMKULU
04.04.1955 to Republic
Area: Transkei

NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmarks known

MJANYANA
28.06.1948 to Republic
Renamed from Emjanyana
Area: Transkei

1   1C "Blank"
Visser
Skeleton 28.06.1948
(Visser)
   
2   2C "Blank"     09.02.1959
(Putzel)
   

MJIKA
Union to Republic
Area: Transkei

1   2C "Bars + cross"     20.09.1917
(Frescura)
16.07.1923
(Frescura)
 

MKAMBATI
05.05.1925 to 24.01.1927
Renamed from Umsinduzi
Area: Transkei

NOT  RECORDED

MKAPUSI
Union to 01.09.1914
17.08.1925 to 24.11.1930
Area: Lady Frere

1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser
  1926
(Visser)
   

MKEMANI
Union to Republic
Area: Lady Frere

1   2C "Bars + cross"     03.08.1926
(Putzel)
   

MKONDENI RAIL
01.11.1919 to Republic
Area: Pietermaritzburg

1   2C "Bar"   Heavy bar
34 mm

(Putzel)
   

MKONJANE
15.10.1923 to Republic
Area: Dundee

1   2C "Blank"     1927
(Visser)
17.09.1935
(Putzel)
 

MKUZE (MKUZI)
19.07.1926 to Republic
Renamed from Umkuzi
Area: Zululand

1   2C "Bars + cross"   18.03.1932
(Putzel)
25.03.1937
(Aab)
 
2   2C "Cross"   03.08.1953
(Visser)
12.06.1957
(Aab)
 

MLENGANA
Union to 01.04.1918
Area: Transkei

1   1C "CGH" Last seen:
21.04.1899
(Putzel)
Union 02.12.1914
(Frescura)
 

MLUNGISI
04.01.1954 to Republic
Area: Queenstown

NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

MMAFEFE (MMAFELE)
19.01.1959 to Republic
Area: Pietersburg

NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

MNATO
06
.07.1959 to Republic
Area: Durban

NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

MNCEBA
Union to 01.10.1951
Area: Transkei

1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser
Thick bars 15.06.1918
(Putzel)
   
2   2C "Bars + cross"   Thin bars 03.03.1939
(Putzel)
   

MNGQESHA (MNXESHA)
16.12.1935 to Republic
Area: Kingwilliamstown

1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser
Thick bars 1945
(Visser)
1951
(Visser)
 

MOABSVELDEN
11.09.1925 to 1926
Area: Germiston

NOT  RECORDED

MOBENI
01.07.1957 to Republic
Area: ?

1   2C "1"   Index 1 24.02.1959
(Putzel)
   
2   2C "3"   Index 3 31.05.1960
(Putzel)
   

MOBILE P.O. No. 1
25.01.1937 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg

1   2C "JOHANNESBURG"   Bilingual
33 mm
25.01.1937
(Putzel)
   
2   2C "JOHANNESBURG" Afrikaans
28 mm
03.07.1940
(Putzel)
27.07.1950
(Aab)
 
3   2C "JOHANNESBURG"   English
28 mm
??.05.1944
(Putzel)
   
4 "JOHANNESBURG" 2C "1" New discovery 17.01.1946
(Aab)
   

MOBILE P.O. No. 2
08.07.1940 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg

1   2C "(JOHANNESBURG)" 29 mm
English
28.11.1940
(Aab)
28.02.1955
(Putzel)
 
2   2C "(JOHANNESBURG)"   29 mm
Afrikaans
1947
(Visser)
   

MOBILE P.O. No. 3
23.09.1940 to Republic
Area: Port Elizabeth

1   2C "PORT ELIZABETH"   21.06.1943
(Aab)
30.04.1947
(Aab))
 

MOBILE P.O. No. 4
17.06.1940 to Republic
Area: Cape Town

1   2C "(CAPE TOWN)" English
32 mm
1940
(Putzel)
05.02.1957
(Putzel)
 
2   2C "(KAAPSTAD)" Afrikaans
32 mm
23.10.1946
(Aab)
04.05.1948
(Putzel)
 

MOBILE P.O. No. 5
16.09.1940 to Republic
Area: Cape Town

1   2C "CAPE TOWN" 27 mm
English
04.09.1944
(Aab)
1946
(Aab)
 
2   2C "KAAPSTAD" 27 mm
Afrikaans
04.09.1944
(Aab)
08.11.1949
(Aab)
 

MOBILE P.O. No. 6
03.06.1940 to Republic
Area: Durban

1 "DURBAN" 2C "Blank"   English
30 mm

(Putzel)
   
2 "DURBAN" 2C "Blank" Afrikaans
30 mm
08.08.1942
(Aab)
17.02.1947
(Putzel)
 
3   2C "NO.6 DURBAN" Afrikaans
30 mm
25.05.1953
(Aab)
21.04.1955
(Putzel)
 
4   2C "DURBAN" Bilingual
26 mm
25.05.1953
(Aab)
09.03.1955
(Putzel)
 

MOBILE P.O. No. 7
16.09.1940 to Republic
Area: Pretoria

1   2C "PRETORIA" 29 mm 02.07.1943
(Aab)
26.04.1948
(Aab)
 
2   2C "PRETORIA" Afrikaans
(Aab)
01.08.1940
(Visser)
 

MOBILE P.O. No. 8
25.08.1952 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg

1   2C "No. 8 JOHANNESBURG" 29 mm
Bilingual
??.05.1955
(Visser)
   

MOBILE P.O. No. 9
25.08.1952 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg

1   2C "JOHANNESBURG" Last seen
20.11.1968
(Putzel)
21.01.1954
(Putzel)
Republic  

MOBILE P.O. No. 10
10.09.1951 to Republic
Area: Cape Town

1   2C "CAPE TOWN"   Last seen
29.07.1983
(Putzel)
22.11.1954
(Aab)
Republic  
       

MOBILE P.O. No. 11
22.10.1951 to Republic
Area: Bloemfontein

1   2C "BLOEMFONTEIN"   08.02.1954
(Aab)
07.05.1954
(Putzel)
 

MOBILE P.O. No. 12
01.02.1954 to Republic
Area: Durban

1   2C "DURBAN"     26.01.1954
(Aab)
22.11.1954
(Putzel)
 
       

MOBILE P.O. No. 13
16.07.1951 to Republic
Area: East London

1   2C "EAST LONDON"   Last seen
18.10.1977
(Putzel)
18.02.1954
(Aab)
Republic  
       

MOBILE P.O. No. 14
03.12.1951 to Republic
Area: Pietermaritzburg

1   2C "PIETERMARITZBURG" Last seen
01.02.1967
(Putzel)
26.05.1953
(Aab)
Republic