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Post Offices MODDERBEE to MOLTENO

MODDERBEE
01.08.1918 to Republic
Area: Benoni
1   1C "?"
Visser		 Skeleton
(Visser)		    
2   2C "Bar"   18.12.1931
(Aab)		 16.01.1938
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Blank"   27 mm 20.04.1937
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Blank"   30 mm 14.02.1949
(Putzel)		    
5   2C "Blank"   25 mm
Last seen
24.02.1967
(Putzel)		 03.02.1949
(Putzel)		 Republic  

MODDERDRIFT
21.02.1927 to 27.05.1935
Area: Klerksdorp
1   2C "Blank"   26 mm
(Putzel)		    

MODDER EAST
28.02.1938 to Republic
Renamed from Modder-Oos
Area: East Rand
1   2C "Blank"   30 mm 25.09.1940
(Putzel)		 14.07.1950
(Putzel)		  
       
2   2C "Blank"   25 mm 11.11.1953
(Putzel)		 14.09.1959
(Putzel)		  

MODDERFONTEIN - Cape -
Union to 21.04.1952
Renamed to Craig Royston
Area: Piketberg
1   2C "S.AFRICA"     11.01.1915
(Putzel)		 31.01.1936
(Putzel)		  

MODDERFONTEIN - Transvaal -
Union to 01.07.1920
Renamed to North Rand (1920)
Area: Johannesburg
1   2C-D "TRANSVAAL"
Visser		   27.11.1913
(Visser)		    

MODDERGAT
01.01.1920 to 05.08.1946
1950? to 15.11.1955
Area: Jansenville
1   1C "Bar"   19.08.1954
(Aab)		 15.11.1955
(Putzel)		  

MODDERLAAGTE
Union to 20.10.1930
Area: Cookhouse
1   2C "Bars + cross"     23.07.1913
(Frescura)		 09.11.1920
(Frescura)		  

MODDER-OOS
28.12.1937 to 28.00.1938
Renamed to Modder East
Area: East Rand
NOT  RECORDED

MODDERPOORT (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Ladybrand
1   2C "RO" First seen
05.11.1904
(Frescura)		 Union 03.08.1911
(Aab)		  
2   2C "O.F.S"   29.04.1915
(Aab)		 07.08.1916
(Visser)		  
       
3   2C "Bar"   Oval O"s 1923
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Bar" Round O"s 05.05.1935
(Putzel)		 06.04.1949
(Aab)		  
5   2C "Blank"   05.05.1935
(Putzel)		 1961
(Aab)		  

MODDERREVIER (MODDER RIVER)
Union to Republic
Area: Kimberley
1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
30.10.1906
(Frescura)		 Union 16.01.1913
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 24.08.1916
(Aab)		 28.06.1932
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Blank"   29 mm
9 to 3 o'clock		 07.05.1941
(Putzel)		    
4   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton ??.12.1945
(Visser)		    
5   2C "MODDERRIVIER" Bilingual 01.11.1950
(Putzel)		 18.05.1953
(Aab)		  
6   2C "Blank"   29 mm
9:30 to 2:30 o'clock		 03.06.1955
(Putzel)		    

MODEMOLA (MODIMOLA)
26.02.1945 to Republic
Area: Mafeking
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

MODJADJI
24.07.1939 to Republic
Area: Tzaneen
1   2C "Blank"   25 mm
Last seen
20.03.1963
(Putzel)		 11.02.1955
(Putzel)		 Republic  

MOEDERSDEEL
15.09.1958 to Republic
Area: Heilbron
NOT  RECORDED

MOEDIG
19.09.1925 to Republic
Renamed from Bonnefoi
Area: Rustenberg
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   23.02.1950
(Visser)		    

MOEDVERLORE
1958 to Republic
Area: Clanwilliam
1   2C "Blank"   29 mm
Last seen
1966
(Putzel)		 16.03.1960
(Putzel)		 Republic  

MOEDWIL
Union to Republic
Area: Rustenberg
1   2C "Blank" 26 mm

First seen
09.08.1906
(Aab)
Last seen
15.06.1976
(Putzel)		 Union Republic  

MOEPEL
25.08.1924 to 29.09.1952
23.03.1953 to Republic
Area: Potgietersrust
1   2C "Bars + cross"     1935
(Putzel)		    

MOERASRIVIER
24.10.1927 to 01.05.1933
Area: Humansdorp
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		   08.02.1928
(Visser)		    

MOERBEIDAL
01.04.1946 to 27.04.1959
Area: Zeerust
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		   20.02.1947
(Visser)		    

MOESWAL
15.09.1930 to Republic
Renamed from Gamayana
Area: Postmasburg
1   2C "Bars + cross"     08.04.1940
(Putzel)		 20.02.1952
(Aab)		  
       

MOFOKAS
Basutoland using South African stamps up to1 December 1933
See Basutoland

MOGABA
16.08.1948 to Republic
Renamed from Mugaba
Area: Lydenburg
1   2C "Bars + cross"     29.05.1952
(Putzel)		    

MOGODUMO
08.10.1951 to Republic
Area: Pietersburg
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

MOGOTLHWANE
01.05.1950 to 28.03.1955
Area: Warmbaths
NOT  RECORDED

MOGUNTIA
Union to 27.11.1926
Area: Port Shepstone
NOT  RECORDED
Natal postmarks known

MOHALES HOEK
Basutoland using South African stamps up to1 December 1933
See Basutoland

MOHEME
01.03.1918 to 02.01.1928
24.12.1928 to 1931
05.11.1939 to 19.11.1951
04.05.1952 to 14.07.1952
Area: Warmbaths
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		 30 mm 21.11.1918
(Visser)		    
2   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		 26 mm
(Putzel)		    

MOKAMOLA
1956 to Republic
Area: Potgietersrust
NOT  RECORDED
Union postmark known

MOKEETSI (RAIL)
01.11.1917 to 1953
Renamed to Mooketsi
Area: Pietersburg
1 "RAIL" 2C "Bar"
Visser		   1919
(Visser)		    
2   2C "Blank"     1929
(Putzel)		    

MOKHOTLONG
Basutoland using South African stamps up to1 December 1933
See Basutoland

MOLAYTA
23.05.1927 to 1951
Renamed to Malaita
Area: Middelburg, Transvaal
1   2C "Bars + cross"   15.07.1940
(Aab)		 1943
(Putzel)		  

MOLDENVALE (MODENVALE)
27.02.1956 to Republic
Area: Transkei
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

MOLENDRAAI
Union to 05.01.1928
Area: Heilbron
1   2C "S.AFRICA"     18.04.1916
(Putzel)		    

MOLEN DRIFT
15.10.1923 to Republic
Area: George
1   2C "Blank"   25 mm
(Putzel)		    

MOLENREVIER (MOLEN RIVER)
Union to 17.10.1960
Area: George
1   2C "Blank" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 ??.07.1935
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  

MOLOPO RIVER (MOLOPORIVIER)
12.01.1924 to Republic
Area: Vryburg
1   2C "Blank"   30 mm
Last seen
1978
(Putzel)		 193?
(Putzel)		 Republic  

MOLOTO
1952 to Republic
Area: Pretoria
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

MOLSGAT
Union to Republic
Area: Pietersburg
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"
Last seen
10.02.1910
(Aab)		 Union ??.11.1943
(Putzel)		  

MOLSVLEI
28.06.1954 to Republic
Area: Namaqualand
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

MOLTENO
Union to Republic
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
21.11.1896
(Frescura)		 Union 21.05.1915
(Frescura)		  
2   SQC "CGH" First seen:
24.08.1899
(Frescura)		 Union 15.05.1916
(Frescura)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
17.03.1910
(Frescura)
Larger typeface		 Union 23.03.1912
(Frescura)		  
4   2C "S.AFRICA"
Visser		   ??.03.1915
(Visser)		    
5   2C "Bars + cross" 29 mm 17.12.1920
(Putzel)		 26.05.1922
(Aab)		  
6   2C "Bars + cross"   25 mm 16.07.1924
(Putzel)		    
7   1C "1923" New discovery

Skeleton		 23.08.1924
(Aab)		    
8   2C "Bars + cross"   26 mm 27.10.1929
(Putzel)		    
9   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 19.06.1929
(Visser)		    
10   1C "1932" New discovery

Skeleton		 12.11.1932
(Aab)		    
11   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm
Medium bars
Oval O		 30.11.1933
(Putzel)		 07.06.1935
(Aab)		  
12   2C "Bars + cross"
 		 25 mm
Thin bars
Square O		 11.07.1937
(Putzel)		 30.05.1956
(Putzel)		  
13   2C "Bars + cross"
 		 25 mm
Shorter bars		 29.08.1939
(Putzel)		    
14   2C "Bars + cross"
26 mm
Thin bars
Round O		 25.01.1940
(Putzel)		 ??.03.1955
(Aab)		  

MOLTENO RAIL
Union to November 1911
Area: Molteno
1   1C "R.O"     Union ??.11.1901
(Frescura)