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MOUNTAIN HOME
01.11.1912 to 01.10.1914
25.10.1936 to 1946
29.09.1952 to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Blank"   Last seen
26.04.1975
(Putzel)		 08.02.1961
(Putzel)		 Republic  

MOUNTAIN VIEW
Union to 1920
20.11.1939 to 06.05.1946
21.12.1953 to Republic
Postal agent
Area: Pretoria
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		   02.06.1943
(Visser)		    
2   2C "Blank" Last seen
09.03.1971
(Putzel)		 1956
(Aab)		 Republic  

MOUNT ANDERSON
1914 to not listed 1915
Area: Lydenburg
NOT  RECORDED
MOUNT ARTHUR
Union to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   1C "CGH"   First seen:
02.08.1899
(Frescura)		 Union 08.05.1943
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Blank"     09.05.1952
(Putzel)		    

MOUNT AYLIFF
Union to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
21.06.1904
(Frescura)		 Union 02.04.1913
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Blank"   30 mm 23.07.1920
(Putzel)		    
3   1C "Bar"   25 mm
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Blank"   26 mm 12.12.1928
(Putzel)		 1931
(Putzel)		  
5   2C-D "Blank"   26 mm 23.06.1951
(Putzel)		    
6   2C "Blank" 26 mm 01.06.1946
(Putzel)		 28.11.1955
(Putzel)		  
7   2C "Blank" Last seen
15.10.1975
(Putzel)		 21.01.1960
(Aab)		 Republic  

MOUNT COKE (MISSION)
Union to Republic
Area: Kingwilliamstown
1   1C "COKE" Name top and bottom

First seen:
14.05.1886
(Aab)		 Union 02.10.1917
(Frescura)		  
2 "MISSION" 2C "Blank"   Last seen
20.10.1978
(Putzel)		 05.09.1952
(Putzel)		 Republic  

MOUNT EDGECOMBE (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Durban
1   2C "NATAL" Bars on sides

First seen:
28.06.1905
(Aab)		 Union 11.11.1910
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank"   S.AFRICA
above date
Z.AFRIKA
below date		 02.04.1917
(Putzel)		 20.04.1922
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Blank"
Visser		 S.AFRICA
and
Z.AFRIKA
removed		 06.06.1925
(Visser)		    
4   2C "Blank"   32 mm
(Putzel)		    
5   2C "Blank" 28 mm 04.08.1934
(Putzel)		 14.02.1961
(Aab)		  
6   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1954
(Visser)		    
7   2C "1"   12.01.1956
(Aab)		 27.01.1958
(Putzel)		  

MOUNT ELIAS
Union to Republic
Area: Pietermaritzburg
1   2C "NATAL" Asteriskss on sides

Last seen:
15.05.1909
(Aab)		 Union 09.11.1940
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank"   Last seen
17.05.1987
(Putzel)		 1959
(Putzel)		 Republic  

MOUNT FLETCHER
Union to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
05.12.1905
(Frescura)		 Union 11.01.1917
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bar"   18.09.1924
(Aab)		 23.05.1935
(Aab)		  
3   2C "Blank"   25 mm
Gap between T and F		 23.11.1951
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Blank"
Visser		 26 mm 1944
(Visser)		 29.11.1954
(Visser)		  
5   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 13.05.1957
(Visser)		    
6   2C "Blank"   28 mm 15.08.1957
(Putzel)		    

MOUNT FRERE
Union to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   1C "FRERE" Name top and bottom

First seen:
04.05.1887
(Frescura)		 Union 08.08.1911
(Frescura)		  
2   1C "Blank"   04.11.1912
(Putzel)		 1920
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Blank"   ??.07.1920
(Putzel)		 28.05.1923
(Aab)		  
4   2C "Blank" Larger lettering 14.05.1926
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  
5   1C "Blank" Skeleton

New discovery		 01.11.1933
(Aab)		    
6   2C "Bar"   ??.08.1931
(Aab)		 14.09.193?
(Aab)		  
7   1C "Blank"
Bram Leeflang 1st copy		 Skeleton 31.10.1933
(Bram
Leeflang)		 01.11.1933
(Aab)		  
8   2C "Blank"   29 mm 19.04.1940
(Putzel)		    
9   2C "Blank"   26 mm 24.03.1943
(Putzel)		    
10   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1947
(Aab)		    
11   2C "Blank"
Visser		 26 mm
Name and date
same level		 10.06.1947
(Visser)		    
12   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1952
(Visser)		    
13   2C "Blank"
Visser		 26 mm
Name below date		 03.03.1955
(Visser)		    
14   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1957
(Visser)		    

MOUNT HOPE
01.02.1920 to 03.07.1950
Area: George
1   1C "Blank"     1920
(Putzel)		    

MOUNT MOORLAND (RAIL)
Union to 07.01.1924
Area: Verulam
1   2C "NATAL" No markings on sides

First seen:
08.01.1908
(Aab)		 Union 21.02.1911
(Putzel)		  

MOUNT MORIAH
Union to 09.11.1953
1955 to Republic
Area: Estcourt
1   1C "NATAL" First seen:
1893
(Visser)		 Union 18.08.1910
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Bar"     24.09.1935
(Putzel)		    

MOUNT NGWIBI
01.08.1914 to Republic
Postal agent
Area: Hlobane
1   2C "Blank" SOUTH
above date
AFRIKA
below date		 1915
(Aab)		 28.03.1916
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank"   03.02.1933
(Putzel)		 195?
(Aab)		  
3   1C "Blank"   Skeleton
(Putzel)		    

MOUNT PLEASANT
Union to 28.05.1928
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
09.06.1905
(Frescura)		 Union 08.02.1912
(Frescura)		  

MOUNT PROSPECT (STATION)
Union to Republic
Area: Newcastle
1   2C "NATAL"   Dots on sides

Last seen:
27.12.1906
(Putzel)		 Union  26.04.1912
(Putzel)		  
       
2   2C "Blank"   ??.03.1936
(Aab)		 22.02.1937
(Putzel)		  
3 "/STA" 2C "Blank"     12.02.1946
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  
       

MOUNT RUPERT
20.06.1938 to Republic
Renamed from Spitzkop
Area: Kimberley
1   2C "Blank"  
(Aab)		 1957
(Visser)		  

MOUNT STEWART (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Uitenhage
1   1C "STEWART" Name top and bottom

First seen:
16.10.1878
(Aab)		 Union 22.12.1911
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Bars = cross" SOUTH
above date
AFRIKA
below date		 09.05.1932
(Putzel)		 23.10.1949
(Aab)		  

MOUNT VERNON (STATION)
1925 to Republic
Area: Durban
NOT  RECORDED

MOWBRAY
Union to Republic
Area: Cape Town
1   2C "Bars + cross"
 		 First seen:
04.09.1906
(Frescura)		 Union 15.04.1919
(Aab)		  
2   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton / Relief) 10.09.1910
(Visser)		    
3   1C "Bar"  
(Putzel)		 07.09.1923
(Aab)		  
4   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1921
(Putzel)		    
5   2C "Bars + cross"   25 mm 24.04.1922
(Putzel)		 09.05.1923
(Aab)		  
       
6   2C "Bars + cross" 31 mm
Round O
(Aab)		 15.05.1934
(Putzel)		  
7   2C "Bars + cross"   31 mm
Oval O
Tall M		 23.01.1932
(Putzel)		    
8   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm
Thick bar		 14.08.1944
(Aab)		 05.06.1946
(Putzel)		  
9   2C "Bars + cross" 29 mm
thin bars		 22.09.1938
(Aab)		 21.10.1955
(Aab)		  
10   PARCEL  
Visser		  
(Visser)		    

MPARANE
01.06.1920 to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   1C "Bar"     21.03.1922
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Bars + cross"   Last seen
16.05.1973
(Putzel)		 15.03.1948
(Putzel)		 Republic  

MPEMVANA
1953 to Republic
Area: Vryheid
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

MPETU
1953 to Republic
Area: East London
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

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

MPOFANA
01.06.1911 to Republic
Area: Greytown
1   2C "NATAL"
Visser		   27.10.1915
(Visser)		    
2   2C "Bars + cross"   Last seen
25.08.1978
(Putzel)
(Putzel)		 Republic  

MPOLWENI
1953 to Republic
Area: Pietermaritzburg
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

MPOSA
10.04.1922 to Republic
Area: Zululand
1   2C "Bars + cross" Last seen
01.04.1975
(Putzel)		 21.12.1928
(Putzel)		 Republic  

MPOTULA
Union to 1915
12.11.1923 to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   1C "CGH" Last seen:
19.04.1902
(Aab)		 Union ??.07.1910
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"     15.01.1932
(Putzel)		    

MPOZOLO
01.07.1957 to Republic
Area: Transkei
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

MPUDULLE
1959 to Republic
Area: Middelburg, Transvaal
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

MPUKANE
01.11.1919 to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Bars + cross"   Last seen
17.08.1978
(Putzel)		 02.05.1951
(Putzel)		 Republic  

MPULUSE
20.07.1936 to 08.09.1958
Renamed to Ku-Leleyo
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Bar"
Visser		 Thin lines) 07.11.195?
(Visser)		    

MQANDULI
Union to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
08.08.1900
(Frescura)		 Union 05.12.1918
(Aab)		  
2   1C "Blank"
Visser		 CGH removed 15.05.1926
(Visser)		    
3   2C "Blank" 26 mm 13.04.1931
(Aab)		 29.05.1952
(Putzel)		  
4   2C "Blank"   12.12.1950
(Putzel)		 195?
(Aab)		  
5   2C "Bar"
Visser		 Relief Type 3 24.02.1960
(Visser)		    
6   2C "Bar"
Visser		 Relief Type 2 31.05.1960
(Visser)		    

MQEKEZWENI
Union to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Bars + cross"   05.10.1928
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank"
Visser
  
(Aab)		 10.07.1945
(Visser)		  

MQELE
26.09.1949 to Republic
Area: Transkei
NOT  RECORDED
Republik postmark known

MQONCI
09.12.1935 to Republic
Area: Transkei
NOT  RECORDED
Republik postmark known

MSELENI (MSELNI)
01.09.1910 to 1911
1914 to 08.08.1932
Area: Zululand
1   1C "S.AFRICA"     02.11.1926
(Aab)
(Visser)		  
       

MSINSINI
1953 to 30.03.1958
Renamed from Umsinsini
Area: Natal South Coast
NOT  RECORDED

MSULUNGWA
1952 to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Blank"    
(Putzel)