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Post Offices NAAUWPOORT to NCOTI

NAAUWPOORT (RAIL)
Union to 1951
Postmarks recorded up to 1954
Renamed to Noupoort
Area: Colesburg
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Shorter bars
 		 18.02.1912
(Aab)		    
2   2C "S.AFRICA"     ??.06.1920
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Bars + cross"     31.07.1922
(Putzel)		    
4   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1923
(Visser)		    
5   2C "Blank" 26 mm 30.11.1923
(Aab)		 27.10.1925
(Aab)		  
6   2C "Blank"
Visser		 26 mm 27.09.1926
(Visser)		    
7   2C "Blank"   28 mm
(Putzel)		    
8   2C "Blank"   30 mm
8 tro 4 o'clock 		27.06.1936
(Putzel)		    
9   1C "37"
Visser		 Skeleton 23.02.1937
(Visser)		    
10   2C "Blank" 26 mm
Wide W
(Putzel)		 09.08.1943
(Aab)		  
11   2C "Blank" 26 mm
Narrow W		 20.05.1949
(Visser)		    
12   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 1951
(Visser)		    
13   2C "No 2"   Index 2 ??.10.1954
(Putzel)		    

NAAUWTE
Union 08.09.1952
Renamed to Lutasrus
Area: Pietersburg
1   2C "TVL"
First seen
??.07.1907
(Putzel)		 26.06.1936
(Aab)		    

NABAPEEP
Union to 01.06.1920
20.05.1935 to Republic
Area: Namaqualand
1   1C "Blank" First seen:
05.12.1904
(Putzel)		 Union 05.04.1920
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Blank"   Name above date      
       
3   2C "Blank"
Visser		 Name below date 10.03.1954
(Visser)		    

NABOOMSPRUIT (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Nylstroom
1 "R.O." 2C "NABOOMSPRUIT"   08.12.1911
(Aab)		 08.01.1912
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Asterisk" First seen
17.10.1907
(Aab)		 Union 24.03.1911
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Blank"   28.09.1929
(Aab)		 20.10.1943
(Aab)		  
4   2C-D "Blank"   20.09.1930
(Putzel)		 01.12.1953
(Aab)		  
5   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 18.07.1938
(Putzel)		    
6   2C "3"   Index 3 23.06.1954
(Putzel)		    

NACHTWACHT
01.10.1920 to 02.01.1923
Reopened 15.11.1926 as Nagwag
Area: Nylstroom
1   1C "Blank"   24 mm 10.10.1921
(Putzel)		    

NADAP
30.11.1953 to Republic
Area: Bloemfontein
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

NADI
1953 to Republic
Area: Greytown
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

NAGLEWOOD
18.03.1957 to Republic
Area: Durban
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

NAGWAG
15.11.1926 to 07.07.1930
Previous PO Nactwag
Area: Nylstroom
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   07.12.1929
(Visser)		    

NAHOON
15.01.1945 to Republic
Area: East London
1   2C "Bars + cross" Last seen:
17.08.1978
(Putzel)		 08.05.1951
(Aab)		 Republic  

NAHOON BRIDGE
24.01.1927 to 29.04.1935
Renamed to Abbotsford, Cape
Area: East London
1   2C "Blank"
Philatelic Friends		   20.01.1929
(Philatelic
Friends)		    

NAHOON POSTAL DEPOT
01.01.1956 to Republic
Area: East London
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

NAMARANJANA (NAMAHANJANA)
19.02.1951 to Republic
Renamed from Mamahanjana
Area: Transkei
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

NAMIES
Union to 1914
01.12.1917 to 06.05.1957
Area: Namaqualand
1   2C "Bars + cross"   9 to 3 o'clock 02.12.1936
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		 10 to 2 o'clock ??.09.1951
(Visser)		    

NANCEFIELD
Union to 01.01.1936
Renamed to Pimville
Area: Johannesburg
1   2C "TRANSVAAL" First seen
01.07.1907
(Reier)		 Union 30.03.1911
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank" Transvaal removed 06.12.1921
(Aab)		 07.04.1923
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Blank"
Visser		 28 mm 27.03.1934
(Visser)		    

NAPIER
Union to Republic
Area: Caledon
1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
15.08.1909
(Frescura)		 Union 1927
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"   24.06.1934
(Aab)		 16.04.1935
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross"   11.12.1951
(Putzel)		 10.02.1958
(Aab)		  
4   2C "Bars + cross" New discovery 1958
(Aab)		    

NARDOUSBERG
12.01.1925 to 03.10.1960
Area: West Coast
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		   28.09.1934
(Visser)		    

NARIEP
Union to Republic
Area: Namaqualand
1   2C "Bars + cross"   First seen:
1906
(Frescura)		 Union 05.05.1922
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "?"   SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 1927
(Visser)		    

(NATAL) NATIONAL PARK
15.09.1930 to 12.11.1945
Renamed to Mont-Aux-Sources
Area: Bergville
1   2C "Bar" Small bar 14.08.1935
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  

NATAL SPA
29.06.1942 to 06.06.1949
Area: Paulpietersburg
NOT  RECORDED

NATALSPRUIT (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Johannesburg
1   2C "Asterisk" First seen
07.11.1904
(Aab)		 Union 08.05.1935
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "R.O."     ??.12.192?
(Putzel)		    
3   1C "1947"
Visser		   12.04.1947
(Visser)		    
4   2C "Blank"   08.06.1952
(Aab)		 08.07.1959
(Aab)		  

NATIONAL STAMP EXHIBITION JOHANNESBURG
23.10.1950
Area: Johannesburg
1   2C     23.10.1950
(Aab)		    

NATIONAL STAMP EXHIBITION PORT ELIZABTH
01.10.1956 to 06.10.1956
Area: Port Elizabeth
1   2C   Only 1 date 01.10.1956
(Aab)		 06.10.1956
(Aab)		  

NATIONAL STAMP EXHIBITION PRETORIA
01.10.1956 to 06.10.1956
Area: Pretoria
1   2C    
(Aab)		    

NATLONG
02.12.1940 to Republic
Area: Pretoria
1   2C "Cross"
Visser		   21.02.1947
(Visser)		    
2   2C "1" Index 1

Last seen:
19.03.1970
(Putzel)
(Aab)		 Republic  

NATREEN
28.10.1957 to Republic
Area: Ottosdal
1   2C "Cross"     1960
(Visser)		    

NAUPLEK
26.11.1928 to 14.09.1931
Area: Newcastle
NOT  RECORDED

NAVAL HILL RAIL
01.08.1919 to 12.09.1932
Area: Estcourt
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   30.01.1923
(Visser)		    

NAVAR
01.09.1915 to 29.05.1944
Renamed from Bonawe
Area: Elliot
1   2C "Bars + cross"   30 mm
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Bars + cross"   26 mm 1920
(Visser)		 1925
(Visser)		  

NCALU
1953 to Republic
Area: Ixopo
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

NCAMBELE
14.04.1952 to 04.11.1957
Area: Transkei
NOT  RECORDED

NCANAHA
08.09.1958 to 03.08.1959
Renamed to Ncanara
Area: Port Elizabeth
NOT  RECORDED

NCANARA
03.08.1959 to Republic
Area: Port Elizabeth
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

NCISE
1953 to Republic
Area: Transkei
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

NCOHA
1953 to 03.08.1959
Renamed from Ncora (1953)
Renamed to Ncora (1959)
Area: Transkei
NOT  RECORDED

NCORA
Union to 1953
03.08.1959 to Republic
Renamed to Ncoha (1953)
Renamed from Ncoha (1959)
Area: Traqnskei
1   BONC "472" First seen:
01.11.1898
(Aab)		 Union ??.??.1914
(Frescura)		  
2   1C "Dot" First seen:
01.11.1898
(Aab)		 Union 09.08.1913
(Frescura)		  
3   2C Bars + cross"
  ??.09.1924
(Putzel)		 194?
(Aab)		  

NCOTI
01.05.1919 to Republic
Area: Transkei
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known