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NEW AGATHA
Union to 14.01.1935
Area: Tzaneen
1   3C "Asterisk" First seen
01.01.1907
(Aab)		 Union 11.11.1921
(Edrik)		  

NEW AMALFI
Union to Republic
Area: Kokstad
1   1C "Dot" First seen
13.04.1888
(Frescura)		 Union 20.07.1926
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank"   26 mm
(Putzel)		    

NEWARK STATION
1936 to Republic
Area: Near Tugela Mouth
1   2C "Blank" 26 mm 20.07.1926
(Aab)		 13.10.1958
(Putzel)		  

NEW ARNHEM
Union to 01.07.1915
Area: Ermelo
1   2C "TRANSVAAL" New discovery 18.03.1911
(Aab)		 16.05.1914
(Aab)		  
       

NEW BETHESDA
Union to 1952
renamed to Nieu-Bethesda
Area: Graaff-Reinet
1   1C "Blank" Name 9:30 to 3 o'clock

First seen:
12.09.1891
(CGH Stamps)		 Union 10.09.1924
(Frescura)		  
       
2   1C "Dot" Name 8 to 4 o'clock

First seen:
??.??.1894		 Union 26.04.1911  
3   2C "Blank"     04.09.1929
(Putzel)		 27.04.1944
(Putzel)		  
4   1C "Blank"
Visser		   09.11.1949
(Visser)		    

NEW BRIGHTON (LOCATION) (VILLAGE)
Union to 26.01.1953
17.01.1955 to  Republic
Area: Port Elizabeth
1 "LOCATION" 1C "Blank" First seen:
19.12.1904
(Frescura)		 Union 19.12.1923
(Frescura)		  
2 "LOCATION" 2C "Blank" New discovery 31.12.1931
(Aab)		    
3 "VILLAGE" 2C "Blank"   26 mm
Small gap between
N and V		 24.06.1946
(Putzel)		    
4 "VILLAGE" 2C "Blank"
Visser		 26 mm
Large gap between
N and V		 16.11.1949
(Visser)		    

NEW CANADA STATION
1946 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg
NOT  RECORDED

NEWCASTLE
Union to Republic
Area: ?
1   2C "NATAL" Blocks on sides
Date 2 or 4 digits
Narrow "N" in Newcastle

Last seen
07.11.1900
(Aab)		 07.11.1900
(Aab)		 09.01.1919
(Aab)		  
2   1C "NATAL"
Visser		 Skeleton 26.06.1915
(Visser)		    
3   2C "Blank" 30 mm 06.09.1918
(Aab)		 10.10.1921
(Aab)		  
4   2C "Bars + cross"   SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 192?
(Putzel)		    
5   2C "Blank" 29 mm 27.06.1923
(Aab)		 1924
(Putzel)		  
6   2C "Blank"
Putzel		 27 mm 30.11.1925
(Putzel)		    
7   2C "Bar"
Visser		 31 mm 04.06.1927
(Visser)		    
8   2C "Blank"   26 mm 24.02.1929
(Putzel)		    
9   2C "Blank" 26 mm
Smaller font		 19.12.1927
(Aab)		 1931
(Putzel)		  
10   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1934
(Visser)		    
11   2C "Bar" 26 mm
7 to 4 o'clock		 10.11.1933
(Putzel)		 23.05.1935
(Aab)		  
12   2C "Bar"
Visser		 26 mm 07.12.1940
(Visser)		    
13 "NATAL" 1C "Blank" Skeleton 03.12.1945
(Philatelic
Friends)		    
14   2C "Blank" 26 mm

10 to 2 o'clock		 10.03.1947
(Visser)		 03.07.1954
(Putzel)		  
15   2C "Blank"
Visser		 26 mm 13.04.1954
(Visser)		    
16   2C "Blank"   25 mm

10 to 2 o'clock		 28.10.1958
(Putzel)		    

NEWCASTLE LOCATION
? to 30.11.1956
1   2C "LOC/LOK"   30.11.1956
(Visser)		    

NEWCASTLE RAIL
Union to 1910
TO until republic
Area: ?
1   2C "Blank"   on GVI
28 mm
(Putzel)		    

NEWCLARE
Union to Republic
Area: Johannesburg
1   2C "TRANSVAAL" First seen
12.04.1906
(Aab)
 		 Union 12.05.1913
(Putzel)		  
2   1C "Blank" Skeleton

New discovery		 20.03.1911
(Aab)		    
3   1C "Bar"     26.06.1920
(Aab)		    
4   2C "Bars + cross"  
(Putzel)		 27.01.1919
(Aab)		  
5   2C "JOHANNESBURG"   24.12.1945
(Aab)		    
6   2C "Blank"     24.02.1958
(Aab)		 12.12.1958
(Putzel)		  
       

NEWCLARE SOUTH
09.10.1922 to 11.01.1926
Area: Johannesburg
NOT  RECORDED

NEW DENMARK
Union to 21.02.1955
Area: Standerton
1   2C "TVL" First seen
26.09.1905
(Aab)		 Union 09.08.1943
(Aab)		  

NEW EISLEBEN
Union to 01.11.1914
Area: Cape Town
NOT  RECORDED
CGH postmark known

NEW ELANDS
01.05.1913 to 01.01.1915
15.10.1923 to 16.03.1953
Area: Vrede
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		   1926
(Visser)		    

NEW ENGLAND (RAIL)
01.01.1916 to Republic
Area: Aliwal North
1   2C "S.AFRICA"   02.05.1934
(Aab)		 23.12.1953
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank"     24.09.1933
(Putzel)		    

NEW FURROW
01.07.1918 to 13.12.1948
Area: Weenen
1   2C "Bar"
Visser		   24.03.1924
(Visser)		    

NEW GERMANY
Union to Republic
Area: Durban
1   2C "NATAL"   Dots on sides

First seen:
19.12.1895
(Aab)		 Union 13.03.1914
(Aab)		  
       
2   2C "NATAL"   27 mm 1949
(Visser)		 04.12.1958
(Putzel		  

NEW GUELDERLAND (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Stanger
1   1C "NATAL" First seen:
04.05.1886
(Aab)		 Union 01.02.1911
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "NATAL"   01.03.1937
(Putzel)		 27.12.1941
(Aab)		  

NEW HANOVER (RAIL) (STATION)
Union to Republic
Area: Pietermaritzburg
1 "RAIL" 2C "NATAL" Dots on sides

First seen
11.01.1901
(Aab)		 Union 22.12.1911
(Aab)		  
2   1C "NATAL"   17.12.1919
(Aab)		    
3 "STN" 1C "Blank" Skeleton 06.05.1920
(Visser)		 26.05.1920
(Aab)		  
4 "STN" 2C-D "PO/PK" Last seen
02.02.1962
(Putzel)		 03.06.1935
(Aab)		 Republic  
5 "STN" 2C "PO/PK"     11.02.1955
(Putzel)		    

NEW HERIOT
Union to 01.11.1911
Area: Johannesburg
1   2C-D "TRANSVAAL"   New discovery 26.08.1911
(Aab)		    
       

NEWINGTON
01.08.1910 to 01.01.1913
25.10.1936 to Republic
Area: Komatipoort
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"   01.11.1910
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank"     1949
(Visser)		 Republic  

NEWLANDS
Union to 1952
Renamed to Nuweland
Area: Cape Town
1   1C "Blank" Name 9 to 3 o'clock

First seen:
26.12.1896
(Aab)		 Union 15.09.1924
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		  
(Visser)		    
3   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 15.09.1924
(Visser)		    
4   2C "Blank"   03.11.1935
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  

NEW LEEDS
Union to 01.11.1914
Area: Pietermaritzburg
NOT  RECORDED
Natal postmark known

NEW MACHAVIE STATION
05.07.1937 to Republic
Renamed from Machavie Station
Area: Potchefstroom
1   2C "Blank"     27.04.1938
(Putzel)		    

NEWMARKET
Union to 24.01.1955
Area: Kokstad
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
20.05.1895
(Aab)		 Union 05.03.1914
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Bar"   1921
(Aab)		 1925
(Putzel)		  

NEW MUCKLENEUK
02.12.1940 to Republic
Area: Pretoria
1   2C "Blank" Last seen
09.08.1978
(Putzel)		 13.07.1944
(Aab)		 Republic  

NEW NECK
21.05.1928 to 05.10.1931
01.07.1935 to Republic
Area: Stutterheim
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

NEW REDRUTH
02.09.1946 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg
1   2C "Blank"   On royal visit
(Putzel)		    

NEW SCOTLAND
01.09.1910 to 01.07.1915
Area: Pietermaritzburg
NOT  RECORDED

NEW SMITSDORP
Union to 1934
Renamed to Nuwe Smitsdorp
Still using old name in 1940's
Area: Pietersburg
1   2C "TVL"   27.10.1921
(Aab)
(Aab)		  

NEW STATE AREAS
07.11.1938 to Republic
Area: West Rand
1   2C-D "Blank"     13.03.1939
(Putzel)		    

NEWTON PARK
01.04.1929 to Republic
Area: Port Elizabeth
1   2C "Blank"   05.11.1954
(Aab)		 29.12.1954
(Putzel)		  

NEWTOWN
01.10.1910 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg
1   1C "JOHANNESBURG"   23.02.1921
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  
2 "B.O." 1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 02.09.1925
(Visser)		    
3   2C-D "JOHANNESBURG"   28 mm
(Putzel)
(Putzel)		  
4   2C "JOHANNESBURG"   26 mm 11.06.1936
(Putzel)		 21.11.1943
(Putzel)		  
       
5   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 28.06.194?
(Visser)		    
6   2C "JOHANNESBURG" 26 mm

Last seen
14.08.1978
(Putzel)		 04.02.1960
(Aab)		 Republic  
7   PARCEL     On large war effort
(Putzel)		    

NEW UNION MINE
15.12.1958 to Republic
Area: Louis Trichardt
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmarks known

NEW VELHO
03.04.1928 to 30.11.1930
Area: Breyton
NOT  RECORDED

NEWVILLE
11.01.1926 to Republic
Renamed from Newclare
Area: Johannesburg
1   2C "JOHANNESBURG" 26 mm 10.08.1929
(Aab)		 06.10.1952
(Aab)		  
2   2C "JOHANNESBURG" 26 mm
Wide W

Last seen
15.08.1978
(Putzel)		 01.11.1954
(Aab)		 Republic  

NEW WATERS
1953 to 25.06.1956
Renamed from Nuwaters
Area: Marble Hall
NOT  RECORDED