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Post Offices PAARDEBERG to PAPKUILSVLEI

PAARDEBERG (STATION)
Union to 17.10.1942
Renamed Perdeberg
Area: Bloemfontein
1 "S.O." 2C "O.R.C." First seen

(Aab)		 Union 13.03.1919
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank"   22.08.1924
(Putzel)		 1927
(Visser)		  
3   2C "Blank" Smaller font   07.02.1934
(Aab)		  

PAARDEFONTEIN
Union to 20.04.1931
Area: Schweizer-Reneke
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"
Visser		 28 mm 23.04.1912
(Visser)		 01.03.1913
(Putzel)		  

PAARDEKOP (RAIL)
Union to 03.05.1955
Renamed to Perdekop
Area: Standerton
1 "P.O." 2C "Asterisk" First seen
19.03.1907
(Aab)		 Union 12.05.1942
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "R.O."
Visser		 First seen
15.08.1907
(Visser)		 Union 1919
(Visser)		  

PAARDEKRAAL
Union to 01.03.1915
29.11.1920 to 15.05.1922
Area: Kroonstad
1   BONC "61" Allocated
 June 1905

Withdrawn
Union		      
2   2C "S.AFRICA"
Visser		   1913
(Visser)		    

PAARDEN ISLAND (PAARDENEILAND)
13.11.1950 to Republic
Area: Cape Town
1   2C "Blank"   30 mm

Last seen
04.04.1978
(Putzel)		 30.07.1951
(Putzel)		 Republic  
2   2C "Blank"
Visser		 27 mm 31.10.1953
(Visser)		    
3   2C "Blank" 25 mm

Last seen
15.08.1978
(Putzel)		 14.10.1954
(Aab)		 Republic  

PAARDEPLAATS
Union to 08.09.1942
Area: Klerksdorp
1   2C "Blank"   25 mm 04.08.1930
(Putzel)		 1935
(Visser)		  

PAARL
Union to Republic
Area: Winelands
1   1C "CGH" Short rounded typeface

First seen:
07.12.1892
(Putzel)		 Union 24.01.1912
(Frescura)		  
2   1C "CGH" Tall rounded typeface

First seen:
01.08.1900
(Frescura		 Union 17.06.1910
(Frescura		  
3   1C "Blank"   Relief Postmark

First seen:
24.12.1906
(Frescura		 Union 08.08.1910
(Putzel)		  
4   2C "Bars + cross" Thin bars

First seen:
20.02.1907
(Frescura		 Union 1913
(Visser)		  
5   1C "S.AFRICA"   21.07.1913
(Putzel)		 21.08.1913
(Aab)		  
6   2C "S.AFRICA"   21.10.1915
(Putzel)		 04.07.1917
(Aab)		  
7   1C "Blank"
Visser		   29.06.1922
(Visser)		    
8   2C "Bars + cross" 30 mm 14.09.1921
(Aab)		 19.08.1926
(Putzel)		  
9   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm 06.04.1933
(Putzel)		 ??.07.1933
(Aab)		  
10   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm
Thin bars
Bars end at date		 12.05.1937
(Putzel)		 10.08.1938
(Aab)		  
11   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 01.04.1935
(Putzel)		    
12   2C "Bars + cross"   25 mm
Thin bars
Bars end at date
Larger Paarl		 21.07.1952
(Putzel)		    
13   2C "Bars + cross"   28 mm
Thin bars
Bars end below name
Larger Paarl		 22.07.1955
(Putzel)		    
14   2C "Bars + cross"   28 mm
Thin bars
Bars end below name
Smaller Paarl		 27.11.1941
(Aab)		 23.01.1957
(Putzel)		  
       
15   PARCEL    
(Visser)		    
16   2C "PAID"     09.12.1933
(Putzel)		    

PAARL DEPOT
01.03.1951 to Republic
Area: Paarl
1   2C "DEPOT"     01.03.1951
(Putzel)		    

PAAUWPAN (RAIL)
Union to 1952
Renamed to Pauwpan
Area: Hopetown
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
19.10.1891
(Frescura)		 Union 28.08.1924
(Frescura)		  
2 "RAIL" 1C "Blank"   Skeleton
(Putzel)		    
3 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"   30 mm 11.11.1932
(Putzel)		    

PACALTSDORP
Union to Republic
Area: George
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
15.09.1897
(Frescura)		 Union 05.11.1915
(Frescura)		  

PADDAFONTEIN
Union to 16.09.1957
Area: Jansenville
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
04.07.1899
(Frescura)		 Union 09.06.192
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Blank"     1930
(Putzel)		    

PADDISON
01.12.1916 to 12.11.1923
Area: Noupoort
NOT  RECORDED

PADDOCK (STATION)
01.08.1913 to 01.11.1915
01.06.1916 to Republic
Area: Port Shepstone
1   2C "SOUTH AFRICA" 29 mm 25.12.1913
(Aab)		 ??.04.1914
(Aab)		  
2 "RAIL" 2C "Blank" 28 mm ??.11.1922
(Aab)		 16.04.1925
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross"   10.12.1928
(Putzel)		 14.04.1942
(Aab)		  

PAISKLOOF
01.11.1920 to 16.07.1923
24.05.1926 to 27.01.1941
Area: Kimberley
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		 26 mm 07.07.1937
(Visser)		    

PAKHUIS
Union to Republic
Area: West Coast
1   1C "Dot"   23 mm 31.05.1914
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Bars + cross"   25 mm 193?
(Putzel)		    

PAKKUILSVLEI
Unknown to 1929
Area: Paulpietersburg
NOT  RECORDED

PALALA
1910 to Republic
Area: Nylstroom
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"   29 mm 193?
(Putzel)		 195?
(Putzel)		  

PALEISHEUWEL
01.05.1912 to Republic
Area: West Coast
1   2C "S.AFRICA"   28 mm 22.09.1912
(Putzel)		    

PALINGKLOOF
Union to 13.10.1958
Area: Cradock
1   2C "Blank" 26 mm 1932
(Aab)		 15.12.1945
(Putzel)		  

PALINGPAN
09.08.1937 to 03.08.1942
Area: Postmasburg
NOT  RECORDED

PALMARYVILLE
1958 to Republic
Area: Louis Trichardt
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

PALMER
25.06.1945 to 01.12.1947
Area: Belfast
NOT  RECORDED

PALMERTON
Union to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   1C "Dot"
http://www.michael-hamilton.com 		First seen:
31.08.1892
(Hamilton)		 Union 06.06.1925
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Blank"   1947
(Aab)		 1957
(Putzel)		  

PALMFORD (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Volksrust
1   2C "R.O"   09.10.1913
(Aab)		 19.05.1916
(Putzel)		  
2 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"     23.04.1935
(Putzel)		    

PALMIETFONTEIN
Union to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Bars + cross"   27.07.1910
(Aab)		 18.09.1923
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank"     06.07.1934
(Putzel)		    
3   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1947
(Putzel)		    

PALMYRA
Union to 21.10.1947
Area: Ladybrand
1 "S.O." 2C "O.R.C."     27.04.1919
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Bars + cross"   25 mm 23.10.1934
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Bars + cross"   28 mm
Thin lines
(Putzel)		    

PAMPOENPAN
Union to 01.07.1915
01.02.1916 to 20.10.1930
Area: Hoprtown
NOT  RECORDED

PAMPOENPOORT (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Victoria West
1   1C "Blank" First seen:
19.12.1908
(Frescura)		 Union 10.09.1912
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "S.AFRICA"   ??.12.1913
(Aab)		 23.12.1914
(Visser)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   1916
(Visser)		    
4 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"   27.11.1917
(Putzel)		 12.05.1937
(Aab)		  

PAN (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Middelburg, Transvaal
1   2C "R.O."
Visser		 RAIL 29.09.1914
(Visser)		    
2   2C "TVL" Dots on sides
(Putzel)		 19.06.1938
(Aab)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross"  
(Putzel)		 24.02.1947
(Aab)		  

PANBULT (STATION)
01.09.1912 to Republic
Area: Piet Retief
1   2C "Bars + cross" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 08.06.1914
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  
       

PANFONTEIN  - OFS -
01.09.1917 to 17.01.1949
Area: Boshof
NOT  RECORDED

PANFONTEIN  - Transvaal -
 01.12.1910 to 01.05.1912
Area: Heidelberg, Transvaal
NOT  RECORDED

PANKOP
01.10.1917 to 11.02.1957
Renamed to Bourke
Area: Warmbaths
1   2C "Bars + cross"   23.03.1934
(Putzel)		 1951
(Visser)		  

PANSDRIF(T)
22.12.1922 to Republic
Area: Pretoria
1   2C "Blank"   26 mm 13.02.1935
(Putzel)		    
2   1C "Blank" Skeleton 03.02.1947
(Visser)		 10.10.1947
(Visser)		  
3   2C "Blank" 29 mm 16.05.1949
(Putzel)		 195?
(Aab)		  

PANSIG
28.04.1958 to Republic
Area: Welkom
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmarks known

PANVLEI
21.06.1926 to 12.11.1934
Area: Vereeniging
1   2C "Bars + cross"     27.03.1932
(Putzel)		    

PAPENDORP
07.03.1938 to Republic
Renamed from Fish Water
Area: West Coast
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

PAPIESVLAKTE
01.06.1920 to 06.07.1931
Area: Vryburg
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   25.10.1929
(Visser)		    

PAPIESVLEI
1952 to Republic
Renamed from Paviesvlei
Area: Caledon
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

PAPKUIL
Union to Republic
Area: Kimberley
1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
??.10.1904
(Aab)		 Union 25.02.1918
(Frescura)		  

PAPKUILSVLEI
01.06.1917 to 13.05.1929
Renamed to Maketeeskop
Area: Paulpietersburg
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		  
(Visser)