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Post Offices PENDOORNSKRAAL to PHOKENG

PENDOORNSKRAAL
09.01.1928 to 15.08.1932
Area: West Coast
NOT  RECORDED

PENGE
01.08.1917 to Republic
Area: Lydenburg
1   2C "Bars + cross"   23.02.1931
(Putzel)		 31.01.194
(Aab)		  
2   1C "Blank" Skeleton 02.02.1959
(Aab)		 13.02.1959
(Visset)		  
3   2C "Cross" 29 mm

Last seen
14.08.1978
(Putzel)		 31.12.1960
(Aab)		 Republic  

PENNINGTON
03.06.1946 to Republic
Area: Durban
1   2C "Blank"     02.12.1958
(Putzel)		    

PENTRICH (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Pietermaritzburg
1   2C "NATAL"   10.06.1910
(Aab)		 1923
(Putzel)		  

PENVAAN
Union to 1953
Renamed to Mpenvana
Area: Vryheid
1   2C "NATAL?"
 		 26 mm 01.08.1913
(Visser)		    
2   2C "Bars + cross"   26 mm
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Bars + cross"   29 mm 1934
(Putzel)		    

PENZANCE ROAD
30.04.1928 to 31.10.1949
Renamed to Congella
Area: Durban
1   2C "DURBAN" 25 mm
(Putzel)		 07.09.1942
(Aab)		  
2   2C "DURBAN" 25 mm 12.04.1947
(Visser)		 09.09.1948
(Aab)		  
3   1C "DURBAN"
Visser		 Skeleton 1949
(Visser)		    

PEPPER GROVE
01.03.1915 to 16.06.1930
Area: Fort Beaufort
NOT  RECORDED

PEPWORTH (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Ladysmith, Natal
1   2C "NATAL" Bars on sides

First seen
18.03.1910
(Aab)		 Union 14.09.1915
(Putzel)		  
2 "RAIL" 2C "Bars + cross" New discovery
(Aab)		    
3   2C "Blank"
Visser		 28 mm 05.12.1939
(Visser)		    

PERDEBERG
17.10.1942 to Republic
Renamed from Paardeberg
Area: Kimberley
1   2C "Blank"   30 mm 17.10.1942
(Putzel)		    
2   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton ??.05.1954
(Visser)		    

PERDEKOP
03.05.1955 to Republic
Area: Volksrust
Renamed from Paardekop
1   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 03.05.1955
(Visser)		    

PERRIDGEVALE
27.08.1956 to Republic
Area: Port Elizabeth
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmarks known

PETERSBURG
Union to 18.08.1947
Area: Graaff-Reinet
1   1C "Blank"   22 mm
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "CAPE"
Visser		 26 mm 11.11.1930
(Visser)		    

PETERSFIELD
26.12.1960 to Republic
Area: East Rand
1   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 25.02.1961
(Visser)		    

PETIT
18.12.1922 to Republic
Area: East Rand
1   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm 02.12.1939
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  

PETRONELLA
08.04.1929 to 04.11.1929
Area: Pretoria
NOT  RECORDED

PETRUSBURG
Union to Republic
1   2C "Blank" ORC removed 03.04.1911
(Aab)		 20.12.1917
(Aab)		  
2   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 04.02.1921
(Visser)		 )  
3   2C "Blank"   02.12.1922
(Aab)		 07.02.1927
(Aab)		  
4   1C "Blank" Skeleton 10.06.1924
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  
5   1C "Blank" Skeleton 1925
(Putzel)
(Aab)		  
6   2C "OFS"   27.08.1925
(Aab)		 01.04.1926
(Putzel)		  
7 "OFS" 1C "PETRUSBURG"
Visser		   11.09.1929
(Visser)		    
8   2C "OFS"
  14.05.1932
(Aab)		 03.02.1933
(Aab)		  
9   2C "OVS OFS" 30 mm 28.07.1934
(Aab)		 ??.11.1937
(Putzel)		  
10   1C "?"   Skeleton 1940
(Putzel)		    
11   2C "OVS OFS"   34 mm
(Putzel)		    

PETRUS STEYN
01.08.1913 to Republic
1   2C "Blank" 28 mm
N level with date		 1919
(Visser)		 ??.07.1920
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank" 26 mm
N below with date		 1933
(Putzel)		 30.07.1940
(Aab)		  
3   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 22.08.1938
(Visser)		    
4   2C "Blank"   27 mm
Shorter name		 02.12.1938
(Putzel)		 29.05.1954
(Putzel)		  
5   2C "Blank" 28 mm
Smaller font		 ??.05.1949
(Putzel)		 07.11.1955
(Aab		  
6   1C "1957"   Skeleton 27.04.1957
(Putzel)		    
(7)   2C "Blank" 26 mm
8 to 4 o'clock

First seen
28.11.1961
(Aab)

Last seen
17.08.1978
(Putzel)
 		      

PETRUSVILLE
Union to Republic
1   2C "Bars + cross" 29 mm 04.05.1911
(Putzel)		 12.08.1914
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Blank" 25 mm ??.10.1927
(Putzel)		 27.01.1936
(Aab)		  
3   2C "Blank"   29 mm 17.07.1943
(Putzel)		    

PHALABORWA
16.05.1955 to Republic
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmarks known

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

PHILADELPHIA
Union to Republic
Area: Malmesbury
1   1C "Blank" First seen:
26.02.1882
(Frescura)		 Union 05.09.1910
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "S.AFRICA"
  09.09.1919
(Putzel)		 09.11.1937
(Aab)		  

PHILATELIC SERVICES
01.07.1958 to Republic
Area: Pretoria
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   01.07.1958
(Visser)		    
2   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   31.05.1960
(Visser)		    

PHILIPPI
Union to Republic
Area: Cape Town
1   1C "CGH"
Putzel		 First seen:
02.07.1903
(Aab)		 Union 24.10.1912
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross" Last seen
03.04.1978
(Putzel)		 ??.06.1935
(Aab)		 Republic  

PHILIPPOLIS
Union to Republic
1   2C "Blank" ORC removed 16.02.1911
(Aab)		 24.03.1914
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank"   25 mm
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Blank"   S.AFRICA
above date
Z.AFRIKA
below date		 21.03.1916
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Blank"
Visser		 30 mm 18.07.1923
(Visser)		    
5   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 24.10.1932
(Visser)		    
6   2C "Blank" 28 mm
P of name above date		 31.07.1933
(Putzel)		 10.05.1935
(Aab)		  
7   1C "Blank"   Year at top
Skeleton
(Putzel)		    
8   2C "Blank" 25 mm
Name parallel to date		 30.11.1936
(Putzel)		 02.02.1945
(Aab)		  
9   2C "Blank"   29 mm 09.01.1956
(Putzel)		    

PHILIPPOLIS ROAD (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Philippolis
1 "S.O." 2C "Blank" 25 mm
ORC removed		 26.09.1910
(Putzel)		 18.06.1923
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank"   25 mm 19.04.1939
(Putzel)		    
3   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 15.06.1949
(Visser)		    

PHILIPSTOWN
Union to Republic
Area: Colesburg
1   1C "Blank" 23mm

First seen:
08.03.1883
(Frescura)		 Union 08.12.1913
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
16.12.1905
(Frescura)		 Union 13.06.1910
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 13.10.1917
(Aab)		 03.08.1923
(Aab)		  
4   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 27.05.1935
(Visser)		    
5   2C "Blank" 25 mm 13.03.1936
(Putzel)		 27.01.1939
(Aab)		  
6   2C "Blank" 28 mm

Last seen
10.11.1978
(Putzel)		 29.12.1943
(Aab)		 Republic  

PHILIPTON
Union to 01.07.1920
Area: Seymour
1   1C "Blank"     30.12.1916
(Putzel)		    

PHIRIMA
1956 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg
1   2C "Cross"   Last seen
01.02.1973
(Putzel)		 27.08.1957
(Putzel)		 Republic  

PHOENIX (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Durban
1   2C "NATAL" First seen
25.11.1900
(Aab)		 Union 20.05.1918
(Aab)		  
2 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"   24 mm ??.03.1922
(Putzel)		    
3 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"   26 mm 04.11.1931
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Cross"   28 mm 14.10.1954
(Putzel)		    

PHOKENG
Union to Republic
Area: Rustenburg
1   3C "Asterisk" Last seen
02.10.1987
(Putzel)		 16.02.1955
(Putzel)		 Republic