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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