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POLFONTEIN
Union to 1926
Area: Lichtenburg
(1)   2C "TRANSVAAL"
Visser		 First seen
18.10.1906
(Visser)		      

POLITSI
05.02.1923 to Republic
Area: Tzaneen
1   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm
Thin bar
(Putzel)		 13.01.1925
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm
Thick bar

Last seen
10.02.1970
(Putzel)		 03.02.1932
(Aab)		 Republic  
3   2C "Cross" 26 mm
Thick bar

Last seen
07.08.1978
(Putzel)		 02.05.1953
(Aab)		 Republic  

POLLSMOOR
03.03.1947 to Republic
Area: Cape Town
1   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 19.03.1947
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Blank"   26 mm
(Putzel)		    

POMEROY
14.12.1925 to  Republic
Renamed from Umsinga
Area: Dundee
1   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm 1926
(Visser)		 02.01.1957
(Putzel)		  

POMPOM
14.06.1954 to Republic
Area: Vryburg
1   2C "Bars + cross"   26 mm 13.05.1955
(Putzel)		    

POMPWATER
06.10.1952 to Republic
Renamed from Ghwarriesbos
Area: Rustenberg
NOT  RECORDED

PONGOLA
23.01.1933 to Republic
Area: On the southern Swaziland border
1   2C "Bars + cross"   27 mm 193?
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Bars + cross"   28 mm 1954
(Putzel)		    

PONY
01.03.1917 to 02.08.1948
Area: Rustenberg
1   2C "Bars + cross"   25 mm
(Putzel)		    

POOLS
01.10.1912 to 01.12.1912
22.09.1924 to Republic
Area: West Coast
1   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm

Last seen
24.03.1962
(Putzel)
(Aab)		 Republic  

POORTJE (POORTJIE)
Union to 18.06.1956
Area: Prieska
1   1C "Blank"   First seen:
06.09.1909
(Frescura)		 Union 20.06.1924
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   23.08.1936
(Visser)		    

POORTJESDAM
01.05.1919 to 12.09.1921
Area: Koffyfontein
NOT  RECORDED

POPLAR GROVE
Union to 11.01.1926
Renamed to Hukuwa
Area: Queenstown
1   1C "CGH"
www.michael-hamilton.com 		First seen:
07.12.1902
(Frescura)		 Union 09.02.1922
(Putzel)		  
2   1C "Blank"     192?
(Putzel)		    

POPLARS
22.09.1924 to 16.02.1925
Area: Ladismith, Cape
NOT  RECORDED

PORCEM
07.07.1958 to Republic
Area: Pretoria
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

PORT ALFRED
Union to Republic

1   1C "CGH" First seen:
23.01.1899
(Frescura)		 Union 04.03.1913
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "S.AFRICA" Dashes on sides 25.08.1913
(Aab)		 05.02.1945
(Aab)		  
3   2C-D "S.A."     20.08.1921
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "S.AFRICA." New discovery 11.09.1942
(Aab)		    
5   1C "Blank"
Visser		   23.12.1946
(Visser)		    
6   1C "Blank"     03.02.1947
(Aab)		  
7   2C-D "Blank"     23.02.1952
(Putzel)		 03.06.1952
(Aab)		  
       

PORT ALLAN
Union to Republic
Area: Theunissen
1 "S.O." 2C "ORC"     26.10.1912
(Putzel)		    
2 "S.O." 2C "Blank"   ORC removed 14.11.1959
(Putzel)		    

PORT BEAUFORT
Union to 01.06.1920
Area: Heidelberg, Cape
NOT  RECORDED
CGH postmark known

PORT DUNFORD (PORT DURNFORD)
06.10.1930 to 1940
Area: Zululand
NOT  RECORDED

PORT EDWARD
20.05.1929 to Republic
Area: Port Shepstone
1   2C "Blank"   24.07.1933
(Aab)		 17.02.194?
(Putzel)		  
2   1C "Blank"
Visser		   29.10.1952
(Visser)		    

PORT ELIZABETH
See separate listing

PORTERVILLE
Union to Republic
Area: West Coast
1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
23.08.1904
(Aab)		 Union 1919
(Visser)		  
2   2C "Blank" 26 mm 30.10.1922
(Aab)		 18.02.1924
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Blank"   28 mm 02.02.1932
(Putzel)		    
4   1C "Blank" Skeleton 22.07.1936
(Aab)		    
5   2C "Blank"   25 mm 16.04.1935
(Putzel)		    
6   2C "Blank"
Visser		 30 mm 11937
(Visser)		    
7   1C "Blank" Skeleton 15.02.1939
(Visser)		 15.02.1939
(Aab)		  
8   2C "Blank"   29 mm ??.09.1947
(Putzel)		    
9   1C "Blank" Skeleton 05.05.1949
(Aab)		 18.05.1949
(Aab)		  

PORTERVILLE STATION
1913 to 1915
1920 to 1927
Area: West Coast
NOT  RECORDED

PORTERVILLE ROAD
Union to 12.09.1927
Renamed Gouda
Area: West Coast
1   1C "Blank" First seen:
06.08.1903
(Frescura)		 Union 11.11.1914
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank"     1922
(Putzel)		 21.08.1925
(Aab)		  
       

PORT NOLLOTH
Union to Republic
Area: Namaqualand
1   1C "Dot" First seen:
26.03.1886
(Frescura)		 Union 26.11.1915
(Frescura)		  
2   1C "Blank"     26.04.1917
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Bars + cross"   13.06.1927
(Aab)		 09.11.1933
(Aab)		  
4   2C "Blank" 25 mm 193?
(Putzel)		 03.05.1941
(Aab)		  
5   2C "Blank" 27 mm
10 to 2 o'çlock		 28.09.1939
(Putzel)		 1942
(Aab)		  
6   2C "Bar"   Relief 20.12.1960
(Putzel)		    

PORT SHEPSTONE
Union to Republic
Area: Natal South Coast
1   2C "NATAL" Crosses on sides

First seen:
06.09.1904
(Aab) 		Union 06.01.1913
(Aab)		  
2   2C "NATAL" Bars on sides

First seen
23.10.1906
(Aab)		 23.10.1906
(Aab)		 05.03.1919
(Putzel)		  
       
3   2C "Bar"   14.05.1923
(Aab)		 ??.12.1928
(Putzel)		  
4   2C "Blank"
Visser)		 26 mm
9 to 3 o,clock		  26.04.1923
(Visser)		    
5   2C "Blank" 26 mm
8 to 4 o,clock		  1934
(Putzel)		 31.12.1937
(Putzel)		  
6   2C "S.AFRICA S.AFRIKA"      
(Putzel)		    
7   2C "Blank" 26 mm
8 to 4 o,clock		 09.06.1950
(Putzel)		 04.03.1957
(Aab)		  
8   2C-D "Blank"   30 mm
Larger font		 28.04.1953
(Putzel)		    
9   2C-D "Blank"   29 mm
Smaller font		 1958
(Putzel)		    
10   2C "4"   Index 4 11.03.1958
(Putzel)		    
11   PARCEL  
Visser		  
(Visser)		    

PORT ST. JOHNS
Union to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
09.07.1904
(Aab)		 Union 24.12.1917
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Blank" 25 mm
Tall R		 08.07.1925
(Putzel)		 02.07.1933
(Aab)		  
3   2C "Blank"   25 mm
Smaller R		 21.09.1935
(Putzel)		    
4   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 1940
(Visser)		    
5   2C "Blank" 29 mm 25.05.1947
(Aab)		 20.10.1958
(Putzel)		  
6   2C "Blank" 30 mm 26.06.194?
(Putzel)		 10.08.1950
(Aab)		  

PORTUGALSRIVIER
01.10.1916 to 24.09.1934
Area: Sutherland
NOT  RECORDED

POSTMASBURG
Union to Republic

1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
08.12.1905
(Frescura)		 Union 15.05.1915
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Bar"   10.01.1933
(Aab)		 23.04.1942
(Aab)		  
3   2C "Blank"
Visser		 25 mm 27.05.1935
(Putzel)		 05.09.1950
(Visser)		  
4   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1930
(Visser)		    
5   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 02.09.1948
(Visser)		    

POST RETIEF
Union to Republic
Area: Fort Beaufort
1   1C "Blank" First seen:
17.01.1894
(Frescura)		 Union 02.10.1913
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 1915
(Visser)		 03.10.1944
(Aab)