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Post Offices SALDANHA to SANDYMOUNT

SALDANHA
01.04.1917 to Republic
Renamed from Hoetjes Bay
Area: West Coast
1   2C "Bar" 32 mm
(Putzel)		 24.08.1931
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Bar" 28 mm 19.02.1924
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  
3   1C "Blank" Skeleton 1929
(Putzel)		    
4   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1943
(Putzel)		    
5   2C "Blank" 32 mm 26.03.1947
(Aab)		 01.09.1959
(Putzel)		  

SALEM - Cape -
Union to Republic
Area: Grahamstown
1   2C "S.AFRICA"
  03.09.191?
(Aab)		 21.09.1948
(Aab)		  

SALEM - Natal -
Union to 22.03.1911
Area: Greytown
1   2C "NATAL"   Bars on sides
First seen:
05.05.1905
(Aab)		 05.05.1905 22.03.1911
(Putzel)		  
       

SALIEBOS
22.11.1920 to 15.08.1932
Area: Zeerust
NOT  RECORDED

SALPETERPAN
30.11.1953 to Republic
renamed from Saltpetrepan
Area: Vryburg
NOT  RECORDED

SALTAIRE (STATION)
Union to 03.10.1949
Area: Alicedale
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
120.05.1900
(Frescura)		 Union 11.10.1929
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Blank"
Putzel		   19.02.1945
(Putzel)		    

SALTERSPOST
Union to 30.03.1958
Area: Kokstad
1   1C "Blank" First seen:
12.11.1904
(Frescura)		 Union 24.09.1911
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank"   26 mm 1941
(Visser)		    

SALT LAKE (RAIL) - Cape -
05.11.1923 to Republic
Area: Douglas
1   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1926
(Visser)		    
2   2C "Blank"   04.11.1931
(Putzel)		 30.01.1933
(Aab)		  
3 "/STA" 2C "Blank" 26 mm
(Putzel)		 1945
(Aab)		  

SALT LAKE - Natal -
1912 to 1914
Area: Newcastle
NOT  RECORDED

SALT PAN (RAIL)
Union to 02.12.1935
Renamed to Soutpan
Area: Brandfort
1 "S.O." 2C "O.R.C" First seen
17.05.1905
(Putzel)		 Union 26.08.1916
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"   26 mm
(Putzel)		    

SALTPETREPAN
01.06.1915 to 30.11.1953
Renamed to Salpeterpan
Area: Vryburg
NOT  RECORDED

SALT RIVER
Union to 1953
Renamed to Soutrivier
Area: Cape Town
1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
14.04.1909
(Aab)

25 mm
 		 Union 17.12.1913
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross" 1 line date

27 mm

 28.12.1912
(Putzel)		 21.03.1924
(Aab)		  
3   2C "S.AFRICA"   24.09.1920
(Aab)		 1925
(Putzel)		  
4   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1925
(Putzel)		    
5   2C "Blank"   28 mm
Nearly 9 to 3 o'clock		 13.05.1927
(Putzel)		    
6   2C "Blank"   25 mm
10 to 2 o'clock		 ??.02.1932
(Putzel)		    
7   2C "Blank"   29 mm
10 to 2 o'clock		 25.04.1933
(Putzel)		    
8   2C "Blank"
Visser		 26 mm
10 to 2 o'clock		 1937
(Visser)		    
9   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1937
(Putzel)		    
10   2C "Blank"   29 mm
Nearly 9 to 3 o'clock		 08.03.1948
(Putzel)		    
11   2C "Blank"
Visser		 26 mm
Wide R
(Visser)		    
12   2C "Blank"   26 mm
Nearly 9 to 3 o'clock		 06.07.1949
(Putzel)		    
13 "ZOUTRIVIER" 2C "Blank" 26 mm
Bi-lingual		 17.12.1935
(Putzel)		 21.06.1937
(Aab)		  
14   2C "ZOUTRIVIER"   30 mm
Bi-lingual
(Putzel)		    
15   2C "ZOUTRIVIER"   26 mm
Bi-lingual		 01.11.1952(Putzel)    
16   PARCEL   Name 34 mm long      
17   PARCEL  
Visser)		 Name 30 mm long
(Visser)		    
18   PARCEL  
Putzel)		 Name 38 mm long
(Visser)		    

SALT RIVER RAIL (STATION)
Union to 1911
Area: Cape Town
NOT  RECORDED
CGH postmarks known

SALVATION
29.05.1944 to Republic
Area: Vryburg
1   2C "Blank" 25 mm
 

Last seen
1978
(Putzel)

 23.09.195?
(Putzel)		 Republic  

SAMUNGU (SAMUNGA)
11.09.1939 to Republic
Area: Zululand
1   2C "Bars + cross"   28 mm
(Putzel)		    

SANAE
January 1960 to Republic
Area: South African Antartic Station
1   1C    
(Aab)		    

SANCTUARY
25.03.1944 to 01.04.1944
Special postmark
Area: Cape Town
1   2C "TOEVLUGSOORD" 26 mm 25.03.1944
(Putzel)		 28.03.1944
(Aab)		  

SANDBERG (RAIL)
06.08.1928 to Republic
Renamed from Zandberg Rail
Area: West Coast
1   2C "Blank" 25 mm 18.03.1933
(Aab)		 29.09.1950
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank"   25 mm 30.03.1951
(Putzel)		    

SANDBULT
1953 to 23.09.1957
Renamed from Zandbult
Area: Vaalwater
NOT  RECORDED

SANDDRIF
18.06.1951 to 31.12.1956
Renamed to Thornham
Area: Humansdorp
1   2C "Blank"   25 mm 1953
(Putzel)		    

SANDDRIFT
Union to 26.10.1931
Area: Kimberley
1   1C "Blank"   22 mm
(Putzel)		    

SANDFLATS
Union to Republic
Area: Alexandria
1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
19.02.1907
(Frescura)		 Union 21.08.1913
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bar"   26 mm
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Blank" 26 mm 06.07.1942
(Aab)		 05.03.1946
(Aab)		  
4   2C "Blank" 30 mm 06.08.1953
(Putzel)		 02.05.1959
(Putzel)		  
5   2C "Bar"
Visser		 Type 2 relief 03.03.1960
(Visser)		    

SANDFONTEIN
1953 to 02.12.1957
25.08.1958 to Republic
Area: Pietersburg
NOT  RECORDED

SANDHILLS (RAIL)
20.08.1923 to Republic
Area: Worcester
1 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"   20.10.1933
(Putzel)
(Aab)		  
2 "/STA" 2C "Blank"     14.03.1940
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Blank"   STATION removed 1955
(Putzel)		    

SANDHLAN
Swaziland using South African stamps up to 2 January 1933
See Swaziland

SANDHOEK
1953 to Republic
Renamed from Zandhoek
Area: Humansdorp
NOT  RECORDED

SANDKRAALPOORT
1953 to 01.10.1956
Renamed from Zandkraalpoort
Area: Willowmore
1   2C "Blank"   25 mm 195?
(Putzel)		    

SANDOWN
23.03.1925 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg
1   2C "Bars + cross" 25 mm

Last seen
17.07.1962
(Putzel)		 05.06.1942
(Aab)		 Republic  

SANDOWN BAY
27.10.1924 to 1942
Area: Caledon
1   2C "Blank" 25 mm 1928
(Aab)		 15.11.1939
(Aab)		  

SANDPOORTJIE
23.11.1936 to 18.05.1942
Area: Zeerust
NOT  RECORDED

SANDRINGHAM
26.03.1951 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmarks known

SAND RIVER VALLEY
06.04.1925 to 25.08.1930
1934 to Republic
Area: Ladysmith
1   2C "Blank"   26 mm 03.12.1942
(Putzel)		    

SANDREVIERSPOORT
03.11.1952 to Republic
Area: Nylstroom
1   2C "Blank"   25 mm 16.07.1954
(Putzel)		    

SANDSPRUIT RAIL
1928 to Republic
Area: Volksrust
1   2C "Blank" 26 mm 15.05.1935
(Putzel)		 16.07.1949
(Visser)		  

SANDVLAKTE
1953 to Republic
Renamed from Zandvlakte
Area: Willowmore
NOT  RECORDED

SANDY KOP
Union to 21.11.1927
Renamed to Grantham
Area: Beaufort West
1   2C "Blank"
Putzel		   04.08.1914
(Putzel)		    

SANDYMOUNT (RAIL)
01.12.1915 to 08.09.1924
Renamed to Wartburg
Area: Dalton
1 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"   01.05.1916
(Visser)		 20.01.1917
(Aab)		  
2   1C "Blank" Skeleton? 01.01.1923
(Aab)		 1924
(Putzel)