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SCHAAPFONTEIN
Union to 06.11.1922
14.01.1924 to 18.05.1931
Area: Pokwani
(1)   2C "Bars + cross"
Putzel		 Date illegible
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   1927
(Visser)		    

SCHAAPHOK
Union to 01.07.1919
Area: Potgietersrust
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"   15.11.1910
(Putzel)		 15.08.1911
(Aab)		  

SCHAGEN
28.07.1924 to Republic
Area: Nelspruit
1   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm
(Putzel)		 07.03.193?
(Aab)		  
2   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 28.11.1946
(Visser)		    
3   2C "Bars + cross"   29 mm 17.01.1952
(Putzel)		    

SCHALKKLIPDRIFT
01.07.1915 to 12.05.1952
Area: Fraserburg
1   2C "Blank" 31 mm
(Putzel)		 19.12.193?
(Aab)		  

SCHAPENSRUST
Union to 01.08.1912
05.02.1926 to Republic
Area: East Rand
1   2C "?"
Visser		   14.09.1911
(Visser)		    
1   2C "Blank"   29.05.1944
(Putzel)		 10.08.195?
(Aab)		  

SCHAUDERVILLE
01.11.1948 to Republic
Area: Port Elizabeth
1   1C "PO  PK"   Skeleton 25.10.1948
(Putzel)		    

SCHEEPERSNEK (RAIL)
January 1912 to Republic
Area: Vryheid
1   2C "Bars + cross"   1912
(Putzel)		 07.09.1914
(Aab)		  
2   2C "RAIL"     16.07.1954
(Putzel)		 1961
(Visser)		  

SCHEEPERSRUS(T)
24.01.1927 to Republic
Area: Montagu
1   2C "Blank"
Putzel		  
(Putzel)		    

SCHEERPOORT
Union to 10.12.1934
Renamed to Skeerpoort
Area: Pretoria
1   2C "Asterisk"
 		   1919
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Blank"
 		   14.07.1930
(Putzel)		 1931
(Putzel)		  

SCHEFFERSPOS
25.11.1935 to 02.11.1942
25.06.1945 to 02.06.1958
09.03.1959 to Republic
Area: Ventersdorp
1   2C "Blank"
 		   02.08.1949
(Putzel)		    

SCHIETONTEIN
Union to 08.09.1930
Area: Laingsburg
1   1C? "Blank"
 		 27 mm
part postmark seen
(Visser)		    

SCHILDPADFONTEIN
Union to 17.03.1952
Renamed to Skilpadfontein
Area: Warmbaths
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"   29.07.1910
(Aab)		 13.05.1941
(Aab)		  

SCHILDSKLOOF
13.10.1924 to 08.06.1942
Area: Caledon
1   2C "Blank"
 		 26 mm 1931
(Putzel)		    

SCHMIDTSBERG
01.10.1910 to 01.07.1911
Renamed from Baviaanskrans
Renamed to Monteville
Area: Kimberley
NOT  RECORDED

SCHMIDTSDRIF(T)
Union to Republic
(A CGH PO existed)
Area: Kimberley
1   1C "DRIFT"
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First seen:
02.08.1889
(Frescura)		 Union 16.05.1913
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 16.12.1930
(Putzel)		 20.10.1948
(Aab)		  
3   2C "Blank"   195?
(Aab)		    

SCHOEMANSDAL
06.07.1948 to 08.07.1948
Temporary office
Area: ?
1   1C "21"
Visser		 Skeleton

Some have AM
at bottom		 06.07.1948
(Putzel)		 07.07.1948
(Visser)		  

SCHOEMANSHOEK
Union to Republic
Area: Oudtshoorn
1   1C "Blank" First seen
??.11.1892
(Aab)		 Union 11.07.1940
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "SOUTH AFRICA"
 		 26 mm 1922
(Aab)		 ??.02.1952
(Putzel)		  
       

SCHOEMANSKLOOF
Union to Republic
(Closed 27.11.1961)
Area: Lydenburg
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"    
(Putzel)		    

SCHOENMAKERSKOP
22.09.1924 to 02.12.1929
Area: Port Elizabeth
NOT  RECORDED

SCHOLTZFONTEIN
01.11.1915 to Republic
Area: Kimberley
1   2C "Blank"   25 mm
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Blank"   31 mm
(Putzel)		    

SCHOOLPLAATS
Union to 01.07.1912
Renamed to Buckingham
Area: Welverdiend
NOT  RECORDED

SCHOOMBIE (SCHOOMBEE) (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Middelburg, Cape
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
01.09.1892
(Frescura)		 Union 15.06.1913
(Frescura)		  
       
2   2C "Blank" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 21.12.1914
(Aab)		 07.10.1941
(Putzel)		  
3   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 20.09.1954
(Putzel)		    

SCHOONGEZICHT
Union to 01.03.1915
Area: Middelburg, Cape
NOT  RECORDED
CGH postmarks known

SCHOONOORD
Union to 02.03.1936
Renamed to Uitskot
Area: Middelburg, Transvaal
1   2C "TVL"     ??.04.1931
(Putzel)		    
2   1C "Blank"   Skeleton
(Putzel)		    

SCHOONUITZICHT
01.10.1919 to April 1923
Area: Louis Trichardt
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   ??.04.1923
(Visser)		    

SCHOONWATER
01.08.1914 to 01.07.1918
Area: Machadodorp
NOT  RECORDED

SCHORPIONSDRIFT
01.10.1915 to 01.11.1915
Renamed to Scorpionsdrift
Area: Carnarvon
NOT  RECORDED

SCHRODA
01.12.1919 to 22.06.1931
Area: Messina
1   2C "TVL"    
(Putzel)		    

SCHROEDERS (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Dalton
1   2C "NATAL" First seen:
15.10.1904
(Aab)

Violet
31.06.1912
(Aab)		 Union ??.??.1928
(Putzel)		  
2 "/STA" 2C "Blank" 29 mm 25.05.1935
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Blank" Last seen
17.08.1978
(Putzel)		 11.10.1958
(Aab)		 Republic  

SCHUINSDRIFT
1911 to 1952
Renamed to Skuinsdrif
(Using old name in 1956)
Area: Zeerust
1   2C "TRANSVAAL" 28 mm 11.08.1913
(Aab)		 30.08.1956
(Aab)		  

SCHUSS
16.04.1951 to Republic
Area: Madibogo
NOT  RECORDED

SCHUTTESDRAAI
Union to 14.02.1921
Area: Ficksburg
1   2C "TVL" ORC partly removed 09.09.1912
(Aab)		 11.09.1919
(Aab)		  

SCHWEIZER-RENEKE
Union to Republic

1   2C "TRANSVAAL"
 		 22.02.1913
(Aab)		 10.09.1915
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank" 26 mm
9 to 3 o'clock		 21.05.1928
(Aab)		 25.08.1928
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Blank" 26 mm
8 to 4 o'clock		 07.06.1931
(Aab)		 08.11.1935
(Aab)		  
4   2C "Blank" 32 mm
8:30 to 2:30 o'clock
(Putzel)		 ??.04.1943
(Aab)		  
5   1C "Blank" Skeleton 1939
(Putzel)		    
6   2C "Blank"   26 mm
9 to 3 o'clock		 25.09.1951
(Putzel)		    
7   2C "Blank"   25 mm
9 to 3 o'clock
Different S		 16.09.1957
(Putzel)		    
8   2C "Blank" 29 mm
8:30 to 2:30 o'clock		 03.04.1953
(Aab)		 1957
(Putzel)		  
9   1C "Blank"   Skeleton
Misspelt SHWE		 29.10.1958
(Putzel)		    
10   2C "Blank"
Visser		 32 mm
8 to 4 o'clock
 		 02.04.1960
(Visser)