Postal History of
the Union of South Africa
HOME UNION INDEX

Post Offices SHEBA to SIKOLENI

SHEBA
01.04.1914 to 18.02.1929
21.10.1935 to Republic
Renamed from Eureka
Area: Barberton
1   2C "Blank" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 25.09.1916
(Aab)		 07.06.1920
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"     23.02.1940
(Putzel)		    
3   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 1954
(Visser)		    

SHEENSPOST
13.09.1948 to 15.01.1959
Area: Tweespruit
NOT  RECORDED

SHEEPMOOR
01.05.1912 to Republic
Area: Ermelo
1   2C "S.AFRICA"     11.11.1921
(Putzel)		    
2   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 17.09.1932
(Putzel)		    

SHELDON (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Somerset East
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
02.03.1896
(Frescura)		 Union 1925
(Putzel)		  
2 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"   1928
(Visser)		 25.05.1937
(Putzel)		  

SHELL
30.03.1925 to 15.06.1925
Renamed to Hoogte
Area: Heilbron
NOT  RECORDED

SHERBORNE (RAIL)
Union to Republic
1   1C "Blank" First seen:
08.12.1892		 Union 18.02.1918
(Aab)		  
2 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"    
(Putzel)		    

SHERBROOKE
04.03.1935 to 06.09.1943
Area: Bethlehem
NOT  RECORDED

SHERIDAN (HALT)
12.07.1926 to Republic
Area: Bethlehem
1   2C "Blank"    
(Putzel)		    

SHEWASS
Union to 01.05.1911
Renamed to Sibasa
Area: Louis Trichardt
NOT  RECORDED
Transvaal postmark known

SHILOH
Union to 01.12.1914
25.07.1927 to Republic
Area: Queenstown
1   BONC "1087" First seen:
25.11.1897
(Frescura)		 Union 06.03.1911
(Frescura)		  
2   1C "CGH" First seen:
28.11.1898
(Putzel)		 Union 06.03.1911
(Frescura)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross"  
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  

SHILUWANE (-BOKHAGA)
06.01.1947 to Republic
Area: Tzaneen
1   2C "Blank"   12.02.1952
(Aab)		 09.04.1956
(Putzel)		  

SHIPPARD
01.09.1913 to 18.04.1955
Area: Postmasburg
1   2C "S.AFRICA"    
(Putzel)		    

SHIPPING POSTMASTER CAPE TOWN
Union to Republic
1   3C "CAPE TOWN" First seen
1909
(Putzel)

1910 in red
1911 in blue

40 mm
Union 		06.04.1911
(Aab)		  
2   3C "3"   Index 3

40 mm		 1911
(Putzel)		 1913
(Putzel)		  
3   3C "CAPE TOWN" Ornaments above
and below date

46 mm		 1913
(Putzel)		 31.05.1920
(Aab)		  
4   3C "3"   Index 3
Narrow 3

41 mm		 1913
(Putzel)		 1925
(Putzel)		  
5   2C "CAPE TOWN" Index 3
Broad 3
below date

37 mm		 26.05.1924
(Aab)		 1927
(Putzel)		  
6   3C "CAPE TOWN"   43 mm 1927
(Putzel)		 1930
(Putzel)		  
7   OVAL "CAPE TOWN"   58 mm wide
Index 3
below date
(not all show 3)		 04.09.1927
(Aab)		 1928
(Putzel)		  
       
8   OVAL "CAPE TOWN"   49 mm wide 19.09.1927
(Aab)		 1938
(Putzel)		  
       
9   OVAL "CAPE TOWN" 40 mm wide 25.01.1932
(Aab)		 12.08.1937
(Aab)		  
10 "KAAPSTAD" 2C "CAPE TOWN" Index 1
Bi-lingual		 18.08.1949
(Aab)		 1956
(Aab)		  
11 "KAAPSTAD" 2C "CAPE TOWN"   Index 2
Bi-lingual
(Putzel)		    

SHIPPING POST OFFICE DOCKS
1932 to 1953
Renamed to Skeepsposkantoor, Kaapstadt
Area: Cape Town
NOT  RECORDED

SHIPPING POST OFFICE POINT
13.11.1939 to Republic
Area: Durban
NOT  RECORDED

SHONGWE MISSION
30.07.1945 to Republic
Area: Nelspruit
1   2C "Blank"   20.08.1954
(Aab)		 1956
(Putzel)		  

SHONGWENI (RAIL)
07.10.1920 to 05.12.1921
25.02.1923 to Republic
Renamed to Shangweni  (1921)
1   2C "Bar"
Visser)		   07.10.1920
(Visser)		    
2 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"    
(Putzel)
(Aab)		  
       

SHOW GROUNDS BLOEMFONTEIN
20.05.1935 to 06.05.1946
Only open during show
NOT  RECORDED

SHOW GROUNDS DURBAN
29.06.1938

1   1C "Blank"
Bob Hill		 Skeleton

New discovery		 29.06.1938
(Aab)		    

SIAS
1926 to Republic
Area: Coligny
1   2C "Bars +cross"
Visser		   03.04.1929
(Visser)		    

SIBANGWENI
08.03.1954 to 03.09.1956
Area: Transkei
NOT  RECORDED

SIBASA
01.05.1911 to Republic
Renamed from Shewass
Area: Louis Trichardt
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"   03.01.1914
(Aab)		 23.08.1921
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross" 29 mm 15.07.1949
(Putzel)		 21.11.1954
(Aab)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm 02.08.1954
(Aab)		 26.11.1958
(Putzel)		  

SIBERIA
Union to 18.11.1929
Area: Dordrecht
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
09.05.1908
(Frescura)		 Union 15.10.1913
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 05.11.1913
(Aab)		 17.02.1919
(Aab)		  

SIBUDENI
01.10.1913 to 01.06.1915
Renamed from Spudeni
Area: Zululand
NOT  RECORDED

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

SIDBURY
Union to Republic
Area: Sandflats
1   1C "Dot"
http://www.michael-hamilton.com/ 		First seen:
10.06.1899
(Frescura)		 Union 17.09.1924
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross" 25 mm
(Putzel)		 14.02.1945
(Aab)		  

SIDUMBINI MISSION STATION
1953 to Republic
Area: Tongaat
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

SIDWADWENI
30.12.1935 to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Blank"   1946
(Aab)		 28.12.1955
(Putzel)		  

SIDWELL
01.08.1913 to 22.06.1931
21.05.1934 to Republic
Area: Port Elizabeth
1   2C "S.AFRICA"   27 mm
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Cross"   26 mm
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Bars + cross" 25 mm

Last seen
25.11.1965
(Putzel)		 28.08.1952
(Aab)		 Republic  

SIEMEND
19.03.1951 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg
1   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 28.12.1955
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Blank" Last seen
22.07.1962
(Putzel)		 28.03.1955
(Aab)		 Republic  
3   PARCEL      
(Visser)		    

SIGOGA
22.04.1935 to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Blank"   Last seen
18.10.1978
(Putzel)		 06.05.1942
(Putzel)		 Republic  

SIHLABENI
11.01.1960 to Republic
Area: Transkei
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

SIHLITO
1953 to Republic
Area: Transkei
NOT  RECORDED

SIKOLENI
1953 to Republic
Renamed from Esikoleni
Area: Pietermaritzburg
1   2C "Blank" 30 mm 10.05.1954
(Putzel)		 17.10.1956
(Putzel)