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Post Offices SNAKEFIELD to SORGVLIET

SNAKEFIELD
23.03.1953 to Republic
Area: Transkei
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

SNEECHDALE
21.06.1954 to 22.10.1956
Renamed to Veganview
Area: East Rand
NOT  RECORDED

SNEEUKRAAL
1942 to Republic
Area: Beaufort West
NOT  RECORDED

SNEEZEWOOD
Union to 21.04.1930
15.11.1948 to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Blank"     15.03.1952
(Putzel)		    

SNELL PARADE
02.11.1936 to 03.06.1946
1949 to 15.06.1953
17.10.1955 to Republic
Area: Durban
1   2C "DURBAN"
Visser		   ??.06.1943
(Visser)		    

SNYBERG
04.10.1926 to Republic
Area: Uniondale
1   2C "Bars + cross"     30.09.1950
(Putzel)		    

SNYMANSVLEI
01.08.1917 to Republic
Area: Rustenburg
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

SOBANTU
22.11.1948 to Republic
Area: Pietermaritzburg
1   2C "Bars + cross" Last seen
08.09.1978
(Putzel)		 29.07.1954
(Aab)		 Republic  

SODIUM (RAIL)
01.11.1917 to Republic
Area: Britstown
1   2C "Bars + cross"     1935
(Putzel)		 28.09.1942
(Putzel)		  

SOEBATSFONTEIN
01.01.1916 to Republic
Area: Namaqualand
1   2C "Blank"     30.11.1951
(Putzel)		    

SOEKMEKAAR
1953 to Republic
1   2C "Blank"   31 mm 03.05.1955
(Putzel)		    
1   2C "Blank"   26 mm ??.11.1956
(Putzel)		    

SOETAP
Union to 01.06.1911
Renamed to Kakamas
Area: Upington
NOT  RECORDED
CGH postmark known

SOETDORINGS
1953 to Republic
Area: Pietersburg
1   2C "Blank"   26 mm 01.12.1954
(Putzel)		    

SOETVELDE
1953 to Republic
Area: Middelbueg, Transvaal
1   2C "Blank" 30 mm

Last seen
20.03.1973
(Putzel)		 ??.08.1959
(Aab)		 Republic  

SOLOMONDALE (STATION)
01.09.1911 to 1939
12.08.1941 to 02.11.1942
14.08.1944 to Republic
Area: Pietersburg
1   2C "Bar" 33 mm 23.12.1929
(Aab)		 ??.02.1930
(Putzel)		  

SOMERSET EAST
Union to Republic

1   1C "Blank" Name 8 to 4 o'clock
Last seen:
28.06.1886
(Aab)		 Union 28.05.1912
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"
 		  

Type 1
2 types recorded

First seen:
20.02.1904
(Frescura)

 Union 15.01.1919
(Frescura)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser

Type 2
2 types recorded

 22.04.1911
(Visser)		 11913
(Visser)		  
4   2C "Blank"   26 mm 1924
 (Putzel)		 1929
 (Visser)		  
5   2C "Blank"   26 mm 1930
 (Putzel)		    
6   2C "S.AFRICA" 26 mm 24.08.1928
 (Aab)		 24.12.1932
 (Putzel)		  
7   2C "Blank" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 01.07.1921
 (Aab)		 24.01.1933
 (Aab)		  
8   2C "Bar" Heavy bar
(Visser)		 05.09.1937
 (Aab)		  
9 "/OOS" 2C "Blank" 30 mm
Wide M
7 to 5 o'clock		 ??.04.1938
 (Aab)
(Putzel)		  
10 "/OOS" 2C "Blank"   30 mm
Narrow M
7 to 5 o'clock
(Putzel)		    
11 "/OOS" 2C "Blank"
Chris
vd Spuy		 30 mm
Wide M
8 to 4 o'clock		 ??.04.1943
 (Putzel)		 24.08.1946
 (Chris
vd Spuy)		  
12   2C "SOMERSET OOS" 29 mm
No dash before OOS
Dashes between names		 09.02.1934
 (Aab)		 30.07.1934
 (Putzel)		  
13   2C "SOMERSET - OOS" 29 mm
Small dash before OOS		 17.07.1939
 (Putzel)		 11.08.1944
 (Aab)		  
14   2C "SOMERSET ---- OOS" 29 mm
Long dash before OOS		 24.11.1946
 (Ch vd Spuy)		 27.08.1952
 (Aab)		  
15   2C "Blank"   31.05.1960
 (Aab)		 Republic)  

SOMERSET EAST RAIL
1910 to 1911
NOT  RECORDED

SOMERSET ROAD
22.12.1924 to Republic
Area: Cape Town
1   2C "CAPE TOWN"     1935
(Putzel)		    

SOMERSET STRAND
Union to 01.03.1919
Renamed Strand
Area: Stellenbosch
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
02.01.1892
(Frescura)		 Union 28.07.1911
(Frescura)		  
2   SQC "CGH" First seen:
??.11.1898
(Putzel)		 Union 03.03.1911
(Frescura)		  
3   1C "Blank"   23 mm 17.10.1911
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Bars + cross"   13.12.1911
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  
5   2C "Blank"   04.12.1918
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  

SOMERSET WEST
Union to Republic
1   1C "WEST" First seen:
17.12.1886
(Aab)		 Union 05.10.1915
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"   01.04.1912
(Aab)		 1923
(Aab)		  
3   1C "Blank"   1920
(Putzel)		 04.07.1924
(Aab)		  
4   2C "Blank"
Visser		 26 mm 2?.06.1919
(Visser)		    
5   2C "Blank" 28 mm
OM level with date		 28.03.1925
(Putzel)		 06.05.1941
(Aab)		  
6   2C "Blank" 29 mm
SO level with date		 01.02.1932
(Visser)		    
7 "-WES" 2C "Blank" 29 mm
7 to 5 o'clock		 08.02.1934
(Aab)		 13.04.1948
(Putzel)		  
8 "/WEST" 2C "Blank"
Visser		 26 mm
7:30 to 5:30 o'clock
WES first		 17.10.1949
(Visser)		    
9   1C "Blank" Skeleton 30.05.1949
(Putzel)		 04.06.1949
(Aab)		  
10 "/WES" 2C "Blank"   28 mm
9 to 3 o'clock		 22.05.195?
(Putzel)		    
11   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 1955?
(Visser)		    
12   PARCEL    
(Putzel)
(Aab)		  

SOMERSET WEST RAIL
1913 to 1914
NOT  RECORDED

SOMKELE (RAIL)
Union to Before 1930
Area: Durban
1   2C "NATAL" Crosses on sides

First seen:
03.12.1907		 Union 02.05.1911
(Aab)		  
2   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton ??.08.1914?
(Visser)		    
3   2C "Blank" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date
(Putzel)		 22.07.1922
(Aab)		  

SOMTSUE ROAD (SOMTSEU ROAD)
1940 to Republic
Area: Durban
1   2C "(DURBAN)"   26 mm 06.07.1957
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Blank"   28 mm 14.07.1959
(Putzel)		    

SONDAGSLOOP
1953 to Republic
Renamed fro Zondagsloop
Area: Vaalwater
1   2C "Blank"   29 mm
(Putzel)		    

SONDER
1953 to 22.06.1959
Renamed from Zonder
Area: Vrede
NOT  RECORDED

SONNEKWA
24.09.1934 to 16.03.1959
Area: Namaqualand
NOT  RECORDED

SONOP
31.01.1927 to Republic
Area: Brits
1   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm 1931
(Putzel)
(Aab)		  

SONSKYN
1925 to Republic
Area: Aliwal North
1   2C "Bars + cross"   26 mm 22.08.1955
(Putzel)		    

SONSTRAAL
01.03.1926 to Republic
Area: Upington
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		 29 mm 19.09.1932
(Visser)		    

SOPHIATOWN
01.06.1912 to 01.05.1915
25.10.1926 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg
1   2C "Blank" 25 mm 16.02.1932
(Putzel)		 18.10.1955
(Aab)		  
2   2C "JOHANNESBURG"   26 mm 22.12.1955
(Putzel)		 12.07.1958
(Aab)		  
       

SOPPERSHOEK
19.10.1925 to 25.02.1929
Area: Douglas
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		 26 mm
(Visser)		    

SORGVLIET
03.01.1949 to 14.11.1960
Area: Ladismith, Cape
1   2C "Blank"   26 mm 23.12.1949
(Putzel)