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SPIJTFONTEIN STATION
1913 to 1914
Area: Modderrivier
NOT  RECORDED

SPIONBERG (SPIOENBERG)
01.09.1914 to 01.01.1920
(CGH PO until 1902)
Renamed from Kareedoorns
Area: Carnarvon
NOT  RECORDED
CGH postmark known

SPIONKOP
Union to 30.11.1925
Area: Estcourt
NOT  RECORDED
Natal postmark known

SPITZKOP
Union to 20.06.1938
Renamed to Mount Rupert
Area: Kimberley
1   2C "Bars + cross"   26 mm. 20.05.1930
(Putzel)		    

SPITZKOPVLEI
Union to Republic
Area: Cradock
1   2C "Blank"   26 mm. 194?
(Putzel)		 1949
(Visser)		  

SPREEUWFONTEIN
01.09.1915 to 15.07.1948
(CGH PO until 1895)
Area: Prince Albert
1   2C "Blank" New discovery 07.11.1933
(Aab)		    

SPRINGBOK(FONTEIN)
Union to Republic
Area: Namaqualand
1   1C "Blank" First seen:
12.03.1906
(Frescura)		 Union 23.09.1911
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"   01.03.1913
(Putzel)		 26.09.1917
(Visser)		  
3   2C "Bar" Heavy bar 14.11.1927
(Aab)		 31.01.1929
(Aab)		  
4   2C "Blank" 26 mm
Wide R		 1932
(Putzel)		 23.04.1941
(Aab)		  
5   2C "Blank"   26 mm
Narrow R
(Putzel)		 17.03.1953
(Putzel)		  
6   1C "1954"
Visser		 Skeleton ??.08.1954
(Visser)		    
7   1C "1954"
Visser		 Relief 05.05.1960
(Visser)		    

SPRINGBOKPOORTJE
01.08.1913 to 14.02.1955
Area: Prieska
1   2C "S.AFRICA"   192?
(Putzel)
(Aab)		  

SPRINGFIELD - Cape -
01.04.1912 to 11.03.1935
Renamed to Goup
Area: Griquatown
1   2C "Blank"   30 mm 15.09.1920
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "S.AFRICA"
Visser		 29 mm 22.07.1915
(Visser)		    

SPRINGFIELD - Transvaal -
01.07.1940 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg
1 "JOHANNESBURG" 2C "Blank" 26 mm

11.08.1978
(Putzel)		 10.02.1950
(Aab)		 Republic  
2   2C "(JOHANNESBURG)" 30 mm

12.02.1973
(Putzel)		 1959
(Aab)		 Republic  
3   PARCEL  
Visser		 Letters 3 mm
(Visser)		    
4   PARCEL     Letters 4.5 mm
(Visser)		    

SPRINGFONTEIN
Union to Republic

1   2C "Blank" ORC removed 22.11.1912
(Aab)		 1914
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "S.AFRICA"   23.11.1912
(Aab)		 28.01.1921
(Putzel)		  
3 "PARCELS" 2C "SPRINGFONTEIN"
Payne		   13.05.1914
(Payne)		    
4   2C "Blank"   20.10.1925
(Aab)		 ??.06.1931
(Putzel)		  
5   2C "Bar"   01.03.1934
(Aab)		 30.03.1954
(Putzel)		  
6   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1959
(Putzel)		    

SPRINGMOUNT (RAIL)
Union to 02.11.1931
Area: Alexandria
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
03.09.1898
(Aab)		 Union 21.05.1940
(Frescura)		  

SPRINGPUTS
01.09.1912 to Republic
Area: Prieska
1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
02.04.1908
(Aab)		 Union 16.09.1942
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Blank"   04.06.1934
(Aab)		    

SPRINGS
Union to Republic
Area: East Rand
1   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1914
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "TRANSVAAL" 25 mm 12.06.1920
(Aab)		 02.12.1931
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "TRANSVAAL" 25 mm 12.02.1931
(Putzel)		 18.03.1933
(Aab)		  
4   2C "Blank"   SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
Below date
(Putzel)		    
5   2C-D "Bars + cross" 27 mm 01.05.1923
(Aab)		 20.02.1930
(Aab)		  
6   2C-D "Bars + cross" 32 mm 16.02.1931
(Aab)		 02.12.1936
(Aab)		  
7   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 14.11.1935
(Visser)		    
8   2C-D "Bars + cross"   32 mm
Short thick bars
(Putzel)		    
9   2C-D "Bars + cross"
Visser		 28 mm
Short thin bars		 04.02.1936
(Visser)		    
10   2C "Bars + cross"   28 mm
Long thin bars		 12.05.1937
(Putzel)		    
11   2C "Bars + cross"   25 mm
Long thin bars
Different S and G		 18.02.1937
(Putzel)		    
12   2C "Bars + cross"   26 mm
Long thin bars		 03.10.1939
(Putzel)		    
13   2C "Bars + cross"   25 mm
Long thin bars
Different S and G		 1940
(Visser)		 ??.02.1944
(Putzel)		  
14   2C-D "Bars + cross"   32 mm
Long thin bars		 ??.11.1942
(Putzel)		    
15   2C "Bars + cross"   28 mm
Long thin bars		 1947
(Putzel)		    
16   2C "Cross" 26 mm 12.05.1952
(Aab)		 05.12.1953
(Putzel)		  
17   2C "PAID BETAAL"   30 mm 18.10.1956
(Aab)		    
18   2C "CB / SA" 28 mm

06.05.1965
(Putzel)		 02.03.1958
(Aab)		 Republic  
19   2C "NON-E"   06.08.1937
(Aab)		 21.10.1938
(Aab)		  
20   2C "NON-E"   19.04.1939
(Aab)		 10.01.1941
(Visser)		  
21   PARCEL     23 mm long
(Visser)		    
22   PARCEL  
Visser		 27 mm long
(Visser)		    

SPRINGVALE
Union to 1928
Area: Richmond
1   2C "NATAL"     02.02.1911
(Hart)		    

SPRING VALLEY
Union to Republic
Area: Tarkastad
1   1C "Dot" First seen:
??.??.1885
(Aab)		 Union 09.12.1918
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank" 27 mm 192?
(Putzel)		 ??.03.1944
(Aab)		  

SPRUCEWELL (STATION)
01.07.1914 to 01.08.1918
15.04.1935 to Republic
Area: Balfour
1   2C "Blank"   26 mm 1944
(Visser)		 21.06.1956
(Putzel)		  

SPRUITDRIF(T)
01.06.1912 to 01.12.1916
1921 to Republic
Area: West Coast
1   2C "Blank" 25 mm
(Putzel)
(Aab)		  
2   1C "Blank" Skeleton 1956
(Putzel)		    

SPUITHOEK
Union to 1933
Area: Louis Trichardt
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"     27.08.1929
(Putzel)		    

SPUDENI
Union to 01.10.1913
Renamed to Sibudeni
Area: Zululand
NOT  RECORDED
Natal postmarks known

SPYTFONTEIN (STATION)
Union to Republic
Area: Kimberley
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
10.08.1897
(Aab)		 Union 08.02.1918
(Aab)		  
2 "/STA" 2C "Blank"   Last seen:
1968
(Putzel)		 1952
(Visser)		 Republic  

STAAL
12.12.1949 to Republic
Area: Vereeniging
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmarks known

STAD MAFEKING
1953 to Republic
Area: Mafeking
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmarks known

STAFFORDSPOST
19.09.1938 to Republic
Area: Harding
1   1C "Blank" Skeleton 1943
(Putzel)		    

STALSANA
04.06.1956 to Republic
Area: Cape Town
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmarks known

STAL STREET
Union to 01.10.1914
28.02.1921 to Republic
Area: Cape Town
1 "CAPE TOWN" 2C "Bars + cross" 7 to 5 o'clock
Short bars

First seen:
20.08.1902
(Aab)		 Union 12.12.1910
(Frescura)		  
2 "CAPE TOWN" 2C "Bars + cross"   8 to 4 o'clock
larger typeface
Shorter bars
26 mm

First seen:
30.06.1902
(Frescura)		 Union 08.09.1911
(Frescura)		  
3 "CAPE TOWN" 2C "Bars + cross"
 		 8 to 4 o'clock
Smaller typeface
Longer bars
28 mm

First seen:
29.08.1906
(Frescura)		 Union 03.07.1912
(Frescura)		  
4   1C "Blank" Stal Street ??.08.1922
(Putzel)		 24.11.1922
(Aab)		  
5 "CAPE TOWN
KAAPSTAD"		 2C "Blank"
25 mm 10.02.1926
(Aab)		 10.02.1934
(Putzel)		  
6   1C "Blank"
STAL ST  CT

New discovery		 04.12.1925
(Aab)		    
7 "CAPE TOWN
KAAPSTAD"		 2C "Blank"
25 mm 08.05.1935
(Aab)		 31.12.1937
(Putzel)		  
8 "CAPE TOWN
KAAPSTAD"		 2C "Blank"
 		 28 mm 15.11.1951
(Aab)		    
9   PARCEL  
Bi-lingual
(Aab)
(Visser)		  
10   PARCEL  
Visser		 English only
(Visser)		    

STAMFORD HILL (RAIL)
Union to 01.06.1915
Area: Durban
1   2C "DURBAN"
Visser		   27.06.1911
(Visser)		    

STANDERTON
Union to Republic

1   2C "Asterisk"  
First seen
19.10.1901
(Putzel)		 Union 07.06.1913
(Putzel)		  
2   2C-D "TRANSVAAL" First seen
28.03.1908
(Aab)		 Union 22.04.1920
(Aab)		  
3   2C-D "Blank"
Visser		 34 mm 26.07.1921
(Visser)		    
4   2C "Bars + cross"   26 mm
Narrow N		 23.06.1922
(Putzel)		    
5   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		 26 mm
Wide N		 15.10.1935
(Visser)		    
6   2C-D "Blank" 32 mm 21.02.1922
(Putzel)		 04.01.1928
(Aab)		  
7   2C "Bar"   28 mm 11.09.1923
(Putzel)		    
8   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1929
(Putzel)		    
9 "PO" 1C "Blank"   Skeleton
PO inverted		 03.03.1931
(Putzel)		    
10   2C-D "Bar" 32 mm 23.06.1932
(Putzel)		 21.05.1933
(Putzel)		  
11   2C-D "Blank"
Visser		 30 mm 1935
(Visser)		 06.09.1943
(Visser)		  
12 "PK" 1C "Blank"   Skeleton 23.10.1940
(Putzel)		    
13   2C-D "Blank" 35 mm 08.01.1938
(Aab)		 25.10.1941
(Putzel)		  
14   2C "Blank" 25 mm 05.01.1942
(Putzel)		 01.10.1949
(Aab)		  
15   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1942
(Visser)		    
16   2C-D "Blank"   29 mm 10.11.1951
(Putzel)		    
17   2C-D "Blank"   31 mm 21.10.1955
(Putzel)		    
18   2C "BAR"
Visser		 Relief type 2 09.12.1959
(Visser)		    
19   2C "T.O."     13.03.1924
(Putzel)		    
20   2C "PAID."   10.12.1935
(Aab)		 29.05.1947
(Putzel)		  
21 "PARCELS." 2C "STANDERTON."   07.09.1910
(Aab)		 04.06.1923
(Putzel)		  
(22)   PARCEL   Not sure if used in Union
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  
23   PARCEL   Smaller lettering
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  
24   PARCEL  
Visser		 Larger lettering
(Visser)
 		  

STANFIELD HILL
17.04.1950 to 19.02.1951
1955 to Republic
Area: Standerton
NOT  RECORDED

STANFORD
Union to Republic
Area: Hermanus
1   DARC   First seen:
08.12.1864
(Aab)		 Union 22.09.1910
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "S.AFRICA"   18.05.1932
(Putzel)		 20.09.1946
(Aab)		  

STANGER
Union to Republic
Area: North Coast Natal
1   1C "NATAL"   29 mm
(Visser)		    
2   2C "Bars + cross" 30 mm
(Date could be 1918)		 20.12.1911
(Aab)		 21.10.1913
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross" 29 mm
Longer name		 30.11.1915
(Aab)		    
4   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		 25 mm 29.05.1925
(Visser)		    
5   2C "Blank"   26 mm
Smaller lettering
(Putzel)		    
6   2C "Blank"
Visser		 26 mm
Larger lettering		 26.06.1931
(Visser)		    
7   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm
Heavy bars		 1935
(Aab)		 18.01.1937
(Aab)		  
8   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1937
(Putzel)		    
9   2C "Cross" 26 mm 194?
(Putzel)		 18.09.1948
(Aab)		  
10   2C "Bars + cross"   26 mm
Thin long lines		 20.07.1951
(Putzel)		    
11   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm
Thin bars		 14.03.1952
(Aab)		 27.10.1958
(Putzel)		  
12   2C "Cross"   29 mm 25.07.1956
(Putzel)		    
13   2C "5" Index 5

Last seen
1966
(Putzel)

 13.05.1954
(Aab)		  Republic  

STANGER RAIL
Union to 1911
Area: Stanger
NOT  RECORDED
Natal postmark known

STATE MINES
16.05.1921 to Republic
Area: East Rand
1   2C "Blank" 26 mm 13.08.1921
(Aab)		 1939
(Visser)		  
2   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 20.10.1933
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Blank"   26 mm
9 to 3 o'clock		 1934
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Blank" 26 mm
9:30 to 2:30 o'clock		 1942
(Visser)		 03.05.1949
(Putzel)		  
5   2C "Blank" Gap between State
and Mine

Last seen
20.02.1965
(Putzel)		 12.11.1945
(Aab)		 Republic  

STATION BO PRETORIA
00.00.1910 to 00.00.1910
Area: ?
See Pretoria Station