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Post Offices STEADVILLE to STEYTLERVILLE

STEADVILLE
01.07.1914 to Before July 1915
Renamed from Gumtree, Natal
14.03.1960 to Republic
Area: Ladysmith
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmarks known

STEEKDORINGS
31.07.1939 to 30.03.1959
Area: Vryburg
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		 26 mm 25.11.1940
(Visser)		    

STEELPOORT (RAIL)
01.11.1913 to Republic
Area: Lydenburg
1   2C "Blank" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 27.05.1928
(Aab)		 02.11.1954
(Putzel)		  

STEELSDRIFT
03.06.1940 to Republic
Renamed from Roodedraai
Area: ?
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		   17.02.1944
(Visser)		    

STEENBERG
21.11.1949 to Republic
Area: Cape Town
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmarks known

STEENBOKFONTEIN
Union to Republic
Area: Rustenburg
1   2C "Asterisk" First seen
03.05.1904
(Aab)		 Union 23.04.1952
(Farrell)		  

STEENBOKPAN
25.02.1943 to Republic
Area: Vaalwater
1   2C "Blank"   30 mm 1943
(Visser)		 1955
(Visser)		  

STEENBRASDAM
08.12.1924 to 15.08.1927
Area: Somerset West
1   2C "Blank"   25 mm 14.10.192?
(Putzel)		    

STEENPAN
01.09.1910 to 01.08.1912
Area: Viljoensdrift
1   BONC "52" Allocated
Steenpan
August 1910
(Aab)		    

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

STEILLOOP
03.06.1929 to 29.08.1944
Area: Potgietersrust
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		 26 mm 1?.10.1940
(Visser)		    

STEILLOOPBRUG
02.94.1945 to Republic
Area:Potgietersrust
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmarks known

STEILRAND
1952 to Republik
Renamed from Stylrand
Area: Vryheid
NOT  RECORDED

STEINKOPF
Union to Republik
Area: Namaqualand
1   1C "CAPE COLONY" First seen:
24.10.1879
(Frescura)		 Union 19.09.1914
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Blank" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 1934
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  

STEINTHAL
20.09.1926 to 30.06.1956
Area: Tulbagh
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		   10.05.1932
(Visser)		    

STELLA
20.11.1927 to Republik
Renamed from Grootchwaing
Area: Vryburg
1   2C "Bars + cross"   193?
(Aab)		 06.22.1955
(Putzel)		  

STELLENBOSCH
Union to Republik
Area: Winelands
1   1C "CGH" Larger compact typeface

First seen:
19.09.1898
(Frescura)		 Union 17.06.1910
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross" Taller typeface

First seen:
28.02.1906
(Aab)		 Union 04.09.1911
(Frescura)		  
3   2C "S.AFRICA" 30 mm 09.02.1912
(Putzel)		 14.04.1918
(Aab)		  
4   1C "Blank" Not a Skeleton 19.05.1916
(Aab)		 1927
(Putzel)		  
5   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 21.08.1920
(Visser)		    
6   2C "Blank" 27 mm
Small lettering		 12.08.1922
(Aab)		 18.05.1923
(Putzel)		  
7   2C "Blank"   27 mm
Large lettering
9 to 3 o'clock		 23.05.1923
(Putzel)		    
8   2C "Blank" 26 mm
Large lettering
S and H below date		 02.11.1923
(Putzel)		 11.04.1928
(Aab)		  
9   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1927
(Visser)		    
10   2C "Blank" 26 mm
Large lettering
H level with date
Oval O		 08.05.1931
(Aab)		 22.07.1935
(Aab)		  
11   2C "Blank" 26 mm
Large lettering
S and H below date
Round O		 04.05.1933
(Aab)		 23.05.1933
(Putzel)		  
12   2C "Blank" 25 mm
8 to 4 o'clock
Oval O		 07.01.1935
(Putzel)		 1959
(Visser)		  
13   2C "Blank" 25 mm
8 to 4 o'clock
Round O		 29.12.1937
(Putzel)		 11.03.1938
(Aab)		  
14   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 1937
(Visser)		    
15   2C "Blank"   25 mm
9 to 3 o'clock
(Putzel)		    
16   2C "Blank"   29 mm
9 to 3 o'clock		 05.11.1934
(Putzel)		    
17   2C "Blank"
Visser		 29 mm
9:30 to 2:30 o'clock		 08.12.1942
(Visser)		    
18   2C "Blank" 29 mm
9 to 3 o'clock
Small lettering		 21.07.1953
(Putzel)		 18.11.1953
(Putzel)		  
19   2C "Blank"   29 mm
9 to 3 o'clock
Larger lettering
than number 14		 21.07.1953
(Putzel)		 18.11.1953
(Putzel)		  
20   2C "Bar"   28 mm 02.07.1937
(Putzel)		    
21   2C "Blank" 26 mm
8 to 4 o'clock
Smaller lettering than
no. 10 and 11		 13.01.1942
(Putzel)		 07.04.1953
(Aab)		  
22   2C "Blank"
must check this		 28 mm
7 to 5 o'clock		 195?
(Putzel)		    
23   2C "BETAAL"   Suid Afrika below Stellenbosch

Last seen
14.08.1972
(Putzel)		 20.04.1933
(Putzel)		 Republic  

STELLENBOSCH STATION
Union to 01.02.1913
1914 to 15.05.1922
Renamed to Du Toits Rail (1913)
Renamed from Bosman's Crossing (1914)
Area: Winelands
1   2C "Bars + cross"     25.09.1911
(Frescura)		    

STENDAL
Union to 01.12.1914
Area: Weenen
1   2C "Bars + cross"     1913
(Putzel)		    

STEPMORE
Union to 05.01.1953
Area: Underberg
1   2C "Bars + cross"   1911
(Aab)		 1913
(Visser)		  

STERKAAR (STATION)
15.07.1940 to Republik
Renamed from Blaauwbank Station
Area: De Aar
1   2C "Blank"     22.11.1955
(Putzel)		    

STERKFONTEIN
Union to 05.11.1951
Area: West Rand
1   2C "Bar"
Visser		   22.08.1937
(Visser)		    

STERKLOOP
01.02.1917 to Republik
Area: Middelburg, Transvaal
1   2C "Bar"   29.12.1924
(Putzel)		 27.07.1935
(Aab)		  

STERKOOG
01.06.1917 to Republik
Area: Rustenburg
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   19.06.1919
(Visser)		 1934
(Putzel)		  

STERKRIVIER
02.11.1959 to Republik
Area: Potgietersrus
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmarks known

STERKSPRUIT
Union to Republik
Area: Transkei
1   1C "CGH" First seen: 16.05.1900
(Frescura)		 Union 25.02.1923
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Blank" 26 mm 19.04.1925
(Putzel)		 02.02.1933
(Aab)		  
3   2C "Blank" 25 mm 19.11.1946
(Aab)		 13.05.1950
(Aab)		  
4   2C "Blank"   27 mm 1953
(Putzel)		    

STERKSTROOM - Cape -
Union to Republik
Area: Queenstown
1   2C "Bars + cross" Smaller typeface
CAPE
above date

First seen:
25.02.1905
(Frescura)		 Union 02.12.1921
(Visser)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross" Larger typeface

First seen:
 26.08.1909
(Frescura)		 Union 29.06.1914
(Frescura)		  
3   2C "Bar" 33 mm 20.12.1919
(Aab)		 24.02.1934
(Aab)		  
4 "S.O." 2C "Blank" 30 mm 23.09.1924
(Aab)		 04.10.1929
(Putzel)		  
5   2C "Blank" 26 mm 04.06.1923
(Aab)		 05.07.1931
(Aab)		  
6   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 01.10.1940
(Putzel)		    
7   2C "Blank" 31 mm 28.06.1935
(Aab)		 31.07.1946
(Aab)		  
8   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 18.10.1948
(Putzel)		    
9   2C "Bar" Thin line
Last seen
05.06.1961
(Aab)		 25.03.1954
(Putzel)		 Republic  

STERKSTROOM - Transvaal -
Union to 06.01.1917
Renamed to Marikana
Area: Rustenburg
1   2C "Asterisk" First seen:
22.10.1905
(Aab)		 Union
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "TVL"
Visser		 First seen:
1909
(Visser)		 Union 06.01.1917
(Visser)		  

STERKSTROOM STATION
Union to Republic
Area: Queenstown
1 "SO" 1C "Blank" Skeleton 19.09.1922
(Putzel)		    
2 "STA" 1C "Blank"   Skeleton 01.05.1923
(Putzel)		    
3 "/STA" 2C "Blank"   26 mm 02.03.1946
(Putzel)		    
4 "/STA" 2C "Blank"   30 mm 1959
(Putzel)		    

STERKWATER
Union to Republik
Area: Potgietersrus
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"
First seen
29.07.1909
(Aab)		 Union  12.08.1913
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank"   25 mm
(Putzel)		    
3   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 12.11.1943
(Visser)		    
(4)   2C "Blank"   28 mm
First seen
11.08.1961
(Putzel)		      

STERLING
01.11.1916 to 15.05.1961
Area: Carnarvon
1   2C "Blank"   26 mm
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Blank"   28 mm
(Putzel)
(Aab)		  
       

STERNHAM
01.04.1920 to 09.01.1939
Renamed to Groblershoop
Area: Prieska
1   2C "Bar"   30 mm
(Putzel)		 1933
(Visser)		  

STETTYN
Union to 14.03.1955
Area: Worcester
1   1C "CGH"
Visser		   05.06.1937
(Visser)		 10.02.1939
(Frescura)		  

STEUNMEKAAR
09.01.1922 to Republik
Renamed from Helpmekaar, OFS
Area: Bloemfontein
1   2C "Blank" 25 mm
(Putzel)		 04.04.1933
(Aab)		  

STEYNING
30.05.1938 to Republik
Area: Cape Town
1   2C "Blank" 26 mm

Last seen
14.08.1978
(Aab)		 Republik  

STEYNSBURG
Union to Republik
Area: Cradock
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
 10.07.1897
(Aab)		 Union 18.10.1911
(Frescura)		  
2 PO 1C "Dot" First seen:
24.12.1884
(Frescura)		 Union 26.12.1910
(Frescura)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross"   26 mm
9 to 3 o'clock
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Bars + cross" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 16.12.1922
(Putzel)		 ??.02.1934
(Aab)		  
5   2C "Bar"   17.12.1929
(Visser)		 31.07.1934
(Aab)		  
6   2C "Blank" 28 mm 11.10.1938
(Aab)		 1945
(Putzel)		  
7   2C "Blank" 31 mm
(Putzel)		 03.06.1953
(Aab)		  
8   2C "Blank"   30 mm
(Putzel)		    

STEYNSDORP
Union to Republik
Area: On the Swaziland border
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"   Last seen
18.08.1965
(Putzel)		 11.05.1911
(Aab)		 Republik  
       

STEYNSPRUIT
Union to Republik
Area: Bloemfontein
1   2C "S.AFRICA"   30 mm 1912
(Visser)		 1955
(Visser)		  

STEYNSRUS(T)
01.06.1912 to Republik
Area: Kroonstad
1   1C "Blank" Skeleton 15.01.1917
(Visser)		 27.12.1917
(Aab)		  
2   2C "S.AFRICA" 29 mm
(Putzel)		 08.08.1924
(Aab)		  
3   2C "S.AFRICA" 28 mm 18.05.1929
(Putzel)		 29.02.1934
(Aab)		  
4   2C "Blank" 28 mm 07.01.1935
(Putzel)		 02.08.1935
(Aab)		  
5   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 30.03.1946
(Visser)		    
6   2C "Blank"   25 mm 29.05.1952
(Putzel)		    
7   2C "Blank"   29 mm
now Steinsrus		 15.07.1959
(Putzel)		    

STEYTLERVILLE
Union to Republik
1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen: 31.03.1905
(Aab)		 Union 29.08.1911  
2   2C "Bars + cross" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 10.01.1924
(Aab)		 17.12.1934
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Blank"     21.06.1935
(Putzel)		    
4   1C "Blank"
Putzel		   ??.11.1945
(Putzel)		 1946
(Putzel)		  
5   2C "Blank"
Visser		   09.06.1950
(Visser)		    
6   1C "Blank"
Visser		   1959
(Visser)