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Post Offices TCAIMOEPSLAAGTE to THE GEM

TCAIMOEPSLAAGTE
01.05.1917 to 06.09.1954
Renamed to Kaimoepslaagte
Area: Kenhardt

1   2C "Bars + cross"      1924
(Putzel)
   

TEAKWORTH (RAIL)
01.10.1911 to 01.05.1961
Area: Standerton

1   2C "Bars + cross"      23.09.1913
(Putzel)
   
2 "RAIL" 2C "?"
Visser
   
(Putzel)
05.10.1916
(Visser)
 
3   2C "Bar"      12.05.1937
(Putzel)
   

TECOMA
14.09.1936 to Republic
Area: East London

1   2C "Cross"
Visser
   21.11.1958
(Visser)
   

TEEBUS
1933 to 30.06.1958
Area: Steynsburg

1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser
   07.05.1935
(Visser)
   

TEK
1942 to Republic
Area: Pretoria

1   1C "Blank"   Skeleton  12.09.1945
(Putzel)
   

TEKWINI ELINCANE
02.07.1954 to 13.07.1954
Area: Durban
Temporary PO

1   2C "Blank"    03.07.1954
(Aab)
 13.07.1954
(Aab)
 
       

TELEMA
02.09.1929 to 02.12.1946
Area: Messina

1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser
   01.03.1932
(Visser)
   

TELPOORT
01.07.1914 to 11.01.1915
Area: Middelburg, Cape

NOT  RECORDED

TEMPE
Union to Republic
Area: Bloemfontein

1   2C "Blank" ORC removed  13.05.1911
(Aab)
1916
(Visser)
 
2   2C "Bars + cross"    29 mm
Thick bars
 193?
(Putzel)
   
3   2C "Bars + cross"    26 mm
Thin bars
 1943
(Putzel)
08.08.195?
(Aab)
 
       

TENDEGA (TENDEKA) RAIL
01.10.1918 to Republic
Area: Vryheid

1 "RAIL" 2C "Bar"  27 mm  29.07.1913
(Aab)
29.07.1933
(Putzel)
 

TERESA
11.08.1958 to Republic
Area: Transkei

NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmarks known

TERMINUS STREET
08.04.1929 to Republic
Area: East London

1   2C "EAST LONDON"  26 mm  31.01.1942
(Aab)
14.03.1952
(Aab)
 
2   2C "EL / OL"    26 mm  01.09.1954
(Putzel)
   
3   2C "EL - OL"    26 mm  13.06.1954
(Putzel)
   
4   2C "OL / EL"    30 mm  
(Putzel)
   
5   2C "EAST LONDON"  29 mm

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Last seen
01.08.1978
(Putzel)
02.05.1960 
(Aab)
 Republic  

TESLAARSDAL
03.02.1947 to Republic
Area: Caledon

NOT  RECORDED

TEVIOT RAIL
01.03.1913 to Republic
Area: Hofmeyr

1   2C "S.AFRICA"  28 mm  ??.10.1933
(Putzel)

(Aab)
 

TEYATEYANENG
Basutoland using South African stamps up to1 December 1933

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TEZA
1950 to Republic
Area: Natal

1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser
 29 mm  12.01.1956
(Visser)
   

THABA BOSIGO
Basutoland using South African stamps up to1 December 1933

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THABA CHICHA
01.08.1920 to Republic
Area: Transkei

1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser
 29 mm  12.01.1956
(Visser)
   

THABA MORENA
Basutoland using South African stamps up to1 December 1933

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THABA MPOKOANE
11.12.1950 to 28.10.1957
Area: Clocolan

NOT  RECORDED

THABA' NCHU
Union to Republic
Area: East of Bloemfontein

1   2C "Blank" ORC removed
Name with apostrophe
 03.02.1911
(Aab)
20.12.1915
(Aab)
 
2   2C "Blank" ORC partly removed
Name without apostrophe
 08.09.1912
(Putzel)
01.07.1914
(Aab)
 
3   2C "Blank" 28 mm
Small U
 22.12.1916
(Putzel)
01.12.1918
(Aab)
 
4   1C "Bar"    16.10.1920
(Aab)
1926
(Visser)
 
5   2C "Blank" 29 mm
large U
1926
(Aab)
16.11.1930
(Aab)
 
6   1C "Blank"
Visser
Skeleton 14.06.1934
(Visser)
   
7   2C "Blank"
Visser
28 mm

Name with
large apostrophe
Name ends above date
04.06.1937
(Visser)
   
8   2C "Blank" 29 mm

Name with
large apostrophe
08.10.1938
(Aab)
1944
(Putzel)
 
9   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 26.04.1948
(Putzel)
   
10   2C "Blank"   26 mm

No space between A and N
02.12.1952
(Putzel)
   
11   2C "Blank"   28 mm

Space between A and N
01.03.1954
(Putzel)
   

THABA' NCHU RAIL
July 1910 to 1912
An ORC rail office existed
Area: East of Bloemfontein

NOT  RECORDED

THABANENG
Basutoland using South African stamps up to1 December 1933

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THABAPATCHOS (THABAPATCHOA)
Union to 14.12.1959
Renamed to Thaba Phatshwa
Area: East of Bloemfontein

1   2C "S.AFRICA" 29 mm 20.01.1920
(Aab)
31.10.1927
(Putzel)
 

THABA PHATSWA
14.12.1959 to Republic
Area: East of Bloemfontein

NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmarks known

THABA TSEKA
Basutoland using South African stamps up to1 December 1933

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THABAZIMBI
06.02.1933 to Republic

1   2C "Blank" 28 mm 05.06.1942
(Putzel)
03.08.1943
(Aab)
 
2   2C "Blank" 29 mm
(Putzel)
18.04.1955
(Aab)
 
3   2C "Blank" 26 mm
(Aab)
08.03.1960
(Putzel)
 

THABINA
Union to 09.06.1941
Area: Tzaneen

1   2C "Asterisk" First seen
29.03.1903
(Aab)
Union 29.03.1919
(Putzel)
 
2   1C "Blank"   Skeleton
ca. 1920

(Putzel)
   
3   1C "Blank"
Visser
Skeleton 10.03.1940
(Visser)
   

THABINA ROAD RAIL
1924? to 01.06.1925
Area: Tzaneen

1   2C "?"
Visser
30 mm 24.03.1925
(Visser)
   

THANKSGIVING CAVALCADE
01.08.1944
Temporary post office

1   2C "CAVALCADE"   01.08.1944
(Aab)
   

THE ACRES
17.05.1926 to 21.07.1947
Area: Cape Town

1   2C "Blank"   26 mm 193?
(Putzel)
   

THE BATHS
06.07.1925 to Republic
Area: West Coast

1   2C "Blank"   1925
(Visser)
03.11.1935
(Visser)
 

THE BERG
19.02.1923 to Republic
Area: Lydenburg

1   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm ??.05.1928
(Visser)
04.02.1937
(Aab)
 

THE BIG HOLE
04.11.1957 to Republic
Area: Kimberley

NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmarks known

THE BROOK
Union to Republic
Area: Carolina

1   2C "TVL" Last seen
28.07.1966
(Putzel)
11.08.1911
(Aab)
 Republic  

THEBUS (RAIL)
Union to 15.01.1923
Area: Steynsburg

1   1C "CGH" First seen:
13
.07.1894
(Frescura)
Union 05.06.1915
(Frescura)
 
2 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"     30.01.1918
(Putzel)
   
3   2C "Bars + cross"     17.06.1920(Putzel)    

THE CRAGS
1933 to Republic
Area: Plettenbergs Bay

NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmarks known

THE CREEK
1910 to 1912
Area: Barberton

NOT  RECORDED

THE CURVE
12.07.1937 to 13.12.1937
12.06.1939 to 25.02.1943
Area: Johannesburg

NOT  RECORDED

THE DOWNS
01.04.1914 to Republic
Area: Tzaneen

(1)   2C "Bars + cross"   SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date

First seen
08.08.1966
(Putzel)
     

THE DUNCAN VILLAGE
04.10.1949 to Republic
Area: East London

1   1C "THE" Skeleton 04.10.1949
(Visser)
   
2   2C "VILLAGE" Last seen
25.01.1977
(Putzel)
03.11.1949
(Aab)
Republic  

THE FOUNTAIN
Union to 01.02.1913
Area: Uitenhage

NOT  RECORDED
CGH postmarks known

THE GEM
01.10.1913 to 01.02.1954
1960 to Union
Renamed from Umtulwana
Area: Ermelo

1   2C "S.AFRICA"   Last seen
10.06.1966
(Putzel)
1930
(Visser)
Republic