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UMHLALI
Union to Republic
Area: Stanger
1   1C "NATAL" First seen:
14.07.1885
(Aab)		 Union 15.07.1910
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank"   10.04.1914
(Putzel)		 29.08.1921
(Aab)		  
3   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 1935
(Visser)		    
4   2C "Bars + cross"
Chris van der Spuy		 Shorter lines
26 mm		 30.01.1945
(C. Vd Spuy)		 ??.08.1953
(Putzel)		  
5   2C "Bars + cross" Thin lines
30 mm		 03.12.1945
(Aab)		 24.03.1953
(Putzel)		  
6   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 09.04.1955
(Putzel)		    

UMHLANGA BEACH (ROCKS)
07.04.1930 to Republic
Area: Durban
1   2C "Blank"   BEACH
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Blank"   ROCKS
31 mm
(Putzel)		    
3   1C "5   2"
Visser		 ROCKS
Skeleton		 11.11.1952
(Visser)		    
4   2C "Blank"   ROCKS
26 mm		 30.09.1954
(Putzel)		    

UMHLANGENI
Union to 01.12.1911
Area: Port Shepstone
NOT  RECORDED
Natal postmarks known

UMHLATUZI (UMHLATUZE)
01.03.1911 to 01.09.1912
01.10.1918 to 1953
Renamed to Mhlatuze
Area: Zululand
1   2C "Bar"   Heavy bar 194?
(Putzel)		    

UMHLUNGWA
Union to 01.01.1912
Area: Alexander Junction
NOT  RECORDED

UMKABELA
22.07.1935 to 02.11.1942
Area: Pietermaritzburg
1   2C "Blank"   29 mm 1937
(Putzel)		    

UMKOMAAS
01.12.1911 to Republic
renamed from Lower Umkomaas
Area: 47km south of Durban
1   2C "S.AFRICA"   09.01.1913
(Putzel)		 18.08.1916
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 02.07.1914
(Aab)		 16.07.1915
(Aab)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross" Number 2
with South Africa
 removed		 08.01.1916
(Aab)		 23.12.1918
(Putzel)		  
4   2C "Bars + cross" 31 mm 1929
(Putzel)		 14.01.1944
(Aab)		  
5   2C "Blank" 26 mm

Last seen
14.07.1964
(Putzel)		 02.12.1953
(Aab)		  Republic  

UMKUZI
31.08.1925 to 19.07.1926
Renamed to Mkuzi
Area: Zululand
NOT  RECORDED

UMLAAS ROAD (UMLAASWEG) (STATION)
Union to Republic
Area: Pietermaritzburg
1   1C "NATAL" First seen
25.11.1907
(Aab)		 Union 27.12.1911
(Aab)		  
2   2C "NATAL" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 27.05.1921
(Aab)		 20.10.1940
(Aab)		  
3   1 "Blank"

Visser

 Skeleton 02.07.1954
(Visser)		    
4   2C "Blank" UMLAASWEG 03.07.1955
(Aab)		    

UMNGA FLATS
1952 to Republic
Renamed from Umga Flats
Area: Maclear
NOT  RECORDED

UMGAZANA
1955 to Republic
Area: Transkei
NOT  RECORDED

UMNGAZI MOUTH
05.12.1955 to Republic
Area: Transkei
NOT  RECORDED

UMSINDUZI
02.03.1925 to 05.05.1925
Renamed to Mkambati
Area: Natal South Coast
NOT  RECORDED

UMSINGA
Union to 14.12.1925
Renamed to Pomeroy
Area: Dundee
1   2C "NATAL" Asterisks on sides

First seen:
22.02.1909
(Aab)		 Union ??.11.1925
(Putzel)		  
2   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 28.12.1925
(Putzel)		    

UMSINSINI
October 1910 to 1952
Renamed to Msinsini
Area:Natal South Coast
1   2C "NATAL"  
(Aab)		    

UMSUNDUZI
01.03.1912 to 01.04.1913
Renamed to Umfolozi
Area: Zululand
1   2C "S.AFRICA"     03.04.1912
(Putzel)		    

UMTAMVUNA
Union to 1952
Renamed to Mtamvuna
Area: Kokstad
1   2C "NATAL"
Dots on sides

First seen
17.02.1899
(Putzel)		 Union 11.01.1911
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank"
Visser		   01.04.1943
(Visser)		    

UMTATA
Union to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   SQC "CGH" First seen:
21.04.1899		 Union 12.08.1912
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross" Type 3

Normal"U"
4 types reported
See CGH listing		 Union 05.02.1912
(Frescura)		  
3   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 1913
(Visser)		    
4   2C "Bars + cross"   29 mm 22.11.1918
(Putzel)		    
5   2C "S.AFRICA" 29 mm 28.05.1916
(Aab)		 04.12.1926
(Putzel)		  
6   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		 27 mm
Bar ending
below date
(Putzel)		 01.07.1933
(Visser)		  
7   2C "Bars + cross"   26 mm
Compact lettering
10 to 2 o'clock
(Putzel)		    
8   2C "Bars + cross"   26 mm
Heavy bars
Ending in middle
of date
 		 22.01.1932
(Putzel)		    
9   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm
Heavy bars
Ending above
date and angled
 		 01.04.1935
(Aab)		 25.10.1946
(Aab)		  
10   2C "Bars + cross"
28 mm
Thin bars
 		 25.10.1946
(Aab)		 31.10.1956
(Aab)		  
11   2C "Bars + cross"   26 mm
Thin bars		 09.02.1959
(Putzel)		    
12   2C "2"   28 mm
Index 2		 31.12.1955
(Putzel		    
13   2C "3"   29 mm
Index 3		 02.05.1956
(Putzel		    
14   2C "Bars + B"   30 mm 29.05.1936
(Putzel		    
15 "R.L.S." 2C "2" 30 mm
Index 2 RLS		 03.09.1954
(Aab		 12.11.1958
(Putzel		  
16   PARCEL    
(Visser		    

UMTENTWENI
17.07.1922 to Republic
Area: Natal South Coast
1   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 18.09.1937
(Visser		    
2   2C "Blank" 26 mm
Last seen
27.06.1973
(Putzel)		 194?
(Aab		 Republic  

UMTULWANA
Union to 01.10.1913
Renamed to The Gem
Area: Ermelo
NOT  RECORDED
Transvaal postmark known

UMTWALUMI (RAIL)
Union to 1952
Renamed to Wilder Valley
Area: Natal South Coast
1 "RAIL" 1C "NATAL" First seen:
27.02.1901
(Aab)		 Union 23.03.1912
(Aab)		  
2 "RAIL" 1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 27.06.1922
(Visser)		 1925
(Visser		  
3 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"   1930
(Putzel)		 28.06.1932
(Aab)		  
4   2C "Blank"   RAIL removed 02.06.1952
(Putzel)		    
5   2C "Bas + cross"  
(Visser)		    

UMVOTI LOCATION
21.11.1938 to Republic
Area: Greytown
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

UMVOTI POORT
Union to 14.09.1931
Area: Greytown
1   2C "Bars + cross"   25 mm
(Putzel)		    

UMVUNYANA
Union to 01.10.1914
25.06.1923 to 1952
Renamed to Mvunyana
Area: Vryheid
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		 25 mm 23.03.1950
(Visser)		    

UMZIMKULU
1911 to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
08.06.1909
(Putzel)		 Union 01.08.1921
(Frescura)		  
2   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 11.08.1921
(Visser)		    
3   1C "Blank"    
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Blank" Smaller lettering 31.03.1939
(C.van Spuy)		 25.09.1950
(Putzel)		  
5   2C "Blank"   Larger lettering 20.09.1954
(Putzel)		    
6   2C "2"   Index 2 08.02.1961
(Putzel)		    

UMZINTO
Union to Republic
Area: Natal South Coast
1   2C "NATAL" Inner circle
not visible 1915		 03.01.1911
(Aab)		 16.01.1915
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"   26 mm
Thick bars		 08.10.1938
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Bars + cross" 29 mm
Thin bars
Last seen
1978
(Putzel)		 06.12.1940
(Aab)		 Republic  

UMZINTO RAIL (STATION)
Union to Republic
Area: Natal South Coast
1   1C "NATAL" First seen:
25.08.1905
(Aab)		 Union 1928
(Visser)		  
2   2C "Bar"   1934
(Putzel)		 13.04.1943
(Aab)		  
3 "STA. P.O." 2C "Blank" Last seen
05.04.1975
(Putzel)		 28.11.1958
(Aab)		 Republic  

UMZUMBE (UMZUMBI) (RAIL)
Union to 01.02.1913
1916 to Republic
Renamed to Morrisons (1913)
Area: Natal South Coast
1 "RAIL" 2C "NATAL"     08.06.1918
(Putzel)		    
2 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"     30.08.1922
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "NATAL"   27.11.1925
(Aab)		 1936
(Aab)		  
4   2C "Bars + cross"     1937
(Putzel)
(Aab)		  
       
5   2C "Blank"   1942
(Putzel)		 11.07.1957
(Aab)		  

UNDEEN
Union to 01.04.1913
Area: Ixopo
1   2C "NATAL"    
(Putzel)		    

UNDERBERG
01.10.1911 to Republic
(a previous Natal post office existed)
Area: Drakensberg Resort village
1   2C "Bars + cross"     1935
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Bars" Thin lines 25.07.1942
(Putzel)		 28.04.1947
(Aab)		  
3   2C "Blank"     31.12.1954
(Putzel)		    

UNGOYE
01.04.1913 to 1914
Renamed from Ongeye
Area: Zululand
1   2C "S.AFRICA"
Visser		   ??.02.1914
(Visser)		    

UNIFIED
28.08.1939 to Republic
Area: West Rand
1   2C "Bars + cross"   31.10.1941
(Aab)		 28.10.1943
(Aab)		  

UNION BRIDGE
Union to 01.08.1910
Area: Pietermaritzburg
NOT  RECORDED
Natal postmark known

UNION BUILDINGS
01.10.1913 to Republic
Area: Pretoria
1 "PRETORIA" 2C "S.AFRICA"     09.11.1914
(Putzel)		    
2   2C-D "PRETORIA
S.AFRICA"		     09.12.1914
(Putzel)		    
3   2C-D "UNIE GEBOUW PRETORIA" 29 mm 04.11.1915
(Aab)		 29.0.1917
(Aab)		  
4   2C-D "UNIE GEBOUW PRETORIA"   31 mm
Year after time		 29.03.1921
(Putzel)		    
5 "UNIE GEBOUW" 2C-D "PRETORIA"   34 mm 26.06.1921
(Putzel)		    
6   1C "PTR"
Visser		 Skeleton 1922
(Visser)		    
7   2C-D "UNIE GEBOUW PRETORIA"   32 mm 28.07.1926
(Putzel)		    
8 "UNIE GEBOUW" 2C "PRETORIA"   31 mm 12.06.1926
(Putzel)		    
9 "UNIE GEBOUW" 2C "PRETORIA"   31 mm
Dot before and
after Pretoria		 18.07.1928
(Putzel)		    
10 "UNIE GEBOUW" 1C "Blank"   Skeleton ??.11.1940
(Putzel)		    
11 "UNIE GEBOUW" 2C "PRETORIA"   28 mm 14.01.1942
(Putzel)		    
12 "UNIE GEBOUW" 2C-D "PRETORIA"   29 mm
Afrikaans and
English on top		 21.04.1937
(Aab)		 26.04.1948
(Putzel)		  
       
13 "UNIE GEBOUW" 2C "PRETORIA"   28 mm 21.04.1961
(Putzel)		    

UNIONDALE
Union to Republic
1   1C "CAPE COLONY" First seen:
16.01.1876
(Aab)		 Union 19.03.1912
(Frescura)		  
2   1C "Blank" Name 9 to 2:30 o'clock
22 mm

First seen:
23.09.1903		 Union 07.02.1912
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "S.AFRICA" Tall lettering (N) 15.07.1913
(Aab)		 20.12.1923
(Aab)		  
4   2C "S.AFRICA" Shorter lettering (N)
Not recorded by Putzel		 09.01.1932
(Aab)		 23.08.1944
(Aab)		  
5   2C "Blank" Wide first N
Not recorded by Putzel		 27.07.1935
(Aab)		 11.10.1935
(Aab)		  
6   2C "Blank"   Narrow first N
26 mm		 30.11.1955
(Aab)		    
7   2C "Blank"   28 mm 13.09.1957
(Aab)		    
8   2C "Bar"   Relief Type 2 1960
(Visser)		    

UNIONDALE ROAD (RAIL)
Union to 27.06.1960
Renamed to Barandas
Area: Uniondale
1 "R.O." 2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
10.02.1910
(Frescura)		 Union 13.05.1924
(Frescura)		  
2 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"  
(Putzel)		 14.12.1938
(Aab)		  

UNION SALTPAN
1919 to 27.02.1922
Area: Kimberley
NOT  RECORDED

UNITAS PARK
06.12.1937 to 27.02.1950
Area: Vereeniging
2   2C "Blank"
Visser		   18.02.1938
(Visser)		    

UNTUNJAMBILI
Union to 1952
Renamed to Ntunjambili
Area: Kranskop
1   2C "NATAL"   16.02.1911
(Aab)		    
2   2C "NATAL"
Visser		  
(Visser)