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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)