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Post Offices VERDWAALVLAKTE to VINKEKUIL

VERDWAALVLAKTE
01.12.1919 to 03.02.1935
Area: Vryburg

1   2C "Blank"
Visser
  01.02.1932
(Visser)
   

VEREENIGING
Union to Republic
Area: Vereeniging

1   2C "Blank" First seen
24.11.1900
(Aab)
Union 1948
(Putzel)
 
2   2C-D "Asterisk" First seen
03.08.1904
(Aab)
Union 24.10.1911
(Putzel)
 
3   1C "Blank"
Visser
Skeleton 19.05.1913
(Visser)
   
4   1C "Blank" Skeleton 27.01.1913
(Visser)
01.04.1913
(Aab)
 
5   2C-D "S.AFRICA"   07.09.1914
(Aab)
24.09.1919
(Aab)
 
6   2C-D "Blank"   29 mm
Large lettering
30.01.1925
(Putzel)
   
7   2C-D "Blank"   30 mm
Smaller lettering
12.01.1927
(Putzel)
   
8   2C-D "Blank" 33 mm
(Putzel)
19.07.1934
(Aab)
 
9   1C "Blank" Skeleton 11.10.1930
(Aab)
28.01.1931
(Putzel)
 
10   2C-D "Bar"   33 mm
Thick bar
24.07.1931
(Putzel)
   
11   2C "Blank"   26 mm
Smaller lettering

(Putzel)
   
12   2C "Blank" 30 mm
Larger lettering
Wide V
V above date
10.03.1942
(Putzel)
25.06.1946
(Aab)
 
13   2C "Blank"   29 mm
V level with date

(Putzel)
   
14   2C "Blank"   29 mm
Name below date
1948
(Putzel)
   
15   2C "Blank"   29 mm
Smaller lettering
Narrow V
V above date
21.10.1938
(Putzel)
   
16   2C-D "Blank"   29 mm 14.07.1958
(Putzel)
   
17   2C "Blank"   26 mm
Narrow V
09.04.1954
(Putzel)
   
18   2C "Blank" 26 mm
Wide V
1947
(Visser)
06.11.1958
(Aab)
 
19   2C "Bar"   Relief 1959
(Putzel)
   
20   2C "2"   Index 2 14.02.1955
(Putzel)
   
21   2C "3"
Visser
Index 3
(Visser)
   
22   2C "4"   Index 4
Last seen
1965
(Putzel)
06.09.1956
(Putzel)
Republic  
23   2C "5"   Index 5 21.04.1953
(Putzel)
   
24   2C-D "7"   Index 7 21.08.1952
(Putzel)
   
25   2C "G.B.A. 8 R.L.S."     02.02.1959
(Putzel)
   
26   PARCEL  
Visser
 
(Visser)
   
27   PARCEL    
(Aab)

(Visser)
 

VEREENIGING LOCATION
06.05.1929 to 21.11.1960
Area: Vereeniging

1 "LOCATION" 2C "Blank"     ??.06.1935
(Putzel)
   
2   2C "LOC/LOK"     03.04.1957
(Putzel)
   
3 "/LO" 2C "Blank"     03.09.1959
(Putzel)
   

VEREKRAAL
1953 to 03.01.1955
Area: Sreytlerville

NOT  RECORDED

VERENA
1935 to Republic
Area: Bronkhorstspruit

1   2C "Bars + cross"   Last seen
24.09.1970
(Putzel)
08.07.1958
(Putzel)
Republic  

VERGELEE
12.01.1948 to Republic
Renamed from Kerkplaas
Area: Vryburg

NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmarks known

VERGENOEGD
01.07.1911 to 02.12.1946
Renamed from Rietvlei (Fraserburg)
Area: Fraserburg

1   2C "Bars + cross"   29 mm 1923
(Putzel)
   

VERGESIG
06.10.1947 to 27.06.1949
Area: Prince Albert

NOT  RECORDED

VERGEZICHT
Union to 22.01.1923
Area: Hoopstad

1 "S.O." 2C "O.R.C.??" First seen
20.12.1905
(Putzel)

ORC possibly removed?

Union 1914
(Aab)
 

VERKEERDEVLEI
Union to Republic
Area: Winburg

1   2C "S.AFRICA"     05.01.1928
(Aab)

(Putzel)
 
       
2   1C "3 7"
Visser
Skeleton 16.02.1937
(Visser)
   
3   2C "Blank" 26 mm 03.02.1951
(Aab)
28.08.1952
(Putzel)
 
4   1C "Blank"
Visser
Skeleton 09.12.1960
(Visser)
   

VERREKIJKERSKOP (VERKYKERSKOP)
Union to Republic
Area: Harrismith

1   2C "S.AFRICA" Spelt KIJK 1938
(Aab)

(Putzel)
 
2   2C "Blank" Spelt KYK 15.03.1947
(Putzel)
   
3   1C "Blank"
Visser
Spelt KYK

Skeleton
13.10.1949
(Visser)
   

VERLATEHOOP
24.05.1937 to 04.03.1957
Area: Bakly West

1   2C "Blank"
Visser
25 mm 1940
(Visser)
   

VERLIEF
17.08.1931 to 04.09.1933
20.01.1935 to 31.07.1950
Renamed from Bastkloof
Area: Soekmekaar

1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser
28 mm
Thin bars

(Putzel)
18.04.1947(Visser)  

VERLORE(N) RIVER
08.05.1912 to 25.09.1950
Area: Willowmore

1   2C "Bars + cross" 25 mm 08.05.1912
(Putzel)
1915
(Aab)
 

VERMAAKLIKHEID
Union to Republic
Area: Riversdale

1   1C "CGH" First seen:
19.05.1902
(Putzel)
Union 1932
(Frescura)
 
2   2C "Blank" 26 mm 31.07.1935
(Aab)
04.08.1950
(Putzel)
 

VERMAAS
01.06.1912 to Republic
Renamed from Uitschot
Area: Coligny

1   2C "S.AFRICA"   21.01.1913
(Aab)
09.06.1920
(Aab)
 
2   2C "Cross" 30 mm 1948
(Aab)
30.01.1956
(Putzel)
 

VERMONT
01.11.1926 to Republic
Area: Lydenburg

1   2C "Bars + cross"   Last seen
15.08.1977
(Putzel)
1939
(Putzel)
Republic  

VERNEUKPAN
20.08.1923 to Republic
Area: Calvinia

1   2C "Blank"   Last seen
17.08.1978
(Putzel)
12.09.1950
(Putzel)
Republic  

VERNEUKPAN (SPEED WAY) (VPN)
08.02.1929 to 26.04.1929
Special postmark for speedway
Area: Calvinia

1   1C "Blank"   Skeleton
Verneukpan
one word
Speed Way
08.02.1929
(Putzel)
   
2   1C "SPEED"   Skeleton
Verneuk pan
two words
Speed Way
09.02.1929
(Putzel)
   
3   1C "V P N" Skeleton 26.04.1929
(Aab)
26.04.1929
(Putzel)
 

VERPLIG
27.08.1928 to Republic
Area: Vryburg

NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmarks known

VERSKRAAL
02.02.1925 to 02.06.1947
Area: Jansenville

NOT  RECORDED

VERSTER RAIL (STATION)
1921 to Republic
Area: Hutchinson

1   1C "Blank"
Edriek
Skeleton 01.09.1933
(Edriek)
1936
(Putzel)
 
2   1C "Blank"     1933
(Putzel)
1936
(Putzel)
 
3 "/STA" 2C "Blank"     29.12.1947
(Putzel)
   

VERULAM
Union to Republic
Area: 31 km north of Durban

1   2C "NATAL" Bars on sides

First seen
27.06.1905
(Aab)
Union 22.01.1920
(Aab)
 
2   2C "Bars + cross" 29 mm
Thinner bars
up to Verulam
14.09.1912
(Aab)
19.08.1918
(Putzel)
 
3   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm
Thick bars
gap to Verulam
Wide R
21.07.1925
(Putzel)
06.04.1937
(Aab)
 
4   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm
Thick bars
gap to Verulam
Narrow R

(Putzel)
28.08.1927
(Aab)
 
5   PARCEL     Name between
3 bars

(Putzel)
   

VETDAM
20.05.1957 to 10.04.1961
Area: Theunissen

1   2C "Cross"     15.08.1957
(Putzel)
   

VETFONTEIN
27.12.1922 to Republic
Area: Messina

1   2C "Blank"     1959
(Putzel)
   

VETPAN
1928 to 1931
Area: Ventersdorp

NOT  RECORDED

VET RIVER (VETRIVIER)
Union to Republic
Area: Winburg

1   2C "Blank" Vet River

First seen
23.11.1909
(Aab)
Union 20.07.1920
(Putzel)
 
2   2C "Blank"   Vetrivier 10.09.1938
(Putzel)
   

VETSPRUIT
21.05.1928 to 28.12.1936
Renamed to Toggekry
Area: Vryheid

1   2C "Blank"   26 mm
(Putzel)
   

VHUFULI
20.06.1956 to Republic
Area: Louis Trichardt

1   2C "Cross"     20.06.1956
(Putzel)
   

VICTOR
Union to 16.03.1953
Area: Boshof

1   2C "Blank" ORC removed 28.07.1912
(Aab)
03.08.1915
(Putzel)
 

VICTORIA ROAD
Union to 1926
Area: Pietermaritzburg

1   2C "NATAL"   Bars on sides
(Putzel)
   

VICTORIA WEST
Union to Republic
Area: ?

1   SQC "CGH" First seen:
28.04.1896
(Frescura)
Union  27.08.1924
(Frescura)
 
2   2C "Bars + cross" 8 to 4 o'clock
First seen:
08.07.1909
(Aab)
Union 11.12.1913
(Frescura)
 
3   1C "Blank"
Visser
Skeleton 28.09.1917
(Visser)
   
4   2C "Blank"   31 mm 08.11.1918
(Putzel)
   
5   2C "Bar" 26 mm
Heavy bar
18.12.1917
(Aab)
16.02.1932
(Putzel)
 
6   2C "Blank" 26 mm 27.01.1932
(Aab)
03.11.1933(Aab)  
7   1C "Blank"   Skeleton ??.12.1936
(Putzel)
   
8 "-WES" 1C "Blank" Last seen
14.08.1978
(Putzel)
23.06.1939
(Aab)
Republic  

VICTORY FAIR
25.11.1944 to 02.12.1944
Area: Johannesburg

1   1C "JOBG" Skeleton
(Putzel)
02.12.1944
(Aab)
 

VIEDGESVILLE
Union to Republic
Area: Transkei

1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
04.04.1909
(Frescura)
Union 07.03.1913
(Aab)
 
 
2   2C "Blank" Last seen
24.09.1977
(Putzel)
26.10.1931
(Aab)
Republic  

VIER-EN-TWINTIG RIVIERE
18.07.1955 to Republic
Area: Vaalwater

NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmarks known

VIERFONTEIN (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Kroonstad

1   2C "S.AFRICA" Dashes between
Name and
South Africa
19.03.1913
(Putzel)
   
2   2C "S.AFRICA" No dashes between
Name and
South Africa
29.10.1934
(Putzel)
31.03.1937
(Aab)
 
3   2C "Blank"   26 mm 29.12.1953
(Putzel)
   

VIERHOEK
01.05.1918 to 01.02.1919
Area: Unknown Transvaal

NOT  RECORDED

VIJFHOEK
01.01.1912 to 24.08.1913
01.07.1920 to Republic
Area: Potchefstroom

1   2C "TRANSVAAL" 27 mm 24.08.1913
(Aab)
11.01.1956
(Aab
 

VILJOENSDRIF(T)
Union to Republic
Area: Vereeniging

1   2C "Blank" ORC removed 19.12.1910
(Aab)
1921
(Putzel)
 
2   2C "Blank" 26 mm
With T
26.03.1930
(Aab)
03.05.1938
(Putzel)
 
3   2C "Blank"
Visser
Skeleton 09.09.1932
(Visser)
   
4   2C "Blank"
Visser
26 mm
With T
Name ends
below date
06.03.1942
(Visser)
   
5   2C "Blank"   28 mm
Without T
Last seen
1979
(Putzel)
05.03.1957
(Putzel)
Republic  
6   2C "Blank"   26 mm
Without T

(Putzel)
   

VILJOENSHOF
01.03.1912 to 21.02.1927
03.04.1928 to Republic
Area: Bredarsdorp

1   2C "S.AFRICA"     18.08.1953
(Putzel)
   

VILJOENSKROON
02.08.1921 to Republic
Area: Kroonstad

1   2C "Blank"   26 mm 27.08.1928
(Putzel)
   
2   1C "32" Skeleton 08.09.1932
(Putzel)

(Aab)
 
3   2C "Blank" 31 mm 1934
(Aab)
25.06.1935
(Putzel)
 
4   2C "Blank" 29 mm
Square O
09.12.1947
(Aab)
23.12.1952
(Putzel)
 
5   2C "Blank"   30 mm
Oval O
01.04.1953
(Putzel)
22.07.1953
(Aab)
 
       
6   2C "Blank" Name ends
below date

Last seen
16.08.1978
31.12.1954
(Aab)
Republic  
7   2C "Blank" Name level
with date

Last seen
02.04.1975
26.10.1931
(Aab)
Republic  

VILJOENS POST (VILJOENSPOS)
1911 to Republic
Area: Utrecht

1   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 02.03.1916
(Putzel)
   
2   2C "NATAL"   26 mm
Bars on sides

(Putzel)
   
3   2C "Bar"   28 mm
Heavy bar
24.07.1922
(Putzel)
   

VILLA NORA
01.12.1910 to Republic
Area: Potgietersrus

1   2C "TRANSVAAL"
Chris vd Spuy
Last seen
14.08.1978
22.06.1949(Chris vd Spuy) Republic  

VILLIERA
Union to 01.05.1920
05.12.1921 to 18.09.1926
03.02.1947 to Republic
Area: Pretoria

1   2C "Blank" First seen
14.05.1907
(Aab)

(Putzel)
Republic  

VILLIERS
Union to Republic
Area: Northern Free State on the Vaal River

1   2C "Blank"   ORC removed 15.11.1911
(Aab)
09.03.1920
(Putzel)
 
       
2   2C "S.AFRICA"    
(Putzel)
   
3   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1934
(Putzel)
   
4   2C "Blank"   29 mm 03.11.1938
(Putzel)
   
5   1C "Blank"
Visser
Skeleton 06.10.1945
(Visser)
   
6   2C "Blank"   28 mm
10 to 2 o'çlock
17.09.1957
(Putzel)
   
7   2C "Blank"   29 mm
9 to 3 o'çlock
06.02.1959
(Putzel)
   

VILLIERSDORP
Union to Republic

1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
13.10.1905
(Aab)
Union 24.11.1922
(Aab)
 
2   1C "Blank"
Visser
Skeleton 17.03.1924
(Visser)
   
3   2C "Blank" 26 mm 10.02.1930
(Putzel)
02.05.1931
(Aab)
 
4   2C "Blank" 26 mm 02.05.1944
(Aab)
12.09.1953
(Putzel)
 

VILMID
25.08.1947 to Republic
Area: Bloemfontein

NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmarks known

VINCENT
08.06.1936 to Republic
Area: East London

1   2C "Blank" 29 mm

Last seen
09.03.1978

?2.10.1942
(Putzel)
Republic  
2   2C "Blank" 29 mm

Last seen
14.06.1975

02.05.1960
(Aab)
Republic  

VINEYARD
01.05.1919 to 29.10.1956
Area: Aliwal North

1   2C "Bar"   26 mm ??.12.1922
(Putzel)
   
2   2C "Blank" 30 mm 1941
(Visser)
14.05.1948
(Putzel)
 

VINIES
01.12.1919 to Republic
Area: Ladybrand

1   1C "Bar"   26 mm
(Putzel)
   
2   2C "Blank"   27 mm
(Putzel)
   

VINKEKUIL
Union to 01.11.1913
Area: Sutherland

NOT  RECORDED