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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