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Post Offices VORENTOE to VYVERSUS

VORENTOE
06.08.1928 to Republic
Area: Brits
Postal agent
1   2C "Blank" 26 mm 16.02.1934
(Aab)		 14.08.1943
(Aab)		  

VORSTERSHOOP
04.08.1952 to Republic
Area: Vryburg
Postal agent
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

VOSBURG
Union to Republic

Post office
1   1C "Blank" First seen:
20.04.1903
(Frescura)		 Union 19.04.1922
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm 24.08.1925
(Aab)		 01.04.1933
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Cross"   30 mm 01.08.1951
(Putzel)		    

VOSSMAN'S BEACON
01.04.1913 to 20.07.1953
Renamed to Warburton
Area: Breyton
Postal agent
Post office 1949
1   2C "Blank"   29 mm 13.08.1923
(Putzel)		    

VREDE
Union to Republic

Post office
1   2C "Blank"   ORC removed

New discovery		 23.02.1911
(Aab)		    
       
2 "P.O." 2C "Blank" ORC removed 08.01.1911
(Putzel)		 01.06.1911
(Aab)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross" 31 mm

Narrow bottom of R
Top of R wide		 02.06.1923
(Aab)		 18.10.1924
(Aab)		  
4   2C "Bars + cross" 30 mm

Wide bottom of R
Top of R narrow		 24.12.1932
(Aab)		 07.03.1936
(Putzel)		  
5   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1934
(Putzel)		    
6   2C "Bars + cross"   29 mm

Thin bars		 15.08.1936
(Putzel)		    
7   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1937
(Putzel)		    
8   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm

Thin bars		 28.09.1941
(Aab)		 27.05.1942
(Putzel)		  
9   2C "Cross" 30 mm

10 to 2 o'clock
wide cross		 01.11.1946
(Aab)		 29.05.1951
(Putzel)		  
10   2C "Cross"   29 mm

Open cross		 20.04.1956
(Putzel)		    
11   2C "Bar"   Type 3 relief
Modern relief
Thin bars		 14.03.1956
(Putzel)		    
12   PARCEL    
(Putzel)		    

VREDEDORP
Union to Republic
Area: Johannesburg
Post office
1   1C "BO" Skeleton

New discovery

 03.04.1913
(Aab)		    
2 "B.O." 2C "TRANSVAAL"     1914
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "JOHANNESBURG"   S.AFRICA
above date
Z.AFRIKA
below date		 11.04.1931
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "JOHANNESBURG"   26 mm 11.06.1936
(Putzel)		    
5   2C "JOHANNESBURG"   31 mm 21.03.1953
(Putzel)		    

VREDEFORT
Union to Republic

Post office
1   2C "Blank" ORC removed 18.09.1911
(Aab)		 30.12.1913
(Aab)		  
2   1C "Blank"
Visser		   1920?
(Visser)		    
3   1C "Blank"
Visser		   1926?
(Visser)		    
4   2C "Blank"   S.AFRICA
above date
Z.AFRIKA
below date		 1927
(Putzel)		    
5   2C "Blank" 25 mm 15.06.1931
(Putzel)		 18.07.1941
(Aab)		  
6   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1935
(Visser)		    
7   2C "Bar" Thin bar 25.07.1939
(Aab)		 16.04.1955
(Putzel)		  
8   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1960
(Visser)		    
9   2C "Blank"   30 mm 20.10.1960
(Putzel)		    

VREDENBURG
Union to Republic
Area: West Coast
Post office
1   BONC "141"   First seen:
14.03.1901
(Aab)		 Union   Union
(Aab)		  
2   1C "Blank" First seen:
04.01.1884
(Frescura)		 Union 19.09.1921
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Blank" 26 mm 04.12.1922
(Aab)		 28.041931
(Aab)		  
4   1C "Blank" Skeleton 10.05.1949
(Aab)		 25.05.1949
(Visser)		  
5   2C "Blank"   26 mm
Wider letters		      

VREDENDAL
01.12.1916 to Republic
CGH post office existed
Area: West Coast
1   2C "Blank" 26 mm
9:00 to 3:00 o"clock
(Putzel)		 25.05.1928
(Aab)		  
2   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1931
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Blank" 26 mm
8:30 to 3:30 o"clock		 31.01.1945
(Aab)		 28.04.1950
(Putzel)		  
4   2C "Blank" 29 mm
10 to 2 o"clock		 1952
(Aab)		 28.04.1958
(Putzel)		  

VREDERUS
1951 to 1955
Area: ?
NOT  RECORDED

VREYHEIDSKAVALKADE
25.03.1944 to 01.04.1944
Area: Cape town
1   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 25.03.1944
(Putzel)		    

VREYSRUS
25.10.1926 to Republic
Area: Pietersburg
1   2C "Blank"   27 mm
(Putzel)		    

VRIESPOORT
01.02.1918 to 19.12.1923
(CGH postal agent 1897 to 1900)
Area: Graaff-Reinet
NOT  RECORDED

VRIJHEID
Union to 28.02.1930
Renamed to Vryheid
1   2C-D "Asterisk" Wide J 07.06.1911
(Aab)		 28.02.1930
(Putzel)		  
2   2C-D "Asterisk" Narrow J
looks more like a dot		 ??.10.1921
(Aab)		 15.11.1926
(Putzel)		  

VROEGGEDEEL
18.08.1947 to 29.10.1951
Area: Postmasburg
1   2C "Blank"   27 mm 21.05.1948
(Putzel)		    

VROEGKOUD
1947 to 06.07.1959
Area: Lydenburg
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		 26 mm 18.12.1959
(Visser)		    

VROUWENSPAN
01.09.1917 to 01.08.1929
Area: Upington
NOT  RECORDED

VRYBURG
Union to Republic
1   1C "BB" First seen:
17.04.1893
(Frescura)


Used in Br. Bech. before		 Union 17.10.1913
(Frescura)		  
2   1C "CGH" Typeface: Tall rounded
First seen:
14.08.1897
(Frescura)		 Union 27.07.1912
(Frescura)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
28.05.1904
(Aab)		 Union 20.09.1911
(Putzel)		  
4   1C "Blank"
Visser		   10.04.1912
(Visser)		    
5   2C "S.AFRICA"   29.09.1913
(Aab)		 24.08.1922
(Putzel)		  
6   2C-D "Bars + cross"   31 mm
(Putzel)		    
7   2C "Bars + cross" 29 mm 07.10.1921
(Putzel)		 27.01.1925
(Aab)		  
8   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm 01.05.1931
(Putzel)		 04.05.1931
(Aab)		  
9   2C "Bars + cross"   26 mm
Smaller lettering than
number 8		 1934
(Putzel)		    
10   2C "Bars + cross"   28 mm
Medium bars 		31.01.1931
(Putzel)		    
11   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm
Thin bars 		16.04.1938
(Putzel)		 26.07.194?
(Aab)		  
12   2C "Bars + cross" 30 mm
Thick bars 		27.05.1937
(Aab)		 12.03.1943
(Putzel)		  
13   1C "Blank"   Skeleton
ca. 1935
(Putzel)		    
14   2C "Bars + cross"   30 mm
Short bars
(Putzel)		    
15   2C "Bars + cross"   29 mm
Thin bars
Gap between bars
and cross		 06.01.1955
(Putzel)		    
16   2C-D "Cross"   29 mm 1942
(Putzel)		    
17   2C-D "Bars + cross" 29 mm
Short thin bars		 05.05.1948
(Putzel)		 17.07.1958
(Aab)		  
18   2C "Cross"   26 mm 28.07.1950
(Putzel)		    
19   2C "Cross"   34 mm 03.12.1958
(Putzel)		    
20   PARCEL    
(Aab)		    

VRYBURG LOCATION
02.11.1942 to Republic
NOT  RECORDED

VRYBURG STATION
Union to 17.07.1922
1   1C "Dot" First seen:
12.12.1891
(Putzel)		 Union 04.07.1913
(Frescura)		  

VRYHEID
23.10.1910 to 06.06.1911
29.02.1930 to Republic
Also see Vrijheid
1   2C "NATAL" Bars on sides

First seen
23.12.1905
(Aab)		 Union 23.10.1910
(Putzel)		  
2   2C-D "Bars + cross"   28 mm 09.02.1934
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm

Thin lines
Gap between
lines and cross
(Putzel)		 07.01.1935
(Aab)		  
4   2C-D "Bars + cross" 28 mm

Thin lines
Shorter bars		 15.09.1934
(Putzel)		 12.05.1937
(Aab)		  
5   2C "Bars + cross"   26 mm 04.06.1949
(Putzel)		    
6   2C "Bars + cross"   28 mm

Thin bars		 17.11.1960
(Putzel)		    
7   2C "4"   Index 4 05.06.1959
(Putzel)		    
8   PARCEL    
(Aab)		    
9   PARCEL  
Visser		  
(Visser)		    
10   PARCEL  
Visser		  
(Visser)		    

VRYWILLIG
18.09.1939 to Republic
Area: Vryburg
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		   22.06.1943
(Visser)		    

VULINDELA
15.06.1950 to 11.02.1952
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Blank"     16.04.1951
(Putzel)		    

VUMINDABA
13.12.1956 to Republic
Area: Transkei
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

VYANDSVLEI
01.08.1914 to Republic
Area: Heilbron
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		 SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 13.05.1919
(Visser)		    

VYEBOOM (VYGEBOOM)
 01.01.1912 to Republic
Area: Villiersdorp
1   2C "S.AFRICA"   VYGEBOOM 23.10.1929
(Putzel)		    

VYFHOEK
01.01.1912 to Republic
Area: Potchefstroom
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"     1915
(Putzel)		 27.07.1923
(Putzel)		  

VYVERSRUS(T)
16.07.1923 to Republic
Area: Ladismith, Cape
1   2C "Blank"   Last seen
03.07.1973
(Putzel)		 28.01.1952
(Putzel)		  Republic