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WITTEBOME
10.09.1936 to Union
Renamed from Main Road Wynberg
Area: Cape Town
1   2C "Blank"   10.12.1942
(Aab)		    
2   2C-D "Blank"   1944
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  
3   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 08.05.1946
(Visser)		    

WITTEDRIFT
Union to Republic
Area: Knysna
1   1C "Blank" First seen:
22.03.1898
(Aab)		 Union 22.07.1925
(Aab)		  
2   1C "Dot"     20.07.1911
(Frescura)		 10.04.1923
(Frescura)		  
3   2C "Bar"     05.08.1942
(Putzel)		 1952
(Visser)		  

WITTEDUIN
 22.02.1926 to 21.04.1930
Area: Sprinbok
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		   ?0.09.1929
(Visser)		    

WITTE-ELS-BOSCH
Union to 1952
Renamed to Witelsbos
Area: Humansdorp
1   1C "CGH"   15.08.1915
(Frescura)		 08.07.1924
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Blank"
Visser		   ??.08.1937
(Visser)		    

WITTEKLIP
Union to 23.01.1922
1928 to Republic
Area: Port Elizabeth
1   2C "Bars + cross"   First seen:
06.07.1908
(Frescura)		 Union 14.03.1911
(Frescura)		  

WITTENBERG
Union toRepublic (Closed 1964)
Area:Piet Retief
1   2C "TRANSVAAL" First seen
23.03.1906
(Aab)		 Union 1924
(Visser)		  
       

WITTEVLEI
29.07.1929 to 22.01.1934
Renamed from Witwater (Douglas)
Area: Douglas
NOT  RECORDED

WITTEWATER (WITWATER)
Union to Republic
Area: Piketberg
NOT  RECORDED
CGH and Republic postmarks known

WITTONVALE
29.10.1928 to 05.07.1943
Area: Soekmekaar
1   2C "Blank"     1929
(Putzel)		    

WITWATER - Douglas -
20.07.1925 to 29.07.1929
Renamed to Wittevlei
NOT  RECORDED

WOFA
03.08.1959 to Republic
Area: Transkei
NOT  RECORDED

WOLFHUIS
Union to Republic (Closed 1965)
Area: West Coast
1   2C "C.G.H"
Visser		   17.07.1911
(Visser)		 04.11.1911
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Blank"
Visser		   27.06.1956
(Visser)		    

WOLHUTER
01.09.1913 to 01.03.1914
Area: Johannesburg
NOT  RECORDED

WOLHUTERSKOP
Union to Republic
Area: Rustenburg
1   2C "S.AFRICA"     23.02.1920
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Blanc"    
(Putzel)		    

WOLHUTERSKOP RAIL
09.01.1922 to 16.03.1936
Renamed to Reddingshoop
Area: Rustenburg
1   2C "Blanc"
Visser		   1930
(Visser)		 08.03.1931
(Visser)		  

WOLKBERG
29.11.1937 to 24.09.1951
09.03.1953 to Republic
Area: Pietersburg
NOT  RECORDED

WOLLOK
06.04.1953 to 07.10.1957
Area: Wolmaransstad
1   2C "Blanc"  
(Putzel)		    

WOLMARANSSTAD
Union to Republic
Area: Western Transvaal
1   2C-D "TRANSVAAL" First seen
10.08.1908
(Aab)		 Union 03.06.1921
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "TRANSVAAL"   05.02.1911
(Aab)		 07.08.1911
(Aab)		  
3   2C-D "TRANSVAAL" Smaller lettering
Bigger head to R		 1923
(Putzel)		 05.07.1934
(Aab)		  
4   2C "Blank" 27 mm 31.10.1936
(Aab)		 21.12.1936
(Putzel)		  
5   2C-D "TRANSVAAL"   Taller lettering
 		 12.05.1945
(Putzel)		    
6   2C "Blank"   31 mm 20.12.1955
(Putzel)		    
7   2C-D "Blank"
Visser		 31 mm 04.02.1955
(Visser)		    

WOLSELEY
01.05.1912 to Republic

Area: Worcester
1   2C "S.AFRICA" * 08.10.1914
(Aab)		 01.09.1933
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank"   30.12.1937
(Aab)		 02.07.1941
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Blank" Last seen
19.10.1977
(Putzel)		 30.12.1937
(Aab)		 Republic  
4   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 31.07.1944
(Visser)		    
5   1C "Blank" Skeleton  27.06.1950
(Aab)		 18.07.1950
(Putzel)		  
6   2C "Blank" Last seen
06.04.1976
(Putzel)		 14.05.1956
(Aab)		 Republic  

WOLTEMADE (RAIL) (STATION)
01.08.1918 to Republic
Area: Cape Town
1 RAIL 2C "Bar"     30.05.1924
(Putzel)		    
2 /STA 2C "Blank"     06.07.1945
(Putzel)		    

WOLVEDANS
01.09.1916 to 02.04.1945
Area: Sutherland
NOT  RECORDED

WOLVEFONTEIN (RAIL)
Union to 26.12.1938
Renamed to Wolwefontein
Area: Uitenhage
1   1C "STATION" Name top and bottom

Last seen:
10.05.1880
(Frescura)		 Union 10.06.1914
(Frescura)		  
2 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"  
(Putzel)		 194?
(Aab)		  

WOLVEHOEK (RAIL)
Union to 18.07.1929
renamed to Wolwehoek
Area: Heilbron
1   2C "Blank"    
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Blank"     25.06.1925
(Putzel)		    

WOLVEKLOOF
Union to 27.07.1929
Area: Dordrecht
2   1C "CGH"   First seen:
23.03.1901
(Frescura)		 Union 12.04.1920
(Frescura)		  

WOLVENSPRUIT
Union to 1952
Renamed to Wolwespruit
Area: Boshof
1   BONC "51" Allocated
Unknown
(After 1909)

Withdrawn
Union		 Union    
2   2C "S.AFRICA"   1914(Visser) 20.01.1918(Visser)  
3   2C "Bars + cross"    
(Putzel)		    

WOLVEVLEI
Union to 05.11.1937
Area: Cradock
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   1912
(Visser)		    

WOLWEFONTEIN (RAIL)
10.03.1924 to Republic
Renamed from Wolvefontein
Area: Uitenhage
NOT  RECORDED

WOLWE(N)HOEK
18.07.1929 to Republic
Renamed from Wolvehoek
Area:Heilbron
1   2C "Blank"   23.04.1931
(Aab)		 194?
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank"   WOLWENHOEK 11.01.1956
(Putzel)		    

WOLWEKOP
30.11.1925 to 07.03.1949
Area: Victoria West
NOT  RECORDED

WOLWESPRUIT
1952 to Republic
Area: Bloemfontein
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

WONDERBOOM (RAIL)
Union to 1913
Area: Pretoria
1   2C "PRETORIA"   Union 17.06.1912
(Aab)		  

WONDEREBOOM-SUID
25.06.1945 to Republic
Area: Pretoria
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmarks known

WONDERFONTEIN (RAIL) - Middelburg -
Union to Republic
Area: Middelburg
1 "MIDDELBURG" 2C "Asterisk"   09.04.1912
(Putzel)		 05.04.1914
(Aab)		  
2   2C "R.O."   01.12.1915
(Aab)		 17.07.1920
(Aab)		  
3   2C "Bar"
Visser		   26.07.1919
(Visser)		    
4   2C "Bar"   29.04.1926
(Putzel)		 30.05.1933
(Aab)		  

WONDERHEUWEL
11.03.1935 to Union
Area: Vredefort
NOT  RECORDED

WONDERKOP STATION (RAIL)
01.11.1917 to Republic
Area: Rustenburg
1 "RAIL" 2C "Bar"     192?
(Putzel)		    
2 "/STA" 2C "Blank"   1957
(Aab)		    

WONDERMERE
1910 to Republic
Area: Zeerust
1   2C "Blank"    
(Putzel)		    

WONDERMINE
01.11.1910 to 01.12.1910
Area: Vryheid
NOT  RECORDED

WOODBROOK
11.09.1933 to 30.10.1955
Renamed to Greenfields
Area: East London
1   2C "Blank"     1940
(Putzel)		    
2   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 23.06.1950
(Putzel)		    

WOODCLIFFE
01.10.1913 to 19.10.1936
Area: Pearston
NOT  RECORDED

WOODSIDE
Union to 01.01.1912
Area: Harrismith
1 S.O. 2C "Blank"
Visser		   04.11.1910
(Visser)		    

WOODSTOCK
Union to Republic
Area: Cape Town
1   1C "Blank"     16.08.1910
(Putzel)		 24.08.1910
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
03.02.1903
(Frescura)		 Union 19.09.1911
(Frescura)		  
3   2C "S.AFRICA"
Visser		 Skeleton 25.02.1913
(Visser)		    
4   2C "S.AFRICA"   20.10.1913
(Aab)		 1918
(Visser)		  
5   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1919
(Visser)		    
6   2C "Bar"     22.10.1920
(Putzel)		    
7   2C "Blank" 31 mm 29.11.1920
(Aab)		 13.03.1922
(Putzel)		  
8   2C "Blank"   30 mm
Name above date		 1927
(Visser)		 19.05.1945
(Putzel)		  
9   2C "Blank"
29 mm 21.05.1941
(Aab)		 31.12.1945
(Aab)		  
10   PARCEL    
(Visser)		    
11   PARCEL    
(Visser)		    

WOODSTOCK STATION
Union to 01.10.1914
Area: Cape Town
1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
27.11.1906
(Frescura)		 Union 23.10.1913
(Frescura)		  

WOODVILLE
Union to Republic
Area: George
NOT  RECORDED
Republic postmark known

WOODY GLEN
04.08.1958 to 08.08.1960
Area: Pietermaritzburg
NOT  RECORDED

WOOLDRIDGE
Union to 01.08.1917
19.03.1928 to Union
Area: King Williams Town
1   2C "Dot" First seen:
10.03.1906
(Frescura)		 Union 25.12.1916
(Frescura)		  

WOOL EXCHANGE
1923 to 15.11.1954
Area: Durban
1   2C "DURBAN"   19.08.1944
(Aab)		    
2 "DURBAN" 1C "50"     22.12.1950
(Putzel)		    
3 "WOLBEURS" 2C "DURBAN"
Visser		   23.02.1954
(Aab)		 19.07.1954
(Visser)