Postal History of
the Union of South Africa

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Post Offices AIRLEY to ALCOCKSPRUIT

AIRLEY
01.12.1914 to 01.06.1920
06.12.1920 to 17.03.1924

14.04.1924 to 14.12.1936
Area: Cape Town

1   1C "Blank"          
2 "CAPE" 1C "Blank"     01.08.1934
(Putzel)
   

AIRLIE RAIL (STATION)
Union to Republic
Area: Machadodorp (Tvl)

1   1C "TVL" First seen
25.09.1907
(Reier)
Union 11.11.1910
(Visser)
 
2 "RAIL" 1C "Blank"   01.08.1918
(Putzel)

(Aab)
 
3   2C "Bar"     22.08.1931
(Putzel)
   
4 "STA" 2C "Blank"     24.08.1955
(Putzel)
   

AKASIA PARK
18.01.1960
to Republic
Area: Cape Town
Renamed from Sassar

Not recorded

AKKERHOF
05.05.1952 to
Republic
Area: Pretoria

1   2C "Blank" 09 to 03 o'clock
Last seen 13.03.1975
04.09.1954 Republic  

ALABAMA
1915 to Unknown
Area: Klerksdorp

1   2C "Bars + cross" Not reported by Putzel

SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date

??.05.1915
(Aab)
   

ALBERT FALLS RAIL (STATION)
Union to Republic

Area: Pietermaritzburg

1   2C "Blank"     27.11.1930
(Putzel)
16.06.1934
(Putzel)
 
2 "STA" 2C "Blank" Month in Roman numbers
Last seen 18.02.1964
11.06.1952
(Putzel)
Republic  

ALBERTINIA
Union to Republic

Area: Riversdale (Cape)

1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
26.11.1905
Union 19.08.1913
(Aab)
 
2   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 22.11.1916
(Putzel)
   
3   2C "Blank" Small postmark 04.06.1920
(Paterson)
19.05.1931
(Putzel)
 
4   2C "Blank" Larger postmark 09.12.1931
(Putzel)
30.11.1949
(Putzel)
 
5   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 19.12.1939
(Putzel)
   
6   2C "Blank" 9 to 3 o'clock 23.05.1951
(Putzel)
??.??.1955
(Aab)
 
7   1C "Blank" Skeleton

New discovery
1955
(Aab)
   

ALBERT STATION
Union  to 01.12.1911
TO until 1927
Area: Burghersdorp (Cape)

1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser
  22.07.1912
(Visser)
   

ALBERTON
Union to
Republic
Area: Johannesburg

1   2C "TRANSVAAL" Asterisks on sides
First seen 15.08.1907
Union  03.05.1929
(Aab)
 
       
2   2C "TRANSVAAL" No markings on sides 08.07.1943
(Aab)
06.11.1952
(Aab)
 
       
3   2C "Blank" Elongated "O" 14.02.1946
(Aab)
   
       
4   2C "Blank" Oval "O" 02.05.1950
(Aab)
31.05.1960
(Aab)
 
5   2C "BETAALD-PAID"     ??.??.1961
(Putzel)
   

ALBERT PARK
17.04.1950 to Republic

Area: Johannesburg

1   2C "Blank"     02.02.1956
(Putzel)
   

ALBERT ROAD SALT RIVER (ALBERTWEG S(Z)OUTRIVIER)
13.09.1937 to Republic

Area: Cape Town
Renamed from Malta Road

1   2C "Blank" Bilingual
Spelt ZOUT
27.03.1939
(Putzel)
   
2   2C "Blank"   Bilingual
Spelt SOUT
21.05.1945
(Putzel)
   
3   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 19.07.1959
(Putzel)
   

ALBERTSHOEK
29.07.1935 to Republic

Area: Schweizer Reneke (Tvl)

1   2C "Blank"     03.07.1937
(Putzel)
   

ALBERTSPOS
19.10.1925 to 11.03.1929
29.07.1929 to 19.07.1939

Area: Dewetsdorp (OFS)

1   2C "Blank"     27.09.1930
(Putzel)
   

ALCOCKSPRUIT (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Newcastle (Natal)

1   2C "NATAL" First seen: 10.05.1910 Union 14.01.1930
(Putzel)
 
2   2C "R.O."   20.01.1919
(Visser)
   
3   2C "Blank"   12.07.1944
(Aab)
13.02.1959
(Putzel)