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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)