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Post Offices ARBORETUM to ASHTON

ARBORETUM
21.06.1948 to Republic
Area: Bloemfontein
1   2C "Blank" 29mm 21.06.1948
(Aab)		 05.06.1956
(Putzel)		  
       

ARCADIA
 01.10.1915 to Republic
Area: Pretoria
1 "PRETORIA" 2C "Blank"   25.08.1925
(Aab)		 ??.06.1943
(Aab)		  
2 "PRETORIA" 2C "Blank" Last seen: 10.08.1978
(Putzel)		 09.10.1946
(Putzel)		 Union  
       
(3)   2C "PRETORIA"   First seen: 18.12.1963
(Putzel)		      

ARDEER
22.08.1927 to 19.05.1930
Area: Pretoria
1   2C "?"
Visser		   1929
(Visser)		    

ARDENTINNY
Union to 01.07.1912
Area: Lake Chrissie (Transvaal)
1   2C "?"   07.12.1910
(Visser)		 30.11.1911
(Aab)		  

ARDMORE
23.05.1927 to 23.02.1931
Area: Middelburg (Transvaal)
NOT RECORDED

ARGENT (RAIL) (STATION)
Union to Republic
Area: Germiston (Transvaal)
1   2C "R.O"   Spelt Argent 13.11.1917
(Putzel)		    
2   1C "Bar" Spelt Argent Rail 02.09.1920
(Putzel)
(Aab)		  
3   2C "Bar" Spelt Argent Rail ??.08.1933
(Aab)		 13.02.1936
(Aab)		  
4   2C "Blank"   Spelt Argent Rail 16.01.1925
(Putzel)		    
5 "STA" 1C "xxxx"
Visser		 Skeleton 22.03.1943
(Visser)		    
6 "/STA" 2C "Blank" Spelt Argent / Sta 03.12.1955
(Putzel)		 ??.10.1956
(Aab)		  

ARIESFONTEIN
05.10.1936 to Republic
Area: Kimberley (Cape)
1   2C "Blank"     14.10.19?0
(Aab)		  
       

ARISTON
Union to 01.01.1917
Area: Klerksdorp
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"
Visser		 First seen
23.12.1909
(Johan Bezuidenhout)		 Union 11.05.1914
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"     11.05.1914
(Putzel)		    

ARKOL
13.07.1936 to 28.08.1937
Area: Petrusburg (OFS)
NOT RECORDED  

ARLINGTON
04.03.1929 to Republic
Area: Senekal (OFS)
renamed from Lindley Road
1   2C "Blank"
Large postmark 09.02.1940
(Aab)		 10.02.1956
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank" Small postmark
Round "O"		 08.09.1931
(Aab)		 16.01.1950
(Aab)		  
3   1C "?"
Visser		 Skeleton 16.11.1942
(Visser)		    

ARMINEL
26.08.1935 to 13.09.1954
Area: Alice (Cape)
Renamed to Hogsback
1   2C "Bars + cross"   28.10.1949
(Aab)		 03.01.1954
(Putzel)		  
2   1C "PO, PK"   Skeleton   11.05.1954
(Putzel)		  

ARMMANSVRIEND
01.08.1916 to Republic
Area: Hankey (Cape)
1   2C "Blank"     27.08.1932
(Putzel)		    

ARMOED
Union to 03.03.1947
Area: Oudtshoorn (Cape)
Renamed to Volmoed
1   2C "Bar + cross" First seen: 21.02.1902 Union 29.07.1927
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Bar + cross"   Shorter bars   03.01.1946
(Putzel)		  

ARNOLDTON (RAIL)
01.08.1914 to Republic
Area: East London (Cape)
Renamed from Brabant Rail
1   2C "Blank" South Africa in centre
Arnoldton Rail		 01.11.1918
(Putzel)		 02.11.1949
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank"   South Africa in centre
Arnoldton		   11.10.1954
(Putzel)		  

ARNOT
22.08.1912 to Republic
Area: Middleburg (Transvaal)
1   2C "S.AFRICA"   22.08.1912
(Putzel)		 15.01.1951
(Putzel)		  
2   1C "S.A." Skeleton ??.02.1952
(Aab)		 ??.05.1954
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross"   12.01.1955
(Aab)		 Republic  

ARUNDEL (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Naauwpoort (Cape)
1   1C CGH First seen: 03.12.1900 Union 11.11.1913  
2   2C "Bars + cross"   02.02.1914
(Aab)		    
3   2C "Bars + cross"   24.02.1914
(Aab)		    
4   2C "Bars + cross" South Africa in centre 23.05.1931
(Putzel)		 14.06.1935
(Aab)		  

ASABEKA
29.10.1923 to 05.05.1924
Area: Zululand
1   2C "?"
Visser		   (Visser)    

ASBESTOS
27.06.1921 to 18.08.1924
Area: Beaufort West (Cape)
NOT RECORDED  

ASCENT
 01.05.1912 to Republic
Area: Vrede (OFS)
1   2C "S.AFRICA"   14.10.1914
(Hamilton)		 19.10.1930
(Putzel)		  
       
2   2C "Bars + cross"   04.11.1942
(Aab)
(Aab)		  

ASHBURTON RAIL (STATION)
01.03.1919 to Republic
Area: Pietermaritzburg
1   2C "Bar"     15.09.1931
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Blank"   Station 15.09.1931
(Putzel)		    

ASHTON
 Union to Republic
Area: Robertson (Cape)
1   BONC "658"   First seen: 1887 Union 02.08.1912  
2   1C "Blank" First seen: 24.01.1905 Union 26.11.1913  
3   2C "Blank"
Paterson		 South Africa in centre 25.03.1918
(Paterson)		 01.10.1923
(Putzel)		  
4   2C "Blank"   South Africa in centre  removed 14.01.1935
(Putzel)		 05.06.1936
(Putzel)		  
5   1C "Blank" Skeleton 20.07.1936
(Putzel)		 12.08.194?
(Aab)		  
6   2C "Bars + cross"   01.06.1943
(Aab)		 30.07.1947
(Aab)		  
7   1C "Blank"
Visser		   14.06.1946
(Visser)		    
8   2C "Bars + cross"   04.07.1955
(Aab)		    
9   2C "Bars + cross"   24.11.1958
(Putzel)
(Aab)		  

ASHTON RAIL (STATION)
Union to 17.10.1927
Area: Robertson (Cape)
NOT RECORDED