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Post Offices BANKSDRIFT to BARBERTON

BANKSDRIFT
18.07.1927 to 24.10.1932
Area: Taungs (Cape)
NOT RECORDED

BANKSFONTEIN
07.07.1930 to 30.06.1958
Area: Williston (Cape)
NOT RECORDED

BANTAM (STATION) (RAIL)
21.02.1927 to 05.05.1958
Area: Laingsburg (Cape)
NOT RECORDED

BANTJESLOO
30.01.1939 to Republic
Area: West Rand

1   2C "Blank"     15.03.1938
(Aab)		 23.12.1957
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Lines"     21.09.1953
(Putzel)		    

BANTJESMYN
25.10.1936 to 06.02.1939
Area: West Rand
NOT RECORDED

BANTU-BATHU
27.02.1939 to Republic
Area: Nigel (Transvaal)
Renamed from Niglel Location
1   2C "Blank"     09.11.1956
(Putzel)		    

BANYAN
31.07.1922 to Republic
Area: Louis Trichardt (Transvaal)
1   2C "Bars + cross"   28.02.1933
(Putzel)		 01.05.1961
(Putzel)		  

BANZI
13.10.1924 to 27.01.1930
Area: Transkei
Renamed to Zigudu
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   25.06.1925
(Putzel)		 11.06.192?
(Visser)		  

BAPSFONTEIN
Union to 22.12.1941
11.11.1946 to 10.08.1959
Area: Germiston (Transvaal)
1   2C "Cross" First seen: ??.12.1903 Union 09.07.1911
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "1"     27.10.1917
(Putzel)		    

BARAGWANATH
07.07.1947 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg
NOT RECORDED

BARANDAS
27.06.1960 to Republic
Area: Uniondale (Cape)
Renamed from Uniondale Road
1   2C "Blank"
 		   10.02.1961
(Putzel)		    

BARBERSPAN (STATION)
Union to Republic
Area:Louis Trichardt (Transvaal)
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"
First seen: 10.06.1905
(Hamilton)		 Union 19.03.1935
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank"   10.02.1941
(Putzel)		 06.11.1956
(Putzel)		  

BARBERTON
Union to Republic
Area: Eastern Transvaal
1   1C "Blank"   30.07.1915
(Putzel)		 07.04.1919
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Cross" First seen: 10.04.1901
(Aab)		 Union 10.06.1913
(Aab)		  
3   2C "Blank" Dots on sides 02.08.1912
(Aab)		 13.12.1929
(Aab)		  
4   2C-D "Blank" Short curved bars

New discovery		 23.08.1916
(Aab)		    
5   2C "Blank"   Broken inner ring
26mm		 10.02.1920
(Putzel)		    
6   2C "Blank"   Broken inner ring
30mm
Small N		 22.12.1924
(Putzel)		    
7   2C-D "Blank"
Broken inner ring
30mm
Tall N		 22.12.1922
(Aab)		 20.01.1937
(Aab)		  
8   1C "Blank" Skeleton 05.10.1923
(Visser)		    
9   1C "Blank" Skeleton 25.02.1929
(Aab)		 03.07.1935
(Putzel)		  
10   2C "Blank"   Broken inner ring
30mm
larger lettering		 18.05.1934
(Putzel)		 10.03.1943
(Putzel)		  
11   2C "Blank" Broken inner ring
30mm
larger and taller lettering
Roman month		 14.03.1955
(Aab)		 17.04.1957
(Aab)		  
12   2C "Blank" 26mm
Roman month		 21.10.1955
(Aab)		 23.05.1956
(Putzel)		  
13   2C "PAID BETAAL"     19.08.1955
(Putzel)		    
14   PARCEL    
(Reier)
(Visser)		  
15   PARCEL  
Visser		  
(Visser)		    

BARBERTON CAMP
 13.09.1940 to 03.04.1944
Area: Barberton
1   2C "Blank"   13.09.1940
(Putzel)		 29.04.1941
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank" Reversed "N" 14.09.1940
(Aab)		    
3   1C   Skeleton 11.10.1940
(Aab)		 02.11.1940
(Putzel)