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BELGROVE
Union to 01.02.1917
Area: Near Stutterheim
1   2C "S.AFRICA"     ??.08.1943
(Putzel)		    
2   1C "Blank" Small single circle
First seen:
14.09.1904		 Union (Putzel)  
3   1C "Blank"   Large single circle   (Putzel)  

BELL
Union to Republic
Area: Near Keiskammahoek
1   1C "Blank" First seen: 05.07.1889
(Frescura)		 Union 23.08.1912
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Bar + cross"     07.12.1915
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Bar + cross" Last seen: 24.09.1962
(Putzel)		 18.12.1944
(Aab)		 Republic  

BELLAIR
Union to Republic
Area: Durban suburb
1   2C "NATAL" First seen 02.04.1907
(Kasntey)		 Union 06.01.1914
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Bar + cross"   25.02.1925
(Aab)		 24.03.1938
(Aab)		  
3   2C "Bar + cross"   13.05.1946
(Aab)		 02.06.1954
(Putzel)		  
4   1C "Blank"
Visser		   1949?
(Visser)		    

BELLAIR STATION
1913 to 1927
Area: Durban suburb
Unknown

BELLEVUE (SIDING)
Union to 26.09.1955
Siding Union to 911
Bellevue 1911 to 1913
Siding 1913 to 30.09.1934
Bellevue 30.09.1934 to 26.09.1955
Area:

1   1C "CGH " First seen: 17.12.1892
(Frescura)		 Union  14.08.1912
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "S.AFRICA "   24.01.1914
(Aab)		 01.10.1932
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "CAPE - KAAP "   1937
(Visser)		    

BELLEVUE JOHANNESBURG
Union to 01.06.1911
Area: Johannesburg
1 "TSO" 2C "JOHANNESBURG" First seen
27.11.1909
(Aab)		 Union 06.06.1910  

BELLGROVE
01.02.1917 to 25.01.1954
Area:  Near Stutterheim
1   2C "Blank "   (Putzel) 11.03.1947
(Aab)		  

BELLSBANK (CAPE)
18.11.1935 to 23.01.1956
30.03.1959 to 08.06.1959
Area: Diamond mine near Kimberley
Unknown

BELLSBANK (Transvaal)
19.10.1925 to 01.05.1933
Renamed from Spelonken
Renamed to Gevonden
Area: Louis Trichardt
1   2C "Blank "
Visser		   02.11.1925
(Putzel)		 28.03.1939
(Visser)		  

BELLUM
12.01.1925 to 04.11.1940
Area: Fauresmith
1   2C "Bars + cross "     (Putzel)    

BELLVILLE
Union to Republic
Area: Near Cape Town
1   2C "Bars + cross " First seen: 26.12.1904
(Frescura)		 Union 03.05.1915
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank "   31mm ??.10.1916
(Putzel)		 09.03.1934
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Blank " 25mm 15.08.1924
(Paterson)		 14.09.1925
(Aab)		  
4   1C "Blank "   Skeleton 26.12.1929
(Putzel)		    
5   1C "Blank "
Visser		 Skeleton ??.05.1935
(Visser)		    
6   2C "Blank "
28mm 
Wide V		 22.05.1935
(Putzel)		 15.10.1935
(Aab)		  
7   2C "Blank "
26mm 		 14.08.1952
(Aab)		 14.10.1954
(Aab)		  
8   2C "Blank "
26mm 		 29.03.1942
(Putzel)		 23.04.1954
(Aab)		  

BELLVILLE SOUTH
25.06.1928 to 05.05.1930
Area: Cape Town suburb
Unknown

BELMONT
Union to Republic
Area: Between Hopetown and Kimberley
The battle of Belmont was fought here in 1899
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
28.05.1900
(Aab)		 Union 12.12.1913
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross " S. AFRICA 
above date
ZAFRIKA
below date		 14.06.1935
(Aab)		 30.10.1936
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross "     28.08.1938
(Putzel)		 28.08.1938
(Putzel)		  
(4)   2C "Cross "   First seen: 10.12.1963
(Putzel)
Last seen: 15.10.1973
(Putzel)		      

BELVIDERE
Union to 08.12.1954
Area: Knysna
1   1C "Blank"       15.04.1951
(Putzel)