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Post Offices BENADESHOF to BENSONVALE

BENADESHOF
03.10.1953 to 21.04.1958
Area: Makwassie
1   2C "Blank " New discovery 13.08.1955
(Aab)		    

BENDSTORE
27.12.1948 to Republic
Area: Duiwelskloof
1   2C "Blank "     23.08.1952
(Putzel)		    

BENGU
Union to Republic
Area: Lady Frere
1   1C "CGH"   First seen:
06.11.1897
(Frescura)		 Union 06.09.1923
(Frescura)		  
(2)   2C "Bars + cross"   First seen:
20.12.1977
(Putzel)		      

BENONI
Union to Republic
Area: City on the East Rand
1   2C "Blank" First seen
 ??.??.1901
(Aab)		 Union 15.05.1922
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "TRANSVAAL" Crosses on sides
First seen 09.04.1908
(Aab)		 Union 30.11.1915
(Aab)		  
3   2C "Blank" This seems to be a relief postmark
Not recorded by Putzel		 08.01.1913
(Aab)		    
4   2C-D "S.AFRICA"     13.08.1911
(Putzel)		    
5   1C "Blank" Skeleton 27.12.1912
(Putzel)		    
6   2C "S.AFRICA"
Visser		   ??.11.1913
(Visser)		    
7   2C "S.AFRICA" Dashes on sides 01.10.1914
(Aab)		 14.11.1925
(Aab)		  
8   2C "Bars + cross"   S.AFRICA
 above date
Z.AFRICA
below date		 22.01.1915
(Putzel)		    
9   2C-D "Bars + cross" 34mm
Bars below date		 09.02.1915
(Visser)		 02.05.1919
(Aab)		  
10   2C-D "Bars + cross"   34mm
Bars above date		 26.02.1920
(Putzel)		    
11   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		 29m 22.04.1916
(Visser)		    
12   2C "Bars + cross" 30mm 03.01.1920
(Aab)		 19.05.1921
(Putzel)		  
13   2C-D "Bars + cross"
  18.09.1928
(Aab)		 19.11.1929
(Aab)		  
14   2C-D "Bars + cross" Heavy bars 29.09.1922
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  
15   2C "Bars + cross" Heavy bars
up to name		 02.03.1923(Putzel) 1933
(Aab)		  
16   2C "Cross" First seen
03.04.1902
(Putzel)		 Union 04.02.1936(Aab)  
17   2C "Bars + cross" 26mm 20.11.1931
(Putzel)		 07.05.1931
(Putzel)		  
18   2C "Bars + cross" 28mm 22.01.1935
(Aab)		 01.06.1940
(Putzel)		  
19   2C "Bars + cross"   30mm 13.05.1921
(Putzel)		    
20   2C "Bars + cross"   30mm
Name closer
(Putzel)		    
21   2C-D "Bars + cross" 30mm 18.05.1935
(Aab)		 26.06.1936
(Aab)		  
22   2C "Bars + cross" 26mm
Round O		 15.08.1935
(Aab)		 15.05.1936
(Putzel)		  
23   2C "Bars + cross" 29mm
Oval O		 26.02.1940
(Putzel)		 08.05.1944
(Aab)		  
24   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 28.07.1943
(Visser)		    
25   2C-D "Bars + cross" 32mm 01.02.1958
(Putzel)		 06.11.1958
(Aab)		  
26   2C-D "Cross"   31mm 17.02.1947
(Putzel)		 05.05.1950
(Aab)		  
       
27   2C "Bars + cross"   03.09.1954
(Aab)		    
28   2C "Bars + cross" Gap between
N and O		 21.06.1958
(Aab)		    
29   2C "Cross"   11.02.1958
(Aab)		 09.04.1958
(Aab)		  
30   2C "3"
Paterson		 Index 3 04.12.1959
(Paterson)		    
31   2C "6" Index 6 02.05.1953
(Aab)		    
32   PARCEL  
Visser		  
(Visser)		    
33   PARCEL  
Visser		  
(Visser)		    

BENONI LOCATION
03.05.1937 to 03.04.1957
Area: East Rand
1   2C "(N-E)"
Visser		 Skeleton 15.11.1938
(Visser)		    
1   2C "(N-E)"   10.07.1943
(Aab)		 04.02.1947
(Putzel)		  
2 "N.E" 2C "Blank"       03.04.1957
(Putzel)		  

BENONI STATION
Union to 01.08.1910
renamed to Kleinfontein Station
Area: East Rand
Unknown

BENONI SOUTH (SUID)
02.12.1940 to Republic
Area: ?
1   2C "Blank" SOUTH/SUID 23.10.1950
(Putzel)		 07.04.1960
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank" SUID
Last seen 10.08.1978
(Putzel)		 20.07.1958
(Aab)		 Republic  

BENONI WEST (WES)
12.04.1954 to Republic
Area: East Rand
1   2C "Blank"   WEST 07.06.1958
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Blank" WES
Last seen 10.08.1978
(Putzel)		 ??.04.1957
(Aab)		 Republic  

BENSONVALE
Union to Republic
Area: Just south of Sterkspruit
1   1C "Blank"   First seen:
19.08.1881
(Aab)		 Union 08.07.1924
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Blank"     14.05.1952
(Putzel)		 16.01.1959
(Aab)