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Post Offices BERLIN to BETHAL STATION

BERLIN
Union to Republic
Area: Village some 20km east of King William's Town
1   2C "Bar + cross" First seen:
17.06.1907
(Frescura)

2 line date		 Union 23.11.1912
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bar"   SOUTH
 above date
AFRICA
below date		 31.07.1914
(Putzel)		    
3   3C "R.T.O"   Heavy outside
circle with close
 inner circle		 09.01.1917
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Bar + cross" 1 line date 1916
(Visser)		 02.01.1934
(Aab)		  
5   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 11.05.1946
(Visser)		 29.05.1946
(Visser)		  
       
6   2C "Bar + cross"   16.10.1948
(Putzel)		 01.07.1958
(Aab)		  
7   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 19.10.1960
(Putzel)		    

BERMOLLI (BERMOLI)
01.10.1919 to 23.04.1951
Renamed from Floradale
Area: Postmasburg
1   2C "Blank"     08.11.1920
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Bar"     1924
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Blank"     04.05.1950
(Putzel)		    

BERNHARDINA
Union to 06.08.1956
Area: Reitz
1   2C "S.AFRICA"     1926
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Bar"     25.03.1931
(Putzel)		    

BERRYBANK
Union to 01.02.1915
Area: Reitz
1   1C "C.G.H."     30.11.1910
(Putzel)		    

BERTIEVALE
02.12.1927 to Republic
Area: Matatiele on the slopes of the Drakensberg
1   2C "Blank"   Last seen:
14.07.1979
(Frescura)		 20.02.1948
(Putzel)		 Republic  

BERTRAMS
1910 to 01.02.1912
Area: Johannesburg suburb
(1) "T.S.O." 2C "JOHANNESBURG" First seen: 19.07.1904
(Aab)
Last seen:
18.03.1908
(Aab)		 19.07.1904 18.03.1908  

BERTSHAM
15.08.1955 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg suburb
Unknown
Republic postmarks known

BESTERS (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Ladysmith
1   2C "NATAL" Dots on sides
First seen
 20.04.1909
(Aab)		 Union 12.03.1922
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross" Thik bar 27.03.1935
(Putzel)		    
3 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"   9 to 3 o'clock 21.12.1925
(Putzel)		    
4 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"   10 to 1 o'clock 10.03.1950
(Putzel)		    
5 "NATAL" 1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 15.01.1951
(Visser)		    
6   2C "Cross"   04.06.1952
(Putzel)		 15.12.1952
(Aab)		  

BETHAL
Union to Republic
(1)   2C "TRANSVAAL" First seen: 20.02.1909
(Aab)
Last seen:
16.12.1909
(Aab)		      
2   2C-D
Half moon		 "Asterisk"   31.01.1911
(Aab)		 10.03.1915
(Putzel)		  
3   2C-D "Bars + cross" 06.09.1915
(Aab)		    
4   2C-D "Bars + cross" 24.07.1918
(Aab)		 14.03.1921
(Aab)		  
5   2C "Blank"   03.10.1913
(Putzel)		 29.12.1919
(Aab)		  
6   1C "?"
                                      Visser		 New discovery
(Aab)		 23.06.1922
(Visser)		  
7   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   31.08.1923
(Visser)		    
8   2C "TRANSVAAL"   29.05.1935
(Putzel)		 05.03.1937
(Aab)		  
9   2C-D "Bar + cross" Thin bars 25.01.1937
(Putzel)		 02.10.1951
(Visser)		  
10   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 29.03.1940
(Visser)		    
11   2C "SOUTH AFRICA
SUID AFRIKA"		     04.10.1954
(Putzel)		    
12   2C-D "Cross"   15.07.1941
(Aab)		 17.01.1952
(Paterson)		  
13   2C "Bars + cross"   09.08.1945
(Aab)		 ??.05.1949
(Aab)		  
14   2C-D "Bars + cross" Relief? 15.11.1945
(Aab)		 23.11.1948
(Aab)		  
15   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 19.03.1951
(Putzel)		    
16   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1954
(Visser)		    
17   2C-D "Bars + cross"
Richard Monteiro		 Very short bars 04.06.1953
(Richard
Monteiro)		 25.11.1953
(Putzel)		  
18   2C "Bars + cross"   Long thin bars 01.09.1953
(Putzel)		    
19   2C "Bar"
Visser		 Relief postmark 1960
(Visser)		    
20   PARCEL "Bar"
Visser		  
(Visser)		    

BETHAL STATION (RAIL)
01.03.1917 to Republic
1   2C "Blank" BETHAL STATION 1921
(Visser)		 17.01.1935
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Bar" BETHAL/ STA
PK/PO		 19.01.1955
(Putzel)		 08.10.1957
(Aab)