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Post Offices BETHANIE to BETHLEHEM

BETHANIE
Union to Republic
Area:
Hermannsburg Mission 37 km north-east of Rustenburg

1   2C "TRANSVAAL" First seen 28.04.1903
(Aab)
Union 22.12.1913
(Aab)
 
2   2C "S.AFRICA"
Paterson
  1916
(Aab)
30.06.1923
(Paterson)
 
3   1C "Blank
Visser
  30.03.1925
(Visser)
   

BETHANY
03.12.1923 to Republic
Renamed from Bethany Village

Unknown
ORC postmarks known

BETHANY STATION (RAIL)
Renamed to Wurasoord

Union to 11.07.1949

1   2C "R O"     1925
(Putzel)
   
2 "RAIL" 1C "Blank"
Visser
  27.10.1928
(Visser)
   
3 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"
Visser
  17.08.1942
(Visser)
   

BETHANY VILLAGE
Union to 03.12.1923
Renamed to Bethany
Area: See map under Bethany

1   2C "O.R.C." First seen:
09.01.1903
(Putzel)
Union 24.11.1915
(Aab)
 
       

BETHELSDORP
01.08.1914 to 20.10.1930
21.04.1947 to 01.05.1961
20 km north-west of Port Elizabeth.

1   2C "?"
Visser
SOUTH
 above date
AFRICA
below date


(Visser)
   

BETHESDA ROAD (STATION)
Union to Republic
Area:Station between Graaff-Reinet and Middelburg servicing New Bethesda

1   1C "Blank" First seen:
30.09.1900
(Frescura)
Union 04.03.1925
(Frescura)
 
2   2C "Blank"     21.10.1929
(Putzel)
1929
(Visser)
 

BETHLEHEM
Union to Republic
Area: North eastern Free State

1   2C "Blank"   ORC removed
Wide M
07.09.1912
(Putzel)
   
2   2C "Blank" ORC removed
Narrow M
02.07.1912
(Aab)
07.09.1912
(Putzel)
 
3   2C "Bars + cross"     07.09.1912
(Putzel)
   
4   2C "Blank"     21.11.1918
(Putzel)
   
5   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 01.09.1915
(Putzel)
   
6   2C "S.AFRICA"   1914
(Visser)
17.07.1917
(Putzel)
 
7 "OFS" 1C "Blank"
Visser
Skeleton 09.11.1921
(Visser)
   
8   1C "Bar"   29.08.1922
(Putzel)
19.03.1923
(Aab)
 
9   2C "Blank"   20.11.1923
(Aab)
28.10.1925
(Putzel)
 
10   2C "Blank" Larger letters
see the E's
 
02.03.1926
(Aab)
   
11   2C-D "Blank"   28mm 23.02.1929
(Putzel)
   
12   2C "Blank"   07.02.1928
(Aab)
21.07.1930
(Putzel)
 
13   2C "Blank?" wide M
(Visser)
   
14   2C-D "Blank" 31mm 27.01.1934
(Aab)
16.06.1934
(Aab)
 
15   2C-D "Bar"      
(Putzel)
 
16   2C-D "Line"   04.03.1936
(Putzel)
11.12.1936
(Aab)
 
17   2C "Blank" 26mm 25.07.1939
(Aab)
??.08.1952
(Putzel)
 
18   2C-D "Blank"   29mm 30.12.1949
(Putzel)
   
19   1C "5 NMPM"   Skeleton 1946
(Putzel)
   
20   2C-D "Blank"   31mm 21.08.1957
(Putzel)
   
21   2C "Blank"   28mm
9 to 3 o"clock
22.09.1958
(Putzel)
   
22   2C "Blank" 25mm
10 to 2 o"clock
19.12.1951
(Putzel)
13.03.1953
(Putzel)
 
23   2C "Blank" 30mm
10 to 2 o"clock
12.07.1959
(Putzel)
23.03.1961
(Aab)
 
24   2C "Blank"
Visser
31mm 23.12.1959
(Visser)
   
25   2C-D "Blank"   32mm 10.04.1960
(Putzel)
   
26   2C "S.AFRIKA-S.AFRICA"   1d bulk mail 29.07.1958
(Putzel)
   
27   PARCEL  
Visser
 
(Visser)
   

BETHLEHEM LOCATION (LOKASIE)
26.01.1931 to Republic

1   2C "LOCATION"     14.05.1947
(Putzel)
   
2   2C "Blank"   LOKASIE 03.07.1954
(Putzel)
17.10.1955
(Putzel)
 

BETHLEHEM RAIL
27.08.1928 to 19.01.1931

Unknown