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Post Offices BIRNHAM PARK to BLAAUWKOP

BIRNAM PARK
19.03.1956 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg
Unknown
Republic postmarks recorded

BIRTHDAY
01.03.1914 to 01.10.1914
Renamed to Ellerton
Area: Louis Trichardt
Unknown

BISHOPSGATE
16.06.1958 to Republic
Renamed from Broad Street Durban
Area: Durban
1   2C "Blank"     22.10.1958
(Putzel)		    

BISI
1952 or 1953 to Republic
Area: South of Umzimkulu
Unknown
Republic postmarks recorded

BISLEY JOHANNESBURG
19.03.1911
17.03.1912
Area: Johannesburg
Unknown
Transvaal postmarks recorded

BITTERFONTEIN (RAIL)
16.05.1927 to Republic
Area:North of Nuwerus
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		   ??.10.1927
(Visser)		 02.05.1928
(Visser)		  
2   2C "Blank"   25.02.1932
(Aab)		 14.01.1935
(Putzel)		  
3   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 25.12.1935
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Blank" 8 to 4 o'clock 30.10.1938
(Aab)		 30.03.1953
(Putzel)		  
5   2C "N"     21.05.1956
(Putzel)		    
6   2C "Blank"   9:30 to 2:30 o'clock 02.07.1958
(Putzel)		    

BITTERPLAAT
Union to 1919
Area: Dordrecht
1   1C "CGH"   First seen:
??.??.1900
(Frescura)		 ??.??.1900 ??.??.1919
(Putzel)		  

BITTERPUTS
31.08.1925 to 30.08.1954
Area: North of Kakamas
1   2C "Blank"   15.03.1928
(Putzel)		 15.08.1940
(Aab)		  

BITYI (RAIL) (STATION)
01.02.1916 to Republic
Area: Umtata
1   2C "Blank"   04.05.1917
(Putzel)		 24.08.1926
(Aab)		  
2 "/STA" 2C "Blank" STATION
New discovery		 1937
(Visser)		 23.01.1946
(Aab)		  
3   2C "Blank"   RAIL removed 08.09.1950
(Putzel)
 		  

BIYELA
01.06.1920 to 13.03.1922
Area: Mkuze
Unknown

BIZANA
Union to Republic
Wini Mandela and Oliver Tambo were from here
Area: Eastern Transkei
1   1C "C.G.H." First seen:
12.04.1898
(Frescura)		 Union 20.03.1916
(Aab)		  
2   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 1921
(Visser)		    
3   2C "Bars + cross"   22.11.1917
(Aab)		 07.03.1944
(Aab)		  

BLAAUWATER
01.11.1920 to 17.02.1936
Area: Middelburg Cape
1   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 1925
(Visser)		    

BLAAUWBANK (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to 15.07.1940
Renamed Sterkaar Station
Area: De Aar
1   2C "S.AFRICA"   12.10.1931
(Aab)		 1932
(Visser)		  

BLAAUWBERG - Transvaal -
Union to about 1952
Renamed to Blouberg
Area: North of Pietersburg
1   2C "TVL" First seen
1908
(Visser)		 Union 1943
(Visser)		  
       

BLAAUWBERG STRAND
25.08.1924 to about 1953
Renamed Bloubergstrand
Area: ?
1   2C "Blank"   15.10.1931
(Aab)		    

BLAAUWBOSCHFONTEIN (BLAUWBOSCHFONTEIN)
01.11.1910 to 28.12.1925
Area: ?
1   2C "O.F.S."    Name   with 1 X "A" 19.04.1913
(Putzel)		 22.01.1920
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank"    Name   with 2 X "A" 21.06.1919
(Putzel)		    

BLAAUWBOSCHKUIL
01.08.1913 to 01.11.1919
Renamed Radium
Area: Warmbaths
1   2C "S.AFRICA"     26.12.1914
(Putzel)		    

BLAAUWHAK
19.05.1924 to about 1953
Renamed Blouhak
Area: Pietersburg
1   2C "Blank"   20.12.1927
(Visser)
(Aab)		  

BLAAUWKOP
01.06.1916 to about 1953
Renamed Bloukop
Area: Morgenzon
1   2C "Blank"   16.08.1916(Aab) 30.09.1923(Putzel)