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Post Offices BOTHA to BOYNE

BOTHA
26.05.1952 to Republic
Renamed from Bothas Halt
Area: Worcester

1   1C "Cross"
Visser
    17.07.1959
(Visser)
 

BOTHASBAKEN
19.11.1928 to 15.05.1939
Area: Somerset East

Not recorded

BOTHASBERG
08.09.1924 to 02.08.1948
Area: Middelburg, Transvaal

Not recorded

BOTHAS HALT
Union to 26.05.1952
Renamed to Botha
Area: Worcester

1   1C "Blank"     14.04.1939
(Putzel)
   
2   2C "Blank"     29.01.1950
(Putzel)
   

BOTHA'S HILL (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Pinetown

1   2C "Blank"   Bothas Hill one word 1947
(Putzel)
   
2   1C "Blank"
Visser
Skeleton
 
20.09.1954
(
Visser)
   
3   2C "Blank"   Bothas Hill two word 29.08.1958
(Putzel)
06.10.1958
(Putzel)
 
4   1C "Blank"   Skeleton
(Putzel)
   

BOTHA'S PASS
Union to Republic
Area: Newcastle

1   2C Natal First seen
??.??.1904
Union 16.05.1935
(Visser)
 
2   2C "Blank"     05.01.1957
(Putzel)
   

BOTHA'S RIDGE
01.06.1925 to 03.03.1947
Area: Grahamstown

Not recorded

BOTHAVILLE
Union to Republic

1   2C "Blank"
(Visser)
ORC removed 04.07.1910
(Visser)

 
 
2   2C "Blank"   17.02.1912
(Aab)
01.04.1935
(Putzel)
 
3   1C "Blank"   14.12.1920
(Putzel)
21.04.1924
(Putzel)
 
4   2C "Blank" 25mm
Round "O"
Tall V
Narrow H
16.10.1935
(Putzel)
23.10.1945
(Aab)
 
5   2C "Blank" 28mm
Round "O"
Narrow V
Wide H
11.10.1953
(Aab)
07.11.1956
(Putzel)
 
6   2C "Blank"   25mm
Square "O"

Last seen:
31.08.1990
(Putzel)
1958
(Putzel)
Republic  

BOTHITHONG
1953 to Republic
Area: Taung

Not recorded
Republic postmarks known

BOTHSABELO
Union to 01.03.1917
Area: Mission station near Middelberg

1   2C "TRANSVAAL" First seen: 27.05.1910
(Aab)
Union 21.09.1915
(Putzel)
 

BOT RIVER (BOTRIVIER)
Union to Republic

1   2C "Bar + cross" First seen: 30.09.1905
(Frescura)
Union 11.04.1922
(Putzel)
 
2   2C "Blank" Bot River 21.11.1926
(Putzel)
19.04.1928
(Aab)
 
3   1C "Blank"   Bot Rivier

Skeleton
05.05.1936
(Putzel)
   
4   2C "Blank"   24.01.1935
(Putzel)
30.08.1950
(Putzel)
 
5   1C "Blank"   Bot Rivier

Skeleton
04.09.1951
(Putzel)
   
6   2C "Blank"   29mm 25.08.1954
(Putzel)
   
7   1C "Blank"
Visser
Bot Rivier

Skeleton
23.06.1955
(Visser)
   

BOTTELARY
29.10.1928 to 10.02.1930
Area: East of Cape Town near Kuilsrivier

Not recorded

BOTTERKLOOF
30.04.1953 to Republic
Area: Riversdale

1   2C "Blank"
Chris vd Spuy
Last seen
18.10.1978
(Putzel)

New discovery
in Union
15.02.1961
(Chris
vd Spuy)
Republic  

BOTTERSLEEGTE
Union to 21.08.1949
Area: Carnarvon

1   1C "Dot"       01.06.1915
(Putzel)
 
2   1C "CGH"   First seen: 1
9.02.1900
(Frescura)
  25.10.1927
(Frescura)
 

BOURKE
11.12.1957 to 01.12.1958
Renamed from Pankop
Area: ?

Not recorded

BOURKETON
10.06.1955 to Republic
Area: OFS goldfields

1   2C "1"   26.11.1955
(Putzel)

(Aab)
 
2   2C "2"     28.07.1955
(Putzel)
09.03.1956
(Putzel)
 

BOUVET ISLAND
First landing 30.01.1955 to February 1955
Temporary post office
Area: 200 km south of Cape Town

1   BOXED     01.01.1955
(Aab)
   

BOVENLANGVLEI
Union to about 1953
Renamed to Bo-Langvlei
Area: Clanwilliam

1   2C "Bars + cross"   South Africa above and below date
Late usage after renaming?
02.10.1953
(Putzel)
Republic  

BOVEN ONGELUK
01.02.1918 to 01.12.1930
Area: ?

1   2C "Bar"     12.10.1929
(Putzel)
   

BOVENPLAATS
Union to 12.01.1945
Renamed Boplaas
Area: Caledon

1   1C "CGH" First seen: 07.06.1900
(Frescura)
Union 04.01.1940
(Frescura)
 
2   1C "Blank"   CGH removed 02.01.1940
(Putzel)
   

BOVEN VALLEI
Union to 1953
Renamed Bovlei
Area: Paarl

1   BONC "1051"   First seen:
14.11.1900
(Frescura)
Union 24.12.1912
(Frescura)
 
2   1C "CGH" First seen:
07.06.1900

(Frescura)
Union 14.06.1935
(Putzel)
 
3   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1944
(Visser)
1  

BOVLEI
1953 to Republic
Renamed from Boven Vallei
Area: Paarl

Not recorded

BO-WADRIF
1953 to Republic
Area: Sutherland

Not recorded

BOWDEN
Union to 08.12.1930
Area: Grahamstown

1   1C "Dot" Last seen: 03.09.1885
(CGH Stamps)
Union 27.02.1924
(Frescura)
 

BOWESDORP
Union to 14.11.1927
Renamed to Kamieskroon
Area: Clanwilliam

1   1C "CGH" First seen: 30.04.1901
(Frescura)
Union 16.12.1913
(Frescura)
 
2   2C "Blank"
Visser
  ??.02.1925
(Visser)
   

BOWKERS
Union to 01.12.1911
Renamed to Escombe
Area: Durban

Not recorded
Natal postmark known

BOWKER'S PARK STATION (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Queenstown

1   1C "CGH" First seen: 18.02.1901
(Frescura)
Union 29.08.1934
(Frescura)
 
       
2   2C "Blank"
Visser
  28.12.1943
(Visser)
   
3   2C "Blank"   Station 31.10.1959
(Putzel)
   

BOXMOOR
22.08.1927 to 22.07.1935
Area: Steytlerville

1   2C "Bars + cross"     25.04.1930
(Putzel)
   

BOYNE
05.08.1929 to Republic
Renamed from Smitsdrift
Area: Pietersburg

1   2C "Bars + cross"   27.12.1944
(Aab)
18.10.1954
(Aab)
 
2   1C "Blank"
Visser
Skeleton 04.08.1954
(Visser)
   
3   2C "Bar"
(Visser)
Relief 14.12.1959
(Visser)