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Post Offices BROADMORE to BRYMAC

BROADMOORE
Union to 27.10.1949
Area: Natal Midlands

1   1C "NATAL"   Bars on sides   24.07.1911
(Putzel)
 

BROAD STREET
25.04.1938 to 11.06.1958
Renamed to Bishopsgate (11.06.1958)
Area: Durban

1   2C "DURBAN" 30 mm
BROAD /STR
20.02.1940
(Aab)
07.05.1942
(Putzel)
 
2   2C "DURBAN"   Bilingual
Broadstraat
04.03.1951
(Putzel)
   
3   2C "DURBAN"   28 mm
BROAD ST
28.01.1952
(Putzel)
   
4   2C "DURBAN"   25 mm
BROAD/STR
24.01.1952
(Putzel)
   
5   2C "DURBAN"
Visser
28 mm
BROAD STREET
06.09.1955
(Visser)
   
6   2C "DURBAN"   28 mm
BROAD ST
Smaller font
Still using old postmark after renaming
10.09.1958
(Putzel)
   

BROADVALLE
05.11.1926 to 29.04.1957
Area: Rustenberg

1   2C "Blank"     12.08.1932
(Putzel)
   

BROADWATERS
00.00.1923 to 18.02.1932
Area: Douglas

1   2C "Blank"   ??.??.1926
(Aab)
04.11.1931
(Aab)
 

BROADWAY
14.02.1927 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg

1   2C "JOHANNESBURG"   Last seen:
06.08.1962
(Putzel)
G parallel to date
11.06.1930
(Putzel)
Republic  
2   2C "JOHANNESBURG"   Last seen:
11.04.1978
(Putzel)
G below to date
29.01.1951
(Putzel)
Republic  

BROEDERSPUT
Union
to Republic
Area: On the Transvaal CGH border

1   2C "TRANSVAAL" Not recorded
by Putzel
24.01.1920
(Aab)
   
2   2C "Blank"     1927
(Visser)
29.04.1935
(Visser)
 

BROEDERSTROOM
01.07.1914 to 13.05.1929
20.10.1941 to Republic
Area: Near Hartbeespoort Dam

Not recorded
Republic postmark known

BROEKPOORT
01.11.1917 to 01.05.1918
Area: Bethulie, OFS

Not recorded

BROHAM
13.061927 to Republic
Area: Nelspruit

1   2C "Bars + cross"     1941
(Putzel)
   

BROMBEEK
10.09.1928 to Republic
Area: Louis Trichardt

1   2C "Blank" Last seen:
17.08.1978
(Putzel)

(Aab)
Republic  

BRONDAL
06.12.1926 to Republic
Renamed from Fletcher
Area: Nelspruit

1   2C "Bars + cross" Last seen:
31.01.1983
(Putzel)
19.12.1929
(Putzel)
Republic  

BRONKHORSTSPRUIT (STATION) (RAIL)
Union
to Republic
Area: Eat of Pretoria

1   2C "R.O." First seen:
24.08.1906
(Aab)
Union 29.06.1913
(Renzo
Blasa)
 
2   2C "SOUTH AFRICA"   16.08.1913
(Aab)
09.11.1914
(Putzel)
 
3   2C "Blank"   26 mm 29.07.1916
(Aab)
   
4   2C "Blank"
 
32 mm ??.12.1932
(Aab)
24.12.1934
(Putzel)
 
5   2C "Blank"
Skeleton
Bronhorstspt
26.10.1935
(Aab)
29.10.1935
(Putzel)
 
6   2C "Blank" 26 mm

Last seen:
05.09.1978
(Putzel)
08.10.1944
(Aab)
Republic  
7   2C "Blank" 26 mm

Last seen:
25.06.1963
(Putzel)
23.02.1946
(Aab)
Republic  

BROODSNYERSPLAAS STATION
13.07.1954 to
Republic
Area: Middelburg, Transvaal

Not recorded

BROOKDALE
13.02.1933 to 06.09.1943
Area: Sabie

1   2C "Blank"     23.10.1933
(Putzel)
   

BROOKES
Union to 30.08.1926
Area: Pietermaritzburg

1   2C "Bars + cross"     31.12.1925
(Putzel)
   

BROOKLANDS
20.05.1929 to 29.06.1931
Area: Nelspruit

1   2C "Blank"     04.01.1931
(Putzel)
   

BROOKLYN
01.08.1913 to
Republic
Area: Pretoria

1   2C "?" 28 mm (Visser)    
2   2C "TRANSVAAL" South above date
Africa below date
29.07.1922
(Putzel)
02.11.1923
(Aab)
 
3   2C "PRETORIA" 26 mm

Last seen:
17.08.1978
(Putzel)
16.08.1943
(Aab)
Republic  
4 "PRETORIA" 2C "Blank" 26 mm

Last seen:
17.08.1978
(Putzel)
04.07.1949
(Aab)
Republic  

BROSDOORNHOEK
11.02.1924 to 07.11.1949
Area: Rustenberg

1   2C "?"    
(Putzel
)  

BROUGHTON - CAPE -
Union to 01.08.1916
Area: Molteno

1   1C "Blank"
(Visser)
First seen: 16.01.1903
(Frescura)
Union 07.03.1912
(Frescura)
 

BROUGHTON - TRANSVAAL -
15.11.1926 to 08.08.1960
Renamed Randburg
Area: Johannesburg

1   2C "Blank"   06.08.1932
(Aab)
12.05.1954
(Putzel)
 
2   2C "Blank"   21.04.1952
(Aab)
15.01.1953
(Putzel)
 
3   2C "Blank"
 
30 mm   31.05.1960
(Putzel)
 

BROWNRIDGE
18.03.1935 to 21.03.1955
Area: Warmbad

1   2C "Blank"     13.07.1935
(Putzel)
   

BRUGOORD
09.07.1956 to 23.09.1957
Area: Krugersdorp

1   2C "Blank" New discovery 28.02.1957
(Aab)
   

BRUGSPRUIT (RAIL)
Union to 01.04.1929
Renamed to Clewer
Area: Witbank

1   2C "Bar" First seen
19.10.1903
(Putzel)
Union 30.1.1917
(C.vd Spuy)
 
2   1C "Bar"     10.??.1923
(Putzel)
   

BRUIDEGOMSKRAAL
04.01.1937 to 03.07.1939
Area: Ventersdorp

Not recorded

BRUINTJIESHOOGTE (BRUINTJESHOOGTE)
01.11.1910 to Republic
Area: Somerset East

1   2C "Bars + cross"   Bruintjeshoogte 01.05.1928
(Putzel)
   
2   2C "Blank"   Bruintjieshoogte 31.10.1949
(Putzel)
   

BRUNTON'S ARCADE
07.06.1943 to 29.11.1943
Renamed to West End, Durban

1   1C "Durban"   Skeleton
(Putzel)
   
2   1C "DBN"   Skeleton 13.10.1943
(Putzel)
   
3 "Durban" 2C "Blank"     16.10.1943
(Putzel)
   

BRUSSELS (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to 02.05.1955
Area: Vryburg

1   1C "CGH" First seen: 09.01.1900
(Frescura)
Union 30.08.1915
(Frescura)
 
2   1C "Blank"     16.09.1912
(Putzel)
1945(Visser)  

BRUYNS HILL
01.12.1919 to 28.09.1932
Area: Pietermaritzburg

1   1C "Bar"     26.04.19?6
(Putzel)
   

BRYANSTON
20.06.1940 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg

1   2C "Blank" 26 mm

Last seen:
06.02.1967
(Putzel)
01.12.1948
(Aab)
Republic  

BRYMAC
28.02.1955 to Republic
Area: Cofimvaba, Transkei

Not recorded
Republic postmark known