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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