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Post Offices BUCHUBERG to BUNTINGVILLE

BUCHUBERG
09.02.1931 to 01.02.1932
08.10.1934 to 1953
Renamed to Boegoeberg
Area: Prieska
1   2C "Bar"
Visser		   20.05.1931
(Visser)		    
2   2C "Blank"   27.04.1931
(Aab)		 25.09.1935
(Putzel		  

BUCKINGHAM
01.07.1912 to Republic
 Renamed from Schoolplaats
Area: Ventersdorp
1   2C "S.AFRICA"   Last seen:
11.08.1978
(Putzel)		 12.11.1930
(Putzel)		 Republic  

BUCKLANDS
01.05.1918 to Republic
Area: Douglas
1   2C "Bar"   15.06.1932
(Putzel)		 27.01.1934
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank" Last seen
11.11.1975
(Putzel)		 01.07.1942
(Aab)		 Republic  

BUFFALO HARBOUR (RAIL)
Union to June 1911
Area: East London
Not recorded

BUFFALONEK
03.10.1927 to Republic
Area: Mount Frere, Transkei
1   1C "Blank"    
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Blank"     14.12.1934
(Putzel)		    

BUFFALO RIVER
Union to 01.03.1913
Renamed to Tayside
Area: Dundee, Natal
1   2C "NATAL" First seen
23.12.1905
(Aab)		 Union
(Aab)		 150

BUFFELJAGTSRIVIER (BUFFELJAGSRIVIER) (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Renamed from Buffeljagtsrivier in 1906 but stll using BRIDGE in 1916
 Area: Swellendam
1   2C "Blank" 26 mm 13.11.1935
(Aab)		 02.11.194?
(Putzel)		  
2 "RAIL" 2C "Bar"     17.04.1925
(Putzel)		    
3   1C "Blank"   Skeleton
Buffeljagtsriv		 28.01.1935
(Putzel)		    
4 "/STA" 2C "Blank"   23.05.1935
(Putzel)		 02.10.1940
(Putzel)		  
5   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 1947
(Visser)		    
6   2C "Blank"   26 mm 23,04.1952
(Putzel)		    

BUFFELJAGTSRIVER BRIDGE
Union to 21.02.1916
Renamed to Buffeljagtsrivier in April 1905 still usung Bridge postmark in 1916
Area: Swellendam
1   1C "Dot" First seen:
08.07.1904
(Frescura)		 Union 21.02.1916
(Frescura)		  

BUFFELS
Union to 01.11.1917
Renamed to Moketsi Rail
Area: Pietersburg
Not recorded
Transvaal postmark known

BUFFELSDOORING
Union to Republic
Area: Dordrecht
Not recorded

BUFFELSDRIF(T)
01.03.1911 to Republic
Area: Uniondale, Cape
1   2C "Bars + cross"   27,07.1934
(Putzel)		 30,06.1945
(Putzel)		  

BUFFELSFONTEIN
Union to 20.04.1936
Area: Sterkstroom, Cape
1   1C "Dot"
Visser		 First seen:
12.09.1893
(Frescura)		 Union 06.11.1917
(Frescura)		  

BUFFELSHOEK
Union to 01.07.1913
Renamed to Brentford
Area: Somerset East
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
 07.12.1900
(Frescura)		 Union 25.02.1913
(Visser)		  

BUFFELSKLIP
Union to 21.04.1952
Area: Uniondale, Cape
1   1C "CGH"   First seen:
17.09.1898
(Frescura)		 Union 08.08.1911
(Putzel)		  

BUFFELSVLEI
Union to Republic
Area: Lydenburg, Transvaal
1   2C "TRANSVAAL" First seen:
15.03.1909
(Aab)

Last seen:
31.01.1975
(Putzel)		 Union    

BUHRMAN(N)SDRIF(T)
Union to Republic
Area: Between Mafeking and Zeerust
1   2C "TVL"   12.06.1910
(Aab)		 28.12.1914
(Putzel)		  
       
2   2C "Blank"   07.02.1946
(Aab)		    

BUITENSINGEL
01.04.1917 to Republic
Area: Cape Town
1   2C "CAPE TOWN
-KAAPSTAD"		   Asterisk on sides
Dash between Cape Town and Kaapstad		 31.12.1919
(Putzel)		    
2   1C "?"
Visser		 Skelton 04.03.1922
(Visser)		    
3   2C "CAPE TOWN
.KAAPSTAD"		 No asterisk on sides
Dot between Cape Town and Kaapstad		 02.11.1928
(Aab)		 24.06.1932
(Putzel)		  
4   2C "CAPE TOWN
.KAAPSTAD"		 30 mm 28.09.1956
(Putzel)		 01.07.1958
(Aab)		  

BUKAZI
Union to 01.06.1911
Area: Flagstaff, Transkei
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		 New discovery   ??.06.1910
(Visser)		  

BULGERIVIER
1939 to Republic
Area:Vaalwater, Transvaal
1   2C "Blank"   22.02.1943
(Aab)		 26.10.1943
(Putzel)		  

BULHOEK
07.10.1938 to 10.10.1938
Temporary postmark for Voortrekker Festival
Area: Steynsburg
1   2C "Bars + cross"   07.10.1938
(Putzel)		 10.10.1938
(Aab)		  

BULKRIVIER
Union to 17.09.1956
Area: Uitenhage, Cape
1   2C "Blank"   Bi-lingual
Bulkrivier/
Bulkriver		 31.07.195?
(Putzel)		    

BULL HILL
22.01.1951 to Republic
Area: Warrenton, Cape
Not recorded

BULLRUSH
12.07.1926 to 09.08.1926
Area: Pietersburg
Not recorded

BULPAN
01.04.1918 to 20.07.1921
20.01.1925 to 25.04.1957
Area: Witbank, Transvaal
1   2C "Bars + cross"   02.01.1933
(Putzel)		 18.03.1956
(Aab)		  

BULSHOEK
01.02.1914 to Republic
Area: Van Rhynsdorp, Cape
1   2C "Bars + cross"   South above date
Africa below date		 19.10.1915
(Putzel)		    

BULTFONTEIN
Union to Republic
Area: 100 km north of Bloemfontein
1   2C "Blank" ORC removed 27.03.1911
(Aab)		 26.06.1912
(Aab)		  
2   1C "O F S "   Skeleton 21.??.1920
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Blank"   Smaller font 13.10.1920
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Blank" Larger font 14.??.1932
(Aab)		 24.10.1940
(Putzel)		  
5   2C "Blank"   21.12.1919
(Putzel)		 10.11.1950
(Visser)		  
6   2C "Blank"   10.051960
(Aab)		    
7   2C "Blank"   04.11.1960
(Aab)		    

BULTSHOUDERSIG
03.10.1960 to Republic
Area: Beaufort West
Not recorded
Republic postmarks known

BULWATER
Union to 14.05.1956
Area: Prince Albert?
1   1C "Blank" First seen: 18.05.1903
(Frescura)		 Union 06.09.1915
(Aab)		  
2   1C "Blank"   03.06.1935
(Putzel)
(Aab)		  

BULWER
Union to Republic
Area: Between Pietermaritzburg and Underberg
1   1C NATAL First seen:
20.03.1896
(Aab)		 Union 10.10.1911
(Putzel)		  
2   1C NATAL   Relief 1912
(Visser)		 29.01.1913
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross"   30 mm 17.03.1923
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "SOUTH AFRICA"     23.02.1929
(Aab)		 17.06.1935
(Aab)		  
       
5   2C "Bars + cross" 29 mm 19.12.1946
(Aab)		 20.11.1956
(Putzel)		  

BULWOOD
17.11.1958 to Republic
Area: Durban
1   2C "1" Last seen:
23.08.1978
(Putzel)		 1961
(Aab)		 Republic  

BUNGALOW
Union to 01.09.1911
Area: Nottingham Road, Natal
Not recorded

BUNTINGVILLE
08.05.1939 to 02.09.1946
02.02.1948 to Republic
Area: Umtata, Transkei
1   2C "Blank"
Vd Spuy		   02.12.1954
(Vd Spuy)