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Post Offices CEBE to CHISELHURST

CEBE
18.04.1949 to Republic
Area: Butterworth, Transkei
1   2C "Bars" + cross"   Thin lines 1954
(Visser)		    

CECILIA
1926 to 07.10.1957
Area: Ficksburg, OFS
1   2C "Bars" + cross"   05.04.1937
(Putzel)		 20.12.1950
(Aab)		  

CEDARA (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Pietermaritzburg
1   1C "NATAL" First seen
09.12.1908
(Aab)		 Union 26.01.1925
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Bars" + cross"   04.05.1925
(Aab)		 1959
(Putzel)		  

CEDARMONT (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Standerton
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"   09.03.1918
(Aab)		 ??.11.1931
(S.Payne)		  
2   2C "Blank"   20.05.1935
(Putzel)		 09.01.1956
(Aab)		  
3 "PARCELS" 2C "CEDARMONT"
Visser		   28.06.1937
(Visser)		    

CEDARVILLE
Union to Republic
Area: Matatiele, Transkei
1   1C "Blank" 8-5 o'clock

First seen: 04.03.1905
(Frescura)		 Union 13.10.1911
(Frescura)		  
2   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton ??.05.1912
(Visser)		    
3   2C "S.AFRICA"   29.05.1913
(Aab)		 25.11.1922
(Aab)		  
4   2C "Blank" 28 mm
Elongated A		 07.10.1925
(Putzel)		 07.01.1937
(Putzel)		  
5   2C "Blank" Normal A 10.03.1933
(Aab)		 27.09.1935
(Aab)		  
6   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1940
(Visser)		    
7   2C "Blank" Wide A 21.04.1941
(Aab)		 15.09.1950
(Aab)		  
8 "CAPE" 1C "Blank"   Skeleton 06.06.1955
(Visser)		    

CEDERBERG
Union to 27.09.1953
Renamed to Sederberg
Area: Citrusdal, Cape West Coast
1   1C "Blank"
Visser		   1914
(Visser)		    
2   2C "Blank"     27.09.1953
(Putzel)		    

CELERYFONTEIN
23.11.1925 to 1953
Renamed to Seleryfontein
Area: Fraserberg
1   2C "Blank"     1931
(Putzel)		    

CENTILIVRES (RAIL)
Union to 29.10.1928
10.08.1936 to 13.01.1941
Area: Uitenhage
1   1C "Blank"
http://www.michael-hamilton.com 		First seen: 10.10.1896
(Aab)		 Union 01.07.1923
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "S.AFRICA"
Visser		   23.10.1923
(Visser)		    
3   2C "Blank"
Visser		   1939
(Visser)		    

CENTOCOW
1937 to Republic
Area: Natal, Midlands
Not recorded
Republic postmarks known

CENTRAHIL
07.05.1954 to Republic
Renamed from Rose Street
Area: Port Elizabeth
1   1C "Blank" Skeleton

New discovery		 07.05.1954
(Aab)		 1954
(Visser)		  
2   2C "Blank"     08.07.1957
(Putzel)		    

CENTRAL RANDFONTEIN
11.04.1949 to 21.11.1949
Renamed to West Forges
Area: Randfontein, West Rand
1   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 1905.1949
(Visser)		    

CENTRAL STREET PRETORIA
16.12.1940 to 1959
Renamed to Sentraal Straat
Also using Central Street up to 1959
1   2C "PRETORIA" Dot behind STR 10.05.1943
(Aab)		 15.06.1959
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "PRETORIA"
Visser		 No dots 08.09.1950
(Visser)		    
3   2C "PRETORIA" Dots before and after Pretoria 13.02.1953
(Aab)		 31.12.1955
(Putzel)		  
4   2C "PRETORIA"
Visser		  
(Visser)		    

CERES
Union to Republic
1   2C "Bars + cross" 2 line date 09.09.1910
(Frescura)		 21.12.1916
(Frescura)		  
2   1C "Blank" New discovery

Not recorded by Putzel		 09.07.1914
(Aab)		    
3   2C "Bars + cross" 1 line date 07.01.1918
(Aab)		 24.11.1925
(Aab)		  
4   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 09.09.1922
(Visser)		    
5   2C "Bars + cross" Shorter bars 26.11.1925
(Putzel)		 22.05.1929
(Aab)		  
6   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 09.09.1922
(Putzel)		    
7   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 10.02.1939
(Putzel)		    
8   2C "Bars + cross"   Thin bars 30.03.1939
(Putzel)		    
9   2C "Bars + cross"   01.07.1933
(Aab)		 27.07.1938
(Aab)		  
10   2C "Cross"   07.06.1948
(Aab)		 1961
(Putzel)		  
       
11   2C "Bars + cross"   25.09.1942
(Putzel)		 09.05.1961
(Aab)		  
       
12   2C "Bars + cross"   very short bars 04.06.1958
(Putzel)		    
13   2C "BETAALD-
PAID"		     02.11.1959
(Putzel)		    
14   PARCEL  
Visser		  
(Visser)		    

CERES ROAD (STATION)
Union to 01.05.1912
Renamed to Wolseley
Area: Tulbagh
1   2C "Bars + cross"   First seen: 22.02.1905
(Frescura)		 Union 12.08.1910
(Frescura)		  

CEZA
Union to Republic
Area: Zululand
1   POA "49"   First listed:
 1906		 Union 04.02.1911
(Aab)		  
       
2   2C "Bars + cross"     29.03.1912
(Putzel)		 08.09.1930
(Putzel)		  
       

CHAKAS KRAAL (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to 1953
Renamed to Shakaskraal
Area: Stanger, North Coast
1   2C "NATAL" First seen:
 16.02.1906
(Aab)		 Union 03.02.1911
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "S.AFRICA"   13.05.1914
(Putzel)		 05.03.1931
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Blank"     29.09.1942
(Aab)		 19.03.1951
(Putzel)		  
       

CHALUMNA
30.05.1927 to 03.11.1958
Area: East London
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   12.12.1932
(Visser)		    
2   2C "Blank"     15.01.1935
(Putzel)		    

CHAMPAGNE CASTLE
29.03.1937 to 03.01.1938
Area: Drakensberg resort
Not recorded

CHAPEL STREET
Union to 29.08.1938
Area: Pietermaritzburg
1   1C "NATAL"
Visser		   17.01.1917
(Visser)		    
2   2C "PIETERMARITZBURG"   07.06.1926
(Aab)		 31.12.1937
(Putzel)		  
       

CHARFRED
11.08.1952 to Republic
Area: Transkei
Not recorded
Republic postmarks known

CHARL CILLIERS
01.05.1920 to Republic
Renamed from Vantonderhoek
Area: Louis Trichardt
1   1C "Bar"     05.08.1922
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Blank" Last seen: 27.04.1962
(Putzel)		 28.02.1924
(Aab)		 Republic  

CHARLESHOPE
03.05.1948 to Republic
Area: Nelspruit
1   2C "?"
Visser		   05.09.1951
(Visser)		    
2   2C "Bar"
Visser		 Relief
Thin lines		 16.11.1959
(Visser)		    

CHARLESTOWN
Union to Republic
This was the border between the Transvaal Republic and Natal
1   2C "NATAL" Dots on sides

First seen:
 28.04.1893
(Aab)		 Union 27.12.1915
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Bar"     11.05.1937
(Putzel)		    
3   1C "Blank"    
(Putzel)		    
4   2C-D "Blank"     10.11.1955
(Putzel)		 20.08.1956
(Putzel)		  
       

CHARLESTOWN RAIL
Union to Republic
This was the border between the Transvaal Republic and Natal
1   POA "60"     Union 12.05.1911
(Aab)		  
       

CHATSWORTH
01.06.1910 to 01.10.1910
Area: Malmesbury, Cape West Coast
Not recorded

CHEDDAR
Union to 20.07.1931
23.09.1935 to 02.06.1952
Area: Petrusberg, OFS
(1)   BONC "47"   Allocated February 1910
Used in Union?		      
2   2C "S.AFRICA"     20.03.1931
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Blank"     1948
(Visser)		    

CHESTER
26.11.1923 to 05.04.1948
07.07.1952 to 23.01.1961
Area: Settlers, Northen Transvaal
1   2C "Bars + cross"   06.06.1936
(Putzel)		 20.06.1942
(Aab)		  
       

CHEVIOT FELLS
31.10.1938 to 01.12.1947
Renamed from Craigrennie
Area: Bedford, Cape
1   2C "Blank"    
(Putzel)		    

CHIEVELEY (RAIL) (STATION)
Union to Republic
Area: Ladysmith
1   2C "NATAL" Not recorded by Putzel 03.06.1910
(Aab)		    
2   2C "Blank"     28.07.1932
(Putzel)		 29.03.1939
(Putzel)		  

CHILIVILLE
18.02.1952 to 04.05.1959
Area: Pietersburg
1   2C "Blank" New discovery 25.08.1954
(Aab)		    

CHIMES
Union to 01.01.1911
Area: Johannesburg
Not recorded

CHIPISE
28.09.1936 to 1953
Renamed to Tshipise
Area: Messina, Transvaal
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   09.04.1947
(Visser)		    

CHISELHURST
01.01.1920 to 01.03.1920
Area:East London
Not recorded