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Post Offices COALBROOK to COLWORTH

COALBROOK (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Sasolburg

1   BONC "10" Allocated August 1905 Union 11.06.1911
(Aab)
 
2   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1920
(Visser)
   
3   2C "Blank" 28 mm 18.09.1922
(Aab)
   
4   2C "S.AFRICA"     12.02.1931
(Putzel)
   
5   2C "Blank"   27 mm 10.05.1936
(Aab)
   
6   1C "Blank"   Skeleton
(Putzel)
   
7   2C "Blank"   28 mm
K level with date
31.03.1937
(Putzel)
   
8   2C "Blank"   28 mm
K below date
25.11.1948
(Putzel)
   
9   2C "Blank" 28 mm
K above date
05.09.1952
(Putzel)
23.09.1952
(Aab)
 
19   2C "Blank" 27 mm 12.02.1955
(Putzel)
14.04.1958(Aab)  

COALFIELDS
01.10.1919 to 04.12.1950
Renamed to Carlchew
Area: Breyten, Transvaal

1   2C "Bar"     20.12.1934
(Putzel)
   

COALVILLE
01.08.1920 to Republic
Area: Witbank

1   1C "Blank"     02.10.1920
(Putzel)
   
2   2C "Blank" Last seen:
11.05.1978
(Putzel)
14.10.1930
(Putzel)
Republic   

COBOLT MINE
01.06.1919 to Republic
Area: Middelburg, Transvaal

1   2C "Bar"   01.05.1936
(Putzel)
11.01.1956
(Aab)
 

COEGA (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Port Elizabeth

1   2C "?"   02.10.1922
(Aab)
   
2 "RAIL" 2C "?"
Visser
  192?
(Visser)
   
3   2C "S.AFRICA"     15.07.1955
(Putzel)
17.08.1959
(Putzel)
 

COERNEY (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Station next to Addo Elephant Park

1   1C "CAPE COLONY" First seen: 09.09.1878
(Frescura)
Union 01.08.1912
(Frescura)
 
2   1C "Blank" Not recorded by Putzel 20.12.1912
(Aab)
   
3   2C "S.AFRICA"     22.04.1922
(Putzel)
   

COETZEESPOS
20.09.1943 to 05.03.1951
Area: Warmbad

1   2C "Blank"     06.03.1954
(Putzel)
   

COETZEESTROOM
06.01.1936 to 20.02.1956
Area: Near Kaapsche Hoop

1   2C "Blank"   10.08.1955
(Putzel)
26.08.1955
(Aab)
 

COETZENBURG
11.09.1944 to Republic
Renamed from Murray Street, Stellenbosch
Area: Stellenbosch

1   2C "Blank"   25 mm
(Putzel)
   
2   2C "Blank"   26 mm
(Putzel)
   
3   2C "Blank" Last seen:
21.06.1971
(Putzel)
 
23.02.1953
(Aab)
Republic  
4   2C "Bar"   Relief type 3
on 4d animal stamp.

(Visser)
   

COETZERSDAM
05.12.1927 to Republic
Area: Vryburg

1   2C "Blank"   26 mm

Last seen: 31.08.1977
(Putzel)
 
05.06.1953
(Putzel)
Republic  

COFFEE BAY
02.08.1937 to Republic
Area: Transkei

1   2C "S.AFRICA"     18.02.1938
(Putzel)
   
2   2C "Blank" Last seen: 16.09.1976
(Putzel)
 

(Aab)
Republic  
3   2C "Bar"   Relief postmark 16.01.1960
(Putzel)
   

COFIMVABA
Union to Republic
Area: Transkei

1   1C "CGH" First seen: 04.04.1896
(Frescura)
Union 21.12.1912
(Putzel)
 
2   1C "S A"   Skeleton 16.12.1912
(Putzel)
   
3   2C "SOUTH AFRICA"   28 mm 25.01.1921
(Putzel)
09.02.1923
(Putzel)
 
4   2C "SOUTH AFRICA" 26 mm ??.11.1933
(Aab)
20.07.1935
(Putzel)
 
5   2C "Blank" 29 mm 10.10.1944
(Aab)
25.05.1951
(Putzel)
 
6   2C "Blank" 25 mm 22.05.1947
(Aab)
01.11.1954
(Putzel)
 

COGHLAN
Union to Republic
Area: Transkei

1   2C "Bars + cross"     11.07.1911
(Frescura)
04.09.1914
(Putzel)
 
2   2C "Bars + cross"  Last seen: 18.10.1978
(Putzel)
22.03.1950
(Putzel)
Republic  

COLBYN
1938 to Republic
Area: Pretoria

1   2C "Cross" Last seen: 31.07.1978
(Putzel)
22.04.1952
(Aab)
Republic  
2   2C "Bars + cross" Last seen: 09.07.1978
(Putzel)
19.11.1953
(Aab)
Republic  

COLCHESTER
Union to Republic
Area: Port Elizabeth

1   2C "Bars + cross"   29.06.1911
(Frescura)

(Aab)
 

COLDSTREAM
Union to Republic
Area: Humansdorp

(1)   2C "Blank"   First seen:
29.08.1976
(Putzel)
     

COLEFORD
Union to Republic
Area: Underberg

1   2C "NATAL" First seen
07.01.1901
(Putzel)
Union 05.11.1922
(Aab)
 
(2)   2C "Blank"   First seen: 05.08.1961
(Putzel)
     

COLENSO (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Natal Midlands

1   1C NATAL
Visser
date 4 digits 17.08.1910
(Visser)
 
2   1C "Blank"
Visser
Skeleton 1929
(Visser)
   
3   2C "Bars + cross"   26 mm
Thick bars
21.05.1931
(Putzel)
   
4   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm
Thin bars
03.06.1935
(Putzel)
10.08.1954
(Putzel)
 

COLESBURG
Union to Republic

1   1C "Blank" 9 to 3 o'clock

First seen: 07.12.1896
(Frescura)
Union 22.03.1911
(Frescura)
 
2   1C "CGH" First seen: 04.04.1901
(Frescura)
Union 14.02.1913
(Putzel)
 
3   2C "Bars + cross" First seen: 19.12.1905
(Frescura)
Union 14.03.1914
(Putzel)
 
       
4   2C "S.AFRICA" Dashes
 on sides
03.08.1916
(Aab)
17.09.1919
(Putzel)
 
5   2C "S.AFRICA" No dashes
 on sides
12.12.1928
(Putzel)
16.10.1930
(Aab)
 
6   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 24.08.1933
(Putzel)
   
7   2C "Blank"
2 types? 24.06.1935
(Aab)
19.12.1942
(Aab)
 
8   1C "Blank"
Visser
Skeleton 20.03.1948
(Visser)
29.05.1948
(Putzel)
 
9   2C "Blank" 28 mm

Last seen:
30.01.1974
(Putzel)
16.11.1948
(Aab)
 Republic  
10   2C "Blank"   28 mm

Larger circles and lettering
27.06.1957
(Putzel)
16.06.1960
(Putzel)
 

COLESBURG JUNCTION (RAIL)
Union to about 1911

1   1C "RO"   Large R.O.
on George V

(Putzel)
   
2   1C "CGH"  
 
04.11.1911
(Putzel)
   

COLESKEPLAAS
20.05.1950 to Republic
Area: Willowmore

1   2C "Blank"   Last seen:
17.08.1978
(Putzel)
19.07.1951
(Putzel)
Republic  

COLIGNY
01.02.1918 to Republic
Renamed from Treurfontein
Area: Lichtenburg

1   2C "Bars + cross"
 
25 mm

bars are longer
02.12.1918
(Putzel)
   
2   2C "Bars + cross"
 
28 mm 27.11.1919
(Putzel)
24.12.1928
(Putzel)
 
3   2C "Bars + cross"
25 mm

bars are shorter
28.04.1943
(Putzel)
1948
(Aab)
 
4   2C "Bars + cross"   14.05.1945
(Aab)
22.07.1957
(Aab)
 

COLLESSIE
25.02.1923 to Republic
Area: Dundee

1   2C "Blank"   28 mm 09.06.1954
(Putzel)
   

COLLETON
01.07.1919 to 01.03.1920
Area: Graaff-Reinet

Not recorded

COLWORTH
01.11.1910 to 01.05.1919
19.01.1925 to 02.03.1931
Area: Ladysmith

1   2C "Blank"   25 mm 27.06.1928
(Putzel)