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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)