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Post Offices DE DAM to DELWERSOORD

DE DAM 01.02.1912 to 27.08.1923 Renamed from Vaalbank Area: Utrecht, Natal
1		2C	"S.AFRICA"	Visser		21.12.1914 (Visser)
DE DEUR Union to Republic Area: Vereeniging
1		2C	"TRANSVAAL"			09.09.1911 (Aab)	15.01.1923 (Aab)
2		2C	"Bars + Cross"			09.11.1934 (Putzel)
3		2C	"Bars + Cross"			27.04.1955 (Aab)	21.11.1955 (Putzel)
DE DOORNS Union to Republic Area: Worcester
1		1C	"CGH"		First seen: 09.08.1898 (Frescura)	Union	09.06.1914 (Aab)
2		1C	"Blank"			04.04.1912 (Aab)	30.12.1913 (Aab)

3		1C	"Blank"		Skeleton	07.06.1916 (Putzel)
4		1C	"Blank"	Visser	Skeleton	30.01.1922 (Visser)
5		2C	"Bar"		Solid bar	01.10.1923 (Putzel)
6		2C	"Blank"		28 mm	08.01.1924 (Aab)	11.12.1925 (Putzel)
7		2C	"Blank"		25 mm E and D closer	18.08.1936 (Putzel)	(Aab)
8		1C	"Blank"		Skeleton	02.11.1937 (Putzel)
9		2C	"Blank"		25 mm	10.03.1938 (Putzel)	03.11.1948 (Aab)
10		2C	"Blank"		25 mm	14.03.1952 (Putzel)	1956 (Putzel)
DE DRAAI 01.05.1918 to 05.04.1948 Area: Pearston, Cape
Not recorded
DEELFONTEIN (STATION) (RAIL) Union to Republic Area: Between Richmond and De Aar
1		1C	"CGH"		Deelfontein First Seen 04.03.1892 (Frescura)	Union	15.10.1921 (Aab)
2	"STATION"	1C	"CGH"		Deelfontein Station First seen: 12.10.1905 (Frescura)	Union	29.07.1923 (Putzel)
3		1C	"Blank"		Deelfontein Skeleton	06.05.1925 (Putzel)
4	"RAIL"	2C	"Blank"		Deelfontein Rail	12.02.1934 (Putzel)
5	"STA"	1C	"Blank"		Deelfontein Station Skeleton	27.02.1945 (Putzel)
6		2C	"Blank"	Visser	Deelfontein 28 mm	07.02.1949 (Visser)
7		2C	"Blank"		Deelfontein 25 mm Last Seen 28.05.1982 (Putzel)	1945 (Visser)	Republic
DEELPAN Union to Republic Area: Lichtenburg
1		2C	"TRANSVAAL"			01.08.1932 (Putzel)
2		2C	"Bars + cross"		Last Seen 1967 (Visser)	22.08.1935 (Putzel)	Republic
DEEMOUNT Union to 01.02.1915 Area: Harding
Not recorded Natal postmark known
DEEPDALE Union to 21.09.1941 219.03.1943 to Republic Area: Bulwer, Natal
1		1C	"NATAL"		First seen 09.05.1893 (Aab)	Union	12.01.1911 (Aab)
2		2C	"Blank"			02.02.1954 (Putzel)
DEEPDALE STATION (RAIL) 01.07.1913 to Republic Area: Bulwer
1	"RAIL"	2C	"S.AFRICA"			1915 (Visser)	27.10.1931 (Putzel)
2	"STA"	2C	"Blank"		Last seen 01.04.1974 (Putzel)	194?1 (Aab)	Republic
DEER PARK 05.03.1956 to Republic Area: Tzaneen
Not recorded Republic postmark known
DEFENCE HEADQUARTERS 16.11.1941 to 11.08.1945 Area: Pretoria
1		2C	"PRETORIA"	Visser		11.08.1945 (Visser)
DE FONTEINEN 28.02.1921 to 13.08.1939 Area: Warmbad
Not recorded
DE GRACHT 25.06.1945 to Republic Area: Louis Trichardt
Not recorded Republic postmark known
DE GRENS 01.08.1918 to 06.10.1930 Renamed from Athalia Area: Piet Retief
1		2C	"Bars + cross"	Visser		26.07.1920 (Visser)	1921 (Visser)
DE HOEK - Uitenhage - Union to 20.08.1923 Renamed to Hadley
1		1C	"CGH"	John Lund	First seen: 20.08.1895 (Frescura)	Union	20.08.1923 (Frescura)
DE HOEK - Piketberg - 28.12.1921 to Republic
1		2C	"Bars + cross"		Last Seen 21.08.1978 (Putzel)	03.06.1930 (Putzel)	Republic
DE HOOP Union to 09.05.1955 Area: Calvinia
1		1C	"Dot"			22.02.1933 (Putzel)
2		2C	"Bars + cross"			(Putzel)
DE JAGERS (DE JAGERSDRIFT) (STATION) (RAIL) Union to Republic Area: Vryheid
1		2C	"NATAL"		First seen: 11.03.1910 (Aab)	Union	30.01.1923 (Visser)
2	"/STA"	2C	"Blank"		Station 29 mm	30.10.1935 (Putzel)
3	"/STA"	2C	"Blank"		Station 26 mm	06.05.1952 (Putzel)
4		2C	"Blank"		Last seen 24.08.1978 (Putzel)	07.06.1957 (Putzel)	Republic
DE KEUR Union to 27.08.1934 Area: Ceres
1		1C	"Dot"	Visser	First seen: 02.12.1896 (Frescura)	Union	1921 (Visser)
2		2C	"?"	Visser		1930 (Visser
DE KLERK RAIL (STATION) 01.05.1916 to Republic Area: Richmond, Cape
1	"RAIL"	2C	"Blank"	Visser	RAIL 29 mm	13.10.1920 (Visser)	1927 (Visser)
2	"/STA"	2C	"Blank"		Station 29 mm	(Putzel)
3	"(STA)"	2C	"Blank"		Station 26 mm Last seen 01.08.1962 (Putzel)	23.07.1957 (Aab)	Republic
DE KOCKSDRIFT 06.08.1923 to 21.12.1936 Area: Viljoensdrift
1		2C	"Blank"			27.04.1928 (Putzel)
DE KOL (STATION) (RAIL) 01.02.1913 to Republic Area: Alexandria
1		2C	"Bars + cross"			08.12.1944 (Aab)	01.05.1952 (Chris vd Spuy)
DE KROON 01.12.1910 to 03.03.1924 Area: Brits
1		2C	"TRANSVAAL"	Visser		(Visser)
DE KUILEN (STATION) 01.12.1913 to Republic Area: Standerton
1		2C	"Bars + cross"		SOUTH above date AFRICA below date	04.03.1931 (Putzel)
DE LANGE Union to 29.12.1930 Area: Uitenhage
Not recorded CGH postmark known
DE LANGESDRIF(T) Union to Republic Area: Standerton
1		2C	"TVL"		First seen: 06.11.1903 (Lundy)	Union	17.04.1914 (Putzel)
DELAREY (STATION) (RAIL) 01.10.1911 to 01.08.1919 Renamed Delareyville Area: Schweizer Reneke
1		2C	"Bars + cross"			04.08.1916 (Putzel)
DELAREYVILLE 01.08.1919 to Republic Area: Schweizer Reneke
1		2C	"Bar"			14.03.1921 (Aab)	30.04.1930 (Putzel)
2		1C	"Blank"		Skeleton ca. 1935	(Visser)
3		2C	"Blank"			12.04.1937 (Aab)
4		2C-D	"Blank"			14.04.1937 (Putzel)	05.02.1945 (Aab)
5		2C	"Blank"			19.12.1949 (Putzel)
6		2C	"3"			24.01.1961 (Putzel)
DELFKOM 06.03.1939 to Republic Area: Piet Retief
1		2C	"Bar"		Thin line Last seen 1978 (Putzel)	07.03.1939 (Aab)	Republic
DELMAS Union to Republic Area: East Rand
1		2C	"TRANSVAAL"	Transvaal Philatelist		18.07.1910 (S.Payne)	07.01.1917 (S.Payne)
2		1C	"Blank"	Visser		191? (Visser)
3		2C	"Bars + cross"		SOUTH above date AFRICA below date	17.09.1924 (Aab)	30.10.1930 (Putzel)
4		2C	"Bars + cross"		27 mm	16.08.1931 (Putzel)
5		1C	"Blank"	Visser		21.09.1935 (Visser)	1935 (Visser)
6		2C	"Bars + cross"			25.04.1952 (Aab)	01.06.1960 (Aab)
7		2C	"Cross"		Last seen 14.12.1978 (Putzel)	03.12.1956 (Putzel)	Republic
DELMENVILLE 24.06.1940 to Republic Area: Germiston
1		2C	"Blank"			20.10.1943 (Aab)	28.11.1955 (Putzel)
DELMORE Union to Republic Area: Germiston
1		2C	"TRANSVAAL"		First Seen: 13.11.1907 (Visser)	Union	18.07.1921 (Aab)
2		2C	"Bars + cross"		New discovery	22.04.1943 (Aab)
DELOPYE 21.11.1927 to 18.02.1929 Area: Pretoria
Not recorded
DELPORTSHOPE (DELPOORTSHOPE) Union to Republic Area: Kimberley
1		2C	"Bars + cross"		spelt with 2 OO	05.12.1910 (Aab)	19.12.1913 (Putzel)
2		2C	"Blank"		31 mm	06.06.1917 (Aab)	(Putzel)
3		2C	"Blank"		S and H close	1935 (Aab)
4		2C	"Blank"		S and H apart	20.03.1953 (Putzel)
DELVILLEWOOD RAIL (STATION) 31.12.1923 to Republic Area: Durban
1		2C	"Blank"		RAIL	07.04.1925 (Putzel)	02.02.1928 (Aab)
2		2C	"Blank"		STA	11.02.1959 (Putzel)
DELWERSOORD 02.03.1953 to Republic Area: Johannesburg
1		2C	"Blank"		Last seen 19.07.1962 (Putzel)	21.09.1955 (Putzel)	Republic