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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