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Post Offices DIAMANTKUIL to DOESBURG

DIAMANTKUIL (DIAMONDKUIL)
01.11.1919 to 24.01.1938
Area: Wolmaranstad
1   1C "Bar"     01.12.1921
(Putzel)		 20.08.1926
(Putzel)		  

DIAMOND ROCK
29.09.1941 to 12.06.1950
Area: Griquatown
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		   1954
(Visser)		    

DIBENG
1951 to Republic
Renamed from Deben
Area: Kuruman
1   2C "Bars + cross" Last seen
18.08.1978
(Putzel)		 14.12.1955
(Aab)		 Republic  

DICK'S POST
08.03.1948 to Republic
Area: Newcastle
Not recorded
Republic postmark known

DICKSONTRUST
01.01.1913 to 01.09.1918
Area: Thaba 'Nchu
Not recorded

DIE BAKKE
15.12.1947 to Republic
Area: Mossel Bay
1   1C "Blank"     07.01.1953
(Putzel)		    

DIE BOS
06.01.1942 to 08.11.1954
Renamed from De Bosch
Area: Calvinia
1   1C "Blank"
Visser		   06.01.1942
(Visser)		    

DIE BULT
27.09.1926 to 26.08.1957
Area: Boksburg
1   1C "Bars + cross"     16.09.1932
(Putzel)		    

DIE KELDERS
06.09.1943 to 08.11.1954
Area: Hermanus
1   1C "Blank"     01.02.1952
(Putzel)		    

DIE KRAANS
09.10.1939 to 19.01.1953
Area: Calvinia
Not recorded

DIEMANSPUTS
15.05.1922 to Republic
Area: Carnarvon
1   1C "Blank"     12.09.1928
(Putzel)		 1930
(Putzel)		  

DIE MOOT
14.12.1925 to Republic
Area: Magaliesburg
1   2C "Bars + cross"     05.01.1930
(Putzel)		    
2   1C "Blank"
Visser		   27.??.1939
(Visser)		    

DIEPFONTEIN
01.03.1911 to 16.10.1922
07.12.1925 to 07.03.1926
Area: Kroonstad, OFS
1   2C "Bars + cross" New discovery 11.02.1919
(Putzel)		    

DIEPGESET
25.11.1957 to 16.02.1959
Area: Barberton
Not recorded

DIEPKLOOF
October 1910 to 01.11.1916
Renamed Rooikraal
Area: Middelburg
Not recorded

DIEP RIVER (DIEPRIVIER)
Union to Republic
Area: Cape Town
1   2C "Bars +cross" First seen:
 31.10.1905
(Frescura)		 Union 1923
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank"   28 mm 03.12.1925
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Blank"   29 mm 30.06.1939
(Putzel)		    
4   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 27.01.1945
(Visser)		    
5   2C "Blank"
Visser		 26 mm 18.02.1957
(Visser)		    

DIEPSLOOT
 Union to 01.12.1914
01.02.1920 to 01.08.1920
Area: Pretoria
Not recorded
Transvaal postmark known

DIE PUT STATION
29.06.1953 to Republic
Renamed from De Put Station
Area: De Aar
(1)   2C "Blank"
Visser		 25 mm

First seen
18.02.1957
(Visser)

      

DIE VLUG
03.04.1951 to Republic
Renamed from Vlugt
Area: Uniondale
Not recorded

DIEWEDRAAI (DIEVEDRAAI)
01.06.1918 to Republic
Area: Schweizer Reneke
1   2C "Bars + cross"   12.12.1923
(Aab)		 22.02.1925
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank"   29 mm

Last seen
30.06.1978
(Putzel)

 		 1943
(Visser)		 Republic  

DIKEPING
19.05.1947 to 29.10.1950
Area: Postmasburg
Not recorded

DIKGALE
1953 to Republic
Area: Pietersburg
1   2C "Bars +cross" Last seen:
 14.07.1980
(Putzel)		 Union 02.11.1954
(Aab)		  

DIKGATLON(G)
01.12.1917 to 07.12.1936
Renamed to Tsinen
Area: Kuruman
1   2C "Bar"     1923
(Putzel)		    
2   1C "Blank"
Visser		   1924
(Visser)		    
3   2C "Blank"     04.10.1934
(Putzel)		    

DILOKONG
18.12.1959 to Republic
Area: Pietersburg
1   2C "Bar"
Visser		   1960
(Visser)		    

DINGLE
Union to Republic
Area: Kuruman
1   1C "Blank" First seen:
30.11.1908
(Frescura)		 30.11.1908 19.12.1916
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"   31.10.1936
(Putzel)		 27.07.1944
(Aab)		  

DINGLEY DALE
Union to 25.07.1930
Area: Greytown
1   2C "NATAL"     20.11.1911
(Putzel)		    

DINGWALL
30.05.1921 to 20.07.1931
Area: Empangeni
Not recorded

DINOKANA
1953 to Republic
Area: Zeerust
Not recorded
Republic postmark known

DIRKIESDORP
03.03.1930 to Republic
Renamed from Vaalbank
Area: Wakkerstroom
1   2C "Blank"   10.01.1934
(Putzel)		 19.03.1958
(Aab)		  
2   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 08.12.1935
(Putzel)		    

DIRK-ZE-MUIR
15.11.1920 to 06.03.1922
Area: Calvinia
Not recorded

DISCOVERY
01.05.1939 to Republic
Area: West Rand
1   2C "Blank" Last seen:
 1967
(Visser)		 Union 1939
(Putzel)		  

DISKOBOLOS
31.05.1948 to Republic
Area: Kimberley
Not recorded
Republic postmark known

DITSOBOTLA
23.09.1957 to Republic
Area: Lichtenburg
Not recorded
Republic postmark known

DLAMBUZI
10.04.1961 to Republic
Area: Port Shepstone
Not recorded
Republic postmark known

DLEBE
01.06.1953 to Republic
Renamed from Ndlebe
Area: Vryheid
1   2C "Bars + cross"     08.02.1956
(Putzel)		    

DLOLWANA
09.07.1951 to Republic
Renamed from Dolwane
Area: Natal Midlands
Not recorded
Republic postmark known

DOCKS CAPE TOWN
18.07.1921 to Republic
Renamed from Alfred Docks
1   2C "CAPE TOWN"   22.08.1924
(Aab)		 28.07.1954
(Putzel)		  
2 "CAPE TOWN" 1C "Blank"   Skeleton 28.06.1952
(Visser)		 07.04.1953
(Putzel)		  

DOESBURG
Union to 01.09.1918
Area: Stanger
1   2C "NATAL" Markings on sides

First Seen:
1904
(Visser)		 Union 22.03.1914
(Visser)