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Post Offices DORBANK to DRIVERSDRIFT

DORBANK
14.11.1955 to Republic
Area: Oudtshoorn

1   2C "Cross"   26 mm 27.04.1958
(Putzel)
   

DORDRECHT
Union to Republic

1   2C "Bars + cross" Thinner bars

First seen:
 26.07.1909
Union 02.12.1911
(Aab)
 
2   2C "Bars + cross"    18.04.1911
(Frescura)
15.05.1915
(Frescura)
 
3   1C "1917"   Skeleton 16.08.1916
(Putzel)
   
4   2C "Bars + cross" Name longer 17.10.1917
(Visser)
05.05.1923
(Aab)
 
5   2C "Bars + cross" Name longer
Different cross
(Putzel) 17.06.1935
(Aab)
 
6   2C "Blank" 26 mm 16.05.1931
(Putzel)
01.08.1931
(Aab)
 
7   2C "Blank"   25 mm
Oval O
10.02.1941
(Putzel)
   
8   2C "Blank"  T in name ends
central with date.
04.10.1945
(Visser)
28.10.1948
(Aab)
 
9   2C "Blank"   25 mm
Round  O
24.01.1942
(Putzel)
03.12.1958
(Putzel)
 
10   2C "Blank" 25 mm
Much shorter name

Last seen:
17.05.1969
(Putzel)
18.02.1952
(Aab)
Republic  

DORDRECHT STATION (RAIL)
Union to 1933
Area: Dordrecht

1   1C "CGH"   First seen:
10.08.1903
(Frescura)
Union 15.05.1914
(Putzel)
 
       

DORINGBAAI
1953 to Republic
Renamed from Doornbaai
Area: West Coast

Not recorded
Republic postmark known

DORINGBERG (STATION) (RAIL)
09.07.1928 to 08.09.1958
Renamed from Nooitgefacht Rail
Area: Dundee

1   2C "Blank"   25 mm 05.04.1932
(Putzel)
   

DORINGBOOM
1953 to Republic
Renamed from Doornboom
Area: Pietersburg

Not recorded
Republic postmark known

DORINGBOS
1953 to 07.01.1957
Renamed from Doornbos (1953)
Renamed to Moedverlore (1957)
Area: Clanwilliam

Not recorded
Republic postmark known

DORINGBULT
1956 to ca. 1960
Renamed from Doorbult
Area: Lichtenburg

Not recorded

DORINGKOP
1953 to Republic
Renamed from Doornkop
Area: Stanger, Natal

1   2C "Blank"   30 mm 09.06.1955
(Putzel)
   

DORINGPOORT
1953 to Republic
Renamed from Doornpoort
Area: Rustenburg

Not recorded
Republic postmark known

DORMERTON
20.09.1948 to Republic
Area: Durban

1   1C "Blank" Skeleton 06.11.1948
(Johan Bezuidenhout)
   
2   2C "Blank" 25 mm 18.01.1951
(Aab)
02.01.1959
(Putzel)
 

DORPSPLAATS
Union to 18.03.1929
Area: Ermelo

1   2C "TRANSVAAL" First seen:
1908
(Putzel)
Union 23.04.1918
(Aab)
 

DORPSPRUIT
13.06.1955 to Republic
Area: Pietermaritzburg

Not recorded
Republic postmark known

DORP STREET CAPE TOWN
18.01.1926 to 02.11.1953
Renamed to Leeusig
Area:Cape Town

1   2C "CAPE  TOWN.KAAPSTAD"   11.10.1929
(Aab)
12.01.1942
(Putzel)
 
2   2C "KAAPSTAD CAPETOWN"   10.02.1941
(Aab)
02.05.1949
(Aab)
 
3   2C "KAAPSTAD CAPETOWN"   Big gap between
Kaapstad and Dorp
16.10.1950
(Putzel)
   
4   2C "CAPE  TOWN      KAAPSTAD"   28 mm 20.07.1951
(Putzel)
   
5   PARCEL "CAPE  TOWN      KAAPSTAD"
Visser
 
(Visser)
   

DORSET
15.11.1926 to 24.11.1930
30.03.1931 to 02.04.1945
Area: Vaalwater, Transvaal

1   2C "Bars + cross"   26 mm 17.05.1930
(Putzel)
   

DORSTFONTEIN
01.07.1911 to 01.03.1912
Area: Pretoria

Not recorded

DOUGLAS
Union to Republic
Area: Hope Town  near Kimberley

1   1C "CGH" First seen:
08.06.1892
(Frescura)
Union 03.03.1913
Frescura)
 
2   2C "S.AFRICA"   07.11.1913
(Aab)
29.10.1923
(Ian
Paterson)
 
3   2C "Bars + cross"
  13.07.1923
(Putzel)
30.05.1933
(Putzel)
 
4   2C "Cross"   10.04.1941
(Putzel)
28.06.1947
(Aab)
 
5   2C "Bars + cross"   23.06.1950
(Putzel)
27.10.1956
(Putzel)
 
6   2C "Bars + cross"   Different cross

Last seen:
10.01.1963
(Putzel)
13.04.1941
(Putzel)
 Republic  
7   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 16.06.1956
(Putzel)
   

DOUGLAS HEIGHTS
01.06.1914 to
Republic
Area: Grahamstown

1   2C "Bars + cross"   05.03.1921
(Putzel)
01.07.1924
(Aab)
 
2   1C "Blank"
Visser
Skeleton 30.06.1939
(Visser)
   

DOUWSRUST
01.05.1913 to 02.11.1936
Area: Klerksdorp

1   2C "S.AFRICA"     1920
(Putzel)
   

DOVER (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Vredefort, OFS

1   2C "S.AFRICA"   04.11.1912
(Visser)

(Aab)
 
2 "RAIL" 2C "Bar"   8 to 4 o''çlock 16.11.1933
(Putzel)
1947
(Putzel)
 
3 "RAIL" 2C "?"
Visser
10 to 2 o''çlock
(Visser)
   
4   1C "49"   Skeleton 1949
(Visser)
   

DOVESDALE
Union to Republic
Area: Potchefstroom

1   2C "Blank" 2 Asterisks on sides

First seen
26.10.1904
(Lundy)
Union
(Putzel)
 

DOYLE'S PROSPECT
01.11.1920 to 20.06.1921
Area: Taungs

1   1C "?"
Visser
  22.10.1922
(Visser)
   

DRAAIBOSCH
Union to 24.05.1948

1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
31.12.1906
(Frescura)
Union 30.01.1926
(Aab)
 

DRAAIHOEK
01.05.1919 to 29.05.1950
Renamed to Suidoosterbank
Area: Edenburg, OFS

1   2C "Blank"    
(Putzel)
   

DRAAIKRAAL
Union
to 01.01.1915
18.12.1922 to Republic
Area: Between Belfast and Dullstroom

1   2C "?"
Visser
 
(S.Payne
   
2   2C "Blank"   21.03.1933
(Putzel)
26.05.1948
(Aab)
 

DRAAGHOENDER (STATION) (RAIL)
Union
 to 02.09.1957
Area: Prieska

1 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"     09.12.1933
(Putzel)
   

DRAKENSBERG
01.12.1917 to 01.08.1919
Area: Harrismith

Not recorded

DRAKENSBERG GARDEN
01.01.1937 to Republic
Area: Underberg

1   2C "Blank"   Last seen
11.04.1975
(Putzel)
1959
(Visser)
   

DRAYCOTT (STATION) (RAIL)
02.10.1922 to  Republic
Area: Escourt

1   2C "Blank"
Chris Vd Spuy
25 mm 1928
(Putzel)

(Chris
Vd Spuy)
 
2   2C "Blank"   29 mm 09.04.1943(Putzel)    

DRENNAN STATION
23.09.1957 to Republic
Renamed from Dassiedeur Station
Area: Cradock

Not recorded
Republic postmark known

DREUNBERG RAIL
01.10.1912 to 24.11.1930
Renamed from Druenberg
Area: Burgersdorp

1   2C "S.AFRICA"     06.07.1920
(Putzel)
   

DREW (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Swellendam

1   1C "CGH"
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Last seen:
 
23.07.1901
(Aab)
Union 20.02.1917
(Putzel)
 
2   2C "Bars + cross"     16.06.1944
(Putzel)
   

DRIEBADEN
19.05.1924 to 09.05.1955
Area: Jagersfontein, OFS

1   2C "Blank"   11.08.1936
(Putzel)
08.05.1943
(Putzel)
 

DRIEDOORNHOEK
01.07.1919 to 01.03.1920
Area: Pietersburg

Not recorded

DRIEFONTEIN - Natal -
Union to Republic

Area : Ladysmith

1   2C "NATAL"     1912
(Visser)
1924
(Visser)
 

DRIEFONTEIN - VOLKSRUST -
30.06.1903 to Union
Area: Volksrust

1   2C "Asterisk" New discovery

First seen:
??.06.1904
(S.Payne)

 
Union 20.07.1917
(Putzel)
 

DRIEFONTEIN (STATION) (STASIE) - Transvaal -
October 1910 to 16.01.1939
Renamed to Fondrie
Area: Germiston

1 "STATION" 2C "TRANSVAAL"   19.04.1915
(Putzel)
16.10.1932
(Aab)
 
2 "STASIE" 2C "Bar"     13.11.1935
(Putzel)
   

DRIEKOP
13.07.1925 to Republic
Area: Lydenburg

1   2C "Bars + cross"   05.11.1925
(Aab)
31.12.1948
(Putzel)
 

DRIE LELIES
15.09.1952 to Republic
Renamed from Harmonie, Pretoria
Area: Pretoria

1   2C "Blank"   Last seen:
24.12.1963
(Putzel)
01.11.1954
(Putzel)
 Republic  

DRIEVIERSBOOM
01.09.1919 to Republic
Area: Rustenburg

1   2C "Bar?"  
Visser)
   

DRINKWATER
Union to July 1911

Area: Ermelo

Not recorded
Transvaal postmark known

DRIVERSDRIFT
03.02.1911 to Republic
Area:Queenstown

1   2C "Blank"     03.02.1911
(Putzel)
1943
(Visser)