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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"
http://www.cghstamps.com/ 		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)