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Post Offices DROEREVIERSTASIE to DUNDONALD

DROERESVIERSTASIE 10.02.1930 to 02.01.1961 Renamed ftom Droogrivier Rail Area: Beuafort West
1		2C	"Blank"	Visser	29 mm	23.01.1933 (Visser)	1934 (Visser)
2	"/STA"	2C	"Blank"		26 mm	23.07.1944 (Putzel)
DROEVIG 01.01.1913 to 01.08.1915 Area: Kokstad
Not recorded
DROEVLAKTE 1953 to Republic Renamed from Droogevlakte Area: Riversdale
Not recorded Republic postmark known
DROGEPAN 01.08.1919 to 08.10.1923 Area: Pretoria
Not recorded
DROMMEDARIS (DROMEDARIS) 29.06.1953 to Republic Area: Pretoria
1		2C	"Blank"	Visser	One M only	1953 (Visser)
2		2C	"3"	Visser	Two M	31.03.1955 (Visser)
DRONKVLEI Union to 30.07.1928 Area: Pietermaritzburg
1		2C	"NATAL"		No markings on sides First seen: 17.07.1899 (Aab)	Union	26.01.1911 (Aab)

2		2C	"NATAL"			22.12.1910 (Aab)	30.01.1912 (Aab)

DROOGDAL Union to 18.10.1954 Area: Newcastle
1		2C	"NATAL"	Visser		1911 (Visser)	1937 (Vsser)
DROOGPUTS 01.11.1920 to 08.08.1921 Area: Carnarvon
Not recorded
DROOGRIVIER (RAIL) 01.03.1926 to 10.02.1930 Renamed to Droerivier Stasie Area: Beaufort West
Not recorded
DROOGEVLAKTE 01.09.1917 to 1954 Renamed to Droevlakte Area: Riversdale
1		2C	"Blank"	Visser		??.01.1936 (Visser)
DROOGVELD 01.01.1912 to 01.01.1915 01.10.1916 to 01.08.1944 Area: Kimberley
1		2C	"Blank"			1927 (Putzel)	11.02.1940 (Putzel)
DROSTDY Union to Republic Area: Tulbagh
1		1C	"CGH"		First seen: 23.11.1907 (Frescura)	Union	12.12.1914 (Putzel)
2		2C	"Bars + cross"		Last seen: 11.08.1978 (Putzel)	(Aab)	Republic
DRUENBERG 01.12.1911 to 01.10.1912 Renamed from Albert Junction Renamed to Dreunberg Area: Burgersdorp
Not recorded
DRUMMOND (RAIL) Union to 02.06.1941 Area: Durban
1		2C	"NATAL"			23.04.1925 (Putzel)
2		2C	"Blank"			??.11.1930 (Putzel)	01.12.1935 (Aab)
DRUMMENDLEA 24.08.1936 to 09.01.1950 11.10.1955 to 04.02.1957 Renamed from Moorddrift (1936) Area: Potgietersrust
1		2C	"Blank"			22.03.1937 (Putzel)	(Aab)
DRUPFONTEIN 01.10.1916 to 01.03.1917 Area: Edenburg, OFS
Not recorded
DRUSANA 29.08.1960 to Republic Area: Bloemfontein
Not recorded Republic postmark known
DRYDEN (RAIL) (STATION) 01.03.1911 to Republic Area: Germiston
1	"R.O."	2C	"Blank"		New discovery	04.10.1913 (Reier)	13.09.1926 (Visser)
2	"RAIL"	2C	"Blank"			11.04.1933 (Aab)	18.12.1936 (Putzel)

3	"STA"	2C	"Blank"		New discovery	18.12.1946 (Aab)
DRYFSAND 21.06.1937 to 08.02.1960 Area: Nylstroom
1		2C	"Blank"			24.10.1940 (Putzel)
DRY HARTS 01.07.1916 to Republic Area: Vryburg
1		2C	"Blank"		SOUTH above date AFRICA below date	25.05.1932 (Putzel)	11.08.1943 (Aab)
DUBE 07.10.1957 to Republic Area: Johannesburg
1		2C	"ORLANDO"		Last seen: 24.05.1968 (Putzel)	10.11.1958 (Aab)	Republic

DUDUDU 1953 to Republic Area: Durban
Not recorded
DUFFFIELD 15.10.1934 to 05.02.1940 Area: Durban
1		2C	"Blank"			14.11.1934 (Putzel)
DUFF'S ROAD (STATION) (RAIL) Union to Republic Area: Durban
1	"RAIL"	2C	"Blank"			04.03.1931 (Putzel)
2		2C	"Blank"	Visser	Skeleto)	9.05.1935 (Visser)
DUIKERFONTEIN 01.05.1913 to 13.10.1930 Area: Lichtenburg
Not recorded
DUIKERRIVER July 1910 to 01.12.1910 01.09.1914 to 01.02.1919 Area: Nylstroom
Not recorded
DUIKERSDAL 06.09.1954 to Republic Renamed from Abrahamsdam Area: Prieska
Not recorded Republic postmark known
DUIVELSKLOOF (DUIWELSKLOOF) Union to Republic Area: Tzaneen
1		2C	"TRANSVAAL"		First seen: 21.12.1906 (Aab)	Union	23.08.1922 (Putzel)

2		1C	"Blank"	(Visser)	Skeleton	29.09.1922 (Visser)
3		2C	"Blank"		Duivelskloof	23.04.1923 (Aab)	17.08.1927 (Aab)
4		1C	"Blank"		Skeleton	(Visser)	1932 (Aab)
5		2C-D	"Bar"		Duivelskloof	(Putzel)
6		2C	"Blank"		Duivelskloof Not recorded by Putzel	1947 (Visser)	10.p5.1954 (Visser)
7		2C-D	"Blank"		Duiwelskloof	26.11.1953 (Putzel)
8		2C	"Blank"		Duiwelskloof	26.11.1953 (Putzel)
9		2C	"Blank"		Duiwelskloof	15.02.1955 (Putzel)	21.12.1959 (Aab)
DUKATHOLE 12.09.1945 to Republic Area: Aliwal North
1		2C	"Blank"	Visser	Last seen: 15.07.1965 (Putzel)	1953 (Visser)	Republic
DULLSTROOM (RAIL) Union to Republic Area: Belfast
1		2C	"Asterisk"		First seen: 10.10.1903 (Aab)	Union	28.02.1913 (Putzel)
2	"RAIL"	2C	"TRANSVAAL"	Visser	This was a telegraph office	05.08.1918 (Visser)
3		2C	"Bars + cross"		Last seen: 15.08.1978 (Putzel)	07.02.1933 (Aab)	Republic
4		2C	"Dot"			26.05.1935 (Aab)	29.11.194? (Aab)
DUMATIS 10.07.1939 to 26.08.1957 Area: West Rand
1		2C	"Bars + cross"	Visser		18.08.1947 (Visser)
DUMISA Union to 05.08.1957 Area:Durban
1		2C	"NATAL"		Markings on sides Last seen: 03.08.1901 (Putzel)	Union	11.07.1910 (Aab)
2		2C	"Bars + cross"	Visser	*	1?.10.1946 (Visser)
DUNBRODY 25.04.1927 to Republic Area: Addo
1		2C	"Blank"		Last seen: 24.12.1972 (Putzel)	30.09.1931 (Putzel)	Republic
DUNDEE Union to Republic
1		2C	"NATAL"		Blocks on sides Blocks level with date First seen: 30.05.1910 (Aab)	Union	25.07.1913 (Putzel)
2		2C	"NATAL"		Blocks on sides Blocks below date	Union	27.05.1914 (Putzel)
3		2C	"S.AFRICA"			11.07.1912 (Putzel)	20.05.1914 (Aab)
4		2C	"SOUTH AFRICA"			22.06.1916 (Putzel)
5		2C	"Bars + cross"		28 mm Bars above date	13.11.1919 (Aab)	1921 (Aab)
6		2C	"Bars + cross"		30 mm Bars below date Large gap between bars and name	11.10.1921 (Aab)	08.11.1926 (Aab)

7		2C	"Bars + cross"		30 mm	23.04.1920 (Putzel)	07.06.1921 (Aab)
8		2C-D	"Bars + cross"		30 mm	??.09.1929 (Aab)	17.03.1931 (Putzel)
9		2C-D	"Cross"		31 mm	11.05.1936 (Putzel)
10		2C	"Bars + cross"		27 mm Thin lines	22.11.1934 (Putzel)
11		2C-D	"Bars + cross"			05.05.1938 (Putzel)	06.07.1952 (Aab)
12		2C	"Bars + cross"		30 mm Thinner bar and larger lettering than No. 6	(Putzel)
13		2C	"Bars + cross"		26 mm DUNDEE longer	(Putzel)
14		2C	"Cross"		26 mm	02.11.1945 (Putzel)	13.07.1950 (Putzel)
15		2C	"Bars + cross"		Last seen: 11.09.1978 (Putzel)	06.05.1952 (Putzel)	Republic
16		2C-D	"2"		Index 2 Last seen: 29.01.1962 (Putzel)	30.10.1958 (Putzel)	Republic
17		2C	"PAID"			07.11.1931 (Visser)	23.04.1932 (Aab)
18		PARCEL			Index 1	(Visser)	(Aab)
DUNDONALD 01.07.1917 to 01.04.1918 Area: Eastern Transvaal
1		2C	"Bars + cross"		Not recorded by Putzel New discovery	05.11.1917 (Aab)