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ELANDSKUIL
 July 1910 to 04.07.1957
(TO from 1952 onwards)
Area: Ventersdorp
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"   01.05.1935
(Aab)		 04.07.1957
(Aab)		  

ELANDSLAAGTE (RAIL) (STATION)
Union to Republic
Area: Ladysmith
1   2C "NATAL"   20.09.1911
(Aab)		    
2   2C "Blank"   SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 15.05.1922
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Blank" Inscription removed
31 mm		 23.02.1928
(Aab)		 07.09.1928
(Putzel)		  
4   2C "Blank" 26 mm 21.12.1956
(Aab)		 13.03.1959
(Putzel)		  

ELANDSPUT (ELANDSPUTTE)
28.06.1926 to 20.05.1935
Renamed to Bakerville
New office opened under old name  17.96.1935 to 15.02.1960
Area: Lichtenburg
1   1C "Blank"   Skeleton
Elandsput		 01.03.1927
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Blank"   23.12.1929
(Putzel)		 22.09.1931
(Aab)		  

ELANDSRIVIER
Union to 28.04.1930
Area: Between Pretoria and Witbank
1 "P.O." 2C "Asterisk" First seen:
10.10.1904
(Lundy)		 Union 16.06.1914
(S.Payne)		  

ELANDSVLEI
Union to Republic
Area: Calvinia
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		 26 mm
(Visser)
 		  
2   2C "Blank" Last seen:
14.03.1978
(Putzel)
(Aab)		 Republic  

ELANGA
01.02.1913 to Republic
Area: Kokstad
1   2C "S.AFRICA"     25.05.1922
(Putzel)		 1937
(Visser)		  

ELBERTSKRAAL
27.12.1922 to 11.07.1932
Renamed from Melkhoutfontein
Area: Albertinia, Cape
Not recorded

ELEAZAR
01.03.1914 to 01.03.1919
17.09.1923 to 14.03.1927
25.06.1934 to 23.01.1961
Area: Potchefstroom
1   2C "Bars + cross"     1939
(Visser)		 1946
(Visser)		  

ELGIN (RAIL) (STATION)
Union to Republic
Area: Grabouw, Cape
1   2C "Bars + cross" Last seen:
09.10.1905
(Frescura)		 Union 23.06.1923
(Frescura)		  
2   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1926
(Visser)		    
3   2C "Bars + cross" date 1 line 1933
(Aab)		 12.03.1947
(Aab)		  
       

ELIASDALE
01.03.1913 to 27.08.1956
Area: Barkly East
1   2C "S.AFRICA"   01.08.1922
(Aab)		 21.08.1934
(Putzel)		  

ELIM (CAPE)
Union to Republic
Area: Bredarsdorp
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
 29.12.1891
(Frescura)		 Union 22.04.1924
(Frescura)		  
2   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 1927
(Visser)		    
3   1C "Bars + cross"   30.04.1929
(Aab)		 21.05.1947
(Putzel)		  

ELIM (BETHLEHEM)
Union to 01.08.1911
Renamed to Arafat
1   BONC "17" Known on interprovincial      

ELIM HOSPITAL
Union to Republic
Area: Louis Trichardt
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"   19.01.1915
(Putzel)		 12.05.1937
(Aab)		  
       
2   1C "Blank"

Visser

 Skeleton 16.11.1939
(Visser)		    
3   2C "Blank"   02.08.1942
(Aab)		 15.03.1956
(Putzel)		  
       

ELIZABETHRUSH
12.08.1929 to 24.07.1933
Area: Lichtenburg
1   2C "?"    
(Putzel)		    

ELIZABETHSFONTEIN
03.01.1949 to Republic
Area: Clanwilliam
1   2C "Blank"     30.11.1949
(Putzel)		    

ELLASVILLE
01.07.1913 to 17.04.1922
Area: Lichtenburg
1   2C "S.AFRICA"     16.11.1919
(Putzel)		    

ELLENSDALE
Union to Republic
Area: Newcastle
1   2C "Blank"  
(Putzel)		 1934
(Aab)		  

ELLERTON
01.10.1914 to 01.11.1914
02.10.1922 to 15.01.1923
Renamed from Birthday (1914)
Area: Pietersburg
Not recorded

ELLESMERE
Union to 24.11.1930
Area: Burgersdorp
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
25.06.1898
(frescura)		 Union 17.12.1910
(Frescura)		  

ELLIOT
Union to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Bars + cross" Oval O
First seen:
02.06.1906
(Frescura)		 Union 1923
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"   Round O
Smaller letters		 06.02.1923
(Putzel)		    
       
3   2C "Bars + cross" Thick bars 01.04.1917
(Putzel)		 01.08.1931
(Aab)		  
4   2C "Bars + cross" Thin short bars 22.06.1942
(Putzel)		 30.06.1935
(Aab)		  
5   2C "Bars + cross" Thin shorter bars
Much smaller Elliot		 27.07.1943
(Putzel)		 26.07.1944
(Aab)		  
6   2C "Bars + cross" Thin long bars 1949
(Putzel)		 13.02.1956
(Aab)		  
7   1C "1946" Skeleton 30.12.1946
(Putzel)
(Aab)		  
8 "CB ELLIOT RLS" 1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton
CB before
Elliot
RLS behind
Elliot		 06.10.1959
(Visser)		    

ELLIOTDALE
Union to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   1C "Dot" First seen:
31.03.1892
(Frescura)		 Union 08.06.1931
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bar"   31.10.1932
(Aab)		 19.08.1955
(Aab)		  
3   2C "Blank"   194?
(Aab)		 24.10.1954
(Putzel)		  

ELLISPOST
Union to Republic
Area: East London
1   SQC     02.05.1911
(Frescura)		 ??.??.1943
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank"     27.11.1952
(Putzel)		    

ELLISRAS
09.07.1934 to Republic
Area: Vaalwater
1   2C "Blank"   Last seen
25.06.1965
(Visser)		 13.02.1948
(Putzel)		 Republic  

ELMESTON
01.03.1934 to Republic
Renamed from Oorsprong
Area: Vaalwater
Not recorded
Republic postmark known

ELMTREA RAIL (STATION)
25.08.1947 to Republic
Area: Standerton
Not recorded

ELOFF (RAIL) (STATION)
01.10.1912 to Union
Area: East Rand
1 "R.O." 2C "Blank"
Visser		   1922
(Visser)		 1923
(Visser)		  
2 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"   23.09.1932
(Putzel)		 1942
(Visser)		  

ELSBURG
Union to Republic
Area: South of Germiston
1   2C "Asterisk" First seen:
14.07.1908
(Aab)

Last seen:
14.09.1978
(Putzel)		 Union  Republic  

ELSIESRIVIER (HALT ) (RAIL) (ELSIES RIVER)
Union to Republic
Area: Cape Town Northern Suburbs
1   1C "Blank" First seen:
29.06.1903
(Aab)		 Union 22.11.1924
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Blank" S and R close 18.01.1935
(Putzel)
(Aab)		  
3   2C "Blank"   S and R gap 30.06.1955
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Blank"   Bi-lingual

Last seen:
25.09.1978
(Putzel)
(Aab)		 Republic  
       

ELSTOW (SIDING)
1911 to 01.07.1919
Area: Bethulie, OFS
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		   1911
(Visser)		    

ELUBALEKA
22.03.1937 to 1953
Renamed to Lubaleko
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Blank"     21.10.1952
(Putzel)		    

EMAGUSHENI
01.03.1914 to 1951
Renamed to Magusheni
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Blank"   SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date
(Putzel)		    

EMAKABELENI
01.11.1910 to 1951
Renamed from Hermitage
Renamed to Makabaleni
Area: Krantzkop
1   2C "Bars + cross"   11.11.1944
(Visser)
(Aab)		  

EMATIMATOLO
01.06.1925 to 1929
Area: Greytown
Not recorded

EMBABE
01.08.1913 to 01.11.1918
Renamed to Kwambonani
Area: Empangeni
1   2C "S.AFRICA"
Visser		   27.09.1916
(Visser)		    

EMBINZANI
Union to 15.06.1931
Area: Queenstown
1   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1931
(Putzel)		    

EMDEN
13.01.1921 to 13.11.1922
08.12.1924 to 10.03.1930
Area: Senekal, OFS
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   24.02.1925
(Visser)		    

EMERALD HILL
28.09.1925 to Republic
Area: Port Elizabeth
1   2C "Blank"    
(Putzel)		    
2   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 23.04.1958
(Putzel)		    

EMFUNDESWENI
Union to 19.06.1950
Renamed to Mfundesweni
Area: Transkei
1   1C "Dot" First seen:
05.03.1895
(frescura)		 Union 24.03.1931
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bar"     07.02.1950
(Putzel)		    

EMGWALI
Union to 1951
Renamed to Mgwali
Area: Stutterheim
1   1C "CAPE COLONY" First seen:
 09.06.1876
(Aab)		 09.06.1876
(Aab)		 12.12.1918
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"   10.09.1924
(Putzel)		 193?
(Aab)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross"   12.01.1942
(Putzel)		 09.02.1945
(Aab)		  

EMHLOPENE
01.07.1911 to 06.12.1926
Area: Greytown
1   2C "?"
Visser		   ??.10.1914
(Visser)		 29.07.1921
(Visser)		  

EMJANYANA
Union to 1951
Renamed to Mjanyana
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
 02.01.1908
(Frescura)		 Union 06.10.1922
(Frescura)		  
2   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 11.06.1923
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "S.AFRICA"   20.03.1925
(Aab)		 31.03.1943
(Aab)		  
4   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 21.05.1948
(Visser)		    
5   2C "Blank"   01.10.1948
(Aab)		 23.01.1950
(Visser)		  

EMKINDINI
01.10.1913 to 1931
Area: Melmoth, Zululland
1   2C "S.AFRICA"
Visser		   01.02.1917
(Visser)		    

EMMARENTIA (EMMERENTIA)
30.04.1951 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		 spelt with A 03.11.1953
(Visser)		    
2   2C "Blank" spelt with E 03.12.1953
(Putzel)		 02.01.1959
(Aab)		  

EMMAUS
01.09.1911 to Republic
Area: Fauresmith, OFS
1   2C "Bars + cross"   12.01.1942
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  

EMMS
Union to 01.04.1912
Renamed to Ems
Area: Bethulie
Not recorded
ORC postmark known

EMOYENI
01.11.1910 to 1926
Area:Zululand
1   2C "?"
Visser		 SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 1923
(Visser)