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ESCOMBE (STATION) (RAIL)
01.12.1911 to Republic
Renamed from Bowkers
Area: Durban
1   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 15.12.1912
(Visser)		    
2   2C "Bars + cross" 28 mm 01.01.1924
(Putzel)		 1935
(Aab)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross"   25 mm 29.09.1958
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Bars + cross"   Thin lines

Last seen
26.06.1967
(Putzel)

 09.04.1947
(Aab)		  Republic  
       
5   2C "Cross" 26 mm 03.05.1952
(Aab)		 20.10.1959
(Putzel		  
6   PARCEL      
(Putzel)		    

ESCOMBE DEPOT
1955 to Republic
Area: Durban
1   2C "Blank" 26 mm 16.10.1955
(Putzel)		 14.02.1961
(Aab)		  

ESDABROOK
25.05.1953 to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Blank"   Last seen
22.09.1976
(Putzel)		 25.05.1953
(Putzel)		  Republic  

ESENEMBI
01.09.1920 to 01.05.1923
Area: Togaat
Not recorded

ESHOWE
Union to Republic
Area: Zululand
1   2C "NATAL" Dots on sides

First seen:
09.02.1903
(Aab)		 Union 31.05.1914
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"   03.07.1921
(Putzel)		 09.07.1928
(Aab)		  
3   1C "ZULULAND" Re-use of
old postmark		 19.05.1922
(Aab)		 14.01.1929
(Aab)		  
4   2C "Bars + cross" Wide H 13.05.1935
(Aab)		 15.05.1937
(Putzel)		  
5   2C "Bars + cross" Heavier bars
Narrow H		   04.11.1954
(Aab)		  
6   2C "Bars + cross" Thinner bars 21.11.1950
(Aab)		 15.10.1951
(Putzel)		  
7   2C "Cross"     15.10.1958
(Aab)		    

ESHOWE NORTH
Union to 1913
02.09.1946 to Republic
Area: Zululand
1   2C "Blank"    
(Putzel)		    

ESHOWE SOUTH
20.01.1936 to 24.10.1955
Area: Zululand
1   2C "ESHOWE SUID"
Visser		 Bi-lingual 03.12.1945
(Visser)		    

ESIDUMBINI MISSION STATION
Union to 1953
Renamed to Sidumbini Mission
Area: Tongaat
1   2C "NATAL"
Visser		 No mission station 14.02.192?
(Visser)		    

ESIHLENGENI
30.07.1923 to 16.01.1933
28.04.1943 to 01.05.1944
Renamed to Stylrand (1933)
Area: Vryheid
1   2C "Blank" New discovery 03.09.1928
(Aab)		    
       

ESIKOLENI
03.12.1934 to 1953
Renamed to Sikoleni
Area: Pietermaritzburg
1   2C "Blank"     1935
(Putzel)		    
2   1C "NATAL"   Skeleton 05.05.1949
(Putzel)		    

ESINXAGO
Union to 1953
Renamed to Sinxago
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		   1950
(Visser)		    

ESINYAMBOTI
01.07.1911 to 25.12.1933
Renamed from Salem
Area: Krantzkop, Natal
1   2C "Bars + cross"     1911
(Visser)		 1927
(Putzel)		  

ESPAGSDRIF(T)
Union to Republic
Area: Between Kimberley and Vryburg
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
09.02.1898
(Frescura)		 Union 1934
(Visser)		  

ESPERANZA (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Natal South Coast
1   2C "NATAL" Dots on sides

First seen:
30.05.1905
(Aab)		 Union 16.11.1911
(Aab)		  
2   1C "?" Skeleton
(Aab)		    
3   2C "S.AFRICA"   27.06.1912
(Aab)		 08.12.1913
(Aab)		  
4   2C "Blank"   01.01.1923
(Aab)		 22.09.1959
(Putzel)		  
5   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1950
(Visser)		 1951
(Visser)		  

ESSELEN PARK
02.03.1953 to Union
Area: East Rand
Not recorded
Republic postmarks known

ESSELEN PARK STATION
11.12.1944 to 06.06.1949
Renamed from Kaalfontein
Renamed to Kaalfontein
Area: East Rand
Not recorded

ESSENBOS(CH)
01.05.1917 to Republic
Area: Humansdorp
1   2C "Bars + cross"   Esselenbosch
(Putzel)		    

ESSEX
25.01.1926 to 21.04.1930
30.10.1930 to 15.12.1947
Area: Queenstown
1   2C "S.AFRICA"
Visser		   30.10.1945
(Visser)		    

ESTADEAL
21.11.1955 to Republic
Area: Port Elizabeth
Not recorded
Republic postmarks known

ESTAIRES
26.08.1929 to 21.09.1936
Area: West Coast
Not recorded

ESTANTIA (ESTANCIA) (RAIL)
01.07.1918 to Union
Renamed from Krantzpoort Rail
Area: Breyten
1   2C "Blank"   ??.06.1923
(Putzel)		 31.01.1929
(Putzel)		  
2 "RAIL" 2C "Bar"
Visser		   28.07.1928
(Visser)		    
3   2C "Blank"     ??.06.1923
(Putzel)		 31.01.1929
(Putzel)		  
4   2C "Blank"
Visser		 Wider A's 30.01.1946
(Visser)		    
5   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 195?
(Putzel)		    

ESTCOURT
Union to Republic
1   2C "NATAL" Asterisks on sides

First seen:
28.05.1907
(Aab)		 Union 08.03.1913
(Aab)		  
2   2C "NATAL"
Visser		 Dots on sides 14.08.1914
(Visser)		    
3   2C "Bars + cross" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
berlow date		 18.03.1914
(Aab)		 13.03.1918
(Visser)		  
4   2C "Bars + cross" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
berlow date

Thicker bars		 ??.03.1921
(Visser)		 02.02.1925
(Aab)		  
5   2C "S.AFRICA"
Visser		   02.01.1935
(Visser)		    
6   2C "Bars + cross"   02.07.1925
(Putzel)		 27.10.1928
(Putzel)		  
7   2C "Bars + cross"   Thicker bar
bigger cross
31 mm		 27.10.1938
(Putzel)		    
8   2C "Blank"   Estcourt longer
(Putzel)		    
9   2C "Blank"   Estcourt shorter 1950
(Putzel)		    
10   2C "2" Index 2 26.04.1948
(Aab)		 06.09.1958
(Putzel)		  

ESTERHUIZEN
01.10.1912 to 01.5.1918
Renamed to Vierhoek
Area: Lichtenburg
Not recorded

ESTOIRE
21.01.1946 to Republic
Renamed from De Bloem
Area: Bloemfontein
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   1959
(Visser)		    

ESTON (STATION) (RAIL)
01.01.1913 to Republic
Area: Pietermaritzburg
1   2C "S.AFRICA" New discovery 03.07.1913
(Aab)		    
2 "RAIL" 2C "Bar"
Visser		   22.06.1937
(Visser)		    
3   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   16.10.1945
(Visser)		 1947
(Visser)		  

ETALANENI
Union to 04.04.1949
Area: Zululand
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   ??.12.1922
(Visser)		    
2   2C "Blank"
Visser		   15.01.1942
(Visser)		    

ETEMBENI
08.08.1921 to 01.10.1923
Area: Umzimkulu
Not recorded
CGH postmarks known from 1st office

ETEZA
18.07.1948 to 20.11.1950
Renamed to Teza
Area: Zululand
Not recorded

ETTRICK
01.12.1924 to 02.06.1930
Area: Franklin, Cape
Not recorded

ETYENI
16.07.1923 to 1930
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   05.07.1924
(Visser)		    

EUREKA (CITY) (STATION)
Union to Republic
Area: Barberton
1   2C "Asterisk" First seen:
16.06.1907
(Aab)		 16.06.1907
(Aab)		 22.09.1911
(Putzel)		  
2   1C "TVL"   Skeleton 1911
(Putzel)		    
3 "STATION" 2C "Asterisk" First seen:
??.07.1903
(Lundy)		 Union 17.04.1917
(Putzel)		  
4   2C "Bars" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 1929
(Visser)		 06.10.1941
(Aab)		  
5   2C-D "Asterisk"    
(Putzel)		    
6   2C "Cross"     22.05.1955
(Putzel)		    

EVANDER
24.11.1958 to Republic
Area: Bethal
Not recorded
Republic postmarks known

EVANGELINA
14.01.1935 to Republic
Area: Louis Trichardt
1   2C "Blank"     08.10.1952
(Putzel)		    

EVATON (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to 28.11.1960
Renamed to Residensia
Area: Vereeniging
1   2C "TRANSVAAL" First seen:
 29.01.1906
(Aab)		 Union 02.04.1941
(Aab)		  
       
2   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 24.09.1926
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Blank"   25 mm

Thick bars
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Blank"   29 mm

Thin bars		 1953
(Putzel)		    
5   2C "2"
Visser		 Index 2 01.05.1960
(Visser)		    

EVELYNS POST
21.02.1927 to 26.01.1942
Area: Humansdorp
1   2C "Blank"   01.11.1937
(Visser)
(Aab)		  

EVERGREEN
Union to 25.06.1945
Area: Piet Retief
1   2C "TRANSVAAL" First seen:
 ??.02.1910
(S.Payne)		 Union 1933
(Visser)		  

EWANRIGG
Union to 01.01.1913
Renamed to Keikop
Area: Komgha
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
12.08.1899
(Frescura)		 Union 10.06.1912
(Aab)		  

EXCELDA
29.04.1940 to 04.04.1955
Renamed from Grantham
Area: Beaufort West
1   2C "Blank"   22.06.1946
(Aab)		 03.03.1955
(Putzel)		  

EXCELSIOR
01.07.1911 to Republic
Area: Winburg, OFS
1   2C "Bars + cross"   08.07.1911
(Aab)		 31.08.1922
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank" Smaller lettering 14.05.1929
(Putzel)		 15.08.1932
(Aab)		  
3   2C "Blank" Larger lettering ?5.11.1935
(Aab)		 28.09.1953
(Aab)		  

EXCOM
03.11.1952 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg
Not recorded
Republic postmarks known

EXONXA
Union to 07.04.1930
Area: Queenstown
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
23.02.1900
(Frescura)		 Union 03.06.1918
(frescura)		  

EXTON ROAD BLOEMFONTEIN
10.01.1938 to Republic
1   2C "BLOEMFONTEIN"     195?
(Putzel)		    

EZULWINI - SWAZILAND -
 Union to 01.02.1915
01.03.1920 to 05.09.1968
1   2C "SWAZILAND" Dots on sides
Spelt Ezulweni		 06.04.1910 15.08.1928  
2   2C "SWAZILAND"   26.09.1932 06.09.1968