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Post Offices FOUCHEESRUST to FYNNLAND

FOUCHEESRUST
01.07.1911 to 1942
Area: Hoopstad, OFS

1   2C "?"   On KGV
(Visser)
   

FOURIESBURG
Union to Republic
Area: Ficksburg

1   2C "Blank"   ORC removed
Dots on sides
191?
(Putzel)
   
2   2C "Blank"   ORC removed
Blocks on sides
191?
(Putzel)
   
3   2C "Blank" 28 mm
Narrow U
10.01.1916
(Visser)
11.06.1917
(Aab)
 
4   2C "Blank"   26 mm
Wide U
13.09.1923
(Putzel)
26.10.1925
(Aab)
 
5   2C "Blank"   29 mm 1932
(Putzel)
   
6   2C "Blank" 31 mm 1935
(Aab)
18.01.1937
(Putzel)
 
7   1C "Blank"   Skeleton ??.10.1937
(Putzel)
   
8   2C "Blank" 26 mm
Name above date
09.04.1940
(Putzel)
06.01.1943
(Aab)
 
9   2C "Blank" 26 mm 17.03.1940
(Putzel)
04.02.1943
(Putzel)
 
10   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 02.08.1956
(Putzel)
   
11   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 18.05.1959
(Putzel)
   

FOURIESBURG RAIL (STATION)
Union to Republic
Area: Ficksburg

1 "S.O." 2C "O.R.C." RAIL

First seen
14.09.1907
(Aab)
Union 23.06.1915
(Aab)
 
2   2C "Blank"   RAIL

SO and ORC
removed

(Putzel)
   
3   2C "Blank" STATION 29.03.1930
(Putzel)
1956
(Aab)
 

FOURIESPRUIT
01.06.1914 to 26.06.1933
Renamed Camelot
Area: Newcastle

1   2C "Blank"   31 mm

SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date

(Putzel)
   

FOURIESRUS
22.12.1958 to Republic
Area: Pretoria

Not recorded
Republic postmarks known

FOURTEENSTREAMS STATION (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Renamed to Veertien Strome ca 1952
Area: Barkly West

1   1C "CGH" First seen:
24.10.1890
(Frescura)
Union 07.10.1911
(Frescura)
 
2   2C "S.AFRICA"     31.03.1914
(Putzel)
   
3   2C "Blank"   S.AFRICA
removed
1927
(Visser)
1937
(Visser)
 
4   1C "Blank"
Visser
Skeleton 21.09.1939
(Visser)
   
5 /STA 1C "Blank"   STATION 17.03.1948
(Putzel)
??.12.1951
(Putzel)
 

FOX HILL (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to 04.04.1932
Area: Pietermaritzburg

1   2C "NATAL"
Visser
  1916
(Visser)
02.12.1923
(Visser)
 

FOX STREET, JOHANNESBURG
10.08.1931 to Republic
Renamed from Hollard Str.

1   2C "JOHANNESBURG" 28 mm
ST
13.08.1932
(Putzel)
11.06.1936
(Putzel)
 
2   2C "X" 31 mm 16.09.1935
(Putzel)
11.06.1936
(Putzel)
 
3   2C "JOHANNESBURG"   25 mm
2 small circles below place name
11.06.1936
(Putzel)
   
4   2C "JOHANNESBURG" STR 08.09.1941
(Putzel)
03.10.1944
(Aab)
 
5 "FOX STR" 2C "JOHANNESBURG" Bi-lingual 20.11.1942
(Putzel)
20.11.1945
(Aab)
 
6 "JOHANNESBURG" 2C "Blank" 29 mm 21.04.1940
(Putzel)
   
7   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 02.10.1947
(Putzel)
   
8   2C "JOHANNESBURG" 30 mm
Spelt
FOX STR

Last seen
1962
(Putzel)
01.12.1943
(Aab)
Republic  
9   2C "JOHANNESBURG"
Visser
28 mm
Spelt
FOX STR
??.11.1942
(Visser)
20.12.1953
(Visser)
 
10   2C "JOHANNESBURG"
Visser
29 mm
Spelt
FOX STREET
F and J closer
02.05.1949
(Visser)
   
11   2C "JOHANNESBURG"
Visser
28 mm
Spelt
FOX STREET
F and J apart
04.06.1956
(Visser)
   
12 "JOHANNESBURG" 2C "K"   29 mm 13.12.1957
(Putzel)
   
13 "JOHANNESBURG" 2C "M.O.S.B"
Visser
30 mm 13.09.1934
(Aab)
193?
(Visser)
 
14   PARCEL     One-liner
(Putzel)
   
15   PARCEL   Two-liner
Oval

(Visser)

Larger narrower lettering than No. 1
   
16   PARCEL  
Visser
Two-liner
Index 1

(Visser)
   
17   PARCEL  
Visser
Two-liner
Index 2

(Visser)
   
18   PARCEL  
Visser
Two-liner
Index 4

(Visser)
   
19   PARCEL  
Visser
Two-liner
No Index

(Visser)
   

FRAAIUITSIG (FRAAIUITZICHT)
01.08.1920 to 28.02.1921
18.12.1928 to 17.02.1930
Area: Vryheid

Not recorded

FRANKFORT  - CAPE -
Union to Republic
Area: Kingwilliamstown

1   BONC "434" First seen:
21.11.1903
(Frescura)
Union 07.02.1920
(Frescura)
 
2 "P.O." 1C "Blank" 23 mm

First seen
14.11.1890
(Frescura)
Union 09.04.1914
(Aab)
 
3   2C "CAPE" 31 mm
(Putzel)
17.11.1955
(Aab)
 
4   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 05.04.1935
(Putzel)
   

FRANKFORT  - OFS -
Union to Republic

1   2C "Blank" ORC removed 10.09.1911
(Putzel)
01.04.1914
(Putzel)
 
2   1C "Blank"   ORC removed ??.09.1910
(Batten)
02.10.1915
(Putzel)
 
3   2C "Blank"   17.02.1922
(Aab)
18.12.1924
(Aab)
 
4   2C "OFS OVS"
Visser
31 mm 30.12.1917
(Visser)
   
5   2C "OFS OVS" 26 mm 04.04.1920
(Aab)
07.10.1920
(Putzel)
 
6   2C "Blank" 25 mm

Last seen
14.08.1978
(Putzel)

14.08.1935
(Aab)
Republic  
7   2C "Blank" 30 mm 20.08.1943
(Aab)
15.09.1947
(Aab)
 
8 "O" 2C "Blank" 28 mm
O added to name
15.07.1952
(Aab)
07.04.1961
(Aab)
 
9   2C "Blank"   14.08.1955
(Aab)
   

FRANKLIN
01.09.1912 to Republic
Area: Kokstad

1   2C-D "Blank"
Visser
  1916
(Visser)
?2.01.1917
(Visser)
 
2   2C "Bar" Solid bar 11.04.1923
(Putzel)
11.08.1931
(Aab)
 
3   1C "Blank"
Visser
Skeleton 07.07.1924
(Visser)
   
4   2C "S.AFRICA"    
(Putzel)
   
5   2C "Blank" 25 mm 01.02.1933
(Aab)
18.07.1954
(Putzel)
 
6   2C "Blank"   Shorter letters 27.07.1933
(Putzel)
   
7   1C "Blank" Skeleton 09.12.1935
(Aab)
   
8   2C "Blank" Taller letters 17.05.1935
(Aab)
1944
(Aab)
 
9   1C "Blank" Skeleton 03.09.1952
(Putzel)
30.09.1952
(Aab)
 
10   2C "Blank" 29 mm 24.11.1954
(Aab)
   
11   2C "Blank" 24 mm 04.08.1955
(Aab)
   

FRANSCHHOEK
22.04.1921 to Republic
Renamed from French Hoek
Area: Cape Winelands

1   2C "Blank" 29 mm 04.06.1921
(Putzel)
13.01.1936
(Putzel)
 
2   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 23.06.1934
(Putzel)
   
3   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 18.06.1936
(Putzel)
   
4   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 27.06.1938
(Putzel)
   
5   2C "Blank" 28 mm 09.07.1938
(Putzel)
12.10.1938
(Aab)
 
6   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 03.04.1939
(Putzel)
   
7   2C "Blank" 25 mm

Last seen
17.05.1978
(Putzel)

26.04.1940
(Putzel)
Republic  

FRANSENHOF
01.10.1917 to 02.10.1922
17.09.1923 to Republic
Area: Prieska

1   2C "Bars + cross"   25 mm ??.06.1920
(Putzel)
   

FRASER STATION (RAIL)
28.11.1921 to Republic
Area: Tongaat

1 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"   25 mm 09.02.1933
(Putzel)
1949
(Putzel)
 
       

FRASERBURG
Union to Republic

1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
07.12.1900
(Frescura)
Union 10.12.1913
(Frescura)
 
       
2   1C "Blank"
Visser
Skeleton 28.01.1914
(Visser)
   
3   2C "Bars + cross" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date

SOUTH and AFRICA
smaller
28.10.1915
(Aab)
07.04.1919
(Aab)
 
4   2C "Bars + cross" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date

SOUTH and AFRICA
larger
Different cross
12.05.1928
(Putzel)
12.10.1935
(Aab)
 
5   2C "S.AFRICA"   31.10.1932
(Aab)
05.02.1935
(Aab)
 
6   2C "Blank" 25 mm 06.04.1933
(Aab)
1938
(Aab)
 
7   2C "Blank"   28 mm 1947
(Putzel)
1950
(Putzel)
 

FRASERBURG ROAD
Union to 18.11.1957
Renamed to Leeu-Gamka
Area: Prince Albert

1   1C "Blank" First seen:
03.09.1904
(Frescura)
Union 02.03.1912
(Frescura)
 
2   2C "?" New discovery 05.08.1911
(Aab)
   
3   2C "Bars + cross"   SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date
26.12.191?
(Putzel)
   
4   2C "Bars + cross"   Thick bars 25.01.1928
(Putzel)
   
5   1C "Blank"   Skeleton
RD
21.01.1937
(Putzel)
   
6   1C "Blank" Skeleton
WEG RD
21.01.1937
(Putzel)
   
7   2C "Bars + cross"   Thin lines
(Putzel)
   
8   2C "Blank"
Visser
  30.10.1955
(Visser)
   
9 "/WEG" 2C "Bars + cross"   Bi-lingual 25.03.1957
(Putzel)
   

FRASER'S CAMP
01.02.1931 to Republic
Area: Bathurst, Cape

Not recorded
Republic postmarks known

FRASER STREET, JOHANNESBURG
Union to 01.12.1911
Renamed to Mzain Street, Johannesburg

1 "B.O." 2C "JOHANNESBURG"
First seen:
26.10.1906
(Aab)
Union 20.04.1911
(Aab)
 

FREDERIKSTAD (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Potchefstroom

1 "P.O." 2C "Asterisk" First seen
??.10.1902
(S.Payne)
Union 08.07.1920
(Aab)
 
2   2C "R.O"     16.08.1918
(Putzel)
   
3   2C "Blank"
Visser
25 mm 13.02.1924
(Visser)
12.08.1926
(Visser)
 
4   2C "Blank" 26 mm 1930
(Putzel)
1941
(Putzel)
 

FREEMANS
01.06.1914 to 01.03.1919
Renamed to Nkengeni Hill
Area: Richmond, Natal

1   POA "47" Seen used on
Transvaal

(Putzel)
   
2   2C "Blank"
Visser
  11.09.1915
(Visser)
   

FREEMANVILLE
10.09.1956 to Republic
Renamed from Oudorp
Area: Potchefstroom

Not recorded
Republic postmarks known

FRENCH HOEK
Union to 22.04.1921
Renamed to Franschhoek
Area: Cape Winelands

1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen: 02.11.1909
(Frescura)
Union 20.03.1915
(Frescura)
 
       
2   2C "Blank"     04.04.1917
(Putzel)
   
3   1C "Blank"
Visser
  28.05.1918
(Visser)
   

FRERE (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Estcourt

1   2C "NATAL" Blocks on sides

First seen: 07.12.1907
(Aab)
Union 30.03.1932
(Putzel)
 
2   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser
  1935
(Visser)
1956
(Visser)
 

FREYA
Union to 1928
Area: Johannesburg

Not recorded
Transvaal postmarks known

FRIERSDALE
1911 to Republic
Area: Upington

1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser
  24.10.1911(Visser)    
2   2C "Blank"   28 mm 1928
(Putzel)
??.07.1931
(Putzel)
 
3   2C "Blank"
Visser
31 mm ??.07.1931
(Visser)
   
4   2C "Blank" 25 mm 10.01.1940
(Putzel)
01.03.1955
(Aab)
 

FRISCHGEWAAGD
01.12.1910 to 17.01.1921
14.01.1924 to 22.08.1927
Area: Carolina

Not recorded

FRISCO
01.10.1917 to 04.11.1940
Area: Kimberley

1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser
  17.05.1928(Visser)    

FRYLINCKSPAN
28.01.1929 to 21.03.1932
31.10.1955 to Republic
Area: Kuruman

1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser
  22.07.1930(Visser) 1931
(Visser)
 

FULLARTON (SIDING) (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Willowmore

1 "SIDING" 2C "Bars + cross" First seen: 11.04.1907
(Frescura)
Union 05.03.1924
(Frescura)
 
2 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"     17.03.1933
(Putzel)
1952
(Visser)
 

FUNNAHSKLOOF
Union to 01.01.1913
Area: Victoria East

1   1C "Dot"     10.07.1911
(Cape
Philatelics)
26.03.1912
(Putzel)
 

Cape Philatelics
       

FYNNLAND (STATION)
01.06.1919 to Republic
Area: Durban

1   2C "Bar"    
(Putzel)
   
2   2C "Blank"    
(Putzel)
1951
(Aab)
 
       
3   1C "Blank" Skeleton 15.11.1955
(Visser)