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Post Offices GLOSAM to GOURTON

GLOSAM
08.06.1936 to Union
Area: Postmasburg
1   2C "Bars + cross" Last seen
02.11.1962
(Putzel)		 05.11.1952
(Aab)		 Republic  

GLUCKSTAD
July 1910 to Union
Area: Vryheid
1   2C "Bars + cross"   11.11.1913
(Aab)		 17.01.1930
(Putzel)		  
       
2   2C "Blank"     03.01.195?
(Putzel)		    

GLYKLIP (GLIJKLIP)
01.03.1924 to 18.03.1929
Area: Rustenburg
Not recorded

GOBENI
Union to 26.11.1951
Renamed to Ngobeni
Area: Vryheid
1   2C "NATAL" Blocks on sides

First seen:
27.04.1910
(Aab)
 		 Union 01,09.1911
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"     10.07.1931
(Putzel)		    

GODWAN RIVER (RAIL) (STATION)
Union to 1953
Renamed to Ngodwanarivier Station
Area: Machadodorp
1   2C "R.O." First seen
06.08.1901
(Aab)		 Union 04.01.1921
(Putzel)		  
2 "RAIL" 1C "Bar"     07.04.192?
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Blank"   06.05.1931
(Putzel)		 1932
(Aab)		  

GOEDEMOED - Cape -
01.08.1910 to Republic
Renamed from Arbeidskolonie
Area: Aliwal North
1   2C "S.AFRICA"   29 mm 31.10.1924
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "S.AFRICA"   26 mm 30.09.1939
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Blank" 26 mm 22.08.1949
(Aab)		 23.12.1959
(Putzel)		  

GOEDEMOED - OFS -
Union to 05.07.1911
Area: Rouxville
1 "S.O" 3C "OFS" 29 mm 24.08.191
(OFS Ph. Soc)		 23.03.1911
(Ian
Paterson)		  

GOEDEVERTROUW
Union to 01.05.1913
Renamed to Lemoenshoek
Area: Barrydale
Not recorded
CGH postmark known

GOEDEWIL
30.07.1934 to Republic
Renamed from Roodville
Area: Lydenburg
1   2C "Blank"   Last seen
06.03.1963
(Putzel)		 1934
(Putzel)		 Republic  

GOEDGEDAG (GOEDGEDACHT)
17.09.1928 to 16.08.1954
Area: Magaliesburg
1   2C "Blank"   32 mm 31.10.193?
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Blank"
 		   25.06.1935
(Aab)		 24.12.1940
(Aab)		  

GOEDGELEGEN
01.07.1919 to 03.11.1941
Area: Zeerust
Not recorded

GOEDGELOOF
08.08.1927 to Union
Area: Humansdorp
1   2C "Blank"     194?
(Putzel)		    

GOEDGENOEG
01.04.1912 to 01.09.1912
01.03.1914 to 01.11.1914
Area: Klerksdorp
Not recorded

GOEDGEVONDEN
Union to Republic
Area: Klerksdorp
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"   18.07.1919
(Aab)		 16.07.1933
(Putzel)		  

GOED(E)MOEDSFONTEIN
01.02.1914 to Republic
Area: Port Elizabeth
1   2C "Bars + cross"   SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 24.09.1930
(Putzel)		    

GOEDVERWAG (GOEDVERWACHT)
Union to Republic
Area: Piketberg
1   1C "CGH" 27.10.1900
(Frescura)		 Union 04.04.1935
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank"     18.03.1953
(Putzel)		    

GOERGAP
Union to Republic
Area: Piketberg
1   2C "Bars + cross"    
(Putzel)		    

GOLDEN FLEECE
28.01.1929 to Republic
Area: Bothaville
1   2C "Blank" Last seen
06.08.1975
(Putzel)		 18.12.1935
(Putzel)		 Republic  

GOLDEN VALLEY
12.01.1925 to Republic
Area: Cookhouse
1   2C "Blank"   12.10.1927
(Aab)		 15.01.1946
(Aab)		  
2   1C "1949"   Skeleton 09.12.1949
(Putzel)		    
3 "CAPE" 1C "?"   Skeleton
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Blank" 30 mm
Slender G		 30.01.1956
(Aab)		    

GOLELA (STATION)
03.11.1952 to Republic
Renamed from Gollell Rail
Area: Pongola
1   2C "Blank" New discovery 01.03.1956
(Putzel)		    

GOLLELL RAIL (STATION)
20.02.1928 to 03.11.1952
Renamed to Golela
Area: Pongola
1   2C "Blank"   16.12.1936
(Putzel)		 28.02.1941
(Aab)		  

GOMMAMAAN
Union to 01.03.1914
Area: Vryheid
Not recorded
Natal postmarks known

GOMPIES
01.10.1919 to Republic
Area: Potgietersrust
1   2C "Bars + cross" Last seen
1979
(Putzel)		 1941
(Putzel)		 Republic  

GOMVLEI
07.06.1926 to 22.06.1953
Area: Edenburg
1   2C "Bars + cross"     09.10.1938
(Putzel)		    

GONG GONG
Union to 05.10.1925
01.11.1948 to 29.07.1957
Area: Barkly West
1   2C "Blank"   SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 05.10.1925
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Blank"     09.05.1950
(Putzel)		    

GONNAKRAAL
Union to Republic
Area: Mossel Bay
1   BONC "1069"   First seen:
31.05.1901
(Frescura)		 Union 22.11.1912
(Frescura)		  
2   1C "CGH" First seen:
31.05.1901
(Frescura)		 Union 13.08.1940
(Frescura)		  
3   2C "Blank"     23.06.1950
(Putzel)		    

GONUBIE
Union to 25.07.1917
01.08.1925 to 24.01.1927
27.07.1928 to 28.09.1959 (New office)
Renamed to Gonubie Mouth (1927)
Renamed to Hildasia (1959)
Area: East London
1   1C "CGH"   First seen:
18.03.1895
(Frescura)		 Union 12.04.192?
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"     23.08.1913
(Frescura)		 15.11.1933
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Blank"   Skeleton 24.08.1959
(Putzel)		    

GONUBIE MOUTH
24.01.1927 to Union
Renamed from Gonubie
Area: East London
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		   23.12.1928
(Visser)		    
2   2C "Blank" 26 mm 24.09.195?
(Putzel)		 25.03.1956
(Aab)		  
3   2C "Bar" Relief ??.11.1959
(Aab)		    

GOOD HOPE
Union to 1942
27.01.1947 to 17.01.1949
Area: Fraserburg
1   1C "CGH" Last seen: 25.09.1900
(Aab)		 Union 10.06.1913
(Putzel)		  

GOODHOUSE
15.09.1920 to Republic
Area: Namaqualand
1   1C "Blank"     1920
(Putzel)		    

GOODWOOD (RAIL (STATION)
Union to Republic
Area: Cape Town
1   2C "Bars + cross"
John Lund		   12.11.1910
(Lund)		 19.04.1913
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Bar"   1931
(Putzel)		 08.07.1955
(Aab)		  
       
3   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 25.01.1936
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Blank"   Last seen
21.08.1978
(Putzel)		 29.05.1949
(Putzel)		 Republic  

GOOLDVILLE
20.09.1954 to 02.04.1956
Renamed to Vhufuli
Area: Louis Trichardt
1   1C "1.9.5.4."   Skeleton 1954
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Blank"     195?
(Putzel)		    

GOOSENSRUS
26.02.1951 to 06.08.1951
Renamed from Wilgefontein
Area: Greylingstad
                 

GOPANIE
Union to Republic
Area: Zeerust
                 

GORDON'S BAY (GORDONSBAAI)
Union to Republic
Area: Somerset West
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
29.01.1892
(Frescura)		 Union 27.10.1921
(Frescura)		  
2   1C "Blank" Skeleton 01.07.1920
(Aab)		 1920
(Putzel)		  
3   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1922
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Blank"   Narrow O 1926
(Putzel)		    
5   2C "Bar" missing letters!! 08.07.1942
(Aab)		    
6   2C "Blank" Broad O

Last seen
11.08.1978
(Putzel)		 01.05.1943
(Aab)		 Republic  
7   2C "Blank" S and B appart

Last seen
13.06.1978
(Putzel)		 21.01.1953
(Aab)		 Republic  

GOSHEN
Union to 17.11.1914
01.10.1918 to Republic
Area: Cathcart
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
24.04.1895		 Union ??.08.1911
(Putzel)		  

GOTTENBURG (GOTHENBURG)
01.09.1912 to 11.01.1943
Postal agent existed in the ORC
Area: Heilbron
1   2C "Bar"   32 mm
(Putzel)		    

GOUDA
12.09.1927 to Republic
Renamed from Porterville Road
Area: Tulbagh
1   2C "Bar + cross"   05.07.1933
(Aab)		 1934
(Putzel)		  
2   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 16.08.1937(Putzel)    
3   2C "Bar + cross"   02.10.1938
(Putzel)		 04.02.1956
(Aab)		  
4   1C "Blank" Skeleton 10.05.1949(Putzel) 23.05.1949(Aab)  
5   2C " Bar" Relief 14.05.1960(Aab)    

GOUDINI ROAD (GOUDINIWEG) (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Worcester
1   1C "Blank" First seen:
19.03.1879
(Frescura)		 Union 11.04.1923
(Putzel)		  
2 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"   ??.11.1931
(Putzel)		 04.01.1938
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "GOUDINIWEG"   10.11.1956
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  

GOUDKOPPIE
12.07.1937 to 29.11.1943
Area: Magaliesburg
1   2C "Blank"     30.02.1940
(Putzel)		    

GOUDPLAATS
1925 to 04.12.1933
Area: Soekmekaar
Not recorded

GOUDRYK STATION
18.09.1939 to Republic
Area Johannesburg
1   2C "Blank"     1950
(Putzel)		    

GOUDSTROOM
22.05.1933 to 03.02.1941
Area: Sabie
Not recorded

GOUGH ISLAND
Temporary post office in the South Atlantic
           
(Putzel)		    

GOUKAMMA (GOUWKAMA)
Union to Republic
Area: Knysna
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
03.09.1901		 Union ??.??.1913  
2   2C "Blank"   15.07.195?
(Aab)		 15.07.1955
(Putzel)		  

GOUNA
Union to 31.03.1915
Area: Knysna
Not recorded

GOUP
11.03.1925 to 22.08.1949
Renamed from Springfield
Area: Griquatown
1   2C "Bars + cross"     1936
(Putzel)		    

GOURITZ RIVER (BRIDGE) (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Mossel Bay
1   1C "CGH" Gouritz River Bridge

First seen:
11.06.1892
(Frescura)		 Union 14.12.1918
(Frescura)		  
2 "RAIL" 2C "Blank" Gouritz Bridge Rail 1928
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Bars + cross"   Gouritz 27.12.1932
(Putzel)		    

GOURTON
Union to 29.01.1934
Area: Estcourt
1   1C "Bars + cross"     1932
(Putzel)