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Post Offices GREGORY to GRONDNEUS

GREGORY
16.11.1936 to Republic
Area: Louis Trichardt
1   2C "Bars + cross"    
(Putzel)		    

GREYLINGSTAD
Union to Republic
Area: Between Heidelberg and Standerton
1   2C "R.O." RAIL

First seen
16.12.1908
(Putzel)		 Union 06.02.1939
(Putzel)		  
2   1C "Blank" Skeleton 13.04.1912
(Johan Bezuidenhout)		 15.04.1912
(Putzel)		  
       
3 "P.O." 2C "Blank" First Seen
08.09.1906
(Aab)		 Union 08.05.1917
(Ian
Paterson)		  
4   2C "Bars + cross" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date 		 06.11.1915
(Aab)		 17.09.1937
(Aab)		  
5   1C "Bar"   10.06.1920
(Aab)		 27.08.1926
(Visser)		  
6   2C "Blank"   03.05.1930
(Aab)		 1943
(Visser)		  
       
7   2C "Bar"   Relief type II 1958
(Putzel)		    

GREYMONT
08.09.1958 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg
1   2C "Blank"
 		 30 mm
(Putzel)		    
2   1C "Blank"
 		 Skeleton 28.09.1958
(Putzel)		    

GREYSTONE
Union to Republic
Area: Jansenville
1   2C "Bars + cross"     21.08.1939
(Putzel)		    

GREYTON
Union to Republic
Area: Caledon
1   1C "Blank" First seen:
22.12.1890
(Frescura)		 Union 11.11.1918
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"     23.09.1922
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "CAPE KAAP" Last seen
27.08.1975
(Putzel)		 09.11.1937
(Aab)		 Republic  
4   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 21.08.1931
(Putzel)		    

GREYTOWN
Union to Republic
Area: North of Pietermaritzburg
1   2C "NATAL" Dots on sides
First seen:
12.10.1895
(Aab)		 Union 12.06.1913
(Aab)		  
2   2C "NATAL" Thik bars on sides
First seen:
04.01.1906
(Aab)		 Union 06.05.1911
(Aab)		  
3   1C "NATAL" Skeleton 11.09.1910
(Aab)		 14.09.1911
(Aab)		  
4   1C "Blank" Skeleton
New discovery		 27.02.1914
(Aab)		 1914
(Visser)		  
5   2C "NATAL"   29 mm
two short bars on sides		 15.03.1913
(Putzel)		    
6   2C "Bars + cross" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 05.05.1915
(Aab)		 20.09.1915
(Putzel)		  
7   2C "Bars + cross" No 6
with South Africa
removed		 21.12.1928
(Putzel)		 26.06.1929
(Aab)		  
8 "NATAL" 2C "Blank"   30.03.1933
(Aab)		 20.09.1937
(Aab)		  
9   2C "NATAL" 28 mm 01.10.1936
(Putzel)		 04.01.1937
(Aab)		  
10   2C "NATAL"   25 mm 10.05.1937
(Putzel)		    
11 "N" 2C "Blank" 25 mm
(Putzel)		 10.12.1951
(Aab)		  
12   2C "NATAL"   30 mm 27.04.1948
(Putzel)		    
13 "NATAL" 2C "Bars + cross"
  02.02.1949
(Aab)		 09.11.1958
(Putzel)		  
14   2C "NATAL" Last seen
24.08.1978
(Putzel)		 18.04.1945
(Aab)		 Republic  
15   PARCEL   2-liner
Greytown Natal
(Visser)		    

GREYVILLE
Union to Republic
Area: Durban
1   2C "Blank"   24.03.1924
(Putzel)		 ??.05.1934
(Aab)		  
2   1C "Blank"     30.05.1931
(Putzel)		 23.10.1933
(Putzel)		  
3   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 02.12.1958
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Blank" Last seen
22.08.1978
(Putzel)		 02.12.1954
(Aab)		 Republic  

GRIEBDALE
31.08.1959 to Republic
Area: Transkei
Not recorded
Republic postmark known

GRIQUATOWN (GRIEKWASTAD)
Union to Republic
Renamed Griekwastad 1959
Area: West of Kimberley
1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
 28.09.1904
(Frescura)		 Union 11.12.1911
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Blank" 30 mm 06.11.1916
(Putzel)		 02.08.1920
(Aab)		  
3   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1925
(Putzel)		 1926
(Visser)		  
4   2C "Blank" 30 mm ??.09.1941
(Putzel)		 07.01.1944
(Aab)		  
5   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 03.12.1947
(Visser)		    
6   2C "Blank"   25 mm
(Putzel)		    

GROBLERSDAL
12.10.1936 to Republic
Renamed from Latour
Area: 85 km north of Middelburg
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		 25 mm 19.02.1947
(Visser)		    
2   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 20.02.1952
(Visser)		    
3   2C "Blank"
Visser		 30 mm

Narrow letters
 name above date		 20.08.1952
(Visser)		    
4   2C "Blank"
Visser		 28 mm 08.02.1954
(Visser)		    
5   2C "Blank"   29 mm

Name below  date		 20.04.1951
(Putzel)		    
6   PARCEL    
(Visser)		    

GROBLERSHOOP
09.01.1939 to Union
Renamed from Sternham
Area: Prieska
1   2C "Blank"   Last seen
08.08.1978
(Putzel)		 1949
(Visser)		 Union  

GROENDAL
27.02.1922 to 01.12.1941
Area: Frankfort, OFS
1   2C "Blank"   26 mm 12.06.1923
(Putzel)		    

GROENEBLOEM (STATION) (RAIL)
01.08.1918 to Republic
Area: Kroonstad
1   2C "Bar"
Visser		   15.04.192?
(Visser)		    
2   2C "RAIL"   21.01.1932
(Ian
Paterson)		 29.10.1957
(Aab)		  

GROENEWALDSVLEI
01.08.1912 to 01.11.1943
Area: Potchefstroom
1   2C "S.AFRICA"
Visser		   15.01.1936
(Visser)		    

GROENFONTEIN (RAIL)
Union to 08.05.1950
Area: Tulbagh
1   2C "Blank"   25 mm
(Putzel)		    

GROENHEUWELS STATION
1955 to Republic
Area: Alicedale
1   2C "Blank"   29 mm 19.04.1957
(Putzel)		    

GROENKLOOF
01.07.1911 to 01.09.1913
Area: Pretoria
Not recorded

GROENKOP
21.06.1926 to 30.04.1934
Area: Warmbad
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		 26 mm 21.07.1930
(Visser)		    

GROENPLAATS (GROENPLAAS)
01.03.1920 to 26.02.1922
Area: West Rand
Not recorded

GROENRIVIER (GROEN RIVER)
Union to 06.04.1936
Area: Malmesbury
1   2C "Bars + cross"   06.10.1911
(Aab)		 27.04.1931
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank"     18.05.1935
(Putzel)		    

GROENVLAKTE
May 1910 to 01.01.1920
Renamed from Groothof
Area: Edenburg, OFS
1   2C "S.AFRICA"
Visser		   30.10.1915
(Visser)		    

GROEN VLEI
Union to 24.12.1956
Area: Utrecht
1   2C "NATAL"
Visser		 First seen
23.05.1910
(Aab)		 Union 18.12.1911
(Visser)		  
2   2C "Blank"   22.08.1936
(Putzel)		 26.11.1954
(Aab)		  

GRONDNEUS
29.05.1922 to 16.04.1932
Area: Upington
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		   30.08.1923
(Visser)