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Post Offices GROOT AFDELING to GXARA

GROOT AFDELING
Union to 01.05.1917
Renamed to Kniefontein
Area: ?
Not recorded
Transvaal postmark known

GROOTBERG (STATION)
01.04.1918 to 05.10.1953
Area: Namaqualand
1   2C "Bar"   28 mm 1934
(Putzel)		    

GROOT-BRAKRIVIER
1947 to Republic
Renamed from Great Brak  River
Area: Garden Route
1   2C "GREAT BRAK RIVER"   28 mm
Hyphen between
Groot and Brak		 13.12.1951
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "GREAT BRAK RIVER"   28 mm
No hyphen between
Groot and Brak		 26.01.1947
(Putzel)
(Aab)		  
       

GROOT CHWAING
Union to 01.05.1912
01.07.1913 to 21.11.1927
Renamed to Krielspan (1912)
Renamed from Ktielspan (1913)
Renamed to Stella (1927)
Area: Vryburg
1   2C "S.AFRICA"   1918
(Visser)		 22.07.1925
(Aab)		  

GROOTDAM
01.12.1918 to 01.03.1920
01.09.1920 to 14.02.1921
Area: Aliwal North
Not recorded

GROOTDERM
05.11.1939 to Republic
Area: Namaqualand
Not recorded
Republic postmark known

GROOTDOORN
01.10.1916 to 10.01.1918
01.08.1919 to 31.10.1921
26.12.1938 to 07.04.1941
Renamed to Grootdoring
Area: Prieska
1   2C "Bar"   32 mm 1920
(Putzel)		    
2   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 30.06.1939
(Visser)		    

GROOTDORING
07.04.1941 to 06.10.1958
Renamed from Grootdoorn
Area: Prieska
1   2C "Blank"     03.04.1940
(Putzel)		    

GROOTDRAKENSTEIN
Union to Republic
Area: Cape Winelands
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
03.09.1892
(Frescura)		 Union 24.11.1915
(Frescura)		  
2   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 14.05.1918
(Visser)		    
3   2C "Bar" Small bar ??.06.1922
(Putzel)		 21.01.1936
(Putzel)		  
4   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 04.08.1932
(Visser)		    
5   2C "Blank"
  1934
(Aab)		 04.09.1944
(Aab)		  
6   1C "5  2"   Skeleton 02.05.1952
(Putzel)		    

GROOTDRIF(T)
12.03.1923 to 26.01.1931
01.07.1946 to 06.06.1951
17.02.1958 to Republic
Area: Vanrhynsdorp
1   2C "Blank"   Last seen
16.08.1978		 06.06.1951
(Putzel)		 Republic  

GROOTDRINK
Union to Republic
Area: Carnarvon
1   1C "Dot" First seen:
 06.06.1892
(Putzel)		 Union 22.08.1922
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Blank"     12.09.1953
(Putzel)		    

GROOTE KABA
01.09.1924 to 09.03.1931
Area: Alexandria
Not recorded

GROOTFONTEIN (STATION)
Union to 28.05.1923
Renamed to Koup Rail
Area: Laingsburg
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
 08.01.1910
(Frescura)		 Union 01.08.1911
(Lundt)		  

GROOTHOEK
Union to 10.01.1921
26.04.1926 to Republic
Renamed from Oosterbeek (1926)
Area: Harrismith
1 "S.O" 2C "O.R.C"
This is Union		 ORC partly
 removed		 04.10.1911
(Aab)		 1913
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank"     1934
(Putzel)		    

GROOT KEEROM
1929 to 26.09.1960
Area: Porterville
1   2C "Blank"     1936
(Putzel)		    

GROOTKEIDRIFT
1913 to 1921
Area: Dohne
Not recorded

GROOTKRAAL
Union to 13.09.1948
03.04.1950 to 29.01.1951
Area: Prince Albert
1   2C "Blank"    
(Putzel)		    

GROOTKUIL
28.10.1935 to 17.03.1941
Renamed from Keerweer
Area: Piketberg
Not recorded

GROOTMARICO (RAIL)
01.06.1910 to Republic
Area: Zeerust
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"   30.07.1910
(Aab)		 18.08.1933
(Putzel)		  
       
2   2C "Blank"     1936
(Putzel)		    
3   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1935
(Putzel)		    
4   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 1954
(Putzel)		    

GROOTMIS(T)
01.08.1918 to Republic
Area: Namaqualand
1   2C "Blank"     25.11.1949
(Putzel)		 15.04.1953
(Putzel)		  

GROOTPAN
01.07.1919 to Republic
Area: Lichtenburg
1   2C "Bars + cross"     03.01.1934
(Putzel)		    

GROOTRIETPAN
01.04.1914 to 01.04.1915
Area: Middelburg, Transvaal
Not recorded

GROOTRIVIERDRIF
26.02.1940 to 09.03.1959
Renamed from Two Waters
Area: Uitenhage
Not recorded

GROOTSPELONKEN (RAIL)
Union to 01.07.1919
1927 to 28.03.1960
Area: Pietersburg
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"   1932
(Aab)		 1935
(Visser		  

GROOTSPRUIT
01.07.1912 to Republic
Area: Vryheid
1   2C "S.AFRICA"   Last seen
25.08.1978		 20.08.1954
(Putzel)		 Republic  

GROOTTORING (GROOTTOREN)
Union to 01.07.1910
16.06.1915 to 25.02.1957
Area: Calvinia
Not recorded

GROOTVISPUNT
1915 to October 1916
Area: Port Alfred
Not recorded

GROOTVLEI
06.01.1925 to Republic
Area: Balfour, Transvaal
1   1C "Blank" Skeleton 06.01.1925
(Visser)		 07.05.1926
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank"
  12.10.1934
(Aab)		 1942
(Aab)		  

GROOTWATERVAL
01.10.1918 to 27.02.1928
Area: Prince Albert
Not recorded

GROUTVILLE (RAIL) (STATION)
Union to Republic
Area: Natal North Coast
1   2C "Blank"    
(Putzel)		    
2 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"   30.12.1928
(Putzel)
(Aab)		  

GROUTVILLE MISSION
27.10.1947 to 18.04.1955
19.03.1956 to 07.01.1957
Area:  Natal North Coast
1   2C "MISSION" New discovery 27.08.1954
(Aab)		    

GRUISBANK
14.06.1948 to Republic
Area: Groblersdal
Not recorded
Republic postmark known

GRUISDRIFT
01.07.1911 to 01.04.1917
Area: Hoopstad, OFS
1   2C "?" New discovery
(Aab)		    

GRUISFONTEIN
Union to 01.07.1919
Renamed to River Prospect
Area: Springfontein, OFS
1   BONC "111" llocated
Gruisfontein
September 1907

Withdrawn
 Gruisfontein
Union		      
2   2C "S.AFRICA"
Visser		   23.03.1914
(Visser)		    

GRUISPAN
01.03.1912 to 01.10.1916
Area: Ventersdorp
1   2C "?"   04.08.1913
(Visser)		 16.03.1914
(Aab)		  

GRYPOORT
11.09.1939 to 15.01.1945
16.07.1945 to 07.10.1946
Renamed from Bretby
Area: Kuruman
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		   194?(Visser)    

GUBENXA
Union to Republic
Area: Cala, Transkei
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
18.11.1900
(Frescura)		 18.11.1900 09.05.1921
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"     11.10.1932
(Putzel)		    

GUGWENI (GUGWINI)
27.09.1948 to Republic
Area: Kokstad
1   2C "Bars + cross"     26.02.1953
(Putzel)		    

GUILDFORD
Union to 04.02.1952
Area: Queenstown
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
22.07.1906
(Frescura)		 Union 11.11.1918
(Putzel)		  

GUM TREE (RAIL) (STATION)
Union to Republic
Area: Ficksburg
1 "S.O." 2C "O.R.C" First seen:
13.10.1908
(Putzel)		 Union 12.08.1913
(Putzel)		  
       
2   2C "Blank" ORC and SO
removed		 28.05.1926
(Aab)		 11.06.1934
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross"   Thin bar
29 mm		 24.08.1939
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Bars + cross" Heavier bar
(Putzel)
(Aab)		  
5   2C "Bars + cross" Thin bar
25 mm		 14.01.1956
(Aab)		 04.10.1956
(Putzel)		  

GUMTREES
Union to 01.07.1914
Renamed to Steadville
Area: Mooi River
Not recorded
Natal postmark known

GUNJANA (GUNYANA)
03.08.1936 to 06.11.1950
Area: Dundee
Not recorded
Republic postmark known

GWADANA
16.03.1942 to Republic
Area: Transkei
Not recorded
Republic postmark known

GWETA
26.08.1935 to 1951
Area: Graskop
1   2C "Cross"   27 mm
(Putzel)		    

GXAKU
20.08.1928 to Republic
Area: Transkei
Not recorded
Republic postmark known

GXARA
11.08.1930 to 31.07.1939
Renamed from Qolora
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Bars + cross"     13.05.1931
(Putzel)		 19.07.1934
(Putzel)