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HAAKDOORING (HAAKDOORN)
01.01.1914 to Republic
Area: Potgietersrus
1   2C "Bars + cross"   SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date 		 25.11.1921
(Putzel)		 1942
(Visser)		  

HAAKSCH
01.04.1911 to 01.10.1914
01.08.1917 to 28.01.1924
Area: Reitz
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   24.12.1918
(Visser)		    

HAARLEM
Union to Republic
Area: Uniondale
1   1C "Blank" First seen:
01.03.1886
(Aab)		 Union 03.09.1913
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"   Heavy bar 1923
(Visser)		 09.01.1933
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross"   Lighter bar

Last seen
1977
(Putzel)		 27.04.1950
(Putzel)		 Republic  

HABULA
1951 to 03.08.1959
Renamed from Rabula (1951)
Renamed to Rabula (1959)
Area: Kingwilliamstown
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   05.01.1955
(Visser)		    

HACKNEY
Union to Republic
Area: Queenstown
1   1C "Blank" Last seen:
14.03.1888
(Aab)		 Union 12.05.1915
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"   Lighter bar

Last seen
08.02.1978
(Putzel)		 01.02.1935
(Putzel)		 Republic  

HADLEY
31.10.1921 to 18.10.1954
Renamed from De Hoek
Area: Steytlerville
1   2C-D "Bars + cross"   Heavy bar 15.10.1949
(Putzel)		    

HAENERTSBURG
Union to Republic
Area: Pietersburg
1   2C "Cross" First seen
02.01.1903
(Reier)		 Union  20.09.1929
(Aab)		  
       
2   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 13.10.1933
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Blank" Last seen
15.02.1965
(Putzel)		 1937
(Aab)		 Republic  

HAGA-HAGA
1947 to Republic
Area: East London
1   1C "CAPE"
Visser		 Skeleton 1947
(Visser)		    
2   2C "Blank" First seen
24.10.1963
(Putzel)		 30.04.1948
(Aab)		 Republic  

HAGESDAM
27.02.1928 to Republic
Area: Bloemfontein
1   2C "Blank"    
(Putzel)		    

HAGGIS
01.03.1920 to 05.06.1922
Area: Willowmore
Not recorded

HALCYON DRIFT (HALCIONDRIFT)
11.02.1929 to Republic
Area: Maclear
1   2C "Blank"     ??.02.1931
(Putzel)		 1936
(Putzel)		  

HALESOWEN (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Cradock
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
06.06.1899
(Aab)		 Union 02.11.1923
(Frescura)		  
2 "RAIL" 2C "S.AFRICA"   06.07.1934
(Putzel)		 21.12.1942
(Putzel)		  

HALFGEWONNEN
01.05.1917 to 29.11.1943
01.05.1944 to 27.06.1949
Area: Bethal
1   2C "Bars + cross"   19.10.1918
(Putzel)		 22.03.1924
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		 Heavy bar 1932
(Visser)		    

HALFMANSHOF
Union to Republic
Area: Piketberg
1   2C "Bars + cross"
  08.06.1911
(Aab)		 05.09.1929
(Putzel)		  
2   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 18.05.1949
(Visser)		    
3   2C "Blank" Last seen
23.08.1978
(Putzel)		 194?
(Putzel)		 Republic  
4   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 10.04.1957
(MacGregor)		    

HALFWAY HOUSE
01.11.1919 to 17.04.1922
18.10.1923 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg
1   2C "Bar"   Last seen
22.09.1978
(Putzel)		 25.04.1944
(Putzel)		 Republic  

HALLATS HOPE
1935 to 1955
ONLY TO
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		   ??.09.1936
(Visser)		    

HALLGATE
21.10.1949 to 17.03.1958
Area: East Rand
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		   ??.07.1956
(Visser)		    

HALSETON (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Sterkstroom
1   1C "Blank" First seen:
17.10.1901
(Aab)		 Union 19.05.1920
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank"   07.09.1923
(Putzel)		 ??.07.1955
(Putzel)		  
3   1C "SOUTH AFRICA"   Skeleton 1950
(Visser)		    

HAMBERG (HAMBURG, TRANSVAAL)
Union to Republic
Area: West Rand
1 "TRANSVAAL" 2C "Asterisk" 25 mm

HAMBURG

First seen
26.01.1904
(Lundy)		 Union 22.11.1910
(Aab)		  
2 "TRANSVAAL" 2C "Asterisk"
Visser		 26 mm

HAMBERG		 18.11.1911
(Visser)		    
3   2C "TRANSVAAL"   25 mm
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "TRANSVAAL"   28 mm

Last seen
29.08.1978
(Putzel)		 08.11.1954
(Putzel)		 Republic  

HAMBURG
Union to Republic
Area: Peddie
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
1933
(Visser)		 Union 07.01.1911
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "CAPE" 28 mm

Last seen
16.10.1973
(Putzel)		 26.10.1948
(Aab)		 Republic  

HAMMANSHOF
Union to Republic
Area: Worcester
1   1C "Blank"   First seen:
 02.02.1904
(Aab)		 Union 02.06.1910
(Frescura)		  
2   1C "Blank" Skeleton 30.03.1937
(Putzel)		 29.06.1937
(Bram
Leeflang)		  
3   2C "Blank"     18.12.1950
(Putzel)		 19.12.1959
(Putzel)		  

HAMMANSKRAAL
Union to Republic
Area: North of Pretoria
1   2C "Marking" Last seen
20.08.1903
(Putzel)		 Union 14.09.1911
(Bas Payne)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"      08.11.1929
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Blank" 28 mm 12.10.1938
(Aab)		 30.11.1943
(Putzel)		  
4   1C "48"
Visser		 Skeleton 05.10.1948
(Visser)		    
5   2C "Blank" 28 mm

Last seen
??.03.1962
(Putzel)		 31.03.1949
(Aab)		 Republic  

HAMMARSDALE (RAIL)
10.04.1922 to Republic
Area: Durban
1 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"   28.06.1928
(Putzel)		 1940
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank"     30.10.1950
(Putzel)		 23.06.1953
(Putzel)		  

HAMMONIA
Union to 04.03.1946
Area: Ficksburg
1   2C "S.AFRICA"     28.10.1935
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Blank"     ??.10.1939
(Putzel)		    

HANDELTON
Union to 01.12.1916
Area: Schweizer Reneke
Not recorded

HANGLIP
06.09.1926 to 11.07.1949
Renamed to Koelemansrus
Area: Potgietersrust
1   2C "Blank"   30.03.1928
(Aab)		 1931
(Aab)		  

HANKEY
Union to Republic
Area: Port Elizabeth
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
05.11.1893
(Frescura)		 Union 17.05.1911
(Frescura)		  
2   1C "Blank" Skeleton
Early relief
New discovery		 14.02.1911
(Aab)		    
       
3   2C "S.AFRICA"   30.04.1917
(Aab)		 13.01.1943
(Aab)		  
4 "SAFRICA" 1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 15.06.1935
(Visser)		    

HANNAHDALE
27.04.1925 to 22.09.1930
Area: Greyton, Natal
1   2C "Blank"    
(Putzel)		    

HANOVER
Union to Republic
Area: Colesburg
1   1C "Blank" Time code AM/PM
22mm diameter
First seen:
04.11.1901
(Aab)		 Union 29.09.1913
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
12.04.1910
(Aab)		 Union 12.07.1919
(Frescura)		  
3   1C "Blank?"   Skeleton
Early relief		 20.09.1920
(Putzel)		    
4   1C "Bars + cross"   18.10.1921
(Aab)		 09.02.1924
(Aab)		  
5   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 25.05.1924
(Visser)		    
6   2C "Bars + cross"   26.08.1925
(Aab)		 16.07.1931
(Aab)		  
7   2C "Bars + cross"   05.11.1945
(Aab)		 ??.01.1953
(Putzel)		  
8   2C "Cross"   Last seen
18.04.1979
(Putzel)		 27.04.1949
(Putzel)		 Republic  

HANOVER RAIL
Union to 13.08.1910
Area: Natal
1   2C "NATAL" First seen:
01.12.1896
(Frescura)		 Union 12.04.1926
(Frescura)		  

HANOVER ROAD (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Hanover
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
01.12.1896
(Frescura)		 Union 12.04.1926
(Frescura)		  
2 "RAIL" 2C "?"     14.07.1933
(Putzel)		    

HANOVER STREET
Union to 01.10.1914
08.11.1920 to Republic
Area: Cape Town
1   2C "C.T." First seen:
09.03.1904		 Union 09.07.1913
(Putzel)		  
2   1C "Blank" Skeleton

New discovery		 13.02.1922
(Aab)		    
3   2C "CAPE TOWN"   12.04.1929
(Aab)		 21.05.1930
(Aab)		  
4 "CAPE TOWN" 2C "HANOVERSTRAAT
KAAPSTAD"		   26.05.1936
(Putzel)		 15.06.1937
(Aab)		  
5   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 17.08.1937
(Visser)		    
6   2C "CAPE TOWN
KAAPSTAD"		   Last seen
10.02.1978
(Putzel)		 1959
(Visser)		 Republic  

HANSLAAGTE
01.03.1926 to 18.02.1957
Renamed from Potgietershoop
Area: Lydenburg
1   2C "Blank"    
(Putzel)		    

HANTAM (COLESBERG)
01.08.1915 to 01.11.1920
Not recorded

HANTAM (CALVINIA)
22.09.1924 to 02.05.1955
1   2C "Blank"    
(Putzel)		    

HAPPY ACRES
22.01.1951 to 28.05.1951
Renamed to Wilgeoord
Area: Port Elizabeth
Not recorded

HAPPY REST
07.07.1924 to 14.04.1952
14.09.1953 to 02.05.1955
Area: Louis Trichardt
1   2C "Blank"     1937
(Putzel)		    

HAPPY VALLEY
Union to 02.05.1938
Area: Cathcart
1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
19.01.1906
(Frescura)		 Union 14.09.1918
(Frescura)