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Post Offices IBISI to IMPOLWENI

IBISI
Union to 13.06.1921
19.08.1929 to 1951
Renamed to Bisi
Area: Umzimkulu
1   2C "Bars + cross"     1932
(Putzel)		    

ICIBINI
Union to 1950
Renamed to Cibini
Area: Tongaat
1   2C "Bars + cross"     08.10.1932
(Putzel)		    

IDA (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Elliot
1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
10.03.1908
(Frescura)		 Union 26.06.1922
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"   1932
(Putzel)		 17.09.1945
(Aab)		  
3 "PO/PK" 1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 25.06.1952
(Visser)		    

IDALIA
1912 to Republic
Area: Piet Retief
1   2C "S.AFRICA"
Visser		   10.06.1914
(Visser)		 1921
(Visser)		  
2   2C "Cross" Last seen:
1975
(Visser)		 23.07.1944
(Aab)		 Republic  

IDAS VALLEY
03.03.1947 to 31.10.1949
Area: Stellenbosch
Not recorded
Republic postmarks known

IDEAL VIEW
20.12.1937 to 17.07.1950
Area: Underberg
1   2C "Blank"
Visser		   24.02.1939
(Visser)		    

IDUTYWA
Union to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   1C "Blank" Name 10 to 2 o'clock
First seen:
19.06.1886
(Aab)		 Union 01.11.1922
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
02.03.1902
(Aab)		 Union 27.01.1915
(Frescura)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross" Different cross
First seen:
29.01.1910
(Putzel)		 Union 19.05.1913
(Aab)		  
4   2C "Bars + cross" 31 mm 18.10.1916
(Putzel)		 03.01.1930
(Putzel)		  
5   1C "Blank?"
Visser		 Skeleton ??.01.1925
(Visser)		    
6   2C "Bars + cross"   31 mm
SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date
(Visser)		    
7   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm 22.06.1934
(Putzel)		 07.06.1935
(Aab)		  
8   2C "Bars + cross" 29 mm
gap between bars
and cross		 10.09.1942
(Putzel)		 07.08.1945
(Aab)		  
9   1C "Blank?"
Visser		 Skeleton 01.06.1949
(Visser)		    
10   2C "Cross"   29 mm
Larger font
(Putzel)		    
11   2C "Cross" 27 mm
Smaller font

Last seen:
01.10.1976
(Putzel)		 22.03.1954
(Visser)		 Republic  

IFAFA
Union to Republic
Area: Durban
1   1C "NATAL" Dots on sides

First seen
30.12.1907
(Aab)
 		 Union 25.05.1914
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"    
(Putzel)		    

IFAFA BEACH
04.06.1928 to Republic
Renamed from Darlington
Area: Durban
1   2C "Blank"   1929
(Aab)		 22.10.1958
(Putzel)		  

IFAFA MISSION
01.02.1912 to Unknown
18.06.1923 to 28.12.1952
Area: Umzinto
1   2C "Blank"     24.04.193?
(Putzel)		    

IHLUKU
01.09.1913 to 1953
Renamed to Hluku
Area: Harding
1   2C "S.AFRICA"
Visser		   1921
(Visser)		    
2   2C "Bars + cross"   1930
(Visser)		 25.01.1939
(Aab)		  

IKAGENG
08.05.1950 to Republic
Area: Wesselsbron, OFS
Not recorded
Republic postmarks known

IKETLO
08.12.1958 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg
Not recorded
Republic postmarks known

ILLOVO
Union to Republic
Area: Amanzimtoti
1   1C "NATAL" First seen
1887
(Aab)		 Union 21.02.1911
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross" 32 mm

SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 01.05.1931
(Putzel)		 22.05.1935
(Aab)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross"   28 mm 02.10.1938
(Putzel)		    
4   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 26.11.1958
(Putzel)		    

ILLOVO BEACH
1918 to Republic
Area: Amanzimtoti
1   2C "Blank" 26 mm 19.05.1925
(Aab)		 17.02.1945
(Aab)		  
2   2C "Blank"
25 mm 25.08.1954
(Aab)		 04.10.1958
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Blank"   30 mm

Last seen:
22.08.1978
(Putzel)		 10.03.1959
(Putzel)		 Republic  

ILLOVO RIVER (STATION)
Union to 20.08.1945
Area: Umkomaas
1   2C "NATAL"   First seen
18.??.1908		 Union 1927
(Visser)		  
2   2C "S.AFRICA"
Visser		   1913
(Visser)		 1914
(Visser)		  

IMBEZANA
Union to 01.05.1912
Renamed to Fascadale
Area: Port Shepstone
Not recorded
Natal postmarks known

IMFUME
01.02.1916 to 28.10.1952
Renamed to Mfume
Area: Umkomaas
1   2C "Bars + cross"   28 mm 22.09.1930
(Putzel)		    

IMMERPAN
20.08.1928 to Republic
Area: Naboomspruit
1   2C "Blank"   12.03.1930
(Putzel)		 1947
(Visser)		  

IMMIGRANT (SIDING) (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Bloemfontein
1 "S.O." 2C "Blank" Siding removed 20.09.1913
(Johan Bezuidenhout)		 28.11.1918
(Aab)		  
2   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 1940
(Visser)		    
3   2C "Blank"   28 mm
(Putzel)		    

IMPAPALA
01.07.1915 to 01.01.1920
8.01.1926 to 24.01.1938
Renamed to Fort Yolland (1920)
Renamed to Komo (1938)
Area: Zululand
1   2C "Blank"   30 mm ??.06.1917
(Philatelic
Friends)		    
2   2C "Blank"   27 mm
(Putzel)		    

IMPENDHLE
Union to Republic
Area: Pietermaritzburg
1   1C "NATAL" First seen
1895		 Union 09.02.1911  
2   1C "Bar"
Visser		   26.07.1920
(Visser)		    
3   2C "Blank" 25 mm 1923
(Putzel)		 ??.03.1957
(Putzel)		  
4   1C "NATAL"
Visser		 Skeleton 1948
(Visser)		    

IMPERIAL CAMP
01.01.1917 to 1918?
Area: Durban
Not recorded

IMPETU
21.11.1927 to 1953
Renamed to Mpetu
Area: East London
1   2C "Bars + cross"   26 mm
(Putzel)		    

IMPOLWENI (MISSION)
Republic to 1953
Renamed to Mpolweni
Area: Pietermaritzburg
1   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm 01.07.1912
(Johan Bezuidenhout)		 14.04.1934
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank"   27 mm
(Putzel)