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Post Offices KELSO JUNCTION to KERSTFONTEIN

KELSO JUNCTION (RAIL)  (STATION)
01.04.1911 to Republic
Renamed from Alexandra Junction
Area: Umzinto
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser)		   01.03.1913
(Visser)		    
2   2C "Blank"   03.02.1927
(Putzel)		 04.12.1959
(Putzel)		  

KEMPTON PARK
01.09.1916 to Republic
Renamed from Zuurfontein
Area: East Rand
1   2C "Blank"     09.08.1926
(Aab)		 01.01.1930
(Putzel)		  
       
2   2C "Blank"   Name in one word 1951
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Blank" Name in two words 18.03.1952(Aab) 10.12.1952(Putzel)  
4   2C "Blank"   Name in two words
Wider spaced		 ??.12.1953(Putzel) 1959
(Putzel)		  
5   2C-D "PAID BETAALD"     22.01.1953(Putzel)    
6   2C "PAID BETAALD"     01.02.1956(Putzel)    

KENDAL (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Witbank
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"     16.06.1920
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Bars + cross" Last seen
20.12.1978
(Putzel)		 21.03.1952(Aab) Republic  

KENDREW (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Graaff-Reinet
1   1C "Dot" First seen:
02.11.1882
(Aab)		 Union 01.06.1912
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "S.AFRICA"   1914
(Putzel)		 05.06.1935(Putzel)  
3   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 17.01.1939(Visser)    
4   2C "Bars + cross"   Last seen
10.02.1970
(Putzel)		 07.02.1956(Putzel)  Republic  

KENEGAPOORT
Union to 18.05.1959
Renamed to Kinira Drift
(Could this be a renaming of Kenegha Drift?)
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Blank"     11.09.1957(Putzel)    

KENEGHA DRIFT
Union to 18.05.1959
Renamed to Kinira Drift or Kenegapoort?
Area: Transkei
1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
01.10.1909
(Frescura)		 Union 1925
(Visser)		  
2   2C "Blank"   26 mm 26.06.1935(Putzel) 13.09.1949(Putzel)  
3   2C "Blank"   32 mm 31.08.1957(Putzel)    

KENGRAY
02.12.1940 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg
1   2C "Cross" Last seen
06.08.1962
(Putzel)		 11.07.1942(Aab)  Republic  
2   2C "Bars + cross" Last seen
14.08.1978
(Putzel)		 10.05.1956(Aab) Republic  

KENHARDT
Union to Republic
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
13.05.1899
(Frescura)		 Union 27.08.1914
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Blank"   31 mm 13.10.1922(Aab) 29.08.1923(Putzel)  
       
3   2C "Blank"   Shorter name
10 to 2 o'çlock		 1931
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Blank"   25 mm
Name above date		 05.06.1935(Putzel)    
5   2C "Blank" 26 mm
Name top of date		 05.06.1935(Putzel) 06.01.1951(Aab)  

KENILWORTH - KIMBERLEY -
Union to Republic
1   1C "KIMBERLEY" First seen:
06.03.1899
(Frescura)		 Union 22.01.1924
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "KIMBERLEY"   17.12.1956(Putzel) 02.08.1958(Aab)  

KENILWORTH - CAPE TOWN -
Union to Republic
1 "CAPE" 1C "CGH" Kenilworth Cape

First seen:
15.05.1899
(Aab)		 Union 24.09.1920
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross" No dash between Kenilworth and Cape

First seen:
31.12.1901
(Frescura)

Large typeface		 Union 04.11.1927
(Frescura)		  
3   1C "Blank" Skeleton 26.01.1932
(Aab)		 12.02.1932
(Putzel)		  
4 "C/K" 2C "Blank" 31 mm 20.12.1932
(Putzel)		 22.06.1938
(Aab)		  
5   2C "C/K"   27 mm
(Putzel)		    
6 "C/K" 2C-D "C/K"   27 mm 1951
(Putzel)		    
7   2C "C/K"   25 mm 03.10.1953
(Putzel)		    

KENNEDY'S VALE
09.01.1925 to Republic
Area: Lydenburg
1   2C "Blank"   Last seen
14.04.1975
(Putzel)		 07.12.1953(Putzel) Republic  

KENSINGTON
01.09.1911 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg
1   2C "JOHANNESBURG"   10.10.1927
(Aab)		 23.09.1959
(Putzel)		  
2 "JOHANNESBURG" 2C "1"   08.05.1942
(Aab)
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "JOHANNESBURG" Name small font 04.06.1954
(Aab)		 13.07.1955
(Putzel)		  

KENSINGTON EAST
1924 to !928
Area: Johannesburg
Not recorded

KENSINGTON SOUTH
12.12.1938 to 11.11.1940
Area: Johannesburg
Not recorded

KENSINGTON DEPOT
1958 to Republic
Area: Johannesburg
Not recorded

KENT
11.02.1924 to 1929
Area: Potgietersrust
2   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   25.09.1925
(Visser)		    

KENTANI
Union to Republic
Area: Transkei
1   BONC "456" Firsr seen:
17.10.1887
(Frescura)		 Union 04.06.1912
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"   First seen:
11.11.1908
(Frescura)		 Union 03.05.1924
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross" 1 line date 29.05.1935
(Aab)		 03.05.1949
(Putzel)		  
4   1C "Blank"   Skeleton 03.03.1960
(Aab)		 ??.04.1960
(Putzel)		  
       

KENTERTON
02.07.1923 to Republic
Area: Umzinto
1   2C "Blank"    
(Putzel)		    

KENTON ON SEA
13.06.1955 to Republic
Area: Alexandria
Not recorded
Republic postmarks known

KENWYN
14.11.1955 to Republic
Renamed from Wetton
Area: Cape Town
1   2C "Cross"     24.07.1956
(Putzel)		    

KEOTA
24.10.1924 to 21.05.1934
Area: Pretoria
Not recorded

KERELAW (STATION) (RAIL)
03.05.1926 to Republic
Area: Bloemfontein
1 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"     ??.12.1929
(Putzel)		 1943
(Visser)		  
2   2C "Blank" RAIL removed ??.08.1951
(Putzel)		 07.02.1956
(Aab)		  

KERKGROND
01.02.1920 to 13.06.1921
Area: Ventersdorp
Not recorded

KERKPLAAS
13.12.1943 to 12.01.1948
Renamed to Vergelee
Area: Vryburg
1   2C "Blank"
Chris vd Spuy		   19.10.1945
(Visser)
(Chris
 vd Spuy)		  

KERKSTRAAT (CHURCH STREET)
1937 to Republic
Area: Pietermaritzburg
1 "PIETERMARITZBURG" 2C "Blank"    
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "PIETERMARITZBURG"   03.09.1941
(Aab)		 24.03.1950
(Putzel)		  

KERSEFONTEIN
Union to 1913?
Area: Piketberg
1   2C "?"
Visser		   (Visser)    

KERSTFONTEIN
01.10.1915 to 13.04.1959
Area: Paarl
1   2C "Blank"     1942
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Blank"   Larger font 07.12.1949
(Putzel)