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KLERKSDORP
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KLERKSDORP LOCATION
01.07.1913 to 01.04.1918
18.03.1940 to 02.09.1946
1   2C "S.AFRICA"    
(Putzel)		    

KLERKSKRAAL
Union to 28.07.1947
21.10.1949 to 19.03.1956
Area: Potchefstroom
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"     02.08.1930
(Putzel)		    

KLERKSOORD
06.01.1947 to Republic
Area: Pretoria
Not recorded

KLINGTON
01.01.1911 to 01.05.1916
Renamed from Kolonies Plaats
Area: Potchefstroom
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"
Visser		   14.03.1916
(Visser)		    

KLIPBAKKEN
Union to 23.11.1915
1922 to 1934?
29.11.1937 to 22.01.1951
Area: Kenhardt
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   1924
(Visser)		    

KLIPBANK (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to 1915
1922 to Republic
Area: Beaufort West
1   2C "S.AFRICA"     ??.12.1915
(Putzel)		    

KLIPBANGSHOEK
01.07.1910 to 30.09.1914
Area: Calvinia
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   29.09.1914
(Visser)		    

KLIPDALE  (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Bredarsdorp
1 "RAIL" 2C "Blank"   SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date 
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Bar"     20.04.1920
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Blank" Last seen:
18.08.1977
(Putzel)		 24.12.1927
(Aab)		 Republic  

KLIPDAM (CAPE)
Union to 24.03.1958
Area: Barkly West
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Frescura reports 2 types

First seen:
14.09.1903
(Frescura)		 Union 22.12.1924
(Frescura)		  
2   1C "Blank"   03.08.1914
(Visser)		    
3   2C "Bars + cross"
Shorter bars
 		 27.05.1929
(Aab)		 28.11.1931
(Aab)		  
4   1C "Blank"
Visser
 		 1940
(Visser)		 )  
5 "(C/K)" 2C "Blank"  

 		 1940
(Putzel)		 11.12.1952
(Putzel)		  

KLIPDAM (TRANSVAAL)
Union to 01.08.1911
Renamed to Rita
Area: Pietersburg
Not recorded

KLIPDOORN RIVER
Union to 30.09.1913
Transferred to Zebras Rail
Area: Oudtshoorn
Not recorded
CGH postmark known

KLIPDRIFT (CAPE)
Union to 30.11.1916
Area: Graaff-Reinet
Not recorded
CGH postmark known

KLIPDRIFT (OFS)
Union to 01.08.1911
Renamed to Stonedrift
Area: Bloemfontein
Not recorded
ORC postmark known

KLIPDRIF (TRANSVAAL)
03.03.1947 to Republic
Area: Potchefstroom
Not recorded

KLIPFONTEIN (CAPE)
Union to 1915
19.06.1917 to Republic
Area: Somerset East
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
04.04.1899
(Aab)		 18.04.1899 06.11.1912
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"    
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Blank"   Last seen:
18.07.1978
(Putzel)		 25.09.1952
(Putzel)		 Republic  

KLIPFONTEIN (OFS)
Union to 01.11.1911
Renamed to Erfdeel
Area: Dewetsdorp
Not recorded
ORC postmark known

KLIPGAT (CAPE)
01.07.1912 to 23.08.1924
Area: Jansenville
Not recorded

KLIPGAT (TRANSVAAL)
Union to 01.10.1910
Area: Rustenburg
Not recorded
Transvaal postmark known

KLIPHEUVEL (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Malmesbury
1   1C "Blank"
John Lund		 First seen:
14.11.1905
(Frescura)

Name 7 to 5 o'clock		 Union 10.04.1922
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank"    
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Blank"  
(Putzel)
(Aab)		  
4   1C "Blank"
Visser		   21.12.1944
(Visser)		    

KLIPKOPPIES
01.08.1925 to 19.01.1931
Area: Nelspruit
Not recorded

KLIPKRAAL
Union to 11.11.1929
Area: Tarkastad
1   1C "Blank" First seen:
15.09.1904
(Frescura)		 Union 16.04.1924
(Frescura)		  

KLIPKRANS
03.08.1919 to Republic
Area: Beaufort West
Not recorded

KLIPNEK (OFS)
Union to 1912
Area: Petrusburg
Not recorded
ORC postmark known

KLIPNEK (TRANSVAAL)
1921 to Republic
Area: Middelburg Transvaal
1   2C "Bars + cross"
Visser		   10.04.1934
(Visser)		    

KLIPPAN
Union to 07.08.1922
Area: Hoopstad, OFS
Not recorded
ORC postmark known

KLIPPLAAT(S)
Union to Republic
Area: Jansenville
1   1C "CGH" First seen:
24.10.1898
(Frescura)		 Union 24.04.1919
(Aab)		  
2   1C "Blank" First seen
??.03.1882
(Frescura)		 Union 09.07.1912
(Aab))		  
3   2C "S.AFRICA"   26.06.1913
(Aab)		 18.02.1921
(Putzel)		  
4   1C "Blank"
Visser                                        		  ??.07.1931
(Putzel)		 10.07.1931
(Aab)		  
5   2C "Bar"     14.02.1933
(Putzel)		    
6   2C "Blank" 27 mm 03.03.1942
(Putzel)		 03.07.1945
(Aab)		  
7   2C "Blank"   25 mm 14.07.1953
(Putzel)		 10.09.1954
(Putzel)		  

KLIPPLAATDRIF(T)
Union to Republic
Area: Ventersdorp
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"   20.02.1915
(Putzel)		 27.08.1954
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank"   T removed

Last seen:
10.08.1978
(Putzel)		 11.01.1961
(Putzel)		 Republic  

KLIPPOORTJIE
01.06.1919 to 1922
16.09.1957 to Republic
Area: Witbank
1   2C "Blank"     11.04.1957
(Putzel)		    

KLIPPUNT
06.07.1953 to Republic
Renamed from Mctaggarts Camp
Area: Upington
Not recorded

KLIPRAND
01.04.1920 to Republic
Area: Klawer
1   1C "Bar"
Visser		   1925
(Visser)		    
2   2C "Bar"   Last seen:
15.08.1978
(Putzel)		 1951
(Putzel)		 Republic  

KLIPRIVIER (KLIP RIVER) (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to Republic
Area: Vereeniging
1 "PO" 2C "Cross" First seen
12.04.1909
(Aab)		 Union 04.04.1914
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "R.O."     05.08.1920
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Blank"   KLIP RIVER 18.03.1923
(Putzel)		    
4 "STA" 1C "Blank"   KLIPRIVIER

Skeleton		 17.12.1935
(Putzel)		    
5 "STA" 2C "Blank" KLIPRIVIER 27.10.1936
(Visser)		 12.05.1937
(Aab)		  
6   2C "Blank" KLIPRIVIER

Station removed		 17.08.1944
(Aab)		 12.07.1952
(Aab)		  
7   2C "Blank"   KLIPRIVIER 24.06.1950
(Putzel)		    

KLIPSCHOOL
01.03.1920 to Republic
Area: Lydenburg
1   1C "Bar"     13.06.1920
(Putzel)		    
2   2C "Blank"     11.12.1957
(Putzel)		    

KLIPSPRUIT
Union to 01.03.1915
15.12.1924 to 22.07.1957
Area: Wolmaransstad
1   2C "Blank"    
(Putzel)		    

KLIPTOWN
Union to Republic
Area: Johannesburg
1   2C "TRANSVAAL"   20.06.1913
(Aab)		 11.06.1936
(Putzel)		  
2   2C "Blank"
Visser		 29 mm 24.11.1943
(Visser)		    
3   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 21.09.1946
(Visser)		    
4   2C "Blank"
26 mm

Last seen:
10.03.1987
(Putzel)

 04.08.1953
(Visser)		 Republic  
5   1C "Blank" Skeleton 11.04.1959
(Visser)		 13.04.1959
(Aab)		  

KLIPVALLEI
08.10.1956 to Republic
Area: Vereeniging
Not recorded
Republic postmark known

KLIPWERF
07.03.1923 to Republic
Renamed from Middlekraal
Area: Calvinia
1   2C "Blank"   15.02.1933
(Aab)		 03.08.1950
(Putzel)