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Post Offices KRUIDFONTEIN to KURUMAN

KRUIDFONTEIN STATION (RAIL)
01.11.1912 to Republic
Area: Fraserburg Road
1   2C "S.AFRICA"     12.10.1917
(Putzel)		    
2   1C "Blank"     06.12.1922
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "?"   27 mm
(Putzel)		    
4   2C "Blank"   29 mm

Last seen:
22.08.1970
(Putzel)

 12.09.1930
(Putzel)		 Republic  

KRUISEMENTFONTEIN
02.05.1921 to 24.07.1950
Area: Somerset East
1   1C "SOUTH AFRICA"
Visser		   27.08.1922
(Visser)		    

KRUISFONTEIN
Union to 06.06.1938
09.06.1942 to Republic
Renamed from Mooifontein
Area: Humansdorp
1   2C "Blank"   26 mm 21.07.1951
(Putzel)		    

KRUISPAD
01.11.1913 to 01.06.1915
01.03.1920 to 02.12.1946
1949 to 27.02.1950
Area: Bethlehem
1   1C "Bar"    
(Putzel)		    

KRUIS RIVER (KRUISRIVIER)
Union to Republic
Area: Calitzdorp
1   1C "Dot" First seen
25.11.1899
(Aab)		 Union 1920
(Visser)		  

KRUISVALLEI
15.06.1912 to Republic
Area: Knysna
1   2C "S.AFRICA"   Last seen:
25.08.1978
(Putzel)
(Putzel)		 Republic  

KRUITBERG
05.02.1951 to Republic
Area: Boemfontein
Not recorded
Republic postmark known

KRUITHORING
25.06.1945 to 12.10.1959
Renamed from Eamus
Area: Uitenhage
1   2C "Blank"   26 mm 1950
(Putzel)		    

KUBUSIE (STATION) (RAIL)
Union to 15.04.1940
Area: ?
1   2C "Bars + cross" First seen:
15.08.1907
(Frescura)		 Union 02.10.1919
(Aab)		  
2 "RAILWAY" 2C "KUBUSIE" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date		 09.03.1915
(Aab)		 03.02.1922
(Putzel)		  
3   2C "Bars + cross"   17.06.1925
(Putzel)		 06.06.1939
(Aab)		  

KUILFONTEIN
01.05.1917 to Republic
Area: Zeerust
1   2C "Blank"   26 mm 01.05.193?
(Putzel)		    

KUILSRIVIER (KUILS RIVER)
Union to Republic
Area: Stellenbosch
1   1C "RIVER" Name top and bottom

First seen:
20.12.1896
(Frescura)		 Union 02.06.1920
(Frescura)		  
2   1C "Blank"   23.11.1920
(Putzel)		 11.06.1924
(Putzel)		  
3   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 12.09.1947
(Visser)		    
4   2C "Blank"   24.09.1932
(Putzel)		 20.04.1953
(Aab)		  
5   2C "3" Index 3

Last seen
24.09.1932
(Putzel)
(Aab)		 Republic  

KUKU
Union to 04.08.1952
Renamed to Quku
Area: East London
1   1C "Dot" First seen:
02.12.1896
(Frescura)		 Union 27.11.1933
(Frescura)		  
2   2C "Bars + cross"   25 mm 05.05.1943
(Putzel)		    

KU-LELEYO
08.09.1958 to Republic
Renamed from Mpuluse
Area: Transkei
Not recorded
Republic postmark known

KULU
1914 to 1918
Area: Zululand
Not recorded

KU-MAYIMA
18.06.1956 to Republic
Area: Ugie
Not recorded
Republic postmark known

KUNANA
Union to Republic
Area: Lichtenburg
1   2C "Bars + cross"   25 mm 12.12.1930
(Putzel)		    

KUNENG
Area: Basutoland
Using Union stamps until 1931
See Basutoland

KUNINGGIE
18.12.1928 to 18.05.1931
Area: Vryheid
Not recorded
Republic postmark known

KURUMAN
Union to Republic
1   SQC "CGH" First seen:
02.10.1900
(Aab)		 Union 28.06.1921
(Frescura)		  
2   1C "Bars + cross"     15.12.1920
(Putzel)		    
3   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm can not distinguish 14.05.1926
(Putzel)		 14.03.1949
(Putzel)		  
4   2C "Bars + cross" 25 mm can not distinguish
(Putzel)		    
5   1C "Blank"
Visser		 Skeleton 19.02.1936
(Visser)		    
6   2C "Bars + cross"   07.01.1940
(Putzel)		 23.10.1942
(Aab)		  
7   2C "Blank"     01.10.1946
(Putzel)		    
8   2C "Bars + cross" 25 mm
Narrow U		 26.07.1946
(Aab)		 25.07.1950
(Putzel)		  
9   2C "Blank"   28 mm 15.10.1959
(Putzel)