Postal History of South Africa

Post Offices WAKU to WARDEN

WAKU (RAIL) (STATION)
Union to 1952
Area: Queenstown (Cape)

1   1C "STATION" Name top and bottom

First seen:
19.01.1888
(Frescura)
Union ??.11.1913
(Frescura)
 
2 "RAIL" 2C "Bars + cross" SOUTH
above date
AFRICA
below date
1923
(Putzel)
1946
(Aab)
 

WALDECKSPLANT
1924 to Republic
Area: Barkley West (Cape)

1   2C "Blank"     04.06.1955
(Putzel)
   

WALKERSHOEK
01.12.1912 to 01.12.1917
Area: Ladysmith (Natal)

Not recorded

WALKER'S VALE
02.10.1928 to 25.04.1932
Area: Adelaide (Cape)
Renamed from Blackhill

Not recorded

WALKERVILLE
15.01.1945 to Republic
Area: Vereeniging (TVL)

Not recorded
Republic postmarks known

WALLEKRAAL
Union to Republic
Area: Garies (Cape)

1   1C "Dot"   First seen:
14.07.1901
(Putzel)
Union 18.09.1914
(Frescura)
 
2   1C "Blank"
Visser
Skeleton 08.03.1930
(Visser)
   
3   2C "Blank"   1932
(Visser)
1960
(Visser)
 

WALLMANNSTAL
06.03.1939 to 16.08.1954
1956 to Republic
Area: Pretoria

1   2C "Blank"   14.03.1948
(Putzel)
15.06.1960
(Aab)
 

WALMER
Union to Republic
Area: Port Elizabeth

1   1C "CGH" First seen:
12.12.1894
(Aab)
Union 1926
(Aab)
 
2   1C "Bars + cross"   First seen:
07.03.1910
(Frescura)
Union  01.05.1924
(Frescura)
 

WALMER DEPOT
1959 to
Area: Port Elizabeth

1   2C "Blank"
Visser
Last seen:
1990
(Putzel)
1959
(Visser)
Republic  

WALTHOORNSKRAAL
01.08.1913 to 01.09.1915
Area: Britstown (Cape)

Not recorded
CGH postmark exists

WALFISH BAY (WALVIS BAY)
Union to 1922
Area: Present Namibia
From 1922 under SWA administration

1   2C "Bars + cross"   1912
(Aab)
10.09.1914
(Putzel)
 
2   2C "Blank" S.AFRICA
above date
Z.AFRIKA
below date
26.01.1916
(Aab)
11.11.1920
(Aab)
 
3   2C "Blank"   31 mm 23.11.1918
(Putzel)
   

WANDSBECK
16.03.1936 to 16.09.1940
Area: Durban
Renamed to Cowie's Hill

3   2C "Blank?"   30 mm 1937
(Visser)
   

WAQU STATION
1952 to Republic
Area: Queenstown (Cape)
Renamed from Waku Station

Not recorded
Republic postmark exists

WARBURTON
28.10.1935 to 20.09.1948
20.07.1953 to Republic
Area: Barberton (TVL)
Renamed from Vosmans Beacon (1953)

1   2C "Blank" Last seen:
13.01.1987
(Putzel)
28.06.1957
(Aab)
Republic  

WARDEN
01.03.1915 to Republic
Area: Harrismith (OFS)

1   2C "S. AFRICA" 33 mm 1922
(Putzel)
08.02.1929
(Aab)
 
2   2C "SOUTH AFRICA" 30 mm 26.12.1930
(Aab)
06.09.1932
(Putzel)
 
3   2C "S     A" 30 mm
South Africa removed
except S and A

(Putzel)
07.03.1935
(Aab)
 
4   1C "Blank"
Putzel
Skeleton
(Putzel)
   
5   2C "Bars + cross" 26 mm 03.04.1935
(Putzel)
12.05.1937
(Aab)
 
6   2C "Bars + cross"   31 mm 1955
(Putzel)