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)