Postal History of
the SOUTH AFRICAN  REPUBLIC
Post Offices CAMDEN to DE LANGESDRIFT

CAMDEN (CAMBDEN 1888)

Opened: 1881-1889 HQ: Wakkerstroom PO Type: PA Period: ZAR

No postal markings seen
Letter to Camden seen without postal markings of Camden (January 1880)

CAROLINA

Opened: 1887-1900 HQ: Carolina PO Type: PA Period: ZAR

1   Triangle "32"   01.11.1895 01.11.1895  
2   SQC "Blank"   28.07.1894
(S.Payne)
19.12.1895
(S.Payne)
 
30.05.1900
(S.Payne)
26.07.1900
(S.Payne)
3   OCT "Z.A.R."   ??.02.1889
(S.Payne)
??.09.1895
(S.Payne)
 
4   2C "Z.A.R."   26.02.1896
(S.Payne)
18.04.1899  
5 "P.W.K." 2C "Z.A.R."     ??.05.1897
(S.Payne)
   

CHRISSIESMEER

Opened: 1874-01.06.1899 and 1893-1900 HQ: Ermelo PO Type: PA Period: ZAR

1   Number "24."        
       
2   1C "Z.A.R."   19.02.1887
(S.Payne)
26.07.1899
(S.Payne)
 
3   2C "Z.A.R."
Transvaal Philatelist
  09.10.1899
(S.Payne)
   

CHRISTIANA

Opened: 1872-1900 HQ: Independent PO Type: PA, PO 1893

1   Number "6"   14.12.1883 12.12.1886  
2   Triangle "7"   09.06.1889
(Ferdi Torres)
   

Ferdi Torres
       
3   1C "Transvaal"   14.12.1883
(Aab)
02.02.1889
(S.Payne)
 

Reier Prince Albert
       
4   Octagonal "Z.A.R."   09.06.1889
(S.Payne)
??.10.1895
(S.Payne)
 

www.michael-hamilton.com
       
5   SQC "Blank" Seen in blue
ink (1895)
13.10.1894
(S.Payne)
14.12.1895
(Putzel)
 
6   2C "Z.A.R." Seen in blue
ink (1899)
30.05.1895
(S.Payne)
05.06.1900
(S.Payne)
 

CIJFERFONTEIN -Transvaal -

Opened: 1887-1900 HQ: Klerksdorp PO Type: PA Period: ZAR

1   2C Z.A.R.   03.01.1895
(Aab)
27.04.1900
(Aab)
 
       

CLEVELAND

Opened: 1898-1900 HQ: Johannesburg PO Type: PO Period: ZAR

1   2C Z.A.R.   08.08.1898
(S.Payne)
29.09.1899
(Aab)
 
       

COMATIEPOORT
01.01.1882 to 1901
Area: Border of Mozambique
Also see Komatiepoort

Opened: 1882-1896 HQ: Lowfeld PO Type: PA Period: ZAR Renamed to: Kommatiepoort

1   Triangle "34"   08.12.1894 08.12.1894  
       
2   Number "25"   ??.11.1896    
Putzel and Mathews list this as Komati.
Seems to carry the forwarding mark of Utrecht
     
3   2C Z.A.R.   03.08.1894
(S.Payne)
16.09.1900
(Aab)
 
       

DALMANUTHA

Opened: 1897-1900 HQ: Lydenburg PO Type: PA Period: ZAR

1   Boxed   Date in Manuscript 09.02.1896
(Aab)
   
       
2   2C Z.A.R.   ??.11.1898
(Visser)
22.08.1900
(Aab)
 

DALMARSATKA

Opened: 1897-1900 HQ: ? PO Type: PA Period: ZAR

No postal markings seen

DARKTON - SWAZILAND -
01.01.1891 to 16.10.1899

1   BONC "628" Tentative allocation 18.09.1891    
2   TRIANGLE "88" Tentative allocation      
3   SQC "SWAZIEL"   07.12.1891
(Aab)
20.03.1895  
4   2C "ZAR"   08.05.1895 16.10.1899  
       

DASSIEKLIP - Transvaal -

Opened: 1894-1900? HQ: Volksrust PO Type: PA Period: ZAR

1   2C Z.A.R.   07.02.1899
(Aab)
29.03.1900
(Visser)
 

DE JAGERSDRIFT

Opened: 1892-1900 HQ: Vrijheid PO Type: PA Period: ZAR

1         01.11.1892
(Aab)
   

http://www.auction-net.co.uk
       
2   1C "ZAR"   ??.04.1895
(Aab)
10.11.1898
(S.Payne)
 

DE LANGESDRIFT

Opened: 1899-1900 HQ: Standerton PO Type: PA Period: ZAR

No postal markings seen