Postal History of
the SOUTH AFRICAN  REPUBLIC
Post Offices NELSPRUIT to PELLA

NELSPRUIT

Opened: 1896-1900 HQ: Nelspruit PO Type: PA
1   2C "ZAR"   03.09.1900 13.09.1900  
       

NGOMO

Opened: 1892-1899 HQ: Vryheid PO Type: PA
Now part of Natal
1   2C Z.A.R Also used after occupation 06.09.1895 23.12.1898  

NIEKERKSRUST

Opened: 1887 to 1892 HQ: Bloemhof PO Type: PA
    TRIANGLE "57"
Visser		   ??.07.1890
(Visser)		    

Visser		        
2   SQ-OCT Z.A.R
Visser		   ??.07.1890
(Visser)		    

NIEKERKSVLEI

Opened: 1897 to 1899 HQ: Standerton PO Type: PA
1   2C "ZAR"
Visser		   20.09.1899
(Visser)		    

NIGEL

Opened: 1890-1900 HQ: East Rand PO Type: PA
1   2C "ZAR"   12.03.1895 05.05.1899  
       

NIJLSTROOM (NYLSTROOM)

Opened: 1866 to 1880 and 1887? to 31.03.1901 HQ: Nylstroom PO Type: PO
During 1st. British occupation it was called Nylstroom.

1   NUMBER "15"   25.06.1880 1892  
2   1C "ZAR"          
3   TRIANGLE "17"   17.08.1892 1901  
       
4   1C "ZUID AFRIKA"   29.10.1876
(Aab)		    
5   OVAL "?"
Visser		        
6   1C "ZAR"   23.12.1886 17.08.1892  
7   2C "ZAR"

FORGERY		 FORGER
on cover
to USA
with Boer War
censor!!
Wrong peiod		 09.02.1895 31.03.1901
(Aab)		  
       
8   SQC "Blank"     28.08.1900  
9 "PWK" 2C "NIJLSTROOM ZAR"   03.01.1893    

NONDWENI

Opened: 1891 to 1900 HQ: Vryheid PO Type: PA
Now part of Natal
No postal markings seen

NOOITGEDACHT - ERMELO -

Opened: 1893 to 1900 HQ: Ermelo PO Type: PA
No postal markings seen

NOOITGEDACHT - HEIDELBERG -

Opened: 1892-1900 HQ: Heidelburg PO Type: PA
1   2C "ZAR"   01.05.1895
(Visser)		 02.05.1899
(Aab)		  

NOORDER GRENS

Opened: 1892-1900 HQ: Heidelburg PO Type: PA
1   One-liner "ZAR" Post office near Rhodesian border just before the outbreak of the Boer war. ??.10.1899 14.12.1899
(Danie Van Niekerk)		  

Danie Van Niekerk		        

OLIFANTSHOEK

Opened: 1898-1900 HQ: Rustenberg PO Type: PA
No postal markings seen

OLIFANTSVALLEI

Opened: 1880 to 1891 and 1896 HQ: Heidelberg PO Type: PA
No postal markings seen

OPHIRTON

Opened: 1891 and 1895 to 1900 HQ: Johannesburg PO Type: PO
1   2C "Z.A.R"   29.08.1898 13.09.1899  
       

ORANJEFONTEIN

Opened: 1896-1900 HQ: Nylstroom PO Type: PA
1   2C "Z.A.R"
Visser		   19.11.1898
(Visser)		    

OSHOEK

Opened: 1899-1901? HQ: Ermelo PO Type: PA Renamed from Steynsdorop
No postal markings seen

OTTOSHOOP

Opened: 1887-1900 HQ: Zeerust PO Type: PO, PA 1899
1   Triangle "16"   24.08.1894
(Aab)		 06.01.1896
(Aab)		  
       
2   OVAL "3 Dots"
  23.01.1888 ??.03.1889  
3   SQC "Blank"   08.10.1891 16.11.1894
(Aab)		  
       
4   OCTAGON "ZAR"     31.??.1890 23.08.1895  
       
5   2C "Z.A.R"   01.11.1895 01.11.1899  
6 P.W.K 2C "OTTOSHOOP ZAR"          

PAARDEKOP

Opened: 1879-1900 HQ: Standerton PO Type: PA
1   1-liner          
2   1C "Z.A.R"   12.01.1895
(Aab)		 16.05.1900  

PALMIETFONTEIN

Opened: 1887-1899 HQ: Potchefstroom PO Type: PA
1   TRIANGLE "62" Also reported for Smitsdorp      

PAN

Opened: 1895-1900 HQ: Middelburg PO Type: PA
1   Boxed  
Visser		   1896
(Visser)		    

PAUL PIETERSDORP

Opened: 1890-1900 HQ: Vryheid PO Type: PA
Renamed Paul Pietersburg in1898 but seems to have jused the same canceller.
Ceded to Natal
1   2C "Z.A.R"   10.07.1896 18.07.1897  

PELLA

Opened: 1880-1900 HQ: Zeerust PO Type: PA
1   NUMBER "30"        
2   2C "Z.A.R" New discovery 19.09.1896