Postal History of
the SOUTH AFRICAN  REPUBLIC

Post Offices PRETORIA to ROLFONTEIN

PRETORIA

Opened: 1854-1900 HQ: Pretoria PO Type: PO
    NUMBER "1"     22.05.1870 29.05.1880  
    TRIANGLE "1"   25.12.1877 29.05.1880  
    1C "ZUID AFRIKA"   13.08.1871 29.05.1880  
       
    1C "Blank"   ??.07.1884 ??.??.1885  
  "G.P.O." 1C "TRANSVAAL"   20.04.1885 20.04.1888  
    1C "TRANSVAAL"   20.02.1883 30.07.1891  
  "ZAR" TRUNCTATED "Blank"     22.03.1889    
    1C "ZAR"   25.05.1881 24.11.1890  
    1C "Blank"   ??.06.1884 ??.07.1885  
    SQC "Blank" Blue: 27.06.1890 27.06.1890 27.01.1896  
    SQC "ZAR" Small postmark 11.11.1891 14.06.1898  
    SQC "ZAR" Large postmark 12.02.1898
(Aab)		 06.02.1900  
       
    TRIANGLE "1"        
       
    2C "ZAR" Small postmark
Date below		 09.01.1890 08.12.1896  
    1C "ZAR"   ZAR bigger 29.02.1893    
    OVAL   A ending above year!! ??.03.1888 21.09.1888
(Bram Leeflang)		  
    OVAL   A ending below year!! 19.01.1888
(Leeflang)		    
    SQC "ZAR"   07.03.1892 29.02.1893  
    2C "ZAR" ZAR narrow 15.12.1895 31.06.1897  
    2C "ZAR" ZAR appart 27.10.1893 18.06.1900  
    2C-D "ZAR"   21.04.1898
(Aab)		 27.03.1900  
  "PWK" 2C "PRETORIA ZAR"   06.08.1895 05.05.1900  
       
  "PW" 2C "PK PRETORIA ZAR" Putzel unknown 18.04.1896
(Aab)		    
  "GEREGISTREED" Oval "PRETORIA" large lettering      
  "GEREGISTREED" Oval "PRETORIA ZAR"   small lettering ??.06.1893 07.10.1893  
       
    Box     13.01.1892 22.11.1898  
       
    One-liner   Used by NZAM
Rail		      

RANDFONTEIN

Opened: 1894 to 1900 HQ: Johannesburg PO Type: PA
1   2C "ZAR"   20.09.1895 04.04.1900  

RHENOSTERKOP

Opened: 1898 to 1900 HQ: Middelburg PO Type: PA
1   1C "ZAR"       03.05.1900  

RHENOSTERPOORT

Opened: 1890-1900 HQ: Middelburg PO Type: PA
1   NUMBER "35"        
2   2C "ZAR"   ??.??.1897    

RHODESDRIFT

Opened: 1897 to 1901? HQ: Messina PO Type: PA
Renamed from Hendriksdal
Not recorded

RIETFONTEIN - Rustenburg -

Opened: 1888 to 1900 HQ: Rustenburg PO Type: PA
1   2C "ZAR"   06.07.1896
(Ferdi Torres)		 13.09.1899  

RIETFONTEIN - Wolmaransstad -

Opened: 1893 to 1900 HQ: Wolmaransstad PO Type: PA
1   2C "ZAR"   06.07.1898
(Johan Bezuidenhout)		 07.04.1900  
       

RIETFONTEIN RAIL

Opened: 1897 to 1900 HQ: Germiston PO Type: PA
Not recorded

RIETKUIL

Opened: 06.12.1899 to 1900 HQ: Lichtenburg PO Type: PA
1   2C "ZAR"
Visser                     Braam Leeflang		 New discovery 06.12.1898
(Braam Leeflang)		 31.10.1899
(Visser)		  

RIETPOORT

Opened: 1897 to 1900 HQ: Potchefstroom PO Type: PA
1   2C "ZAR"
Braam Leeflang		 New discovery 06.12.1898
(Braam Leeflang)
 		    

RIETVLEI

Opened: 1898 to 1900 HQ: Rustenburg PO Type: PA
    2C "ZAR"    
(Putzel)		    

RIETVLEI RAIL

Opened: 1896 to 1900 HQ: Germiston PO Type: PA
Not recorded

ROLFONTEIN

Opened: 1879? to 1895 HQ: Volksrust PO Type: PA
Renamed to Amersfoort
1   NUMBER "22"        
2   SQC "ZAR"
Visser		   01.10.1891
(Visser)		    
3   2C "ZAR"