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Postal History of ZULULAND
Post Offices ENTONJANENI to UMLALAZI Postmarks were used after incorporation into the NATAL, 30 June 1898
ENTONJANENI Replaced by Melmoth
Opened: 1888-1892 Area: Central PO Type: PO
1	"POST OFFICE"	1C	"ENTONJANENI"			30.06.1888 (Kantey)	21.09.1894 (Hamilton)

ESHOWE
Opened: 1887-1898 Area: Central PO Type: PO
1		1C	"Blank"	www.michael-hamilton.com	Earliest date	21.08.1887 (Hamilton)	24.12.1888 (Kantey)
2		2C	"ZULULAND"			13.10.1894 (Aab)	03.03.1896 (Aab)

3		1C	"ZULULAND"		Date in 2 lines	02.01.1894 (Kantey)	29.06.1898 (Kantey)
ESHOWE CAMP
Opened: ?-? Area: Central PO Type: Temporary
Natal Telegraph report only
HLABISA
Opened: 1894-1898 Area: North/Central PO Type: PA
1	"R.M.OFFICE"	1C	"HLABISA"		Only used in purple	13.11.1894	12.09.1897
INGVAVUMA
Opened: 1895-1898 Area: North PO Type: PA
1		1C	"ZULULAND"		Only used in purple	31.08.1895 (Hamilton)	29.06.1898
INYONI
Opened: ?-? Area: Central PO Type: ?

LOWER TUGELA There seem to be 2 post offices. 1 in Zululand and 1 in Natal
Opened: 1894-1898 Area: South PO Type: ?
1		2C	"ZULULAND?"			03.11.1894	29.06.1898
					A post office existed on moth sides of the Tugela. One in Zululand and one in Natal
LOWER UMFOLOZI
Opened: 1894-1898 Area: North/Central PO Type: PA
1	R.M.OFFICE		LOWER UMFOLOZI	http://www.michael-hamilton.com		05.10.1894 (Aab)	19.11.1895
Rhodesia.co.za
2		1C	"ZULULAND?"		Only used in purple	03.11.1894	29.06.1898
MAPUTA
Opened: 1894-1898 Area: North PO Type: PA
1	"RESIDENT MAGISTRATE"	3C	"MAPUTA"			07.12.1898	29.06.1898
MELMOTH Replaced Entonjaneni
Opened: 1893-1898 Area: Central PO Type: PO
1		2C	"ZULULAND?"			17.12.1893 (Aab)	29.06.1898
NDWANDWE Changed to Nongoma
Opened: ?-? Area: Central PO Type: PA

NKANDHLA
Opened: 1890-1898 Area: Central PO Type: PO
1		3C	"ZULULAND"			24.09.1890 (Kantey)	17.12.1892 (Kantey)

2		2C	"ZULULAND"		looks like Nondweni 2		22.12.1894
NONDWENI
Opened: 1891-1898 Area: West PO Type: PO
1		Oval	"ZULULAND"			28.08.1891 (Kantey)	07.12.1894 (Kantey)
2		2C	"ZULULAND"			03.03.1895 (Hamilton)	29.06.1898
NONGOMA
Opened: 1894-1898 Area: North PO Type: PO
1		Oval	"ZULULAND"			05.02.1895 (Kantey)	29.06.1898

NQUTU
Opened: 1889-1889 and 1895-1898 Area: West PO Type: PO
1		Manuscript			Spelt Enqutu	15.04.1889 (Spink Auction)	16.07.1889 (Kantey)
www.spink.com
2		2C	"ZULULAND"			09.04.1895 (Aab)	01.07.1896
www.spink.com
QUDENI
Opened: 1897-1898 Area: West PO Type: PA
1	QUDENI	1C	POST OFFICE			16.02.1897 (Kantey)	16.12.1897 (Kantey)
RORKE'S DRIFT
Opened: 1889-1898 Area: West PO Type: PO
1		3C	"ZULULAND"			27.07.1889 (Kantey)	??.??.1890 (Kantey)
2		2C	"ZULULAND"			09.08.1888	15.04.1889 (Spink Auction)

UBOMBO
Opened: 1895-1898 Area: North PO Type: PA
1		1C	"ZULULAND"			11.10.1895 (Aab)	24.05.1898 (Hamilton)

ULUNDI
Opened: 1893-1898 Area: Central PO Type: PO
1		2C	"ZULULAND"			06.11.1893	09.12.1895 (Aab)
UMLALAZI
Opened: 1888-1898 Area: Central PO Type: PO
1		2C	"ZULULAND"			27.04.1888	28.10.1898 (Visser)