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BECHUANALAND 1886-1897
Some towns listed below opened post offices after incorporation
into Cape Colony
- Bailey Brith 1897 27s19 23e56
- Banks Drift 1886 27s40 24e46?
- Barrington 574
- Bloemfontein 27s54 20e27
- Devondale 26s36 26e02?
- Dry Harts 675 27n16 24e43?
- Genesa 26s35 24e09
- Geluk 1894 181 27s01 24e18
- Groot Chwaing (Krielspan, Stella) 1895 478 26n33 24e52
- Groot Drink 630 26s28 22e13 ?
- Hartebeeste Pan 340
- Keimoes 1891 995 28s41 21e00
- Kuruman 1886 534 27s28 23e28
- Mafeking 1885 638 890 1045 25s53 25e39
- Maribogo 209 26s24 25e11
- Maritzani 26s08 25e25?
- Mier (Reitfontein) 938 26s45 20e0
- Morokwen 1911 933 26s07 23e46
- Mosita 1909 26s09 24e45
- Olifantshoek 27s56 22e44
- Poedomoe 1886 27s23 24e42
- Setlagoli 1886 590 26s16 25e06
- Taungs 554 637 27s33 24e47
- Taungs Station 172
- Upington 429 966 28s25 21e15
- Vryburg 1891 555 26s55 24e45
- Vryburg Station
- Zwart Modder 1895 394 28s02 20e29?
STELLALAND Feb. 1. 1884 - Dec 2, 1885
- Barkly West, Cape, 232 in bars, in transit
- Christiana, TVL 6 in rings, in transit
- Smithfield, OFS, 5, in transit
- Vryburg ,555, ms initials (Frank Alexander Eaton) and date
also lines and crosses
BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE 1888-
- Artesia (TO) 24s04 26e15
- crocodile Pools 1899 23s42 26e57
- Debeeti 1928 23s45 26e26
- Francistown 1897 679 21s11 27e32
- Gaberones 1893 568 24s45 25e55
- Gaberones Station 1897 1000
- Ghanzi 1922 21s38 21e45
- Gubulawayo (in Rhodesia) 1888 678 20s09 28e36
- Kanye 1888 677 24s59 25e19
- Kasane 1921 17s50 25e05
- Lobatsi Railway Station 1896 1003 1159 25s11 25e20
- Macloutsie 1891 968 21s28 27e24
- Madinare 1933 21s53 27e45
- Mahalapye Siding 1898 23s04 26e49
- Makgobis Stadt 1925 25s43 25e05
- Maun 1922 20s00 23e25
- Mochudi 1895 390 24s28 26e05
- Molepolole 1889 674 24s25 25e30
- Outsi 1897 25s02 25e45
- Palachwe Khamas Town (Palapye) 1890 676
- Palapye Station 1897 1052 22s37 27e06
- Palla (Dinokwe)1895 758 23s24 26e41?
- Pilane 1928 24s24 26e04
- Pitsani 1898 1014 25s30 25e35
- Ramaquebane 1912 20s35 27e38
- Ramoutsa 1891 836 24s56 25e50
- Sandpits 1895 669 25s20 25e38
- Serowe 1903 22s25 26e44
- Shashi 1925 22s14 29e20
- Shoshong 1888 676 22s59 27e30
- Tati 1888 679 21s17 27e42
- Tsessebe 1913 21s51 27e35
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