Postal History of
Cape of Good Hope

Post Office CAPE TOWN

CAPE TOWN
02.03.1792 to Union
Area: Cape Town
Total population 1904: 21317

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DUTCH PRE STAMP

BRITISH PRE STAMP

BONCS

Other Killers

1C UNFRAMED

DOUBLE OVAL

1C CAPE COLONY

1C "BLANK"

 1C NAME TOP AND BOTTOM 1C "DOT" 1C "CGH"
SQUARED CIRCLE OCTAGON TRUNCTATED COMPASS WHEEL
2C BARS + CROSS COUNTER NUMBER POSTMARKS 2C BARS + CROSS UNDERGROUND
CTO CAPE TOWN HEAD OFFICE CAPE TOWN TELEGRAPHIC OFFICES FS (Foreign Service)
1C GPO POSTMASTER GENERALS OFFICE MOO (Money Order  Office) NPB (Newspaper Branch)
PARCELS OFFICE PBS (Private Box Section) RO (Rail Office) RECORD BRANCH
R.L.O (Returned Letter Office) REGISTERED PAID T (Tax Section)
POSTE RESTRANTE    
 

1C "CGH"
1   1C "CGH"   27.07.1896
(Frescura)		 30.11.1898
(Frescura)		 2
2 "GPO" 1C "CGH" Large postmark 14.07.1896
(Aab)		 14.08.1899
(Frescura)		 2
3 "GPO" 1C "CGH"   Small postmark 07.05.1895   4
4   1C "CGH"   09.11.1906   2
       

SQC
1   SQC "CAPE COLONY "   25.01.1882 05.05.1896 1
2 "GPO" SQC "CAPE COLONY "   25.01.1882 21.07.1901 1
3   SQC "CGH" 1 inner circle
3 outer circle
Compact typeface		 07.06.1898 21.09.1903 1
4   SQC "CGH"   1 inner circle
4 outer circle
Rounded typeface		 01.03.1899
(Frescura)		 20.11.1900
(Frescura)		 4

OCTAGONAL
1   OCT     01.05.1888
(Frescura)		 25.08.1890
(Frescura)		 20

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TRUNCTATED
1   TRUNCTATED "Blank "   16.11.1890 24.02.1892  
       

COMPASS WHEEL
1   1C "CAPE COLONY "   04.03.1892 23.06.1893  
       

2C BARS AND CROSS
1   2C "Bars + cross "   Hyphen separator 02.11.1899 04.02.1902  
2   2C "Bars + cross " Dot separator 27.08.1892 28.04.1903  
       
3   2C "Bars + cross " No separator
various types known
First seen: 06.06.1902
Last seen: 19.12.1911		      
4   2C "Bars + C " Inverted "C"
Not reported