Postal History of
Cape of Good Hope
Post Office KING WILLIAMS TOWN
KING WILLIAMS TOWN
11 January 1849 to Union
Area: King Williams Town
Population 190: 7226
1   BONC "4"   Format 2-3-2 10.07.1876 26.08.1876  
2   BONC "4"   Format 2-5-2 09.05.1886 27.04.1894  
3   BONC "4" Format 3-3-3 27.09.1868 28.11.1886  
       
4   BONC "4" Format 3-5-3 07.08.1884 06.05.1886  
5   BONC "4" Format 4-5-4
Thick bars		 20.10.1880 02.09.1889  
       
6   BONC "4"   Format 4-5-4
Thin bars		 06.03.1878 29.04.1878  
7   OVAL   Rated as 4 by Goldblatt ??.11.1860 31.05.1874 40
           
8   DARC     13.01.1872 30.06.1876  
       
9   1C "Blank" 7 to 5 o'clock
Larger rounded typeface
Wide W and M		 04.03.1876
(Aab)		 11.09.1880  
       
10   1C "Blank" 7 to 5 o'clock
Larger rounded typeface
Narrower W and M		 12.12.1874
(Aab)		 20.05.1886  
       
11   1C "Blank" 7 to 5 o'clock
Smaller typeface
LLI not touching		 10.0.1889
(Aab)		 21.11.1907  
       
12   1C "Blank" 8 to 4 o'clock
Smaller typeface
Index above date		 29.06.1901 02.12.1907
 (Aab)		  
13   1C "CGH" Larger compact typeface
S and T closer
Last seen 13.04.1912		 21.04.1897 Union  
       
14   1C "CGH" Smaller compact typeface
S and T further apart		 06.07.1892 13.12.1901  
15   1C "TOWN" Name top and bottom 27.07.1877 12.03.1895  
       
16   SQC "CAPE COLONY"   20.03.1883 09.11.1891  
       
17   SQC "CGH"   12.12.1895 31.10.1902
(Aab)		  
       
18   HOODED   Dash between G and W 25.05.1888 22.08.1893  
19   HOODED   No dash between G and W 25.04.1892
(Frescura)		 26.07.1895  
       
20   2C "Bars + cross" Smaller typeface
8 to 4 o'clock
Last seen
14.06.1913		 26.02.1903 Union  
       
21   2C "Bars + cross" Taller typeface
7 to 5 o'clock
Last seen
23.05.1911		 17.02.1908
(Aab)		 Union  
       
22   2C "Bars + cross" 9 to 3 o'clock
Wms short form		 29.02.1904
(Aab)		 28.10.1907
(Aab)		  
       
23 "PARCELS" 1C "KING WILLIAMS TOWN" Last seen
02.09.1913
(Aab)		 03.03.1903
(Frescura)		 Union  
24 "POST  OFFICE" OVAL "KING WILLIAMS TOWN" NEW DISCOVERY 06.07.1898
(Aab)		    
25 "REGISTERED" OVAL "KING WILLIAMS TOWN" Last seen 07.04.1921 02.09.1889 Union  
       
KING WILLIAMS TOWN AGRICULTURAL SHOW TO
8 March 1899
Area: King Williams Town
Not recorded
KING WILLIAMS TOWN CRICKET GROUND TO
25 January 1899
Area: King Williams Town
Not recorded
KING WILLIAMS TOWN PO AGENT ALICE
11 June 1857 to c 1864
Area: King Williams Town
Not recorded
KING WILLIAMS TOWN STATION
1 November 1877 to Union
Area: King Williams Town
(1)   BONC     Probable      
(2)   1C "?"   Probable