TPO -> The MPOs of South Africa
The MPOs of South Africa
By Keith Morris
Start and Finish dates: 1937 to ??
Mobile Post Office No 6 - Durban
The MPOs of South Africa were firmly established features of the postal administration.
Unlike British MPOs (which provided temporary facilities at Agricultural and other outdoor shows, Race meetings, lawn tennis championships etc) the MPOs were on permanent duty in the larger cities, and they worked to a definite fixed route and timetable.
They operated mainly around the suburbs, providing postal facilities where local normal facilities are not considered adequate or are somewhat inaccessible.
There were 25 of them:
| No. | City | Inauguration |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannesburg | 25.1.1937 |
| 2 | Johannesburg | 1.7.1940 |
| 3 | Port Elizabeth | 2.9.1940 |
| 4 | Capetown | 1.5.1940 |
| 5 | Capetown | 2.9.1940 |
| 6 | Durban | 20.5.1940 |
| 7 | Pretoria | 1.8.1840 |
| 8 | Johannesburg | 18.8.1952 |
| 9 | Johannesburg | 18.8.1940 |
| 10 | Capetown | 3.9.1951 |
| 11 | Bloemfontein | 3.9.1951 |
| 12 | Durban | 3.9.1951 |
| 13 | East London | 2.7.1951 |
| 14 | Pietermaritzburg | 3.9.1951 |
| 15 | Port Elizabeth | 22.12.1961 |
| 16 | Durban | 1968 |
| 17 | Worcester | 11.8.1969 |
| 18 | Vereeniging | 14.5.1971 |
| 19 | Klerksdorp | 1.7.1971 |
| 20 | Kimberley | 1.3.1971 |
| 21 | Oudtshoorn | 1.12.1971 |
| 22 | Queenstown | 3.1.1971 |
| 23 | Capetown | 1.7.1971 |
| 24 | Strand | 1.12.1971 |
| 25 | Durban | 20.9.1971 |
