Souvenir Saturday: the postcart

Postcart at Umtata, Pondoland (Transkei), South Africa

[Thanks to Melville Hoffman, the owner of the photo, for permission to publish it on Mole's Blog.]

 

Postcart 1884

Souvenir Saturday: Pietermaritzburg postcart 1880s

Postcart outside Pietermaritzburg Town Hall, ca 1880s.
An interesting variety of headgear in this picture.
[KZN Museum NAM0010_014F.tif]

For an excellent article on postcarts and postal services in Natal see 

www.natalia.org.za/Files/31/Natalia%20v31%20article%20p30-33%20C.pdf