Durban South Africa - Natal Bank - postcard, Natal stamp 1905 pmk

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• Picture / Image:  Natal Bank, Durban [South Africa] (undivided back)
• Publisher: none stated
• Postally used: yes
• Stamp:  Edward VII Natal 1d red
• Postmark(s): Verulam, Natal 1905 cds
• Sent to:  Mr Herbert Warner, 6 Cobden Street, St Georges Road, Camberwell, London SE, England
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Durban (Zulu: eThekwini, from itheku meaning "bay/lagoon") is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third most populous in South Africa after Johannesburg and Cape Town. It is also the second most important manufacturing hub in South Africa after Johannesburg. Located on the east coast of South Africa, Durban is famous for being the busiest port in the country. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism because of the city's warm subtropical climate and extensive beaches. Durban forms part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, which includes neighboring towns and has a population of about 3.44 million,^[6] making the combined municipality one of the biggest cities on the Indian Ocean coast of the African continent. It has the highest number of dollar millionaires added per year of any South African city with the number rising 200 per cent between 2000 and 2014.^[7] In May 2015, Durban was officially recognised as one of the New7Wonders Cities together with Vigan, Doha, La Paz, Havana, Beirut, and Kuala Lumpur.^[8]

The Natal Bank Building is situated on Stand 194 (previously 756) at 90 Market Street (now known as Albertina Sisulu Road) in the city of Johannesburg. Natal Bank was the second bank to open a branch in the city after Standard Bank.

The Natal Bank’s first bank building was erected on the same site in 1891 by M. B. Houge, architect. It was a generous height single storey building of brick with a projecting pediment, and was demolished to make way for the larger existing building.^[1] Ideally situated a block away from the Stock Exchange and the National Bank of the South African Republic, the bank prospered and two years later plans were accepted for a new four-storeyed building and vaults.^[2]

A new design was prepared by architects Carter and McIntosh in 1889, but the second Anglo-Boer War hampered the building operations. Soon after peace had been restored, McIntosh and Moffat were commissioned to redesign the building, which was eventually occupied on 24 August 1903.^[3] This is the building as it currently stands. At the time, the building cost £29,847^[4] to construct and has an area of ~460m2.