Anritsu test – Phonecard Museum

AUS-0381-MAG-TST

ezzacards — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 07:42:12 +0000

ANRITSU Geneva Koala SPECIMEN
real magnetic reverse.
This interesting card is almost exactly the same as the regular Geneva card produced for Telecom Australia to give away at Geneva 1995 telecoms conference EXCEPT FOR ONE THING.
this card has “ANRITSU”, and”SPECIMEN” on the front under the Koala. The reverse is completely different, and is designed to be a demo for Anritsu “Supplier of technology to Telecom Australia”

Telecom Australia was not aware of the production of this card (possibly only 50 pieces), and it was given to other country Telco VIP’s as a business sample. We know only 1 USED card !!! Proof that Anritsu could encode the card and at least this 1 card was used (possibly on Telecom Australia’s demo phones at the Telecom Australia booth. (naughty naughty) hahaha!

AUS-0380-MAG-TST

ezzacards — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 07:30:06 +0000

AUS-0375-MAG-TST

ezzacards — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 07:24:43 +0000

$5 generic sample. This unique card is not encoded and has a true specimen serial number.
0000000000000
Why this card was produced is not known. It has been examined by experts, and verified as a genuine $5 generic card. It has been bought and sold a few times, the last time in auction, purchased for the phonecardmuseum collection.

AUS-0370-MAG-TST

ezzacards — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 07:20:19 +0000

AUS T5 This card was produced in the last 2 years of magnetic cards. It is the last true magnetic test card. It was encoded with $1.50 and was assigned a prefix #1513, even though the reverse is blank. 1000 cards were produced but it seems many were destroyed.

AUS-0360-MAG-TST

ezzacards — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 07:15:07 +0000

Blank printing trial. (pre-printing) later card c1992 with Notch.

The transfer of production and printing of phonecards was transferred to Australia around 1992.
Leigh Mardon began to produce large print run cards, and Placard the smaller print runs on behalf of Telecom Australia. This card relates to the printing trials around 1992

AUS-0357-MAG-TST

ezzacards — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 07:11:52 +0000

Toppan CC ink printing demo c1992
The transfer of production and printing of phonecards was transferred to Australia around 1992.
Leigh Mardon began to produce large print run cards, and Placard the smaller print runs on behalf of Telecom Australia. Prior to this implementation both companies were asked to produce a phonecard based on the original artwork from the Geelong trials (the $1.50 surf boat)
Both cards had large white wording “SAMPLE” across the front, and the company name on the reverse. Leigh Mardon also produced a version with a dot matrix 13 digit serial number 0000123456789

The CC in demo was supplied to both companies, as the transfer involved continued use of the trademark ink.

AUS-0356-MAG-TST

ezzacards — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 07:10:00 +0000

AUS-0355-MAG-TST

ezzacards — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 07:07:07 +0000

AUS-0350-MAG-TST

ezzacards — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 06:56:23 +0000

AUS-0307-MAG-TST

ezzacards — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 06:52:17 +0000

Fourth generation test cards. This fourth series were regular issued design cards over-stamped
“PAY PHONE TEST CARD”, or just “TEST CARD”
5 different designs were used so far as we know.
T4a. Geelong $3 Float and Wave (0000000120###)
T4b.Generic $5 print -2 (2 batches) (0000004530###) and (0000004533###)
T4c. Payphone Messages $5 pink (0000021648###)
T4d. Australia Day 1993 (0000024189###)
T4e. “TEST CARD” stamped on $2 generic ( (0000007563###) need verification to list this card as genuine.

AUS T4 (a,b,c,d,e -5 known issues) The picture here shows the serial numbers of the known types. Probably less than 1000 examples of each type were over-stamped. If you have one and are concerned about genuineness, look at the above serial numbers and yours should be within a few hundred of the shown numbers. Note: The $5 Generic cards above are the same card, but there were 2 batches, one beginning #4530### and the other #4533###.