Australian Phonecard
Specimen Issues

 
  Prior to the introduction of Phonecards into Australia, a series of specimen cards were produced for publicity purposes. These cards were made out of cardboard and were used for educational purposes and to show the potential for advertising.

Beware of forgeries of these cards.

The genuine cards have a notch and are of better quality colour.

 

 





Forgery

Forgery

Forgery
     


Red Specimen


Brown Specimen
 
This card was available in two versions.
 The word Specimen in red or brown.

Forgeries also exist for these Mobil cards. They don't have a notch.

Red Specimen Forgery


 
 


Going For Gold Specimen



Going For Gold Specimen Forgery


Little is known about this card. Maybe a fake, but it has a notch.



This card is made from gloss coated cardboard.



This card is also likely to be a forgery. It is made from cardboard
and has square corners and no notch.



This is the Specimen card made by Anritsu. It is of the same material that normal phonecards were made of.

 

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