'True Brit' BT Phonecard

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Picture of Vintage Technology Prop Store Office Equipment Retro Telephones 'True Brit' BT Phonecard

Date of Manufacture: 1981
Quantity Available: 52
Physical Condition: Good
Original Box: No

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The first phonecards appeared in Italy in 1976, in the UK in 1981 and in the USA as late as 1991.
Phonecards are now available in more than 200 countries worldwide
Unused phonecards tend to be the most valuable. However, one phonecard, found discarded in a Scottish payphone, was sold for £850.
The most collectable phonecards are those which, like collectable stamps, feature interesting visuals. Commemorative phonecards are particularly popular.
Phonecard collecting has been christened 'fusilately', from the nearest Latin word for plastic. In the US it's called Telegery.
Last year BT sold 30 million phonecards.
Around 1,800 different BT Phonecards have been produced.
There are more than four million collectors worldwide. In Japan there are now more people collecting phonecards than stamps.
The UK has an estimated 100,000 collectors.
A 1983 standard issue Taiwanese edition is the world's most expensive phonecard. It recently sold in Japan for £28,000.
Printing mistakes escalate the price of a card. One copy of an edition depicting a David Shepherd painting appeared without its border and signature. It has never been put up for sale and dealers say it is worth thousands of pounds.
BT's first 10 unit Phonecards sold for £1 in 1981. Today an unused one sells for £150.

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