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This is a listing of the magnetic cards not listed in the MV catalogue. I have some of these cards for swap or sale.The story starts in late 1986/ early 1987, when the first equipment came to Australia from Anritsu. Phonecards were made for Anritsu by a related company "Toppan printing" Toppan produced the special ink used on the green direction arrows. This Ink is called "CC" ink.

AUS T0. First test card. This is the first phonecard used in Australia. It is called the "Instruction card" I have seen cards number 3 (above) and card number 8. Obviously only a small number of cards were made. They have the same MATT grey magnetic reverse as the early Singapore Anritsu cards.

  AUS T1. Several values have been noted, from $2 to $100. These are the first official Australian test cards. I call them series 1. They are called "sample card" but are true test cards, and were used 1988-89. They have a usage scale from 0 to 20.

AUS T2 (a to h, 8 values) T2 test cards came in values of $1.50 up to $50. All cards have a 13 digit serial number and a percentage scale. Values are hand stamped. The cards encoded by Anritsu for use in Australia range from 0000000000001 up to possibly 0000000002900. The last card shown here is NOT an Australian test card (#0000000097004).

AUS T2a : $1.50, serials #0001-0200, #1001-1200, #2001-2300? TOTAL 650-700 CARDS.

AUS T2b : $2.00, serials #0201-0400, #1201-1400, TOTAL 400 CARDS.

AUS T2c : $3.00, serials #0401-0600, #1401-1600, TOTAL 400 CARDS.

AUS T2d : $6.00, serials #0601-0800, #1601-1800, TOTAL 400 CARDS.

AUS T2e : $10.00, serials #0801-0900, #1801-1900, TOTAL 200 CARDS.

AUS T2f : $20.00, serials #0901-0950?, #1901-1950? TOTAL 100 CARDS?

AUS T2g : $50.00, serials #0950-1000?, #1950-2000? TOTAL 100 CARDS?

AUS T2h : NO STAMPED VALUE but encoded! Numbers seen around #2850

AUS T3 (t3a to g -7 values) This third series were fully printed by Toppan and encoded by Anritsu for use in Australia in 1989. They have a $ scale and are from $1.50 up to $120.00. The higher values are very rare. After these cards were used up, regular cards overstamped were used.

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