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Hi. my name is Pete.
I have been collecting PMG and Telecom phones for the last 25 years. My guide is for people wanting to know about Australian rotary and pushbutton telephones from the 1960` to the 1980`s. The PMG (Post Master General) introduced the "colorfone" in 1962, they were available in 6 colours - Ivory, Mist grey, Lacquer red, Fern green, Topaz yellow and Black. They were made of plastic and not bakelite some people on Ebay describe them. The original 801 model had outboard numbers or numbers around the outside of the fingerwheel and the 802 model, introduced in 1971 had numbers under the fingerwheel. 801`s are getting harder to come by, especially ones that haven`t faded. The 801 model ran from 1962 to 1971. The 801 and 802 model telephones were made by AWA (Amalgamated Wireless Australia) and STC (Standard Telephones and Cables - not "Sydney Telephone Company" as some people have invented) The 891 model is the number for the "wallfone" and was a telephone that was hard wired to the wall and mounted on a special bracket. The wall phone was released sometime around 1971/72 ans was available in Powderblue, White and black. The white and powderblue were very prone to fading and they are very very hard to get in their original colours. Sometime around 1978 Telecom released some newer colours, Yellow - which is now highly collectable, Coffee and Chocolate brown. Most phones are easily dated by the stamp on the base and if it has a sticker on it it is a reconditioned phone. Around 1976 Telecom released the "touchfone" and was available in Mist grey and Ivory and they only had 10 buttons and were all pulse or decadic dialling, 12 button versions came later and full plastic versions were made from 1984 till 1987/88 when the "touchfone 200" was released for the bicentenial. I will be updating this guide shortly with some photos.
When listing a phone make sure you take a photo of the base of the phone as 99% of the time it will have the date on the bottom of it and this is important as it can be a good selling feature as earlier phones - especially from the 1960`s, are becoming highly collectable. If you need to know information on your phone please email me at foneman67@gmail.com
Hope you get some basic information out of this, regards foneman67 (Pete).
I have been collecting PMG and Telecom phones for the last 25 years. My guide is for people wanting to know about Australian rotary and pushbutton telephones from the 1960` to the 1980`s. The PMG (Post Master General) introduced the "colorfone" in 1962, they were available in 6 colours - Ivory, Mist grey, Lacquer red, Fern green, Topaz yellow and Black. They were made of plastic and not bakelite some people on Ebay describe them. The original 801 model had outboard numbers or numbers around the outside of the fingerwheel and the 802 model, introduced in 1971 had numbers under the fingerwheel. 801`s are getting harder to come by, especially ones that haven`t faded. The 801 model ran from 1962 to 1971. The 801 and 802 model telephones were made by AWA (Amalgamated Wireless Australia) and STC (Standard Telephones and Cables - not "Sydney Telephone Company" as some people have invented) The 891 model is the number for the "wallfone" and was a telephone that was hard wired to the wall and mounted on a special bracket. The wall phone was released sometime around 1971/72 ans was available in Powderblue, White and black. The white and powderblue were very prone to fading and they are very very hard to get in their original colours. Sometime around 1978 Telecom released some newer colours, Yellow - which is now highly collectable, Coffee and Chocolate brown. Most phones are easily dated by the stamp on the base and if it has a sticker on it it is a reconditioned phone. Around 1976 Telecom released the "touchfone" and was available in Mist grey and Ivory and they only had 10 buttons and were all pulse or decadic dialling, 12 button versions came later and full plastic versions were made from 1984 till 1987/88 when the "touchfone 200" was released for the bicentenial. I will be updating this guide shortly with some photos.
When listing a phone make sure you take a photo of the base of the phone as 99% of the time it will have the date on the bottom of it and this is important as it can be a good selling feature as earlier phones - especially from the 1960`s, are becoming highly collectable. If you need to know information on your phone please email me at foneman67@gmail.com
Hope you get some basic information out of this, regards foneman67 (Pete).
Guide created: 04/06/06 (updated 01/11/09)
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