Phone Cards
A telephone card, calling card or phone card is a small plastic card, sized and shaped like a credit card, used to pay for telephone services. Phone cards are in fact some sort of large stamps and often associated to stamps during philatelic exhibitions.
FIJI
Date of issue: 7 December 1994 for the 50th anniversary of ICAO. Two cards were issued with values of $3 and $10; the $10-card was issued in a special presentation folder shown hereafter.
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Fijian Dollar $3 GPT (Get Paid To) prepaid magnetic phone card. ICAO and Fiji flags; Air Pacific Boeing 747; 50th Anniversary logo; emblem of the Civil Aviation Authority of Fiji (CAAF). Tirage: 10,000 cards.
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Reverse of the above card. Number starting with BCFJB.
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Front of the special presentation folder (with 4 pages) of the $10-card. Tirage: 500 cards. |
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Inside-left. |
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Inside-right. |
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Front and back of the phone card. Fijian Dollar $10 GPT (Get Paid To) prepaid magnetic phone card. Number starting with BCFJD.
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Back of the presentation folder. |
THAILAND
Phone card issued in 1994 for the 50th anniversary of ICAO.
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Value: 100 Baht. View over Bangkok; Lockheed L-1011; 50th Anniversary logo.
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MONACO
Issued in June 1995 for the 50th anniversary of ICAO. Value: 50 Units. Tirage: 25,000 copies. SOLAIC SO3 Chip. Designed by: Davidson, Monaco.
The numbers on the French telephone cards are justified either on the right or on the left, i.e. the figures (on the back of the card) of the two columns are aligned on the right or left side.
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View of Monaco Heliport; 50th Anniversary logo. The French of the Organization should be written Organisation de l’aviation civile internationale, with only the first letter being capitalized.
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Reverse of the card showing left-justified figures. A 53015173 series. Manufacturer of the chip, the Solaic company is identified by the letter A in the serial number.
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Reverse of the card showing right-justified figures. A 53015173 series. |
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Reverse of the card showing right-justified figures. A 53015176 series. |
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Reverse of the card showing right-justified figures. A 53015182 series. |
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