Phonecards On-Line - Published by Alan H. Cohen

January 3, 1999


Issue 156

Phonecards On-Line is Published by Alan Cohen


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This week we are proud to present to POL readers the very first US Remote PhoneCards. PhoneLine USA issued these in late 1989. They have been carefully preserved from that very first day in Hawaii when the technology that we know today as remote phonecards got its start. The cards are of plastic and show Diamond Head near Waikiki. Several types were issued simultaneously and are available as follows: PLU 1: (D1): $5 Diamond Head. MINT $275.00 PLU 2: (D4): $8 Diamond Head. MINT Not Available PLU 3: (D3): $12 Diamond Head. Mint $275.00 PLU 4: (D2): 5 Minutes, Diamond Head. Hawaii Calling. MINT $275.00 The $12 card was made to be the same number of minutes to Canada as the $5 Card. The $8 card was for international calls. The 5-Minute card was made to present to arriving passengers to call home to announce they had arrived. Was there a doubt? We have been actively buying these cards since we met the owner of PhoneLine USA, Mr. Mike Noland at the Richmond Convention in September 1993. We recently purchased this small group; it is the last of a classic. You may order directly: Visit our website for a nice Disney Special or to request our PriceLists at

NEWS / COMMENTARIES

Most Wanted, Hot Cards

Welcome to the internet debut of Most Wanted and Hot Cards. These were popular features in Moneycard Collector, and will now continue on the internet. You can check them out on the web at:

The information will also be published in POL for your convenience in the first issue of every month. This month, I would like to thank the following contributors:

Steve Eyer, Phone Cards Plus, PCI, Powell Associates, Phone Card Connection, Global Telecards and KARS-Unlimited 

Most Wanted:

Disneyland Set (4) IDC 
Mountain Dew (3) Card Set
NYNEX $1 Yellow Telephone complimentary
First Union TMA Conference '98 Visa Cash Card (aka Space Shuttle). Denom $5
SNET Heathcliff holiday 98 with girlfriend kissing him under misseltow
Tell One Alfred Hitchcock 
Deltacom Kenny Rogers Roasters
MCI Macy's Holiday Card (10 Minutes)
Teltrust M&M's, World of Coke Las Vegas
American National Marilyn Monroe Transformations

Hot Cards: 

American National Marilyn Monroe Transformations  - $25
Ameritech $2 Snowflake trial 1st Edition - $3
Ameritech ANA Detroit '94 Show set of two cards $0.40 and $3.00 - $9
AmeriVox $2 Elvis "Solo" singing w/guitar - $3
AmeriVox $2.50 Chief Crazy Horse, Perillo Series  - $5
Amerivox Pope John Paul Visits Denver - $25
Bell Atlantic $5 James Earl Jones (DC area card)  - $6
Bell Canada Christmas 1998 Phonecard with Holiday Card. Denom C$10 - $9
Bell Canada Volkswagon 3 Card Set (Reprints) - $13.50
Beress Marketing I Love Lucy Set  - $20
Bill Clinton BT Great Britain - $8
Continental Plastics BOO! 98  - $6
Continental Plastics FUN (Florida United Numismatists) Show Card  - $5
Continental Plastics Healing Angel  - $6
Deltacom Kenny Rogers Roasters  - $3
Disneyland Set (4) IDC  - $36
First Union CardTech/SecurTech Conference '98 Visa Cash Card (aka 
Defending Cyberspace/'Fort Leonard Wood' revised) - $15 
First Union TMA Conference '98 Visa Cash Card (aka Space Shuttle) $25
Hideo Nomo Japanese Cards(2)  - $7
Ideal Dial Holiday Die Cut Set of (4) - $5
MCI Macy's Holiday Card (10 Minutes) - $3
Michael Jordan #23 - $8
Michigan Bell $0.40 complimentary w/notch as used - $135.00 
Mountain Dew (3) Card Set - $7
NYNEX $1 D92 Democratic National Convention complimentary - $117
NYNEX $1 Yellow Telephone complimentary - $17
Penbell JFK Museum Card  - $6
Scoreboard 17th National Coke Gold Set of $2 and $5 - $55
Scoreboard 17th National Coke Proof set of 25 - $35
Scoreboard 17th National Coke Silver Set of $2 and $5 - $35.00 
Sprint 10 Unit Marilyn Monroe - $4
Sprint Coca Cola (Coke Cel) 10 piece set of $5 cards ladies and trucks  - $25
Sprint McDonald's $10 Set of 10 Cards - $35.00 
Sprint McDonald's $2 set of 50 cards - $29.00 
Sprint McDonald's $5 Set of 20 Cards - $35.00 
SunNet Milennium in Carrier - $9
TeleDanmark Round Coca-Cola Remote Phonecard Set. Denom 3x5Kr - $40
TeleDanmark Tour de France/Coca-Cola Chip Phonecard. Denom 5Kr - $10
Tell One Alfred Hitchcock  - $9
Tell One Tweety & Sylvester  - $9
Tell-One - Alfred Hitchcock, 10 Minute - $9

FUN Countdown

Its time for FUN The Florida United Numismatists show, which will have a significant phone and moneycard presence. The show starts this Thursday, January 7th, in Orlando, Florida. I will be there the entire time. If you can, make plans to visit the show, and meet many other phone and moneycard collectors. Complete show information is available on-line at:

http://www.kars-unlimited.com/

Show highlites will be available in the next issue of POL. Due to my travel schedule, I am uncertain if an issue will be published at all next week. If not, then one will be published the following week.

PRESS RELEASES

Hitcom Corp to acquire phone card firm

ST. LOUIS, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Facilities-based telecommunications company Hitcom Corp. said Tuesday it has signed a letter of intent to acquire NWC New World Communications, a Miami-based distributor of prepaid phone cards.

The transaction would be made for an unspecified amount of cash and stock, Hitcom said. For calendar year 1997, NWC had gross revenues of $2.2 million, Hitcom said.

PROMOTIONAL NEWS

AT&T Rose Bowl Phonecard

AT&T was giving out 10 minute Commemorative Rose Bowl phonecards at the big game on January 1st. They were handed out as people entered the game.

From: Gina Bonanno

Until Next Time,

Alan

Distribution

Phonecards On-Line is published by Alan Cohen. It is a weekly newsletter devoted to phonecards - Current news, viewpoints, and reviews of new issues. It is distributed free of charge, and available two ways.

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