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Topical Lists Continued
Press Releases
Promotional News

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NEWS / COMMENTARIES

Topical Lists Continued

The following topical collecting list on DC3 Aircraft was submitted by Steve Eyer and Jean Chambon. If any other collectors have a list available, please submit it for publication. Read the past few issues to find about a recent contest where $200 worth of phonecards was given away.

First Austrian DC-3 Dakota Club. DC-3 at Salzburg Airport.20 Units,
1977Air Canada DC-3. 20 Dollars, 1/97. Part of 18 card set by IDC Telecommunications. (800).
Pan American DC-3, part of a set of 3. 6 DM, 5/93. (7,000).
Swiss DC-3. A Rothmanns Tobacco 3 Pound remote prepaid card.1994, (mintage?)
Classic Airways, a "Flights of Nostalgia" plane, formerly USAF DC-3. 5 Units, 1993, British Telecom. (500).
Cathay Pacific DC-3. 50 Dollars,1996. (6,000).
All Nippon Airways. DC-3 and stewardesses, Part of set of 4.1988.
Eastern Airlines DC-3, in Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.
Cathay Pacific DC-3. Vintage picture of DC-3 over small bay.
Cathay Pacific DC-3. The same plane over Hong Kong. 50 Units, 1986.
Intra Jersey Airways, A drawing for the Jersey Airport Anniversary set of (4?) 2 Pound, 1996.
National Airways DC-3, part of set of 4. 10 Dollars.
Part of a set of 10 Turkish Airlines cards. 30 Unit Denomination. Common Design.
Part of a set of 10 Turkish Airlines cards. 60 Unit Denomination. Common Design.
Part of a set of 10 Turkish Airlines cards. 100 Unit Denomination. Common Design.
TeleKey. Showing front half of DC-3, part of a 2 card puzzle set. $7.00, (8,000).
TeleKey. Showing back half of DC-3, part of a 2 card puzzle set. $7.00, (8,000).
KLM DC-2KLM DC-2. Another design.DC-2, part of the second set of 4. 1995.

PRESS RELEASES

Mobile Phones And Combi-Cards Pave The Way For The Expanding Smart Card Industry Claims New SJB Report

LANGPORT, U.K.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 1999--SJB Research as today launched a new study on the global smart card market, detailing costs, benefits, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The new edition of The Smart Card report includes sections on smart card technologies, applications, systems, equipment, suppliers, ancillaries, markets, drivers and trends.

According to The Smart Card report, the worldwide boom in digital mobile telephones is going to be a major driver for the smart card market. ``As well as the obvious point that every GSM digital mobile phone requires a smart card, we also see a new trend emerging in the shape of the mobile phone with two card slots; since it is becoming so widely accepted as a remote terminal for telephony, there is a good chance that GSM phones will become widely accepted as a remote terminal for banking and for virtual shopping,'' says David Jones, co-author of The Smart Card.

``There is also a still unquantifiable surge to come in demand for smart cards as an access medium to the new wave of subscription television and radio services,'' he continued. r Other application areas analysed in The Smart Card report include: credit, debit and stored value cards; remote payments; public telephones; public transport; utilities; leisure; traffic management; welfare; road tolls; national identity; healthcare; campus cards; employee cards; customer loyalty.

The next big push in smart card chip technology will take place in the area of dual interface chips. These will initially be required for combined transport and payment applications, says the report.

PROMOTIONAL NEWS

Bradlees Card

Bradlees, a discount department store chain in the Northeast, has started selling Cash Cards. The plastic cards are available in any denomination starting at $5. Bradlees also issues the cards to customers in lieu of credit slips.

From: Anthony Janakas

Daytimer Card

DayTimer is offering a 5 minute phonecard as part of a promotional to buy one of their small organizer products. I saw the offer at Staples the other day. It is a mail-away offer and receipt is required.

From: John Mueller

Until Next Time,

Alan

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