The world of phone card collecting is gearing up for a truly significant event. The brand-new Golden Volume II – 2026 Edition catalog will be exclusively launched at PIM 2026, a work destined to become an immediate must-have for scholars, collectors, and enthusiasts.
An extremely valuable element adds even more prestige to this publication: the preface by Urmet, a historic company that has played a key role in the development of telecommunications in Italy. This authoritative contribution further enhances the work and strengthens its cultural and technical significance.
This second volume represents a systematic and highly specialized in-depth study, focusing on categories that are often complex and less well-documented, yet of enormous historical and collectible interest. The catalog focuses on:
- test, prototype, and trial telephone cards
- International Telecom and
- special uses such as issues for the press, NATO bases, Parliament, and hospitals, as well as telephone credit cards and much more
- internet access cards
- issues from San Marino and the Vatican
- and a large section dedicated to companies founded after the liberalization of the telecommunications market.
Among the latter, we find companies that are key to understanding the evolution of the sector in Italy, such as Infostrada, Albacom, Tiscali, Noicom, Adriacom, ATW, RSLCom, Intelcom, Westel, TCP, and Arcard. This documentary corpus captures a period of great transformation, often overlooked in traditional publications.
Golden Volume II 2026 is not just a catalog, but a true study tool: each section is organized according to rigorous criteria, enriched with technical details, precise classifications, and particular attention to variants and rarities.
Along with the previous Golden 2025, this new release completes an ambitious publishing project: offering a 360° view of Italian phone cards. The two volumes, placed side by side, effectively constitute a veritable encyclopedia of the sector, covering the entire spectrum of issues, from the most common to the most elusive.
The PIM 2026 event promises to be a key moment for the collecting community: not only to preview this new publication, but also to engage with a legacy that continues to tell the story of telecommunications and Italian society.
This eagerly awaited release sets a new standard of quality and comprehensiveness in the publishing landscape.
