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Phonecards

Yang Xiaodong: One Hundred Thousand Phonecards and a Bridge Between China and the World

Collector Stories travels to China with Yang Xiaodong, collecting since 1992: more than one hundred thousand phonecards, thematic exhibition displays, and the answer to a mystery seen on early Chinese phonecards.

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Warwick Stobrawe: 200,000 Phonecards and the Voice of South Africa

Our fourth Collector Story takes us to South Africa: Warwick Stobrawe, president of the African Telately Association, has spent 33 years building a collection of over 200,000 phonecards, from his days at Telkom SA to every edition of the PIM in Italy.

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Contribute to History: Help Us Complete Phonecard History

Contribute to History is the project through which WPC Club and the Phonecard Museum bring rare cards, unpublished documents and first-hand knowledge into the permanent record of phonecard history. Every collector can take part, and every contributor is credited by name.

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Steve Schwartz: One Million Phonecards and the Memory of the United States

The Collector Stories series lands in Florida, home of Steve Schwartz: a dealer since 1977, he has built an inventory of over one million phonecards and a USA reference collection destined one day for a museum.

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The Italian Public Telephones Catalog: Help Us Build It

WPC Club and the Museo Telefonia Pubblica launch the Italian Public Telephones Catalog, the first official catalog of Italian public telephones. Every collector can contribute photos, models, and documentation, and every contributor is credited by name in the catalog.

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Andrea Franzoni: Prototypes, Printing Errors and 12,000 Italian Phonecards

Our Collector Stories series continues with Andrea Franzoni, an Italian collector who for 28 years has gathered only Italian phonecards: around 12,000 pieces, with a preference for prototypes and printing errors. It all began in a hospital, in 1998.