This small Country, formed by the S.Tomé and Principe islands, is located in the Guinea Gulf, crossed by the Equator. The local telecommunications company began operating in 1990 and issued the first phonecard one year…
Nigeria, 1985
The cards in circulation in Nigeria are with electronic chips, but before 1994 magnetic cards produced by the Swiss company Autelca were used. During the first period, standard test-type cards, utilized in other countries too,…
Mali, 1988
The simple white chip cards with SoTelMa logo have been used in Mali for a long time and exist in many variations. However, before 1994 the optical cards provided by Landis & Gyr were used.…
Liberia, 1995
The only cards issued in Liberia were provided by Urmet. In circulation there are also other magnetic cards, but they are false and printed as simple collecting speculation. The first series of Urmet included five…
Guinea, 1992
Called also Guinea Conakry to avoid confusion with Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, this Country had its map printed on chip cards introduced in 1992. These cards are quite common, as several reprints have been made;…
Equatorial Guinea, 1991
Chip cards were introduced in 1991 and are still in use. The first card was a plain white definitive, with chip in AFNOR position (top-left corner) and face value indicated in local value, while following…
Trinidad & Tobago, 1987
Trinidad & Tobago is known among collectors especially for its beautiful GPT cards, issued since 1992. However, in the previous five years, a telephone system was installed that used the magnetic cards produced by Autelca.…
Ghana, 1988
The design of the Landis & Gyr cards have been used for several years, and many reprints. However, they can be easily distinguished by control number on back; moreover, the blue 60 units card with…
Egypt, 1985
Egypt is actually using chip cards; previously magnetic cards supplied by Japanese Tamura and optical Landis & Gyr cards have been utilized, but up to 1991 the magstripe cards by Italian Urmet were in use.…
Costa Rica, 1989
A set of 3 magnetic cards with deep notch was issued by GPT: 50 units (15,000 printed), 100 units (7,500), and 800 units (2,500) and they went on trial in 1989. After some years of…
