Australian Post Office
Telephone No. 765AW

Made from APO 235MW telephones by adding a dial.  They can also be found with a round wooden dummy dial blank in place of the dial.

The dial cut-outs seem to have appeared early in the range, but they were rarely used for conversions.  The Australian Post Office policy was that when a phone was replaced as part of an Automatic upgrade to the exchange, the phones should be replaced with the current standard model.  In practice this meant a Bakelite phone was usually installed.  There were some conversions where the phone was upgraded to auto and the generator retained for party line signalling.  Most phones fitted with a dial , however, are later conversions for the antique market.

Originally made by British Ericsson (see Ericsson N2500 )

Last revised November 25, 2025

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