Telephone Suffix types
AT = Automatic Table
AW = Automatic Wall
AP = Automatic Portable
CBT = Central Battery Table
CBW = Central Battery Wall
CBP = Central Battery Portable
MT = Magneto Table
MW = Magneto Wall
MP = Magneto Portable
H = HandsetThe H for "handset" was specified when the APO charged a
premium for handset phones. This premium was soon dropped as sufficient
supplies became available.
Quick Find Australian Telephones
Early Telephones List
CB Extension Switch
Bells and Bellsets
Handset No. 3 (Buttinski)
300 Type Telephones
The Universal 300 type Telephone
Teleintermediate - CB
Teleintermediate - Automatic Bakelite article
ATCS Article on the Commonwealth Ericsson
Manufacturing Codes
Ericsson Catalogue 1920
Australian & New
Zealand to Ericsson telephone cross reference
Note:-
Identification markings can be difficult to find but markings prefixed
with N will probably be British Ericsson, GEC used KS on diagrams and
ATM telephones start with the letter 'L'. |