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Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Type 4 Type 5 Type 6 Type 7 Type 8 Type 8MT Type 9 Type 10 Type 11 Type 12 Type 12MT Type 13 Type 14 Type 15 Type 17 Type 19 Type 21 Type 23 Type 25 Type 27 Type 29 Type 31 Type 33 Type 33MW Type 35AW Type 35MW Type 36 Type 37 Type 38 Type 39 Type 41 Type 43 Type 45 Type 127 Type 131 Type 133 Type 135 Type 136	Type 137 Type 138AT Type 138MT Type 162 Type 232 Type 233 Type 235 Type 237 Type 251 Type 252 Type 271 Type 300 Type 312 Type 330 Type 332 Type 333 Type 334 Type 336 Type 338 Type 400 Type 556 Type 765 Type 801 Type 802 Type 803 Type 804 Type 805 Type 806 Type 807 Type 809 Type 811 Type 891 Type 897 Type 898 Type 1040 Type 8011 Type 8021 Type 8028 Type 8081 Type 8111 Type 8137 Type 8241 Type 8322 Auto D. C. Ericofon Geelong Mining Telephone. The Phoneman cometh 1 The Phoneman cometh 2 STC Adverts	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 = Handset The 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'.

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