This Telephone was developed by the Bell
Telephone Manufacturing Co. of Antwerp in 1932. These telephones were
distributed in the
UK by STC. These would have been supplied for and used on private
telephone systems (PAX).Sometimes called the "Antwerp Telephone" and was the
first Bakelite telephone that BTMC produced.
They came in the 16 colours:-
Black, Red, blue and Green (Bakelite cased).
White and Cream (Urea cased).
Walnut, Light Mahogany, Cashew, Brown, Dark Red, Chestnut, Light Blue, Dark
Blue, Light Green and Dark Green.
Pictured is the BTMC/STC table model No. 2724
How to wire a phone to diagram ST132 or BP10959 to work in
the UK.
There was also a wall variant, the Model 2725 (see pictures below).
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External view |
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Internal view |
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Circuit Diagram ST 132 for above phone |