All telephones are available to buy by mail order
£15 post and packing to all parts of the UK.
Smaller parts post and packing is from £3.50 to UK only
You can collect from my shop at weekends by arrangement
Until I unwrap it and convert it, it will not have not seen the light of day
since it was made in 1977
Complete with bell set 64d £98
Also available in used
condition with bell set 64d at £78
Post and packing to
most parts of the UK £15
As a limited edition, it is by far the rarest telephone
I offer for sale.
Jubilee
telephone and bell set 64d
The Queens' Silver Jubilee Telephone was introduced in 1977 to commemorate the
25th year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Second.
View of
underside showing original stickers.
Detail
view of the dial label.
It is embossed with the crest and emblems raised and highlighted with a bright
silver effect. The base colour is Balmoral Blue.
(Balmoral Castle in Scotland is owned by The Queen)
For further Information and History
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The Queens' Silver Jubilee Telephone was the first telephone designed and
manufactured by The GPO (The British Telephone Utility). It was a commercial
failure.
Until then, the GPO collaborated with a cartel of manufacturers in the design of
their telephones.
The GPO factory, at Cwmcarn in South Wales, primary function was to
renovate for further use existing telephones and equipment.
In the mid seventies, a team was set up to design a new telephone which would be
made "in house" at Cwmcarn.
The design brief, was that it would fit on a narrow shelf, such as a windowsill
in a hallway or kitchen. This presented problems to the team. The telephone
would be too small to accommodate a bell set, so an external one had to be made.
As the
telephone without the bell mechanism inside to weigh it down was liable to move
when dialling. A special low inertia dial then had to be developed.
In 1977 a limited production run of the type 4271 Queens' Silver Jubilee
Telephone was set in motion. It was made in Balmoral Blue, (Royal Blue) and had
the distinctive dial centre shown above. Some were issued as gifts by the GPO and others
were rented or sold to the public.
The public did not readily take to them. The rounded
design with a dial, not push buttons, looked old fashioned and dated. The
separate bell set seemed a retrograde step. The concept was flawed, in that few
people by then were using the telephone in the entrance hall, and kitchen
telephones were usually wall mounted. Although the Jubilee Telephone was also
made in a wall mounted version, its design was clearly a compromise.
After 1977, a number were still in store and although a few were kept back
for replacement purposes, it is believed that most of the remaining stocks were
soon scrapped. The few that I have, were the last from store in 1986.
In 1987, the design briefly re-emerged as the type 776 "Compact"
telephone, recognisable by its plain dial centre and different colours.
It was not popular with the public, and was quickly discontinued.
The Queens' Silver Jubilee Telephone
is now recognised as an extremely rare collectable telephone and is now highly
sought after.
I can offer The Queens' Silver Jubilee Telephone
In mint unused condition complete with bell set 64d at
£98
or in good used condition with bell set 64d at £78
In mint unused condition complete with original wall mounting bracket and
bell at
£139 Last few
Credit/Debit Cards are the
preferred method of payment.
I no longer accept cheques.
If you wish to place an order,
or have an enquiry, please read all below.
Please call me (Gavin Payne) by telephone if you wish to place
an order for a telephone, spare parts, or have an enquiry. I can usually
be reached 9.00am to 5.45pm any day, including weekends. Calls in the
evening are not appreciated and could make me very grumpy. The number is
01245 400601.
I am in the shop
most Saturday and Sunday mornings between 10.00 and 12.00. These are the
only times I am in the shop for the sale of spare parts, conversions and
repairs.
Conversions and repairs can often be carried out while you wait.
If you have a telephone that you want to know more about, or
have it
repaired or converted, please have it right next to you when you call.
Please also have a selection of small flat bladed screwdrivers to hand. I do not give advice for DIY repairs or conversions or valuations of any
kind over the telephone or by email. Please bring the telephone to my shop
for assessment, but always call me first before bringing it in.
Emails to
gp@theoldtelephone.co.uk or copy and paste gp@theoldtelephone.co.uk into
your email programme or app .
By post to
The Old Telephone Company, The Old Granary, Battlesbridge
Antiques Centre,
Battlesbridge, Essex SS11 7RE.
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Jubilee
telephone and bell set 64d
View of
underside showing original stickers.
Detail
view of the dial label.
I no longer accept cheques.