Greece, 1992

Following a period of experimentation started in 1987, during which several systems were tested, the first public cards were distributed just in 1992, at the International Fair of Thessaloniki. For the occasion, some chipcard-based phones…

Gibraltar, 1990

As can easily be seen from the logo on the various cards issued over the years, the Gibraltar Telephone Company is the GNC, born from the merger between the Government of Gibraltar and the American…

Finland, 1982

In Finland at that time there were 58 independent telephone companies, many of which used their own telephone cards, often custom-made standard cards with overprinting. The PTT national telephone company (which later became "Tele") was…

Denmark, 1982

In addition to the national telephone company, KTAS (which later became Tele Danmark), in Denmark there were several regional telephone companies, each of which issued their own cards before being absorbed by Tele Danmark. Manufactured…

Czechoslovakia, 1991

This nation no longer exists since January 1, 1993, but before the split between Czech Republic and Slovakia, some chip cards were issued. The first two appeared in May 1991, on the occasion of the…

Cyprus, 1988

Produced by the English GPT, the first card used on the island was a complimentary card, representing a satellite antenna, with 1CYPA code and 10,000 run. Shortly thereafter, a series of three ordinary green and…

Andorra, 1991

Phonecards coming from this small European Country are highly popular among collectors especially for their beauty and low mintages. The first one, a chip card of which 20,000 cards were issued, commemorated the 4th Games…

Albania, 1994

The light blue definitive card manufactured and supplied by Urmet is well known among collectors and usually considered the first issue of Albania. But less known indeed is that another card was used previously, some…

Bulgaria, 1988

Following some experiments started in 1981, the first series of public telephone cards saw the light in 1988. They were four magnetic cards, with values of 1, 2, 5 and 10 leva, with the same…

Croatia, 1991

We all know the beautiful Croatian cards with chip, but the first cards, in use from 1991 to 1994, were magnetic cards supplied by GPT. The first one had the Croatian colors on white background,…