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- Article of the Week- Introducing New World Payphones.

-New World Payphone British remote mem. Phonecards:

TalkAround £20 Phonecard The new TalkAround cards all have voicemail, message delivery, information services and on-line recharging. Tariff: UK to UK 16p per minute

Available in 10 and 5Lp

Background information on NWP:

New World Telecom The company has installed approximately 7,000 payphones on public streets and in privately-owned sites such as airports, hospitals and major shopping centres. In excess of 13,000 New World payphones are planned to be operational in the UK by the year 2000.

The Private Equity Division of Mercury Asset Management led the £56 million secondary buyout of New World Payphones (NWP). NWP was acquired from Phildrew Ventures, whose 1994 buyout of the company valued it at £11.6 million. The company, which is the UK's leading independent operator of payphones on private sites and last year began to establish a presence in the public street phone-box market, made profits of around £900,000 on sales of £12.3 million in 1996/7. NWP, which was established seven years ago, is now moving into the prepaid phonecard market, a sector which is still relatively underdeveloped in the UK, and is also eyeing the Continental European and electronic banking markets. Funding to support future growth was included in the £68.5 million package structured by Mercury. Mercury itself invested £12 million form client funds for a 37% stake in NWP, bringing in Chase European Equity Associates, which invested £8.6 million, and Robert Stephen Holdings, which rolled over an £8 million stake. Bank of Scotland arranged a debt package which included £7 million of mezzanine and £16 million of acquisition debt, as well as working capital and revolving credit facilities.

-New Mauritius phonecard:.Labourdonnais 55 units-R50{"300eme Anniversaire de la naissance de Francois Mahe de Laburdonnais (1699-1753)"}. These are the French words inscribed on the card,meaning 300th Birth Anniversary of Francois Mahe de Labourdonnais(1699-1753). Picture of a statue in front of an old colonial building.

/Contributed by Joseph Wong keng Yuen, dealer /

-New Israeli phonecards:

1. Bezeq International, mint condition in a special packing. Pre-paid card. Issued only 3,000 cards. ( two kinds of cards: a. A lion paint, b. A hart paint)

2. Bezeq International, mist condition in a special packing. Pre - paid card. Issued only 2,000 cards. (Image of seashore, flower, English soldier and a wind station)

/Contributed by: Ariel Druckmann, collector  /

-New BT phonecards:

Firstly, two new items from BT. The first is a new general set offering buyers the opportunity to win cash via a scratchoff. The cards are running under the banner of 'Win lots of smackers' and feature a set of lips that have 'kissed' the card. Four values are available, 3, 5, 10 & 20 Ukps, with each card determining the size of the prize you get.

The other new card that I have seen is of the 1999 Edinburgh Festival. It is a 3ukp card that shows a night time pic of Edinburgh castle, which is lit up both by it's own lights and some fireworks. The reverse shows two ballerinas dancing. It is one of the nicest BT cards

ever:-) "Thousands of Smackers to be won ..." chip GPT3, values 3, 5, 10, 20 pounds. showing a red lipstic mark on various background colour.

/Contributed by Nigel Brown, collector and Kuntinee , collector /  

-New , Italy phonecards, which are the first utility cards, ater Albacom released test cards a few months ago:

(5.000 - exp. 31.12.00) (10.000 - Exp. 31.12.00)

New Ducati cards

/Contributed by Paola, collector /

-New remote memory Spanish Coke phonecard. Mintage is 1,000 pieces.

/Contributed by, Miguel, collector/

- PTA has just announced the following card for May:

227: "0800 100 100 Die Service-Nummer der Telekom" (tounges)

Issue date: May 7, 1999

Mintage: 400.000 (initial)

Nominal value: 50

228: "0800 100 100 Die Service-Nummer der Telekom" (bananas)

Issue date: May 7, 1999

Mintage: 400.000 (initial)

Nominal value: 100+6

/Contributed by Andrea Reischl, collector /

-New American remote memory phonecards:

1. CDG 5 minute Pepsi/MLB All Star Game 99 1,055 cards were issued for the upcoming All Star Game . It's a Blue card with a big Pepsi logo on the left side and the All Star GAme 99 logo on the right side of the card. The Major League Baseball logo is also on the card. There is NO scratchoff and the cards are LIVE until Sept. 30 of this year.

2. CDG 20 minute Ritz Crackers card. ONLY 500 were issued. These are LIVE and have a scratchoff. Top part of the card is red with the words: Snacktime. Anytime. It's RITZ time! Bottom half of the card is blue with an alarm clock in the lower left corner that says: It's RITZ time and in the lower right corner it says: RITZ Unique, one-of-a-kind, buttery, melt in your mouth taste is perfect anytime of the day!

/Contributed by Bruce Harmon , dealer /

- These are the latest Malta chip Phonecards

Commemorating Joseph Briffa ~ Maltese Painter

The Card below will be issued during the last week of May to commemorate Maltacom's 1st privatisation anniverasary and is only going to be distributed free to shareholders. Will not be available for sale.

New aisec Phonecard below ....

Bank of Valletta Issue ~ 25th Anniversary

/By: Charlie Azzopardi , dealer /

- Pro Travel Associates Introduces Unique Rewards Program; Agency's New Incentive Program Targets Corporate Travel Planners Look out Membership Rewards(r)...here comes the newest reward program in the travel industry: "Travel Perks Plus."

The new program, which was designed to reward travel planners, secretaries and executive assistants who book corporate travel, was created by Pro Travel Associates, a full-service travel agency based in Fort Lauderdale.

Pro Travel's Travel Perks Plus program enables the travel planner to receive points for various types of booked and completed travel. The point awards are: 200 points for an airline booking; 300 points for a tour or cruise; 50 points for a hotel booking; and 50 points for a car rental booking. The accumulated points can then be redeemed for a variety of gift and travel items including movie passes, phone cards and even free airline tickets.

-For more promotions please visit The CardBoard

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