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A rare Marconi 'Telephone and Telegraph Domestic Only Receiver'…
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Auckland
Date:
23-Jul-2009
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A rare Marconi 'Telephone and Telegraph Domestic Only Receiver' in working order, the instrument licensed under Marconi Patents for private and domestic use only in great Britain, (This type of machine was viewed as a threat to National Security as a means to spread propaganda following World War I and therefore illegal be used in public.) the wood case with glazed doors protecting the sloping dial panel, the case top with the original 'New System' Telegraph Manufacturing Co Ltd, London trademark transfer sticker and an original BBC post master General license circular mark, the 'Type' undecipherable, original Atm Claritone BBC black painted metal speaker horn on Bakelite stand, Ericsson Beeston Motte headphones, and low voltage batteries, a modern high voltage power supply. Note; rear wood panel and lower front small wood panel absent
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Category:
Sundries: Telephones