DEUTSCHE BUNDESPOST & TELEKOM - CHIP PHONECARDS - DIFFERENT SERIES, LOGOS, CHIPS & FACE VALUES

Deutsche Telekom contact cards similar to A cards. On the AD maps from 1996 to 1999 no circulation volume is given, since the production volume resulted from the demand. There were only five cards in total in this series. The KD cards are the successors.

Edition editions of Deutsche Postreklame and later DeTeMedien. The motifs always related to the history of the Post. The circulation was initially 30,000 pieces, but finally decreased to 1,000 pieces. An annual edition consisted of four cards in a presentation pack.

Collector cards that were produced between 2000 and 2003 were characterized by the use of special card materials and other curiosities. The cards could only be purchased with a subscription of 25 DM or 12.50 euros. A total of 16 cards with an edition of 2000 copies each were published. There are cards made of wood, glass, paper, aluminum, sheet metal, ceramic, transparent plastic with tinsel, velvet, leather or silk as well as fluorescent, phosphorescent, punched and magnetic cards, one card with two modules and one that contains a CD. The first twelve cards were issued with modules, the others as calling cards.

Telephone cards with customer advertising (no counter sales). The distribution takes place through the advertising companies and sales through the collector service of the Deutsche Postreklame GmbH, for this mostly 2000 cards more were produced.

Replaced the discontinued AD series in 2000. Customer thank you cards were intended as promotional gifts and were sold in individually designed packaging. There is no print run on the cards in the series. The series was discontinued two years later with 16 cards.

Merchandising cards were sold together with (“exclusive, collectable”) products (e.g. wallets), marketed by their manufacturers or issued on special occasions (e.g. on the occasion of the 20th birthday of the telephone card).

Like K-cards, but not sold by the postal advertising collector's service. The minimum order was 500 pieces. About 14,200 different cards appeared.

Phonecards with self-promotion by the Post. At the beginning, the editions were between 5,000 and 50,000 pieces. In the mid-1990s, the minimum print run was 500,000. P cards are available at the post office counter at the regular selling price and could also be obtained from the collector's service.

These are P cards with permanent motifs that appear in a print run of at least 500,000 and are reproduced during the year as required. PD cards are available at the post office counter at the regular selling price and can also be obtained from the collector's service.

External advertising for regional cards. The distribution took place after the Nielsen area.

Were used by Telekom as VIP gifts. They were used by Telekom to contact preferred people and as business cards for company executives. The number of copies was between 1,000 and 20,000 copies. Many of the 38 different cards were issued in special packaging.

Telephone cards with third-party advertising for counter sales or purchase via the collector's service were available from 1988 to 2003. By the end of 1994, the client could determine whether the card was only sold regionally or nationwide. From 1995 there was only nationwide distribution.

Advertising cards as contact information for the post office (no counter sales), which were intended to familiarize a wide audience with the use of card phones, were available from 1987 onwards. The first eleven copies had no serial number, and the numbering did not start until mid-1988. Completed at the end of 1989 and a total of 31 card motifs. It is considered to be the forerunner of the A series.

Telephone cards with self-promotion of the postal advertising, later DeTeMedien. Between 1988 and 1999, three motifs were published annually in editions of between 500 and 6060 pieces.

The Comfort telephone card has been issued since 2008. It has both a telephone card module and a scratch-off field, so that use is not restricted to card phones or public phones

At T-Punkt stores and at Deutsche Telekom CardService GmbH, the option has been created to exchange invalid phone cards with remaining credit for valid cards. The reimbursement card preloaded with DM 50 or EUR 20 was reduced to the amount of the remaining credit submitted. These have been integrated into the PD series since 2003. A ruling by the Cologne Higher Regional Court in 2009 confirmed the restitution of credit on phone cards from DM times to Telekom customers. Telekom has created a corresponding form for this.

The O-Karten were supplemented by the MiniMedia-Karten, which appeared in smaller editions (at least 20 pieces). Companies that commissioned cards could only design the reverse side. Up to 22 motifs provided by Deutsche Telekom were available for the front.

N - Cards (Michel catalog designation: N for name cards), were used as private business cards and are not numbered. The business card series started in November 1989 and was discontinued in May 1992 after 80 main themes. Some motifs correspond to those from other phone card series and in some cases only differ in the signature.