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Today is
Wednesday, 20th August 2008
12/13/14 SEPTEMBER 2008
MV CARDS INTERNATIONAL will be attending this event. We hope to see you there !!!
NEWS April 2008
MV CARDS is now MV CARDS INTERNATIONAL
Dear collectors and friends, ...after about 6 years of activity, hopefully appreciated, the owners of MV Cards have transferred control of this web site to a new partnership of Stuart Christie & Andy Murray, both of whom have been involved in the hobby for more than 15 years. All orders from this site will be managed and dealt with by the new company called MV Cards International , which intends to continue as one of the major dealerships in the world.
The web site will be updated to show an unrivaled choice of mint and used cards including rare cards unavailable anywhere else. Prices will be set at realistic levels, and there will be regular “special offers” to watch out for. All of the World Series of catalogues previously published by MV Cards will be available for purchase, and we intend to stock new catalogues as and when they are printed.
United Kingdom (BT (Optical & Chip) Mercury, Paytelco, Cardlink, NWP, BRT, Eurostar, Landis & Gyr, GPT, Albacom, BT Belgium, Telfort has yet to be added to the site, so In the meantime, please contact us with your wants lists and enquiries of cards you are interested in that may not be on the site.
We will always listen to you, the collector, and invite comments and feedback on any aspect of MV Cards International to be sent to our new email address enquiries@mvcards.com . We will regularly attend phonecard fairs around the world, and look forward to meeting both new customers and old friends.
The owners of MV Cards, as well as other people collaborating with them, will continue their work of studying phonecards and servicing collectors’ wants lists. Olga Riabova and Daniele Pitarresi can be contacted at their usual email address info@mvcards.com . Additionally, collectors will be able to buy phonecards directly from their ebay shop on http://stores.ebay.com/mvcards .
May 2007
We have just published a new catalogue, featuring the phonecards issued by Far Eastern Federal District of Russia : find it in WPC Catalogues section.
May 2006
Following the first part, issued some years ago, we have now published United Kingdom 2 , which completes the catalogue of British cards: you can order it in WPC National Series section.
Dicember 2005
We have available the latest catalogues of the phonecards from France and Greece : in our Other catalogues section.
April 2005
New catalogues have been just published: in National Series, here is the second part of Indonesia , continuing the analysis of magnetic cards; while in Red series, there are two updates, South Africa and Baltic States . Moreover, not published by us, we have now in stock the catalogue of worldwide phonecards issued to celebrate Ayrton Senna , the great champion of F1 tragically dead years ago.
March 2005
We begin to distribute the Xip magazine issues: a specialized magazine published in spanish and english, full of features, news and updates to keep collectors always informed about phonecard collecting world. All the issues are available in Catalogues section.
Alain Knecht , one of the most important experts of Landis & Gyr cards, is working on a new specialised catalogue: he kindly sent us the interesting introduction, that you may read Behind the Scenes .
February 2005
The new catalogue Phonecote 2005 , which includes not only all french cards, but cards from Monaco, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Wallis & Futuna, T.A.A.F., Andorra, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada and Luxembourg too, is available in Other catalogues section.
January 2005
In Behind the Scenes section we have published two features about the famous GPT test cards "The Earth" and "Taj Mahal", which we are sure will interest even the most advanced collectors.
New catalogs : we published three new Red (updates to South America WPCs) and the Indonesia 1 national catalogue, and we added in stock the Greece 2005 catalogue. More info in this page, below.
In Phonecards for sale , we have added Palestine , and updated Maldives , Kenya , Nigeria and Belize .
We start the new year (by the way, a lot of wishes to everybody!) with a popular and interesting argument: the fake cards , introducing the Disney plastic cards produced in France , and a beautiful set from Ukraine with pictures of dogs . You find them in Real or Fake? section.
November 2004
New catalogues! . Just published, here are the 18th WPC (Cyprus & North Cyprus ) and the new WPC Red (Namibia ). We also have in stock the new Lapiner catalogue of phonecards from Israel .
We started a new category in our Thematics for sale section: Puzzles of several thematics, in addition to our popular Animals & Nature Puzzles category, already on site.
October 2004
The new Golden catalogue of Italian cards , which includes also San Marino and Vatican City, is in stock and ready to be ordered in Other catalogues section.
Our catalogation of rare test cards continues: this time we start to organize the Chorley test cards commonly called "Queen's Awards" : see them Behind the Scenes .
June 2004
In Phonecards for sale , we just added Niger , and updated Botswana and Cuba , both in chip and in Urmet sections.
May 2004
Just published, here are the new WPC Red , updates to Africa 3 and Oceania 2 , and the second part of the catalogue of Singapore (details on this page, below). Moreover, we distribute the new catalogue from Hungary and the catalogue of Japan , edited by Sirius: the most complete book about the beautiful thematic cards issued in this country. You can find them in Other catalogues section.
March 2004
NEW CATALOGUES! This month we publish four new catalogues, whose details you may view below, in this page. They are: the 17th WPC, related to Central & South America , the WPC White U.S.A. 3 , the WPC Red Africa 2 , and the National catalogue of Singapore . Moreover, we have in stock the newest catalogue from Spain .
We have completed a large update in our Thematics for sale section: we added several Animals & Nature thematic cards, and opened a new category: Puzzles , a quite popular thematic, where two single phonecards joined together form a single image.
Some more Gemplus test cards have been added in our catalogation Behind the Scenes .
Not yet a real Country, however Kosovo has already its own phonecards: see in Phonecards for sale . Some cards from Canada have been added too.
More beautiful Animals & Nature thematic cards have been added in Thematics for sale section.
We have added several cards from two interesting Countries: Micronesia and T.A.A.F. , in Phonecards for sale .
Among the most collected thematics, pretty girls are often reproduced on phonecards with an attractive sexy charme: you can find now a good choice of these beautiful cards in our section Thematics for sale .
February 2004
More news in Phonecards for sale : we have now in stock the beautiful chip cards from St.Helena , reproducing underwater life scenes.
Some cards from Lebanon have been added in Phonecards for sale .
Some more Gemplus test cards have been added in our catalogation Behind the Scenes .
Following our recent catalogue, we offer now in Phonecards for sale the old Landis & Gyr cards from Canada and U.S.A.
Several news from Cuba , both chip and magnetic, have been added in Phonecards for sale .
January 2004
NEW CATALOGUES! Five new catalogues have been just published and they are available for being ordered:WPC White 13, introducing the microchip cards issued by the U.S. companies Comsat , US South and US West ;WPC Red 6.1, 7.1. and 10.1, which update the WPC catalogues Small European States , Scandinavia 2 and Africa 1 ;and the National Series catalogue of Landis & Gyr, GPT and Tamura cards issued by Malaysia .
December 2003
The new White catalogue, #12, has been published: it includes some interesting American cards.
Last news in Phonecards for sale : we have just added Honduras , and updated Mozambique , Maldives and Iraq .
November 2003
A new interesting addition in our catalogation of test cards: we have analyzed the famous Chorley Test Cards . You'll find the article, as usual, Behind the Scenes . New additions also in Landis & Gyr and Gemplus .
Over 100 different Gemplus test cards are now present in our catalogation Behind the Scenes : we have added some cards from Greece , French Polynesia , San Marino , Norway , Czech Republic .
October 2003
Some additions in Phonecards for sale : updated St.Maarten , St.Eustatius , Aruba , Saba and Cuba , both in public chip cards and in test/trial cards.
NEW CATALOGUES! We have just added in stock the new catalogues from France , Italy , and Greece :click here to view and order them.
Just published, here are the new White 11 and the new Red 1.1 which updates Arabian Peninsula .
In Phonecards for sale section, we have updated Tanzania .
New additions in Gemplus and Landis & Gyr test cards catalogation: see them Behind the Scenes .
September 2003
Updated Swaziland and Aruba in Phonecards for sale .
Behind the Scenes : we have updated with some news our catalogation of Landis & Gyr service and test cards.
The Landis & Gyr optical cards from Pakistan have been added in Phonecards for sale .
News in Phonecards for sale : updated Ghana , Malawi and Maldives .
New articles Behind the Scenes : we introduce some cards from Iran that could be mistaken for West Azerbaijan , and interesting unknown trial cards from Singapore . Moreover, we have updated again our catalogation of Gemplus test cards.
June 2003
We introduce the cards from Cambodia and Tunisia in Phonecards for sale section. New updates and additions in Congo Democratic Republic , Botswana and Sierra Leone .
May 2003
A new article in Behind the Scenes , featuring the rare first issues from Saudi Arabia , the sought-after Landis & Gyr.
In Phonecards for sale , we have added Puerto Rico and Guyana , and updated Guinea Bissau , Bonaire , St.Eustatius and Iraq .
We have added several Gemplus test cards in our catalogation Behind the Scenes .
New updates in Phonecards for sale : Belize , Ivory Coast , Central African Republic and Seychelles .
April 2003
A GPT for Venezuela : a new interesting discovery, in Behind the Scenes . Moreover, new update in Gemplus test cards listings.
Just added in stock, the new chip cards from Sao Tome and Principe and the latest news from Bangladesh and Eritrea , in Phonecards for sale .
January 2003
Some more updates in Gemplus test cards listings, in Behind the Scenes .
More new countries in our Phonecards for sale section: American Samoa and Bhutan . We have also updated Ethiopia and Mali .
Another Country has issued its first phonecard, Iraq : you can order it in Phonecards for sale , where we added also Cyprus and updated Marshall Islands .
December 2002
In Phonecards for sale , we have updated Cuba .
New updates in Gemplus and Landis & Gyr test cards listings, in Behind the Scenes .
More news in Phonecards for sale : we have added Suriname , and updated Bahrain , Faroe Islands , Bahamas and T.A.A.F.
In Behind the Scenes section, we have updated again our listing of Gemplus test cards. Moreover, an interesting article about an old Landis & Gyr demo card from Algeria .
In Phonecards for sale , we have added chip cards from Hawaii , and updated Alaska and Kyrgyzstan .
Going on with our classification of Service Cards, we have just updated the Landis & Gyr listing: in Behind the Scenes section.
First issues has often an interesting story Behind the Scenes : here is what we discovered about Bahamas and Tibet .
Latest additions in Phonecards for sale : chip cards from Oman ; moreover, Qatar has been updated.
November 2002
In Phonecards for sale , we have updated Oman , Eritrea and Mozambique .
We have now in stock the latest pocket catalogue from Greece : in 2 volumes, you can get it in Other catalogues section.
We continue with our classification of various test cards issued by different manufacturers, and we have now added some cards in Gemplus listing: in Behind the Scenes section.
Rare cards are always interesting, especially if they are almost unknown as these cards by Invsat : discover them Behind the Scenes .
Real speculations to collectors, overprinted cards from New Zealand often command high prices. We analyze them in Real or Fake? section.
News from Rwanda , Ethiopia and Tanzania : find them in Phonecards for sale .
We publish some updates related to the Albert Dock card (South Africa ), and to the American Seafood Company (America or Russia? ), in Missing Info section.
Sought-after cards from Tibet and many news from Kyrgyzstan have been added in Phonecards for sale .
The update 2002 to the catalogue of Venezuela is in stock, order it now in Other catalogues section.
In Phonecards for sale , we have added Bosnia-Herzegovina and Srpska Republic , and updated Laos .
October 2002
More Phonecards for sale : Urmet and chip cards from Lithuania .
Fake cards: here are some more of them, this time from Romania and Poland , in Real or Fake? .
Here are, just added in Phonecards for sale , the cards from Palau , Guam and Marshall Islands .
Following the publication of our Belize catalogue, we have discovered that the first cards issued in this Country have been two inductive cards. We introduce them Behind the Scenes .
Just published, we have already in stock the new Golden catalogue of Italian cards .Order it now in Other catalogues section.
May 2002
We have been able to get some rare phonecards from Nepal and we offer them in Phonecards for sale .
Just published, here are 5 new catalogues : South America 2 , Caribbean Islands 2 , Caribbean Islands 1 first update , Russia part 1 , and White 10 , with several Pacific Islands. Full review is at left, in this page.
We have started to catalog the rare and interesting Test Cards Gemplus : see them Behind the Scenes .
Again in stock, in Catalogues section, the book related to the cards from Ukraine .
March 2002
Several different Schlumberger white test cards have been appeared recently on the market; we investigated on them, see what we discovered in Real or Fake? section.
A new Country! Just issued, here are the cards from Western Samoa , in Phonecards for sale .
In Phonecards for sale we just added Qatar .
Here are some more entries in our Real or Fake? section: this time, Spain and Russia .
We have updated Ukraine , U.S.S.R. and Serbia in our Phonecards for sale section.
February 2002
Following GPT switching from magnetic to chip system, big quantities of magnetic cards without any control number have invaded the market: read more about this Behind the Scenes .
Here is our latest simplified catalogue: Thailand .
In Phonecards for sale , updates and additions from Bolivia , Azerbaijan and Romania .
Behind the Scenes , here are some interesting news about the first issue by Sodetel of Lebanon .
More news in Phonecards for sale : we have updated Egypt , Bangladesh and Panama .
January 2002
In Phonecards for sale , we have added Jordan , and updated South Africa , U.S.A. , Armenia and Bahamas .
Just printed, here are our latest catalogues: WPC #14 , White #9 , and WPC National #3 . See them below, on this page.
Other unknown cards: to identify them, we are asking for your help. One is a chip card, issued apparently by American Seafoods Company of Russia , the other one is a card from AzEuroTel company. Pictures in Missing Info .
The new catalogue of Greece is now in stock, you can order it in Other catalogues section.
December 2001
In Phonecards for sale we have added Macau and the Landis & Gyr cards issued in U.S.A. .
Here is an interesting article sent us by Mr Eric Schuenemann, featuring a rare Anritsu card used in Vietnam in 1993: in Behind the Scenes section.
Some news in Phonecards for sale : Tanzania and the russian province of Khakhassia .
Fake cards: this time we have checked some beautiful cards featuring Mao-Tse-Tung, claiming to have been issued in Sri Lanka . Our comments in Real or Fake? .
The new catalogue from Spain is now in stock, order it now in Other catalogues section.
Geolink cards from T.A.A.F. : if you don't know them, just go to see Behind the Scenes .
If you collect a card for each country and system, don't miss to have a look at an uncommon remote memory issued in Vatican City , in Behind the Scenes .
November 2001
We have just published five new catalogues , find the reviews below, in this page.
We are back again on fake cards, and this time we have investigated about the large production by PPS ltd , a british Company whose cards are often offered on international auctions sites: in Real or Fake? .
In Phonecards for sale , we have added many new cards from Diego Garcia , Panama and Kazakhstan .
Mr. Derek Pettersson has kindly sent us an interesting feature about some cards used only on board of an oil rig in Falkland Islands waters: read it in Behind the Scenes .
Just look at this rare surcharged card from Vietnam , with code 300000D, in Behind the Scenes .
Solved a mystery, here is another one, which we are asking your help to solve: an unknown Schlumberger card, that seems to be a demo or test card issued for Iran , as usual in Missing Info .
Thanks to Mr. Gerd Charlier, we solved the mystery of the Albert Dock card, in Missing Info section.
Faroe Islands , Tokelau and Montenegro have been updated in Phonecards for sale .
New catalogue from France in Other Catalogues .
New interesting offers in Special Offers !
In our new section, Missing Info , a new mysterious card, a GPT Albert Dock card, with an unknown code.
THEMATIC CARDS Thanks to several requests received, we have decided to open a new section in our site. This section is totally devoted to offer you a selection of the best thematic phonecards we have for sale.
NEW CATALOGUES We will contunue to work on new catalogues. Any help and contribution is welcome, so if you can supply any useful information of cards of countries not yet issued, please contact our Publishing Office :Watch this space
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We have just published a new catalogue, featuring the phonecards issued by Far Eastern Federal District of Russia : find it in WPC Catalogues section.
In our National Series Complete BT Chip, Eurostar & Mercury etc. Now published, the 2nd part of the catalogue of cards issued in the United Kingdom .
New updates in WPC Red series include South Africa (second part of Africa 4 update) and Baltic States .
U.S.A. 3 , the 14th WPC White , includes again phonecards from the U.S.A. : this time we analyze magnetic and inductive cards.
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