TELKOM 2003 ISSUES

 

                         
  LOONEY TUNES                    
                         
After a long interval following the Disney phonecards, Telkom again issued a set of cartoons, but this time in the promotional    
category.                        
The set consists of 5 cards, all with the TPAW prefix. Cards are issued in a strip of ten, with two cards of each design    
 following upon each other. The cards are numbered consecutively, so that the same design has two consecutive      
numbers allocated to it.                    
A total of five million cards were printed and all the cards have the Gemplus T07 (GEM3.3) chip        
A new control print type has appeared which will be referred to as : L = Light dot print.          
The dot size is larger than S but smaller than N - please refer to earlier listings of font sizes to clarify.        
                         
                         
CAT No, Date Unit Description   Control chip mintage        
SAF170 2003 R20 Looney Tunes the gang TPAW GEM3.3 1 000 000        
                         
The Gang R20                
All the characters together in the jungle            
Reverse has competition rules and control TPAW          
                   
                   
                   
                   
                         
No. Variation description     Variation Code mintage        
170.1 Chip T07, small 9-dot print, small   T071a11BfSs-Pc 1 000 000        
170.2 Chip T07, light 7-dot print, medium   T071aBaLm-Pc inc. above        
170.3 Chip T07, light 7-dot print, high     T071aBAaLh-Pc inc. above        
170.4 Chip T07, normal 7-dot print, medium   T071aBaNm-Pc inc. above        
                           
                         
Bugs Bunny R20                
An aggressive Bugs Bunny in the ruins            
Reverse has competition rules and control TPAW          
                   
                   
                   
                   
                         
No. Variation description     Variation Code mintage        
171.1 Chip T07, small 9-dot print, small   T071a11BfSs-Pc 1 000 000        
171.2 Chip T07, light 7-dot print, medium   T071aBaLm-Pc inc. above        
171.3 Chip T07, light 7-dot print, high     T071aBAaLh-Pc inc. above        
171.4 Chip T07, normal 7-dot print, medium   T071aBaNm-Pc inc. above        
                         
                         
CAT No, Date Unit Description   Control chip mintage        
SAF172 2003 R20 Looney Tunes Tweety TPAW GEM3.3 1 000 000        
                         
Tweety R20                
A scared Tweety in the ruins              
Reverse has competition rules and control TPAW          
                   
                   
                   
                   
                         
No. Variation description     Variation Code mintage        
172.1 Chip T07, small 9-dot print, small   T071a11BfSs-Pc 1 000 000        
172.2 Chip T07, light 7-dot print, medium   T071aBaLm-Pc inc. above        
172.3 Chip T07, light 7-dot print, high     T071aBAaLh-Pc inc. above        
172.4 Chip T07, normal 7-dot print, medium   T071aBaNm-Pc inc. above        
                         
                         
CAT No, Date Unit Description   Control chip mintage        
SAF173 2003 R20 Looney Tunes The blue diamond TPAW GEM3.3 1 000 000        
                         
The blue diamond R20              
Daffy Duck holding the Blue Diamond            
Reverse has competition rules and control TPAW          
                   
                   
                   
                   
                         
No. Variation description     Variation Code mintage        
173.1 Chip T07, small 9-dot print, small   T071a11BfSs-Pc 1 000 000        
173.2 Chip T07, light 7-dot print, medium   T071aBaLm-Pc inc. above        
173.3 Chip T07, light 7-dot print, high     T071aBAaLh-Pc inc. above        
173.4 Chip T07, normal 7-dot print, medium   T071aBaNm-Pc inc. above        
                         
                         
CAT No, Date Unit Description   Control chip mintage mintage      
SAF174 2003 R20 Looney Tunes - In the pot TPAW GEM3.3 1 000 000        
                         
In the pot R20                
Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck being boiled in a cauldron          
by Taz.                  
Reverse has competition rules and control TPAW          
                   
                   
                   
                         
No. Variation description     Variation Code mintage        
174.1 Chip T07, small 9-dot print, small   T071a11BfSs-Pc 1 000 000        
174.2 Chip T07, light 7-dot print, medium   T071aBaLm-Pc inc. above        
174.3 Chip T07, light 7-dot print, high     T071aBAaLh-Pc inc. above        
174.4 Chip T07, normal 7-dot print, medium   T071aBaNm-Pc inc. above        
                         
                         
  TELKOM CHARITY CUP 2003                  
                         
With the Telkom Charity Cup phonecard, issued on 1 June 2003, the company Gijima came into its own with the supply    
 of 2 600 00 of the total 4 600 000. Schlumberger supplied the balance of the cards as requested by Telkom.      
The cards all have the prefix TNCR and the authority code 176. Each of the manufacturing companies        
printed only one issue.                    
All the cards supplied by Schlumberger have the T05 (SO3) chip, while those supplied by Gijima either have the       
T04 (SIE35) or T07 (GEM3.3)chip.                  
                         
CAT No, Date Unit   Description control  chip mintage        
SAF175 2003 R20   Telkom Charity Cup TNCR SO3 2 000 000        
SAF175a 2003 R20   Telkom Charity Cup TNCR SIE35 960 000        
SAF175b 2003 R20   Telkom Charity Cup TNCR GEM3.3 1 640 000        
                         
Telkom Charity Cup 2003 R20              
Blue and green coloured card. Centre shows the Telkom          
Charity Cup logo. Below in yellow ' win big prizes' At centre        
right a soccer ball.                
Reverse shows Competition phone number, dates of competition,        
control. Chat for charity at centre.              
                   
                         
175.1 Schlumberger Printing                    
                         
No. Variation description     Variation Code mintage        
175.1.1 Chip T05, normal 7 dot print, small   T051a11BaNs-Pc 2 000 000        
175.1.2 Chip T05, normal 7 dot print, medium   T051a11BaNm-Pc inc. above        
                         
175.2 Gijima Printing                    
                         
No. Variation description     Variation Code mintage        
175.2.1 Chip T04, normal 7 dot print, medium   T042aBaNm-Pc 960 000        
175.2.2 Chip T07, small 9 dot print, extremely small T072aBaSx-Pc 1 640 000        
175.2.3 Chip T07, small 9 dot print, small   T072aBaSs-Pc inc. above        
175.2.4 Chip T07, small 9 dot print, medium   T072aBaNm-Pc inc. above        
                           
                         
  HELP BEAT PHONE CRIME                  
                         
CAT No, Date Unit   Description control  chip mintage        
176 2003 R20   Help beat phone crime TGBD GEM3.3 6 700 000        
176.a 2003 R20   Help beat phone crime TGBD GEM3.1 inc. above        
                         
Help beat phone crime R20              
Predominantly blue in colour. Help beat phone crime in black from        
top to bottom (card held vertically with notch facing up). Crime busters in red below.     
At bottom right African design of an eye. Bottom centre phone number.        
Reverse has control number TGBD and contact numbers for        
vandalism and theft of public telephones, and a number to report faulty        
or out of service public telephones.