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I want to say few words about my phonecards' best friends, because many scans and information would not exist on this website without them...
Eric SCHUENEMANN from Melbourne (AUSTRALIA) :
I remember the first time we met in a CARDEX show "Les Pyramides" in Bruxelles. I just enter and started swapping phonecards with an advanced german collector. At the end we spoke about rare cards and the german collector asked me : "Did you meet already an australian guy with a suitcase full of foreign cards ?". I answered : "Not yet" and he said : "He has plenty of cards from Vanuatu, early white cards from Australia and also strange Test-cards...". That's Eric, coming to Europe with 50 kilos phonecards and flying back to Australia with twice more ! The way we challenged each others with optical-cards was very constructive for both of our collections and I will never forget our discussions and the great cards with swapped 1:1 after hours of negociation... The greatest phonecards collection including all systems (inductiv, magnetic, optical, smart) is in Melbourne and it's remarkable because Australia is very far from Europe where most of the Phonecards were produced. Congratulation Eric ! I also don't forget Eric's large contribution in the draft of the Optical-History article and I thank him in advance for the next articles to be published on this website because collectors need to understand the phonecards' (his)stories. Eric, I enjoy so much when you challenge me with optical-cards !
 ------------------------------------ Eric refreshing in 10°C waterfall ! -----------------------------------
Jean-Marc VILLEMAGNE from Djerba (TUNISIA) :
Jean-Marc is a brother for me and I remember the time we could visit eachother twice a week. We share the same passion for over 15 years and swapped more than 1000 cards from all over the world (not only optical). Thank you Jean-Marc for asking me many times to publish my optical collection : it is now time to show the cards and I like to dedicate this website to our friendship. I will not forget to mention that you are not only a great collector for foreign phonecards but also a very well known collector for Postcards and Marcophilie.
------------------------- Putzen, immer putzen ! ------------------------------
Armando DELL'UTRI from Torino (ITALY) :
Here I want to introduce one of the greatest collector in Europe, very advanced with Test & Service-cards from Landis & Gyr. I have to say that Armando's contribution in phonecards' collecting is a reference for many collectors. I remember how I enjoyed in the past to show you "never seen before" Landis & Gyr cards. But now this boring game is over and every "never seen before" optical-cards will be shown in this website !
--------------------------------- Armando just happy ! --------------------------------------
Stuart CHRISTIE from Edinburgh (SCOTLAND) :
Stuart is also a precursor for optical-cards collecting and we share the same passion for minimalistic plain blue or red optical-cards. When we meet we enjoy showing new discoveries, mostly ultra-rare blank cards looking totaly uggly for 99% of the collectors : that's our territory which is a "no-man's land". But don't ask us where we find those strange ugly cards... Also, I will not miss to remember the great contribution of Stuart who wrote the british optical-cards catalogue and knows how difficult is such a project ! In the approriate section, you will find a link to Stuarts' websites : Scotia Phonecards & MV Cards International.
--------------------- Stuart in Prag during the fair of Sberatel ! ---------------------
Rolf MAUL from Dresden (GERMANY) :
Rolf is a famous & very advanced collector for german Phonecards (all systems) and he also wrote specialized articles about german phonecards (see "Published Articles" section of this website about optical-cards from Frankfurt-am-Main). Rolf also caught the Landis & Gyr fever and is very active in the quest of early Landis & Gyr phonecards from European countries... but don't try to cheat Rolf with wrong information because he is a purist with a large knowledge about early phonecards. Rolf also collects evidences about phonecards and it's a great job for the phonecards' community ! Tribute to Rolf Maul.
---------------------- Cakes & coffee before a swap in Leipzig ! ---------------------
Daniel HUBER from SWITZERLAND :
Daniel is a famous Landis & Gyr collector from the early 90s. I remember the first time we met in the mid 90s in a phonecards fair in the suburbs of Zürich and that we already swapped nice optical cards. Many years later we met again in Zürich and we swapped again optical cards !
Many thanks for your large contribution for the construction of this website.
--------------- It's great to live so close from the former L&G factory of Zug ! --------------
Philippe CORREGES from London (ENGLAND) :
Thanks for powering the website : I can believe that you worked hard when I look at your face !
------------------ A Mojito drink with Philippe in Camden Town, after hard working ! -----------------
My friends from Zug & Geneva in SWITZERLAND :
You trusted me for this project and I never came through it without your precious help !
----------------------------------------- ZUG, gerade aus ! -------------------------------------------------
And of course many thanks to my LOVELY wife who is always extremely patient with me !
Sincerely yours, Alain Knecht (March 2009)
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