Description
French Model S63 Brown
This was the standard desk telephone manufactured by Ericcson for the French Post Office (PTT).
The S63 replaced the U43 in 1963.
This actual telephone was probably manufactured by TELIC (tradename for Alcatel I believe, although my French isn’t up to much!) for Tomson CFF Telephone/So Co Tel. The curly cord is original and the line jack cord is new and black from the UK. The S63 is dated 1982.
It is in very good condition and has been converted to work in the United Kingdom if you have pulse dialling.
NB The colour has not been reproduced as well as I would have liked, although these are the actual photos of this item which is ‘two-tone brown’.
Remember that dial telephones need to have PULSE DIALLING on your telephone line to be able to dial out. Even if you had TONE DIALLING, which is the other form of dialling that you may have, they will still ring on an incoming call, and you would still be able to pick up the call and talk, but you would NOT be able to dial out. All BT lines have pulse dialling but some of the smaller cable companies do not offer this.
