These are a beautiful example. This telephone has been totally stripped down and rebuilt after each part has been cleaned and polished. I have fitted a very best quality hand plaited all British manufactured handset cord, a GPO specification round plastic line in cord and and an electronic microphone to bring the speech quality up to modern standards. It is fitted with a GPO No12 Alphanumeric dial face and stainless steel finger wheel. It has been set up using a special line simulator to make sure the speed and contacts make and break are all correct to allow it to be used on a UK systems. It is fitted with a resistor to bring the Ren value down to the same as a modern telephone to prevent line hogging.
The handset is dated 1956 as is the base. I can make a dial label with your information at no extra charge.
declaration
Antique Telephones Ltd has clarified that the Ivory GPO 332L Telephone with Drawer 1956 (LA31504) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1956