Rare GPO 746L from 1967

[ThePillenwerfer]

I've got a 1968 one with no letter.

[19and41]

I like that color combination.  It looks even better in a good still pic than when I first saw one...

[andy1702]

I've got a 1968 one with no letter.

That's interesting because they were still issuing 746Ls in 1971. Although I'm not sure why because I'm told all figure numbering was completed around 1967-8. There's definitely a shot of a red L being delivered to a farmer in a film made for the Post Office in the early 1970s.

[Hotline]

My 1969 doesn't have a letter either.

I assume the different manufactures made changes at different times.

@ThePillenwerfer - mine is also currently for sale on Ebay!

[HarrySmith]

Do the 2  different date codes indicate it took 7 months from when it was produced to when the GPO certified it?

[Hotline]

Do the 2  different date codes indicate it took 7 months from when it was produced to when the GPO certified it?

The 1969/1 does not refer to January 1969, it just means it was produced in 1969 - the number 1 is just a model number reference.

This is actually the first GPO phone I have ever seen that has been stamped with a full date!

[HarrySmith]

Interesting.

[andy1702]

these phones are not normally stamped with a full date, so to find one is quite unusual.