The aim of this Group email is the same as the Australasian Telephone Collectors Society (ATCS) which is to assist collectors in their understanding, recognition and restoration of old telephones and related equipment.
Understandably, there are many collectors who will "specialise" by restricting their collection to a particular telephone manufacturer, or theme. Although the available storage/display space will often demand this specialisation, these collections can unfortunately miss out on some of the very interesting telephone items. The more one knows and understands of the entire history, the more interesting it becomes, particularly when one sees some of the other paraphernalia surrounding the telephone.