Vintage Phone Card Used to Promote WC2
The UK-based Centre for Computing History recently tweeted about this really cool collectible phone card made as a promotion for Wing Commander 2. I realized I actually have a couple of these laying around, but somehow we've never shared them in the news before! You can find their profile page on this item here. I really like their website and mission!
Just added to the collection: A promotional Wing Commander II Mercury telephone kiosk card!A handful of these were made in places like Japan and Germany over the years for various WC games. Check out the wonderful Prophecy phone card from Dominus of Exult's collection here.-----------------------------------------
Card for use in a Mercury telephone kiosk, with Wing Commander II design.
Mercury Communications was a national UK telephone company formed in the early 1980s, and was an early competitor of BT. Mercury's payphone kiosks were in use in the UK from 1986-1995.
The card states on the back that Mercurycards are available in £2, £4, and £10 values, however the card itself is a £1 value, so was likely given away as a promotion.
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