One of the most popular areas in the porcelain telephone sign collecting
field is the 11" x 11" porcelain signs with the 1921 logo of the Bell
System. There were about 27 different companies that used this type of sign.
Following are a list of the different companies grouped together in order of
scarcity. This grouping is based on my own observations at shows, reading club
publications and talking with other sign collectors. Of course, none of this is
set in stone!
MOST AVAILABLE: New York Tel, Illinois Bell, Bell Tel of
Penna. and Michigan Bell
SCARCE: Southwestern Bell, AT&T, Southern Bell,
Mountain T&T, and Chesapeake & Potomac
VERY SCARCE: New Jersey, Southern
California, Pacific T&T and Cincinnati and Suburban
RARE: Southern New
England, New England, Citizens Tel, Ohio and Wisconsin
VERY RARE: C&P of
VA., C&P of W.V., C&P of Balto City, Northwestern Tel, Diamond State,
Cumberland, Delaware & Atlantic Bell of Nevada
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