Western Electric Hand-Crank Canadian Battery/Magneto Telephone from 1950s & 60s

Description

This is an original telephone that was for the Canadian market, according to the Telephone Museum in Montrose Michigan
.  Here's part of what they emailed to me:  "
The rural nature of Canada, however, created an ongoing need for these phones. As a result, Northern Electric continued to manufacture local battery magneto phones until the early 1960s, and many of these phones were still in service into the 1970s.  One of the late model local battery magneto phones manufactured by Northern Electric was the Model 517 that was made in the mid 1940s. The 517 retains the large size of it's predecessors from the early 1900s, but it's transmitter and receiver were then replaced by an F-1 handset commonly found on desk sets of the 40s and 50s. With minor circuit modifications this unique piece of nostalgia can theoretically work on modern phone lines. Even so, local batteries would still be required to power the transmitter. As it is currently wired this phone would make a great station on a in-house intercom system. You should contact your telephone company before connecting this, or any vintage telephone equipment to the public telephone network."
It is a battery-magneto telephone in very good but not excellent condition.
The handle turns but will need lubrication.  The two bells ring when you crank the handle.
Please view the pictures.
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NOTE: I notice lately that when multiple orders are made from my store, Ebay stacks up all the individual postage costs and customers are paying it.  I have made a practice of refunding all that extra postage back to the customer's Paypal account and doing it 3 times a week.
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