FIG. 1 is a top, front and left side perspective view for a housing for portable handset telephone or similar article showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a right side elevational view thereof; the side opposite being a mirror image;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof, with the broken line showing of an environmental keyboard arrangement on the central panel being for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design;

FIGS. 4 and 5 are respectively top and bottom plan views thereof; and

FIG. 6 is a top, front and left side perspective view thereof, with the broken line showing of an environmental keyboard arrangement on the central panel being for illustrative purposes only and forming no part of the claimed design.