Wow, it was exciting on chat last night. The big news
broke and everyone was stunned.

Briefly here is the news. Sets of unissued Series 691
and 701 MPC are going to be available to collectors
very soon! These are the spectacular unissued sets
that we have known about for some time. However, even
though we did have some black and white illustrations
in the MPC book, they were not very good. It is
exciting just to see the color illustrations, much
less the notes!

You can see the notes by going to
www.starcomm.net/bell. This site did not work last
night and there are some problems even as I write
this, but Doug is working on it and I am sure by
Friday night you can see the notes. Make a point of
going to the illustrations before chat tonight. You
will be glad that you did and we can chat about it.

After the initial shock wears off, the next group of
questions are collector type questions. How much, how
many, when? Well, the uliimate source of the notes
deliberately wants collectors to have first shot at
the note and at a reasonable price. Of course everyone
has a different idea about what is reasonable, but
from everything that I have been able to determine,
this is going to happen. Furthermore, the proceeds
(100%) are going to charity!

How many is of course a big question. 50 sets are
being sold and that appears to be the extent of it,
but I cannot attest to that. There is also a special
twist to this that I cannot talk about at the moment
only because I am not sure that I am authorized to do
so, but it is a positive twist.

The "feeling" is that there are a "few" more sets
beyond the 50 but I cannot be sure. These few might be
the few sets that the fellow wants for himself, I just
do not know. 

When, well I think that it is going to be very soon.
Possibly within a few days you will have an
opportunity to purchase a set. How all of this will
happen I am just not sure. I will certainly fight to
have recipients of the gram offered sets.

The seller definitely wants the notes going to
collectors. Of course this is one of the eternal
questions. What is a collector and/or a dealer? I
cannot imagine a more serious collector that I! I
think you will agree with that. However, I certainly
am also a dealer. I have helped many collectors over
the years with their collections. So this may be a
little sticking point. This is an awkward and somewhat
difficult situation. It always is in cases like this.

I will keep you informed as best I can.

This "discover" is a research bonanza! Ah, first, let
me clarify what notes are available because this
relates to the research.

The 50 sets consist of 8 notes each. The $1, 5, 10,
and 20 of series 691 and 701. No fractionals were
printed for series 691. Fractionals were printed for
701, but were not delivered to the DOD.

The serial numbers prove that there were two printings
of both of these series. This is somewhat amazing in
itself but is consistent with other information that
we know.

I am going to start working immediately on an article
putting together everything that we can on these two
series. It will be seralized here in the gram then
published somewhere. Possibly the BNR.

Oh yes, the story announcing this find will appear in
the June BNR which is mailed next week. At lest is it
is supposed to appear there. With publications, you
cannot be sure until it is in print. The article is by
Marcus Turner. I have not seen the article yet either
so I cannot comment on it.

Aside to Marcus. We would love to see the article
distriubuted here in the gram in the next few days as 
a "preview." You sort of asked me about this sort of
thing in the past. We certainly can do this without
"offending" the BNR people. You can send me the text
or we can arrange for you to send it out.

Well, guys (still no gals), this is the essence of the
news! It is amazing, spectacular, and wonderful!!!

I sure look forward to your comments and even your
questions for the gram and on chat.

Have a great day!

Fred


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