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> Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 21:58:11 -0800 (PST)
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>  / MPC Gram News Letter /
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> Vol 7, no 1402                                      
>  
>         Thursday December 29, 2005
> 
>                       Banknotes of the Azad Hind (Free
> India) Movement
> (originally published in IBNS Journal Volume 40, No.
> 3, 2001.)
>  
> Herbert A. Friedman
>  
> The title of this article is misleading. There is no proof that the 
> Free India Movement ever produced banknotes, so we might more 
> accurately call it “Banknotes Commemorating the Free India Movement.”
> What I hope to do is survey some of the various “banknotes” that have 
> been produced which seem to honor the movement, and try to reach a 
> conclusion about what they really are.  I should also point out that 
> the history of the movement is not well documented so in many cases 
> there is more than one spelling of a name, and discrepancies in rank, 
> date, or destination appear in the literature.
>  
> The Free India Movement.
>  
> Britain had controlled the Indian subcontinent since the late 18th 
> century. There had been numerous uprisings and agitation as the 
> Indians attempted to free themselves from the British yoke. When war 
> between Britain and Germany broke out on 2 September 1939, the British 
> viceroy in India unilaterally declared India to be a belligerent. The 
> move infuriated the Indian people and eventually the Indian Congress 
> adopted a resolution on 8 August 1942 demanding freedom from Britain 
> as a condition for Indian participation in the war. The British 
> rejected this resolution, which led to widespread public disorder. The 
> British then jailed members of the Indian Congress and this helped to 
> create a leadership vacuum and provided an impetus for the ascendancy 
> of Subhash (or Subhas) Chandra Bose as a leader of the militant 
> opposition.
>  
> Subhash Bose (1897-1945) had been a fervent nationalist since his 
> youth. For a time he was a follower of Gandhi, but he soon became 
> disillusioned with the philosophy of non-violence. His book, The 
> Indian Struggle, was published in 1934 and advocated a dictatorship 
> form of government for India. Between 1920 and 1941, Bose was arrested 
> eleven times for fomenting agitation. In 1939 he had visited Berlin 
> where he attempted to enlist Nazi support for his independence 
> movement. Back in India, He was placed under close house arrest in 
> 1940, but managed to deceive the British and escape, and after a 
> historic overland trek to Kabul made his way back to Berlin in 1941. 
> While in Germany he made broadcasts advocating freedom for India. He 
> supported the elite special unit (Sonderkommando B) and the Indian 
> Legion numbering about 3000 men that the Germans formed from Indian 
> prisoners of war in North Africa. On 3 February 1943 Bose began a 
> voyage aboard German submarine U-180 to the coast of Madagascar where 
> he was met by Japanese submarine I-29. He reached Sabang on 1 May. He 
> was immediately flown to Tokyo. He met with and impressed Prime 
> Minister Hideki Tojo, and was sent to Singapore where he assumed the 
> presidency of the Indian Independence League and command of the 
> reconstituted Indian National Army (INA). On 21 October 1943, a 
> Provisional Government of Azad Hind was formed with Bose as its first 
> president. The Provisional Government of Azad Hind immediately 
> declared war against Great Britain and the United States of America. 
> By now Bose was well known throughout India and was called Netaji 
> (“Revered Leader”).
>  
> After the fall of Singapore in early 1942, the Japanese took prisoner 
> 40,000 Indian soldiers. Some volunteers were organized into an Indian 
> National Army, better known as Azad Hind Fauz. This unit saw no 
> action, and was torn by dissention among its high officers and with 
> the Japanese. It was not an effective fighting force until the arrival 
> of Netaji Bose in Singapore. In 1944, while under the command of Bose, 
> the INA fought alongside the Japanese on the Burma front in an attempt 
> to advance into India. The drive toward Imphal stalled. The Japanese 
> retreated, and there was a horrendous loss of life among the troops of 
> the INA. It became clear to Bose that his dream of a free India was 
> ended. It would only be realized after the war by political rather 
> than military means. Bose moved from Rangoon to Bangkok to Saigon. Two 
> days after the Japanese surrender on 15 August 1945, he attempted to 
> preserve his political movement by flying to Manchuria where he hoped 
> to gain asylum with the advancing Soviet forces. (Or, according to 
> British Agent 1189, a spy in the INA high command, Bose was flying to 
> Yunnan to set up a provisional government with the assistance of 
> Communist Chinese forces).
>  
> Wherever he was going, Bose was killed on 18 August in an aborted 
> takeoff after a refueling stop at Taihaku airport on Taiwan. Many 
> Indians did not believe that Bose was killed in this crash and there 
> were rumors that he had taken three bags full of gold and jewelry 
> belonging to the Azad Hind Bank. Some thought that he was in hiding 
> and would reappear again when the time was right. There were three 
> separate official investigations into his death. The front page of the 
> Calcutta Weekly from January of 1965 reads “Netaji is alive, American 
> sources confirm.” There is a photo of Bose and the comment, “Netaji!! 
> The nation pays homage to you.” After Indian independence in 1947, 
> Subhash Chandra Bose was proclaimed a national hero.
>  
> The Azad Hind Bank.
>  
> To serve the financial need of the Provisional Government of Azad 
> Hind, Attavar Yellappa, an advisor to Subhash Bose, established the 
> Azad Hind Bank. As an early president of the Indian Independence 
> League in Singapore, Yellappa had collected large sums of money in 
> Malaya and Burma from patriots, investors, businessmen, and traders. 
> The bank was created on 5 April 1944 and capitalized at several 
> million rupees.
> It was originally housed in a bungalow at 94 (or 91) Park Road, just 
> off Jamal Avenue in Rangoon. Of the four Directors of this bank, only 
> Dina Nath is known.
> The bank quickly became the preferred bank of the Indian community in 
> Burma. It held a sizeable amount of gold from ornaments and valuables 
> donated by Indian women. The bank paid all the expenses of the 
> Provisional Government and the INA, and even repaid some loans given 
> by the Japanese government.
>  
> In 1944, when the British reclaimed Burma from the Japanese, the war 
> department seized the Azad Hind Bank’s assets. After many debates, the 
> British turned over the assets to the newly formed Reserve Bank of 
> India in Calcutta. Distributions were made to verifiable account 
> holders, although it appears that in some cases the Bank held back 
> funds. One published report tells of an individual named Ramalinga 
> Nadar who had deposited 423 million rupees and 16,105 gold coins in 
> the bank and who was refused repayment.
> This
> might be due to the fact that he supplied workers to the Japanese 
> during the war.
>  
> The "Banknotes."
>  
> I first mentioned the banknotes in an article entitled “The Almost 
> Stamps of Free India” published in the Journal of the Society of 
> Philatelic Americans of December 1971. The article was on the postage 
> stamps of the Azad Hind movement. However, I stated in the story that 
> I had received a letter from Biren Roy, a member of the Indian 
> Parliament in 1968. Biren Roy said, “I have spoken to Colonel Prem 
> Sahgal of the Indian National Army who was Netaji’s private 
> aide-de-camp in the Far East. He stated that the stamps were printed 
> under the orders of Netaji Bose in Germany. He states that currency 
> notes were also printed, but lost when the ship in which they were 
> carried was sunk.” This was my first clue that banknotes might exist.
>  
> Pukhraj J. Surana, In “I.N.A. Currency” Numismatics Digest, June 1981, 
> volume 5, part 1 (Bombay), page 68, states that “(the bank) had issued 
> notes in the denomination of 5, 10, and 100 rupees.” The author 
> illustrates an Indian rupee coin of King George VI dated 1942, counter 
> struck on the obverse over the crown “P.G.A.H. 1943.” The author says 
> this is proof that the Provisional Government of Azad Hind was eager
> to produce its own currency.   However, the editor
> of
> the journal disputes this assertion. He says that the bank “was 
> intended to be a note-issuing bank, but at the time of opening, no 
> notes were printed.” He then goes on to report “A friend from the USA 
> reports that an English friend of his has informed him of having a 
> five rupee note of the Azad Hind Bank.” It had been obtained from a 
> British soldier, who had allegedly picked it up shortly after the 
> British forces entered Rangoon." This third-hand anecdote is the only 
> reference we have to such notes actually being extant during the war.
>  
> In Brothers against the Raj – a Biography of Indian Nationalists, 
> Leonard A. Gordon, Columbia Press, N.Y., 1990, page 510, the author 
> says, “He created the National Bank of Azad Hind …which was to print 
> Indian currency and finance the war effort.”
>  
> A more recent report is found in The Forgotten Army, Peter Ward Fay, 
> The University of Michigan Press, 1995, page 307. The author says 
> about Bose, “He must prepare the ground for the freedom army’s 
> triumph, prepare it in every detail (already the details included 
> freshly printed Azad Hind rupee notes and Azad Hind stamps).”
>  
> We do not know if any banknotes were ever really printed for the Azad 
> Hind Government, or if any of them still exist. The "banknotes" we 
> will discuss are probably commemorative issues in honor of the Free 
> India Movement or Subhash Bose. Some of the notes were clearly 
> produced after the war, but we cannot rule out wartime production of 
> others. They bear such names as Azad Hind Bank, Bank of Good Luck, 
> Bank of Independence, Bank of Independent, Jay Hind Bank, or are 
> without bank name. The known denominations are from 1 to 10,000; in 
> all but one case no currency unit is specified. They occur in various 
> colors, including some in black and white. I know of 60 such notes at 
> present, and since it is impractical to describe each one in detail I 
> will just mention a few of the more interesting notes. I stress that 
> this is just a brief sampling of the banknotes.
>  
> Various Indian politicians and revolutionaries appear on the notes 
> with Netaji Bose. They include Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (proponent 
> of non-violent political action and father of the “Quit India” 
> movement in
> 1942) and Jawaharlal Nehru (first prime minister of India). Among the 
> revolutionaries are General Shah Nawaz Khan (A Muslim who was tried 
> and acquitted of treason in New Delhi in 1945), Captain Lakshmi 
> Swaminathan (later promoted to colonel, sometimes called Captain Laxmi 
> Sahgal, the female commander of the INA’s Rani of Jhansi Woman’s 
> Regiment and Minister of Woman’s Affairs for the Provisional 
> Government of Azad Hind), and Shahid Bhagat Singh (executed by the 
> British in 1931 for acts of terrorism). One Bank of Independent note 
> depicts Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the first Governor-General of Pakistan. 
> Bose actually shakes the hand of Adolf Hitler, the chancellor and 
> Führer of Nazi Germany on one of the Bank of Independent notes.
>  
> Bank of Azad Hind.
>  
> I have seen twelve notes that bear the name of the Azad Hind Bank. 
> They have denominations from 1 to 10000, but no currency unit such as 
> “rupee.” They are all blank on the back. Most of the notes contain the 
> text “Jai Hind” (“Hail India”) and most bear the name “Subhas Chandra 
> Bose” in a neat script. The serial numbers known are 66666, 271280, 
> F/14 624002, F/AT 29502, F/AT 624200, L/DB 45205007, or they are 
> without serial number. It is unlikely that any of these "notes" had 
> any connection to the real and operational Azad Hind Bank. Some of 
> these notes are illustrated in Schwan/Boling, World War Two 
> Remembered, BNR Press, 1995, page 768 and Kishore Jhunjhunwalla, 
> Standard Reference Guide to Indian Paper Money, page 445. An example 
> of a banknote from this issuer is:
>  
> 5 (no currency unit) note with rampart (the Red
> Fort?)
> and “Jai Hind” flag at left, farmer and ox over a map of India at the 
> center, and Bose in an Indian side cap (similar to the American 
> military garrison cap) saluting while looking upward at right. The 
> text “Subhas Bond” appears at the upper center. (This is the only item 
> I have seen that bears the word “bond”).
> The note is green, brown and maroon with the serial number F/AT 29502.
>  
> The Bank of Independent.
>  
> There is no record of this bank. I have seen 36 different banknotes 
> with this title. In general they are very well printed, usually in a 
> single color (although some are multicolored). The known serial 
> numbers and denominations are F/AT 30000 (1000), F/AT 34000 (1000), 
> F/AT 54000 (1000), G.H. 39000 (1000), I/MC 78600 (10,000), L/DB 34900 
> (1000), and L/DB 84000 (10,000). All the banknotes of a specific 
> serial number have the same denomination. There is no mixing.
> The denomination in every case is “good wishes.”
> Examples of banknotes from this issuer are:
>  
> 1000 (no currency unit) note with Bose at left shaking the hand of 
> Adolf Hitler. “Jai Hind” at center and the words “Promise to pay the 
> bearer” over a fancy design with the letters “FAT.” Map of India at 
> right. The note is red at the left, yellow in the center and green at 
> the right. The serial number is F/AT 34000.
> “Good Wishes” at the bottom of the note directly under the words “One 
> Thousand.”
>  
> 1000 (no currency unit) note with Gandhi at left.
> “Jai
> Hind” at center and the words “Promise to pay the bearer” over a fancy 
> design with the letters “FAT.”
> Bose saluting before flag at right. The note is brown, except for the 
> two vignettes, which are in blue. The serial number is F/AT 34000. 
> “Good Wishes” at the bottom of the note, directly under the words “One 
> Thousand.”
>  
> 10000 (no currency unit) note with Shah Nawaz Khan at left, "Bank of 
> Independent" and "Chalo Delhi" (the battle cry 'On to Delhi') at 
> center, and a map of India with "Jai Hind" flag at right. “Good 
> Wishes”
> at
> the bottom of the note directly under the words “I promise to pay the 
> bearer the sum of ten thousand.”
> The note is all green except for the portrait of Shah Nawaz Khan, 
> which is brown. The serial number is I/MC 78600.
>  
> Bank of Independence.
>  
> There is no record of this bank. I have seen two different banknotes 
> with this title. In general they are very well printed, usually green 
> at the top and brown below. They have no serial numbers, although the 
> letters "VPS" are found at the upper right above the denomination. The 
> notes I have seen are all of 10,000 denomination. An example of a 
> banknote from this issuer is:
>  
> 10000 (no currency unit) note with Bose at left in a military cap, 
> "Bank of Independence" and "Jai Hind"
> at
> center, and a map of India at right. “Good Wishes”
> at
> the bottom of the note directly under the words “I promise to pay the 
> bearer the sum of ten thousand.”
> This note is nicely engraved and bears a number of Indian flags at top 
> center.
>  
> Bank of Good Luck.
>  
> There is no record of this bank. I have seen nine different banknotes 
> with this title. In general they are very well printed, most in a 
> single color, some with a second color in the vignette. This group is 
> made up of various denominations. The serial number K/AS 34026 is 
> 1000, notes without serial number but just the letters "AH & C" are 
> 1000, and some smaller notes dated "1947" with the words "AT ANY PLAY 
> DATE"
> are 10. Two examples of banknotes from this issuer are mentioned 
> below. The notes bearing the text "At any play date" were apparently 
> fantasies used as tickets for the cinema.
>  
> 10000 (no currency unit) note with map of India and Indian maiden 
> holding a flag at left, "Bank of Good Luck" and "Jai Hind" at center, 
> and a picture of Captain Lakshmi Swaminathan at right.
> “Good
> Wishes” at the bottom of the note directly under the words “I promise 
> to pay the bearer the sum of ten thousand.” The note is green with the 
> vignettes in blue. "AH&C" at upper right. There seems to be a small 
> "o" inside of the "C," so the symbols might mean "AH and company."
>  
> 10000 (no currency unit) note with the Indian martyr Shahid Bhagat 
> Singh at left, "Bank of Good Luck" and "Jai Hind" at center, and Bose 
> with an Indian maiden at right. “Good Wishes” at the bottom of the 
> note directly under the words “I promise to pay the bearer the sum of 
> ten thousand.” The note is green with the vignettes in blue, and 
> "AH&C" at upper right.
>  
> Jay Hind Bank.
>  
> There is no record of this bank.  I have seen one banknote with this 
> title.
>  
> 10 rupee note with Bose in front of an Indian flag at left. "Jay 
> Hind," "I promise to pay the bearer the sum of rupees on demand at any 
> office of issue" and the date "15-8-1947" at center. Jawaharlal Nehru 
> at right.
> The note is brown and bears the serial number 000000.
> The date 15 August 1947 was the day that India became independent. 
> This is the only note to mention "rupees"as the unit of currency.
>  
> Coins
>  
> I have seen one "coin" of the Azad Hind movement. A
> portrait of Bose is on the front with the text
> "UNITY
> - FAITH - SACRIFICE - 23rd JANUARY 1897." The back
> shows the Azad Hind leaping tiger over the numeral
> "1," and the text "Aarzi Hukumat Azad Hind - Rupaya
> -
> 1943."  ("Provisional Government of Azad Hind -
> Rupee
> - 1943"). The coin is made of silver and weighs 11.6
> grams, the same weight as the prevailing 1 rupee
> coin
> of India. Nothing more is known of its history.
>  
> Acknowledgment. After the article was written I
> corresponded with Kishore Jhunjhunwalla, author of
> the
> "Standard Reference Guide to Indian Paper Money." He
> was kind enough to send me excerpts from a book he
> had
> published, "Paper Money of India," by P. L. Gupta. I
> was surprised to see that our text was very similar,
> but I suppose that is inevitable because there is no
> way to approach these notes except through Indian
> politics, Bose, and the INA. I want to stress that
> both of us studied and wrote independently and want
> to
> thank Mr. Jhunjhunwalla for his extremely generous
> sharing of information and his willingness to allow
> me
> to use many illustrations from his collection. My
> thanks also to Al Kugel and Joe Boling who shared
> some
> notes from their collections. Readers with comments
> are encouraged to contact the author at 734 Sunrise
> Avenue, Bellmore, NY, 11710, or at
> Sgmbert@hotmail.com.
>
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>              Championship Question Corner 
> 
> Question:  What number series was used as trial MPC?
> Question 28, difficulty 1, What series of MPC was
> ordered as one series number but issued as another?
> (what were the two series numbers involved?)
> Question
> 29, difficulty 2.
> 
> Yesterday's Question(s). What Allied military 1000
> unit notes were printed by the intaglio method?
> Question 26, difficulty 2? Bonus question: What was
> the insignia of WWII navy pay clerks (warrant
> officers)? Question 27, difficulty 1.
> 
> The answer is: Their insignia was similar to the
> Supply Officer insignia (split oak leafs- but, sans
> acorns)
> 
> Comments from the field and from the champ:  Jack
> Hunter wrote-- Well now things are looking a little
> more interesting. If about another dozen Gramsters
> would add their comments, and look things up in the
> book, the Gram might get back to it's former length.
>    Thought this might be a trick question. (aren't
> they all?) my first thought was  the 1000 Austrian
> schilling note. And I'm sticking to that, because
> the
> 50 and 100 were also intaglio. But brain cramps set
> in, and I just had to check, although I could not
> find
> it in the book. It seems to me that the 1000 AM yen
> was also intaglio. But I have NEVER seen either one
> of
> these notes up close, so who knows? I hate it when a
> thought enters my head, and then I can't recall all
> the details. Does old-timers disease start this way?
>    Thanks to David Klinger for the next question and
> answer. WWII pay clerks insignia was the split oak
> leaves w/o acorns of course.
>    Thanks for the the brain buster, and please keep
> them coming.
> ==========================================
> Editorial
> ==========================================
> I solved the riddle to have the WWII movies playing
> on
> my computer while I am working on the Gram or other
> things. It is rolling at this moment. Well, we hit
> the
> jackpot with the movies. You may recall (but
> probably
> will not) a long time ago I reported seeing a short
> sequence on the History Channel about D-Day where
> the
> soldiers were being paid in AMC. Actually, I tried
> to
> order that episode at the History Channel web site,
> but it never arrived. I do not know if my credit
> card
> was charged or not (probably not), but I tried and
> missed. It has been in the back of my mind that we
> need to find that little clip.
>   It was with this in mind that I started watching
> these movies and I went to the various D-Day films
> first and was rewarded. Yes, there is was, 3 min 50
> seconds into the movie, soldiers being paid in
> Allied
> military and Bank of France francs. It was
> wonderful.
> You can make the notes out quite clearly although I
> could not make out any serial numbers. Possibly Doug
> Bell can figure that out. Now for the really neat
> part. I remember the supporting commentary from the
> History Channel clip and this one is DIFFERENT so
> there is ANOTHER pay clip out there waiting for us
> to
> find. I expect that we will show this clip at the
> Fest
> and at the seminar too. Thereafter, we might figure
> out a way to hang it at papermonwyworld.net. It
> would
> be really cool to include it in a digital version of
> WWII Remembered 2.
> ===========================================
> Mail Call
> ===========================================
> Dear Ed,
>    I was unaware of Leo's passing, I will miss his
> cheery disposition, the chance to pick up something
> interesting.  I usually see him at Memphis and did
> expect to see him in 2006. 
>    My father in law stayed with us over Christmas. 
> He's 86 -  You must do as much as you can while you
> can.
>  
> Wishing you a Happy New Year.
>  
> Regards
> 
> Pam
> 
> Dear Editor,
>    The book only lists "m" as a prefix letter for
> the
> 100 mark notes, but the answer includes "o" "p" and
> "t" as correct.  What is the source for the answer? 
> If there is no source available to all of us (not
> everybody has been fortunate enough to attend the
> Summer Seminar) then Jack is correct, the question
> cannot be used, or should I say should not have been
> used.  Now that we all know the answer can we count
> on
> the question appearing in March?
>  
> Roger
> 
> Dear Roger,
>   It sounds to me like the questions are doing their
> job and spreading the word including new research
> and
> information. I agree that we will try to restrict
> questions to information that most people have (or
> should have) available. This is especially true for
> early rounds of the contest. The sources, however,
> include the published books, the Gram and possibly
> other sources as well. Thank you for your thoughts
> on
> the matter.
> 
> Editor
> 
> Editor,
>       The ammo belt was 30cal (30-06) . 
>  
> Sam Feeback 
> 
> Dear Sam,
>   If we cannot obtain Leo's belt, can you get one
> for
> us?
> 
> Editor
> 
> Dear Esteeemed Editor,
> I have sent an email to a lady with the name of
> Cindy
> at the FUN Show requesting information on how to
> have
> a Memorial board and flowers for Leo at the FUN
> Show. 
> I have not yet received a response from her but I
> was
> thinking others should be involved, to include Val.
> Is such a board OK with her?  If so, can she send
> FUN
> a photo of Leo?  Can she also send Leo's full name
> and
> his birthday along with day of his passing? 
> I will pay whatever costs are involved but I have
> received emails from other people who want to help
> pay
> for the costs.  I was thinking that any extra monies
> can be given to the Military Scholarship Fund in his
> name.  Does this sound good to Val, and to other
> Gramsters?
> I would also like to have Val's email address and
> telephone number so I can communicate directly with
> her to insure everything is done with her blessing.
> That is all from the Bay House.  I am still
> preparing
> for the FUN Show and will be driving south starting
> on
> January 2.  I have a reservation at my usual nearby
> Quality Inn from January 5th to the 8th, but it will
> be a little longer walk because it is in a separate
> building of the convention center on Universal Blvd.
> 
> I already have Ray Bows as a roommate so the other
> bed
> is already taken, but everyone is welcome to visit
> and
> chat.  But one evening, I will be with Joe
> Cartafalsa
> in a nearby small town.  He is a Vietnam War veteran
> friend but he is only into philatelic and not
> numismatics.  Strange fellow!  See you at FUN!
> 
> The Master Sergeant Daniel
> ===========================================
> Calendar
> ===========================================
> 2006
> 
> Florida United Numismatists, Inc. 51st Annual Coin
> Convention on  January 5 - 8, 2006.  Orange County
> Convention / Civic Center, 9800 International Drive,
> Orlando, FL.  Hours Thursday, January 5 to Saturday,
> January 7, 10:00 A.M. to 6:30 P.M. and Sunday,
> January
> 8, 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. This show is considered
> one
> of the finest in the country with an exceptional
> bourse, 
> major auction by Heritage which includes CAA, great
> exhibits, many coin club meetings 
> and daily (almost hourly) educational programs. 
> Exhibits are competitive but you must be a member of
> FUN.  FUN has six category's which the YN's are
> included in.  BIS includes a fully paid ANA Summer
> Seminar scholarship.  The prizes are also excellent
> and every exhibitor gets a nice medal (silver). Many
> MPC collectors attend this show and the bourse
> usually
> includes at least some MPC and similar material.
> Mini
> Fests have been known to crop up at FUN. Visit FUN
> on
> their web page for exhibit or show information
> (www.funtopics.com).
> 
> The London Paper Money Fair has moved to: Victory
> Services Club, 63 Seymour Street, off Edgware Road,
> Marble Arch London and the dates are: Feb 5, May 7,
> July 2 and Nov 26. see:www.britishnotes.co.uk or
> www.londonpapermoneyfair.co.uk
> 
> Feb 9-11, Long Beach, mini fest to be announced
> 
> Mar 3-5 MPCFest VII John Cheney$$, Harold Kroll, C &
> D
> Freeland, Roger Urcie, Pat Bethe, Karen Jach, Jack
> Hunter (champ), G. W. Slade#, Larry 'Ski'
> Smulczenski,
> Steve Swoish, Cuneyd Tolek, Loretta and Dick
> Freyser,
> Bob Olson, Wendell Wolka,  JANE* and Warner Talso,
> Howard Daniel$$#, George Fitzgerald, Bill Haines,
> Bill
> Meyers#, Nick S., Dave Hunsicker#, Gary Hicks, Adolf
> Witzke, John Cheney$$, Mark Watson, Ron Waddel,
> Rachel
> Feller, Ed Beaman, Carlson Chambliss, Judy and Fred
> Schwan Running totals: overall  33; new festers 4. $
> paid, $$ paid single, # new Fester, *special
> services
> auxiliary. Honor Roll: Mike Cummings, Robert
> Kutcher,
> Leo May.
> 
> Mar 9-12 CPMX, Chicago
> 
> 1-2 April 2006, "PaperMoneyFair-Maastricht", in the
> "Polfermolen" in beautiful Valkenburg. Netherlands.
> The most important and best attended paper money
> bourse in Europe if not the world! For more
> information, go to the show's web site at
> http://www.papermoney-maastricht.org/ or contact the
> show organizer, Jos Eijsermans, at
> apnc.eijsermans@wxs.nl
> 
> June 1-3 Long Beach, mini fest to be announced
> 
> 3-5 March MPCFest VII
> 
> 7-9 April ANA convention, Atlanta
> 
> 16-18 June Memphis
> 
> 1-14 July  ANA summer seminar
> 
> 16-20 August ANA convention, Denver
> 
> September 14th-16th, Long Beach, mini fest to be
> annuonced
> 
> The World Paper Money Fair, organised by the London
> chapter of the IBNS will be September 30/October 1
> at
> the new venue: Hotel Russell, Russell Square,
> Bloomsbury, London.  see: www.ibnslondon.org.uk
> 
> Oct/Nov Pcda St Louis
> ==========================================
> for dealer Hot Contact list, ANA MPC museum holdings
> and other static information please click this link:
> http://www.papermoneyworld.net/Gramattichments.htm
> ==========================================
> 2005 scholarship fund Donations of cash and
> numismatic
> material will be gladly accepted. Generally the
> numismatic material is auctioned at MPCFest, but
> might
> be sold via ebay or other places. Your scholarship
> donations help the hobby by sending qualified
> individuals to the ANA summer seminar military money
> class. Except for unavoidable charges like ebay
> fees,
> 
> 100% of your donation goes to scholarships.
> 
> Contributors to the 2005 scholarship so far are:  
> Ed
> Hoffman, Warner Talso, RA Medina, John & Nancy
> Wilson,
> Keith & Sue Bauman, Dan Freeland, Tom Koch, Doug
> Bell,
> Cuneyd  Tolek, David Seelye, Brian Giese, Larry
> Smulczenski, Joe Boling, Dick & Loretta Freyser,
> Mark
> Watson, John Cheney, Roger  Urce, Harold Kroll, Al
> Glaser. (also Memphis Belle note purchasers and
> summer
> seminar participants. irie Harris, Robert Connell,
> William Benton
> 
> Donors and dontions to the scholarship fund
> (directly)
> or to the bennefit auction: Ed Beaman, Frank Clark,
> Howard A. Daniel III, Dick and Loretta Freyser, Dan
> and Kathy Freeland, Jack Hunter, Harld Kroll, Tim
> Kyzivat, Leo May, Robbie Robinson, Joel Shafer, Neil
> Shafer, Larry Smulczenski, Steve Swoish, Roger Urce,
> Ron Waddell, Pam West, John and Nancy Wilson, Adolf
> Witzke, Wendell Wolka.
> 
> Contact me at: "Marcus Turner" mail to:
> maturner@indy.rr.com Checks should be made out to
> the
> "Military Numismatists Scholarship." or Marcus
> Turner
> 
> Marcus Turner
> PO Box 191
> Danville, Indiana 46122
> USA
> 
> IMPORTANT SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
> 
> Additional information can be found at the link
> below.
> We encourage everyone to print copies of this
> information and distribute it to those who might be
> interested. Further you are encouraged to e-mail the
> pdf document to anyone you see fit. Thank you
> http://www.papermoneyworld.net/news/Military
> Numismatists Scholarship Fund 2003.pdf Marcus Turner
> 
> Scholarships from the ANA: See the following
> location
> for an application for financial aid to the summer
> seminar: http://www.money.org/sumsemfin.html
> =========================================
> POST / BASE EXCHANGE(PX/BX/NEX)
> 
> Dump your dupes! Your classified advertisement for
> items for sale, purchase or trade will be run here
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> free. Send your ads to the gram. This service is for
> everyone, most humble dealer or most advanced
> collector. The point is to make the gram more
> interesting. In all cases confirm your order via
> email
> first.
> 
> Special book offer made in the Bank Note Reporter
> and
> now repeasted for Gramsters. The new 7th editon of
> the
> Comprehensive Catalog of U. S. Paper Money by Gene
> Hessler and Carlson Chambliss will be released in
> Jan
> or Feb. If you order a copy now, we will promptly
> send
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> the new one is ready. We will ship the new one and
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> sending an email to BNRPress@papermoneyworld.net (or
> even just reply to the Gram) and they will send you
> the books with an invoice--a special benefit of
> being
> a Gram subscriber.
> 
> Collection of UNESCO COUPONS
> 
> ISSUED Notes      no acceptance signature           
>  
>           
> 1 Cent   Serial number 91555   Date of issue
> 20-x-1956
>    UNESCO New York Office 
> 5 Cents Serial Number 91548  Date of issue 
> 20-x-1956 
>   UNESCO New York Office 
> 10 Cent   Serial number 91544   Date of issue
> 20-x-1956   UNESCO New York Office 
> 25 Cents Serial Number 91540  Date of issue 
> 20-x-1956
>   UNESCO New York Office  
> 50 Cents Serial Number 91538  Date of issue 
> 20-x-1956
>   UNESCO New York Office 
> 1 dollar   Serial number 150320 Date of issue
> 20-x-1956   UNESCO New York Office
> 
> ISSUED Notes with stamps and signatures  ( these
> were
> actually used) 
> 3 Dollars Serial number 286293 date of issue 
> 30-IV-1960 signed in Rome Italy 
> 3 Dollars Serial number 286294 date of issue 
> 30-IV-1960 signed in Rome Italy 
>    there is a receipt from 10-17-1963 from First
> national Bank of Grand Junction CO debiting a Korean
> Stamp Society for the $6.00.  1st Stamp on the notes
> is dated October 1, 1963
> 
> 3 Dollars Serial Number 737191  Date of Issue
> 1.10.1970  signed Juaso Ghana
> 
> SPECIMEN    UNESCO GIFT COUPON 
> 1Pound  Serial No. B  issuance date 1 September 1951
>  
>  VIA  52.1  (UK)  g  a  AF 
> 1Pound  Serial No. B  issuance date 1 September 1951
>  
>  VIA  52.1  (UK)  g  a  AF 
> 1 UNUM Serial No. E  (No Date)    VIA    52.1  (UN) 
> 1
>  a  AF. 
> 1.000 Francs Serial No. C Issuance date:  1 October
> 1951    REH  51, M. 9.
> 
> SPECIMEN  UNESCO TRAVEL COUPON 
> 10 Dollars No. A  ( No Date)           VIA 53 IV  1 
> 10 Dollars No. A  ( No Date)           VIA 53 IV  1 
> 100 Dollars No. C  (No Date)           VIA 53 IV 3
> 
> UNESCO COUPON 
> SPECIMEN Booklet  Date of issue  1.10.1979  missing
> cover 
>  $1.00, $3.00, $10.00, 30.00, $100.00,  Cents not to
> exceed 99 Cents [1.1.1980] 
>   Imprimerie Courvoisier SA  - Suisse 
> SPECIMEN Check Book Value in UNUM  each check has a
> serial number   No Date 
> There is a stub with each check and two receipts on
> each stub 
> 1  Unum   Serial no:  0,104,099 
> 2  Unum   Serial no:  0,035,099 
> 5  Unum   Serial no:  0,112,099 
> 20 Unum  Serial no:  0,072,099 
> 50 Unum  Serial no:  0,036,099 
> 100 Unum Serial no: 0,022,099
> 
> Cents not to exceed 99 cents Date of issue Jan. 1956
>  
>  VIA.55.II.  1 f AF. 
> Cents not to exceed 99 cents Date of issue 1-6-59   
> PLD.59.II 1  j AF. 
> Cents not to exceed 99 cents Date of issue 1-6-59   
> PLD.59.II 1  j AF. 
> $1.00     Date of Issue Jan. 1956       VIA.55.II. 2
> d
> AF. 
> $1.00     Date of Issue Jan. 1956       VIA.55.II. 2
> d
> AF. 
> $1.00     Date of Issue 1-6-59            PLD.59.II.
> 2
> k AF. 
> $1.00     Date of Issue 1-6-59            PLD.59.II.
> 2
> k AF. 
> $3.00     Date of Issue Jan. 1956       VIA.55.II. 3
> e
> AF.     Torn in half 
> $3.00     Date of Issue Jan. 1956       VIA.55.II. 3
> e
> AF. 
> $3.00     Date of Issue 1-6-59            PLD.59.II.
> 3
> m AF. 
> $3.00     Date of Issue 1-6-59            PLD.59.II.
> 3
> m AF. 
> $3.00     Date of Issue 1-6-59            PLD.59.II.
> 3
> m AF. 
> $10.00   Date of issue 20-x-1956      PLD.56.II 4 f
> AF.     Torn in half 
> $10.00   Date of issue 1-6-59            PLD.59.II.
> 4
> I AF. 
> $10.00   Date of issue 1-6-59            PLD.59.II.
> 4
> I AF. 
> $30.00   Date of issue Jan. 57           PLD.57.II.
> 5
> c AF. 
> $30.00   Date of issue Jan. 57           PLD.57.II.
> 5
> c AF. 
> $30.00   Date of issue Jan. 57           PLD.57.II.
> 5
> c AF. 
> $100.00 Date of issue Jan. 57           PLD.57.II. 7
> c
> AF. 
> $100.00 Date of issue Jan. 57           PLD.57.II. 7
> c
> AF. 
> $100.00 Date of issue 1-3-60            PLD.60.II. 7
> e
> AF. 
> $1000.00 Date of issue Nov. 1954    VIA.54.II.14.AF 
> $1000.00 Date of issue Nov. 1954    VIA.54.II.14.AF 
> $1000.00 Date of issue Jan. 57         
> VIA.57.II.14a.AF
> 
>  different notes                                    
>  
>             26 
> 2 specimen sets with 6 different notes each       12
> 
>                                             total
> different notes 38 
>                                             total
> notes                52 
>                                                     
> 
> net    $15,000.00
> 
> David Seelye, contact coinman@rochester.rr.com
> 
> WANTED SECTION:
> Collectors may submit lists of items wanted for
> their
> collections for listing here.
> Dealers and collectors who have these items, are
> then
> encouraged to list them for sale in the above
> section
> as a reply.
> Wanted listings will run for a period of 1 month.
> 
> WANTED
>  CURRENCY LEAFLETS OF THE FIRST GULF WAR:
>  blurry brown and grey-blue, Friedman type 2
> (Johnson
> type C61) CIA full color 25 dinar, Friedman types
> 3,6
> (Johnson types F04 and one unlisted by him). This
> has
> white margins on the face and may be on light-weight
> paper.
>  CURRENCY LEAFLETS OF THE BOSNIAN INTERVENTION and
> CURRENCY LEAFLETS OF THE SECOND GULF WAR:
>  Any that you have at hand that illustrate a
> banknote
> on one or both sides. 
>  Joseph E. Boling
>  PO Box 4718
>  Federal Way WA 98063-4718
>  253-839-5199 fax 253-839-5185
>  joeboling@aol.com
> =============================================
> MPC Gram Staff:
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