From: MPCgram [mpcgram@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 6:49 AM To: Doug Bell Subject: Fwd: MPCGram 1409 --- MPCgram wrote: > Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 20:28:38 -0800 (PST) > From: MPCgram > Subject: MPCGram 1409 > To: mpcgram@papermoneyworld.net > > ------------------------ > / MPC Gram News Letter / > ----------------------- > > =========================================== > MPC GRAM > =========================================== > Vol 7, no 1409 Wednesday January 11, 2006 > > May Memorial Gathering > > by Bill Myers > > At 3:30pm on Saturday at the FUN show in Orlando, about 40 people > gathered to honor the memory of collector, dealer, and friend Leo May. > The meeding was organized by Howard Daniel who also charied the > meeting. The only thing on the agenda was to honor our lost Paymaster. > Howard asked everyone who wished (and everyone > did) > to say a few words to recall Leo. > Most comments had a hint of humor without being disrespectful and > all spoke highly of a very respected member of the community. One > particularly comment was made by a 16 year old girl who had been a > kindergarden student of Leo's daughter. Leo had visited the class as > Santa Clause. The girl and her classmates had readily believed that he > was indeed Santa. That is not all that surprising, but she reports > that she still believes. > I took a few pictures at the event which Doug has posted for > everyone to see. > http://www.papermoneyworld.net/grams/images/leo/ > *********************************************************** > Championship Question Corner > > Question: What was the highest denomination of each of the following > issues Barter units; Foreign Trade Payment Certificates; Traveller's > Coupons? Question 52, difficulty 3. > > Yesterday's question: Allied military yen was printed by what three > manufacturers? Question 40, difficulty 2. Who was the manager of the > Frankfurt barter store? > Question 51, difficulty 2 (51 you scream, ok, busted again. Some of > you started screaming with the 40 that I put on the prevoius question > so I will renumber this one 41 because I lost count and do not have > the way to check it now.) > > The answer is: The three manufactures were--Stecher Traung, US BEP, > and Japanese Finance Ministry Finance Bureau. The manager of the > Frankfurt Barter Store was Lieutenant Branagan. > > Comments from the field: Jack Hunter: The question of the day was > raised at last Fest, Who were the three printers of AM Yen? I believe > the answer given was Stecher Traung, The US BEP and The Japanese > equivelent to the BEP. And that was deemed as correct by the > independent panel of judges at that time, so it should be OK for a > quick (not looking it up) answer. And the guy who ran the Barter store > was the guys wife, or something like that. Sorry but I'm taking the > easy way out on these two. It's just been one of those days all week. > So I will catch up on the next ones. > ========================================== > Editorial > ========================================== > We continue to work like crazy cleaning out Leo's black hole. He had a > nice starter hole here! > I listed a few more books tonight. Last night the first items sold > within ten minutes of the Gram hitting the street, but there are still > some good things left. > All you would-be Festers should stop procrastinating and send in > your reservation in soon please. > Leo May collected Japanese Invasion Money by block letter. Many of > us do. He also had a lot of duplicates. Did I mention that he had a > lot of JIM? > Lots. I think that Valerie May is going to allow me to take the whole > thing to the Fest so that we can get some things out of it for our > collections. It may hing on getting some response from you out there > who would like to have a shot at the notes. By the same token, it will > be a good chance for others to start a block collection! > =========================================== > Mail Call > =========================================== > Dear Gram, > I do not suppose you have made it home yet, but I wanted to get this > to you before to much longer. > I will be arriving in PC on Thursday so I will need lodging for the > extra night. Double me up with a smoker, if there are any of us > left... and let me know what the damages are going to be. > > Jack > > Dear Jack, > See below. I do not think that there are any smokers available. > Anyone? > > Editor > > Dear Gram, > Time for me to register for Fest VII. Current gram does not have > registration info. Pls advise by return e-mail fest fee + extra charge > for single occupancy hotel room. > Also, please advise if your paypal ID is still fredschwan@yahoo.com > > Thanks, > Brett Irick > Dearborn MI > > Dear Brett, > Thanks for catching me on this lack of info. The single registration > rate is $198, double is $148. > Yes, > for paypal, use fredschwan@yahoo.com. I will put this info in the > notice below. > > Editor > > Dear Gram, > I did not know there was a pay distribution at FUN at the memorial > for Leo May. I had my challenge coin & paybook & show & tell with me. > I am a new recruit & I am ignorant of some of the rules. Is it > possible to get this pay so I do not have to spend Sat night in the > barracks. > I took some pictures at the memorial & will get them to you when I > get time to download my camera. > > Bill Myers > > Dear Bill, > Let's wait to see what the membership has to say. > > Editor > =========================================== > Calendar > =========================================== > 2006 > > 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$$, Mark Watson, Ron Waddel, Rachel > Feller, Ed Beaman, Carlson Chambliss, Sam Feeback, Jim > Deborah* Crowe#, Pia and Ray Bows, Brett Irik, Judy and Fred Schwan > Running totals: overall 38; new festers 7. $ paid, $$ paid single, # > new Fester, *special services auxiliary. Single occupancy registration > is $198, double is $148. Remember, this includes, room board and > participation. > > 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 for 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. > > Books from the Leo May library. Address orders to the Gram. $4.00 > postage on all orders. Reserve your books now by writing > MPCgram@yahoo.com, payment will be later. > > More items from the Leo May library. It is hard to figure the postage, > but we are not trying to make money on the postage. Buy as much as you > like, we will combine it all and charge you approximately what it > costs to send. The only reason that we will not charge the exact > amount is that we do not want to be bound to the work of keeping track > of every cent. > > Illustrated World War II Encyclopedia, 24 volumes. > This set has been promoted by various publishers. It is a good set and > often available at less than issue price. That is the case here. You > can have the set of > 24 volumes for $25 plus postage (estimate 24 pounds). > > Dog Tags A History of the American Military Identification Tag 1861 to > 2002 by Paul Braddock. > Softbound, new condition, autographed by the author. > New condition. $20. > > World Notgeld 1914-1947 by Courtney L. Coffing second edition. New, > but not perfect condition. $15! > > Prisoner of War and Concentration Camp Money by Lance Campbell, second > edition. The cover has been mangled. > $5 > > Sutler Paper Money by Kenneth Keller, paper bound, new condition, > interesting book. $20. > > > left from yesterday > > British Armed Forces Special Vouchers by T. F. A. > van > Elmpt, the classic book. This copy autographed to Leo by the author: > $40.00 > > The Japanese Occupation of Malaya (Singapore) and its currency by Wong > Hon Sum. A great and scarce book. > Mostly in color with lots of information. Most of it is in English. > $100 > > Catalogue of European Paper Money since 1900 by Albert Pick, second > edition 1974, $5 > > Standard Catalog of Malaysia Singapore Brunei by Steven Tang, 16th > edition, in color. $30 > > The Catalog of Japanese Coins and Bank Notes, 1992. > $5 > > Illustrated History of the Third Reich by Alex Hook (not a numismatic > book but a fascinating history/photo > book) $35 > > Standard Catalog of World Paper Money Volme 3, 8th edition, modestly > used, $10 > > Military Fest Ccertificates II Remembered mistory in your hands by Al > Glaser, in color, beautiful and rare, with card presented to Leo May; > $60 > > Confederate and Southern States Currency by Grover Criswell > autographed to Leo May by the author. $50 > > World War II Remembered by Schwan and Boling, mint condition $65 > > Philippine and Guerrilla Currency of World War II by Neil Shafer, > autographed to Leo May with personal comments by the author. Jacket in > tatters. $85 > > The Numismatic Aspects of Leprosy by Roger McFadden et al, scarce new > condition $50 > > Set of catalogs of Comprehensive Catalog of Military Payment > Certificates consisting of matched numbered set #28 (of 46) of the 4th > edition researcher’s edition and fourth edition as well as a mint (but > not > numbered) 4th edition. Three books $125.00 > > 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: > > Publisher, editor: Fred Schwan > fred@papermoneyworld.net; Subscription Manager:Doug > Bell- doug@papermoneyworld.net Tuesday Columnist : > JoeBoling- JoeBoling@aol.com Friday Columnist: > Warner > Talso: wtalso@aol.com Fest Auctioneer: Larry "Ski"Smulczenski - > skitx@cox.net, Critic:Harold Kroll > - HARBONS@aol.com Scholarship Coordinator: > Marcus Turner- marucs@papermoneyworld.net; Webmaster and Technical > Advisors:Doug Bell "Wiz" - doug@papermoneyworld.net Russ Walsh - > russ.walsh@gte.net Fact Checker: Warner Talso -Calendar Coordinator: > John and Nancy Wilson -The > Boss: Judy Schwan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > MPC Gram is published by BNR Press and papermoneyworld.com as a free > service to the community of military money collectors. 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