From: MPCgram [mpcgram@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 6:47 AM To: Doug Bell Subject: Fwd: MPCGram 1411 --- MPCgram wrote: > Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 21:59:55 -0800 (PST) > From: MPCgram > Subject: MPCGram 1411 > To: mpcgram@papermoneyworld.net > > ------------------------ > / MPC Gram News Letter / > ----------------------- > > =========================================== > MPC GRAM > =========================================== > Vol 7, no 1411 Friday January 13, 2006 > > JIM Fest > > Theme Fest? Fest with a theme? For the first time MPCFest 7 will > have a theme. The idea is to announce a theme to encourage people to > bring a certain type of material to the Fest and/or to have > presentations in line with the theme. It is always possible that a > swap session will break out on the theme as well. That is particularly > true this year because the theme is going to be Japanese Invasion > Money. > This theme became obvious over the past few days as the letters > have been flying about the May JIM. Kind of a nice ring to that like > Mayday. > The Fest theme is not to be confused with the underground, > unsanctioned, discouraged, and entirely unpredictable unofficial Fest > name. Interestingly, however, the unoffical title for Fest II--Next > Fest--was coined by non other than the ol paymaster himself. > So, bring your JIM, your lists, magnifying glass, UV light and some > money and be prepared to play with JIM. > > > Auctioneer Address Corrected > > The email address of ye ol Fest auctioneer Larry Ski Smulczenski has > been incorectly listed in the Gram. > The correct address is SkiTex@cox.net. Contact him with auction > issues. > *********************************************************** > Championship Question Corner > > Question: What issue of Japanese Invasion Money has a souvenir > overprint which states Grim Memories/1941-1945. Question 54, > difficulty 2. > Bonus: > Who introduced the term JIM to numismatics to identify the multiple > issues of Japanese occupation money? > Question 55, diffituly 4 (out of 3!). > > Yesterday's question: In what states were the headquarters of > Stecher-Traung, Forbes Lthograph, and E. A. Wright? Question 53, > difficulty 2. > > The answer is: See below where Bill Meyers has the right answers and > some commentary as well. > > Comments from the field: Bill Meyers wrote: In what states were the > headquarters of Stecher-Traung,(San Francisco, CA), Forbes Lithograph > (Chelsea, MA), and E. A. Wright (Philadelphia, PA). I add more > information then requested to help me learn extra information in case > it is a test question. > ========================================== > Editorial > ========================================== > In the last few days I talked about the Babin pamphlet on Japanese > medal, orders, and decorations. We also had the obituray of Leo May, > Sr in yesterday's Gram. > This evening at dinner Valerie May was talking about the May family. > She mentioned that a medal that he had earned had been handed down to > Leo Jr. When I asked her what the medal was, she showed me where Leo > had it proudly displayed in a wall frame. I was surprised at what I > found. I expected a Legion of Merit or something like that. To my > surprise it was a Japanese medal. That sent me back to the obituary to > verify that Captain May had been stationed in Japan after the war and > he had. I recognized the medal as Japanese, but I did not know for > sure what it was. That sent me to the Babin pamphlet and ther it was > Order of the Sacred Treasure, commander. > =========================================== > Mail Call > =========================================== > Dear Gram, > For many years Leo and I traded, exchanged, bought and sold JIM with > each other to build our colletions. > I think that it will be wonderful to have his JIM at the FEST. I look > forward to looking for some pieces for my collection and think that it > is a fitting tribute to Leo to have it there and give everyong a > chance to find something. > > Neil Shafer > > Dear Editor, > I saw your editorial regarding Leo's JIM collection possibly > becoming available for collectors. Could I sent you a wish list of > block letters for purchase? > I did not know Leo, but it is clear from the comments sent from the > Gram readers that we lost a great friend of our collecting passion. My > best goes to Val and his surviving family. > > K > > Dear K, > Thanks for writing. There is no possibility that I will publish a > list. (Zero chances, zip, dada, nil) The best way to guarantee your > chances is to come to the Fest, you will like it I am confident. > If you cannot get a pass to come to the Fest (shame), you might be > able to find a volunteer to search using your check list. If that > interests you (or anyone else for that matter), write another letter > to asking for such help and we might find a volunteer or two. > Next, a few people have approached me about buying the whole thing > after the Fest. I think that this is going to happen (details probably > will be announced at the time) so you could try corresponding with the > buyer. > Finally, possibly the buyer will run lists of the notes in the PX. > I really think that you should come to the Fest. > > Fred > =========================================== > 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.$$ (smoke), Dave > Hunsicker#, Gary Hicks, Adolf Witzke (smoke), John Cheney$$, 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. > Payment may be sent to Fred Schwan, 132 E. Second Street, Port > Clinton, OH 43452 or you may use PayPal (fredschwan@yahoo.com). > > 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. Thank you for the excellent participation in the May > book sale. > This > is probably the final listing of books. It has been updated with some > new books and deletion of those that have been sold. > > A catalog of Brazilian bank notes in Portuguese, but with nice color > illustrations and autographed to Leo by the author. Cedulas do Brasil > 1833 a 1997. only > $8 > > The Early Paper Money of America by Eric Newman, > 1976 > edition. Jacket mared, but book in great condition and a great book it > is too. $15 > > A History of Bermuda and is paper Money, Nelson Page Aspen, second > edition, color throughout. Generic autograph of the author. An > expensive book; $50 > > Collect Australian coins and Banknotes by Peter Steele, second > edition 1988; $8 > > Boggs, a comedy of values, by Lawrence Weschler, $25 > > World Replacement Note Country List by Larry parker, Second Edition > 1989; $15 > > A Comprehensive Variety List of Scottish 1 Pound Bank Notes Issues > Since 1900 by John Martin, 1995. With a handwritten letter from the > author to Leo about the book and Leo’s advert which is in the comb > bound > book: > $15 (included with the above is a similar title by the same author > from a year earlier) > > The Illustrated History of Florida Paper Money by Daniel G. Cassidy. A > decidedly scarce and useful > book: > $30 > > KGL Katalog des Papiergeldes der Deutschen Kriegsgefangenlage im I. > Weltkrieg by Reinhard Tieste, > 1998 [Catalog of Paper Money of German POW Camps in World War I]. Text > all in German, but well illustrated and understandable: $35 > > 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. > > 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 > > 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 > > 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 - > skitex@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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