From: MPCgram [mpcgram@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 6:46 AM To: Doug Bell Subject: Fwd: MPCGram 1414 --- MPCgram wrote: > Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:06:04 -0800 (PST) > From: MPCgram > Subject: MPCGram 1414 > To: mpcgram@papermoneyworld.net > > ------------------------ > / MPC Gram News Letter / > ----------------------- > > =========================================== > MPC GRAM > =========================================== > Vol 7, no 1414 Tuesday January 17, 2006 > > Another bond ad using a Japanese bond as "bait" > > by Joe Boling > > I was working on my backlog of unaccessioned bonds two nights ago, > and came across a very interesting item. It is an advertisement > promoting US bonds, using a Japanese bond as an example of what the US > buyers should be emulating - similar to the Life magazine ad from the > National Dairy Products Corporation that is shown in SB (page 565). > This one is from the Reardon company (not otherwise described - I > don't know what kind of business they were in), and the ad copy is not > nearly as explicit as the one in Life (in terms of describing how > Japanese consumers are sacrificing for the war effort). But the part > of the piece that is so intriguing is the serial number of the bond - > mu 121304. This is one number higher than the piece that the Dairy > Corporation used. > So, who acquired a consecutive group of these Japanese China Incident > treasury bonds and distributed them to advertising agencies to use for > ad copy? > The Reardon piece has the bond printed (somewhat > reduced) on one side of the sheet, and the ad copy on the other side, > in plain text - not very fancy. It was a stand-alone flyer, not a page > in a magazine. But the side with the bond shows that it is complete - > all coupons present. The one in the Life ad is folded under so we > can't see the bottom row, and can't tell whether it is complete. This > bond was issued 13 December 1940, so the first coupon should have been > clipped and redeemed before our borders with Japan were closed in > December 1941. If the bond was being held by a fiduciary institution > in the US, I would expect that to have happened on schedule. > Similarly, if the bonds were being held outside the US, I would have > expected coupons to be clipped up to the time they came into US > custody. So these unclipped bonds (and any others numbered on either > side of them) must have been held by someone in the US who could not > submit the first coupon on schedule, and who subsequently lost control > of the pieces in some manner that I cannot guess. Have any gramsters > run into accounts of Japanese-related assets being confiscated? > Also of current interest is my source for this piece > - Leo May, at the New York 1997 ANA convention. Cost $10. > *********************************************************** > Championship Question Corner > > Question: How much money did the Japanese War Notes Claimants > Association of the Philippines - JAPWANCAP recover from the US > government? Question 59, difficulty 2. What is the highest block > number confirmed for Philippine JIM? Question 60, difficulty 2. > > Yesterday's question: What issue of JIM has frequently been advertised > as having been intended for the invasion of the United States? > Question 57, difficulty 2. What was operation Greenville? Question 58, > difficulty 3. > > The answer is: the columnists below have all of the info. > > Comments from the field: Champ Jack Hunter wrote: It seems that you > are stuck on the Malayan issues lately. > Because Malaya notes were denominated in "Dollars" > it > was an easy assumption that they were intended for the invasion of > America. Operation Greenville was, again a Malayan issue. Under Col. > Eifler, the OSS / SOE produced counterfeit notes of Malaya JIM. Have a > safe trip. > Bill Meyers wrote: Malaya JIM was in dollars and cents so falsely > advertised as US invasion money. > Operation > Grenville was the SOE operation to counterfeit Burmese & Malayan JIM. > ========================================== > Editorial > ========================================== > We only managed to make it to central Florida yesterday after a week > in Miami. Partially that was from fatigue at looking at notes. I told > someone on the phone that I had actually gotten tired of looking at > note--yeah, like getting tired of studying Playboy magazine. > Between shopping for oranges and stopping for coffee, we just did > not make it very far. I think that the real problem was hesitancy to > leave Florida. The combination of no hurricanes or snow is a powerful > one. > Today is starting out about the same. Even though I am not sitting > at the pool writing this, I could be, and the sun is streaming through > the motel window, it is altogether beautiful, and I am having > difficulty getting going this morning. This is exacerbated by some > difficulties with the hotel internet connection (shades of Wayne > Homren). > Nonetheless, I need to get going. I am going to try hard to find > some actual numismatic adventures along the way today and tomorrow. I > have a few possibilities in mind. > I loved Joe's find of another Japanese bond in an advertisement. > Heck, I loved the first one so this one has to be great too. It is > antother example of my opinion that numismatics is everywhere. > =========================================== > Mail Call > =========================================== > Dear Gram, > No, gilt is gold plate. If the rays are all silver (filled with > white enamel, of course), then it is the 6th class, the lowest of the > enameled classes, and about on a par with what I would expect a > foreigner who was not a flag officer to receive. > > Joe > > Dear Gram, > After some problems I worked out the transportation so put me down > for Fest VII! > > Neil Shafer > > Dear Editor, > Greetings, I am a bit behind in reading my Grams but I noticed that > your answer to Question #37 in Gram > #1407 about 'unissued JIM' was: "un-issued JIM was for > USSR"..........I say "What about the un-issued JIM for INDIA??? Did I > miss the follow up? > I managed to come across some MRE's up here in North East Kenya near > to the Somalia border. Maybe I have been out in the bush too long but > they are delicious! Meat Loaf in gravey along with a nice little > bottle of Tabasco sauce, crackers (not hard tack), and a powdered kool > aid type concoction. > These are leftovers literally from the Marines exercises up in this > area 1 and half years ago...... > > Murray Hanewich > Inside IBNS Newsletter Editor > > Dear Murray, > I am sorry, but I do not have a clue what Indian pieces you are > talking about. Azad Hind perhaps. > Interesting idea, but no confirmed pieces that I know of. Tell us more > please. > Amazingly, I have something to add on the MRE front too! Leo had a > case of MREs in his office hidden under bank notes, Nazi souvenirs, > beanie babbies, bank note albums, Disney dollars, and some less > important things. Possibly the MREs were from the Fest when Doug Bell > arranged to serve them. I thought about selling them (or trying too), > but Valerie found someone to give them to. > > 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.$$ (smoke), Dave > Hunsicker#, Gary Hicks, Adolf Witzke (smoke), John Cheney$$, Mark > Watson, Ron Waddel, Rachel Feller, Ed Beaman, Carlson Chambliss, Sam > Feeback, Jim Deborah* Crowe#, Pia and Ray Bows, Brett Irik$$, Neil > Shafer, Judy and Fred Schwan Running totals: overall 39; new festers > 7. $ paid, $$ 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 > > 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. > > Donations are now being accepted for the 2006 scholarship fund. > Applications are also being accepted for the 2006 scholarships. > > 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 > > Contributors to the 2005 scholarship were: 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. 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A good value at $25. > > 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. > > 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 > > 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. > ============================================= > 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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