From: MPCgram [mpcgram@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 6:43 AM To: Doug Bell Subject: Fwd: MPCGram 1423 --- MPCgram wrote: > Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 19:56:06 -0800 (PST) > From: MPCgram > Subject: MPCGram 1423 > To: mpcgram@papermoneyworld.net > > ------------------------ > / MPC Gram News Letter / > ----------------------- > > =========================================== > MPC GRAM > =========================================== > Vol 7, no 1423 Friday > February 3, 2006 > > Auction Preview > > by Larry "Ski" Smulczenski > > It appears that we will again have a very interesting and successful > auction at this years Fest. There are plenty of things in the listing > that each and every gramster will probably be interested in and can > add to their collections. There are some rare and expensive lots and > also many inexpensive items that possibly can be stolen. Again as in > the past, there have been a number of very generous individuals that > have donated items to the auction with the proceeds going to the > scholarship fund. Our sincere thanks and appreciation go out to each > and every one of them. Although we appreciate every donation, I would > like to highlight the donations of three individuals. Ed Hoffman who > has long been a dealer of MPC and other military notes generously > donated four lovely MPC replacements. > These > include a series 541/25c note in fine condition which is quite nice > but does have a number "9" in crayon on the right side of the face. > This note (F00048462) is not listed in the catalog and the serial > number is significantly lower than the lowest one listed. Also donated > are 541/50c (F00314243) in VF, 591/5c > (G00249810) Fine and 692/5c (E00661618) Fine. The first two are not > listed in the catalog, the third one is but notice that it is a > Flipper. These are all great items looking for a new home. > The other two individuals that I would like to mention are Dave > Seelye and Val May. Dave has always generously supported our cause and > this year was no exception. Roger Urce has already reviewed the > Special Cash Book from the USS Jack W. Wilke that we had perused at > FUN. Some of the other items that Dave donated are a brand new Black > light, a panoramic photo of the Roosevelt Dam (Vignette from the back > of the 692/$20), great catalog of Danish military notes, and two super > Posters mounted on canvas. Valerie has donated a group of items in > memory of Leo to benefit the scholarship program. Some of these > include a $50 Chinese Aviation Bond, two Newfoundland War Savings > Certificates, a group of chit books and some Numismatic Circulating > Checks from Leo May Enterprises signed by Fred Schwan and dated in > April of 1995. I don't remember seeing these Circulating Checks before > and as I understand what I have heard is that this was the first > attempt at creating a circulating medium of exchange in the numismatic > community. Could this be the forerunner to MFC and how many of them > still exist? > Thanks also to Wendell Wolka, Adolf Witzke, Dick and Loretta > Freyser, Gail Baker, Colin Bruce, Masaki Yosihmura, Al Glaser, Ron > Waddell, Dan and Kathy Freeland, Tom Warburton, John and Nancy Wilson > and Howard Daniel. > Some of the other great items that you might want to look for > include the three specimen booklets that have been the feature item of > a previous Gram. These are super items. We also have three Thai and > one Korean coupon that will be up for bids. An item that has not been > seen before is a MPC check redeemable in MPC or Francs issued thru the > American Express Company in Fontainbleau, France which was the first > Headquarters of NATO. A group of gasoline coupons, savings bonds and > MFC will also be available. Another neat item is an Azid Hind > counterstamped rupee coin that has been written about in the Gram. > Other coins/tokens included are a 25 ore Ministerie van Oorlog token, > a 3d Australian internment camp token, a set of four Irish internment > camp coins from Curragh and then my favorite. > Most of you know how I despise plastic but this is one I probably > will bid on. We have here an encapsulated 20 mark coin from the > Litzmannstadt Ghetto, S/B 1026 page 781. This coin is graded as AU-50 > and that is all. But if you are smart enough to go into WWII > Remembered, you will find that that this coin, encased in plastic in a > well known company's slab is indeed a counterfeit as it does not have > the small triangle on the reverse as described in the book. The > self-proclaimed experts goofed and if you buy plastic instead of > reading the book you would have paid six times what you should have > for this little gem. That is my word to the wise: read the book. > There are many other neat things including sets of AMC stamps, Rosie > the Rivet items, ration items, books, manuals and a great photo album > with pictures of postwar Japan that you might want to look at, but > that's enough to wet you whistle for the time being. > We will try to get a copy of the auction in the Gram in the next week > or so. By the way, for you that did not get your lots in, sorry, but > the auction is closed until next year. > *********************************************************** > Championship Question Corner > > Question: What colony had the Grand Pacific Hotel that issued card > small change notes? Question 74, difficulty 2. What printer > manufactured Luxemburg Liberation notes? Question 75, difficulty 1. > Sticking > with the idea of printers and a bonus THIRD > question: > what two printers produced notes for Martinique during World War II? > Question 76, difficulty 3. (more like > 2.5 or 2.4, but ok 3). > > Yesterday's question: British Military Authority notes were issued > with overprints for three countries. > What > are they? Question 72, difficulty 2. Felix Eboue was made the governor > general of what colony by General de Gaulle? Question 73, difficulty > 3. > > The answer is: It is amazing how few people know the answer to the BMA > question. It has been asked very year and in most years more than > once. In the early round it might show up as name one country. In the > late rounds of course we might ask for all three. We might even ask > what US city also appears on a > (replica) BMA note (this is a free bonus question for today). > > Comments from the field: Jack (champ) Hunter worte: > BMA notes were overprinted for Bulgaria, France and Greece. Felix > Eboue, who's portrait appears on the 100 francs note of  L'Afrique > Equatoriale Francaise. > Chad. > French Equatorial Africa. Cool note btw. [I think that Jack is saying > that the answer is Chad. That is not correct.] Bill Myers wrote: The > initial BMA were overprinted with Bulgaria, France & Greece. Felix > Eboue was appointed Governor of French Equitorial Africa. [The twist > and the reason for the difficulty > 3 > rating is that Eboue was governor of Chad when the war stated. After > France fell, de Guale appointed him governor general of French > Equatorial Africa.] ========================================== > Editorial > ========================================== > That the Fest is less than a month away is not all that surprising to > me. What IS surprising is that it is Fest VII that we are talking > about. But then again, I remember making a wager on Super Bowl I. > I think that it was in 1422 that Ed Beaman took me to task for an > editorial decision to in his view withold some information from the > Gram. I would prefer to say that I elegantly coordinated the > information, but still I appreciate the comments. This issue has come > up in a serious way only one time before. In that case, I think that > the complaint was absolutely correct and that it was a mistake to > withhold the info (thanks TK). > In this case I still think that the overall good was best served in > the way that it was handled. Part of this opinion is based upon the > fact that there was very little liklliehood of harm for a Gramster by > waiting two weeks to get the info. After all, the only one who could > remotely be hurt might be a person who might be offerred a Serie 591 > 25 cent replacement during that time. In such an unlikely case, that > would be a very lucky person indeed whether it was the first or second > one reported. > I recently have had feedback that both the Bank Note Reporter and > the Gram have powerful reaches. Jane at the ANA told me that she > received 17 emails about the increase in seminar rates based on the > Gram article. > I > think that is great. Spectacular even. On the other hand, both > yesterday and today I received contratulatory calls from collectors > based upon the BNR story. > What are our rights and responsibilities as editor? > Neither of these is very well defined and I admit to no formal (or > informal for that matter) training in this area other than being an > avid reader. > We edit, that is change, many articles and letters that arrive. > Obviously, we (I) change them because I think that the change is > necessary or desirable. In only one case did I not publish a letter > because I thought that it was biased, ugly, incorrect or all three. > Oops, now that I think about it, there may have been two cases like > his. > One writer told me that he likes to see how I changed his material > and that he learns from it. > It does not happen so much any more, but I routinely change obverse > to face when a writer is talking about a note. I often change > capitalization, but for example with Ed's letter(s), I do not do that > because his use of capitalization is creative and is part of his > personality and message. > I routinely remove titles from names because I feel that we are a > fun hobby publication, not a professional journal of any kind. An > exception to this is Howard Daniel who routinely calls himself The > Master Sergeant. Instead of finding this pretentious, I find it cute > or quaint and more like a nick name than a title. Indeed, I will not > bore you with my view of whether this is actually a title at all. > I frequently hold a letter or even a news item with a plan of > coordinating several items. Of coruse as with all of the above issues, > I too can make mistakes. > While I am always willing to apologize for them (or refund > subscriptions), I certainly cannot promise that it will not happen > again. > Thank you for listening. I welcome your thoughts. > ========================================== > Mail Call > =========================================== > Dear Editor, > My name is Leah Hoffmann and I'm a reporter for Forbes.com. I got > your contact information from Fred Reed at Paper Money -- I'm hoping > to write an article about World War II veterans who collected or still > collect short snorters, and he told me that you might be able to help > me locate people who are willing to chat with me about their > collections. I'd be particularly interested in hearing from actual > World War II vets (or their children). Our offices are in New York > City, so it'd be great if you knew of any New York area collectors so > that I could interview them in person. I could also, of course, > correspond with people via phone or email. > I'm working on a rather tight deadline for this story, so if you > think you'll be able to help me track down some short snorter > collectors, please let me know as soon as possible. > > Thanks again, > > Leah > > Leah Hoffmann > Staff Writer, Forbes.com > lhoffmann@forbes.net > > Dear Leah, > I do not know anyone right off hand who meets your needs. (Tom > Warburton, do you have recollections of short snorters?) I hope that a > Gramster can help you. > In the mean time, we will be happy to help you in any other way that > we can. > > Editor > > > Dear Editor, > What is the cost per night in excess of the $148.00 for a double > room? Since I will be coming in Thursday, I need a room for that > night. You may want to include that in the Gram information for the > Fest. Can you also list Sparky's email. > > Jim Downey > > P.S. > > I have come across a couple more varieties of Armed Forces Leave > checks and a Defense Bond Refund check. > > Do you want copies? If so, do you want them emailed. > I will have the originals at Fest. > > JAD > > Dear Jim, > Good questions. I have added some of the information to the Fest > page below. The easy part is that extra room nights are (only) $44. > The problem comes because people coming on Thursday or Staying Sunday > etc may not have the same (or any) roommate available for the extra > nights. > How late are you arriving on Thursday? We have a new event in the > works for Thursday night (see the next Gram (sorry Ed)). Also there is > the bourse banquet, more on that later too. > > Dear Gram, > Corrections to the fester list for fest-next - The following names > are misspelled: Roger Urce, Bill Myers, Ron Waddell, Brett Irick John > Cheney is listed twice. > > Joe > > Dear Joe, > Thank you for your comments. We are working on the list and need to > be it reconciled real soon. This means that if you have not sent in > your reservations, do so promptly please. If we have something wrong > about your listing, please tell us that too. Among other things, > Loretta and Marcus need to know registration information so please > speak up. > In the past, Ski has proposed a limit to Fest attendance. I think > that he is right. I think that we should limit Fest participation to > 66. That is the > 64 > players in a full March Madness tournament plus two officials. I do > not think that we are at risk of filling this year, but next year we > can probably reach that number. If we then get sufficient demand to go > beyond that number we may have to rethink the format. > > Editor > > Dear Editor, > Are you feeling OK? I just received this gram 1422 a few minutes > ago, and realized that it is the same > 1422 > sent out three days ago. I don't mind the extra copy mind you, but > they usually arrive within a few minutes of each other, but three > days? > Maybe Doc Tolek can take a look see? Or maybe you should call Dr. Gary > (who has fours?) Hicks. Get some HELP man!! > > Champ > > Grammeister: > Was there any purpose in sending out this Gram which seems to be a > repeat of the previous one! > > Richard > > Dear Editor, > I give up! Why was this one sent again?? > > Don > > Dear Readers, > Thank you for noticing. Possibly I needed some letters to the editor > to fill out a Gram, if so--it worked. > Could it be that I made a mistake? Could it be that the circulation > department was sending out freebes in the hope that you would leave > your extra copy in the latrine as a recruiting tool? Hm. > > 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$$, Harold Kroll, C & D Freeland, Roger > Urce, Pat Bethe, Karen Jach, Jack Hunter (champ), G. W. Slade$$#, > Larry 'Ski' > Smulczenski, Steve Swoish, Cuneyd Tolek, Loretta and Dick Freyser, Bob > Olson$$, Wendell Wolka, Jane* and Warner Talso, Howard Daniel$$#, > George Fitzgerald$, Doug Bell, David Seelye, Bill Haines, Bill Myers#, > Nick S.$$ (smoke), Dave Hunsicker#$, Al Glaser, Gary Hicks, Adolf > Witzke (smoke), John Cheney$$, Mark Watson, Ron Waddell, Rachel > Feller, Ed Beaman$$, Carlson Chambliss, Sam Feeback$$, Jim and > Deborah* Crowe#$$, Pia and Ray Bows##, Brett Irick$$, Neil Shafer$, > James White#$$, George Cuhaj#$$, John Watta#, anniversary couple > Louise and Joe Boling, Steve Feller, Ian and Bella Marshall, Wes > Hardy, Rod Hardy, Jack Lippincott$$, Judy and Fred Schwan Running > totals: overall 51; new festers 10. $ paid, $$ 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). Extra > nights are a little difficult to explain. The bottom line is that they > are > $44 per room. It is complicated because roommates do not necessarily > arrive and/or depart on the same day. > > Honor Roll: Mike Cummings, Robert Kutcher, Leo May. > > Mar 9-12 CPMX, Chicago, > http://www.collect.com/shows/article.asp?id=9585 > > 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 > > 7-9 April ANA convention, Atlanta > > June 1-3 Long Beach, mini fest to be announced > > 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 > ========================================== > 2006 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. (also Memphis Belle note purchasers and summer seminar > participants. irie Harris, Robert Connell, William Benton, 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. > > 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 > > 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. > > We are pleased to offer the following WWII items. > Contact: melsteinberg@mindspring.com > > FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA > 5 Francs, 1941 Free French issue P6 AU-UNC, > > tiny spot 95.00 > 5 Francs, 2.2.1944, Duval sign. P15a UNC > > 135.00 > 5 Francs, 2.2.1944, without serial numbers > P15c > AU-UNC 135.00 > 5 Francs, 2.2.1944, prefix D P15g AU-UNC > > 185.00 > 10 Francs, 2.2.1944, Duval sign. P16a AU > > 250.00 > 10 Francs, 2.2.1944, Postal-Vinay sign. P16c > > AU-UNC 300.00 > 10 Francs, 2.2.1944, prefix A P16d AU-UNC > > 325.00 > 20 Francs, 2.2.1944, Postal-Vinay sign. P17b > > choice EF-AU 325.00 > FRENCH WEST AFRICA > 5 Francs, 14.12.1942, E. A. Wright, wide V > P28a > UNC 30.00 > 5 Francs, 14.12.1942, E. A. Wright, narrow V > P28b AU-UNC 37.50 > 5 Francs, 14.12.1942, E. A. Wright, without serial > numbers P28c UNC 150.00 > 10 Francs, 2.1.1943 P29 AU-UNC, 3 small > pinholes 250.00 > 25 Francs, 14.12.1942, E. A. Wright, block letters > F or L P30a UNC 85.00 > 25 Francs, 14.12.1942, E. A. Wright, French style > serial numbers P30b UNC 175.00 > 25 Francs, 14.12.1942, E. A. Wright, w/o serial > no. or block letter P30c1 UNC 300.00 > 25 Francs, 14.12.1942, E. A. Wright, block letter > P, w/o SN. P30c2 AU 275.00 > 100 Francs, 14.12.1942, E. A. Wright P31a > AU-UNC 250.00 > 100 Francs, 14.12.1942, E. A. Wright, w/o serial > no. or block letter P31b EF-AU 475.00 > 1000 Francs, 14.12.1942, ships, trains, best we > have seen P32 choice EF 1750.00 > 50 Centimes, (1944) P33 AU-UNC 25.00 > 50 Centimes, (1944), unlisted brown color P33 > > G 15.00 > 1 Franc, (1944) P34b EF 17.50 > 2 Francs, (1944) P35 AU-UNC 500.00 > > 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. > ============================================= > 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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