Return-Path: Received: from web5203.mail.yahoo.com ([216.115.106.97]) by niles.mail.mindspring.net (Mindspring Mail Service) with SMTP id t5ov8v.28r.37kbi1o for ; Wed, 10 Jan 2001 10:17:51 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20010110151749.25343.qmail@web5203.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [205.188.200.39] by web5203.mail.yahoo.com; Wed, 10 Jan 2001 07:17:49 PST Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 07:17:49 -0800 (PST) From: MPCgram Subject: MPC Gram 220 To: mpcgram@yahoo.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii ==================================================== MPC Gram ==================================================== Covering the Entire World of Military Numismatics ---------------------------------------------------- Series 002-Number 220 Wednesday -10 January 2001 World Record Price for MPC Item by Fred Schwan An MPC world record for price set on Friday. It has been reported that the record could have been broken later when the buyer turned down a profit. The price was a walloping $35, the item was a wrapper for MPC series 692 $20! Wrappers are popular and seldom found, but this is a special wrapper. It is not a BEP (or contractor) wrapper. This is a wrapper created by American Express for use in its military banking facilities. The branch at Headquarters Macv, Saigon, issued this particular one. The branch and date (30 Oct 1970) are stamped on the wrapper but other information is printed. MPC $2000 indicating that this wrapper was intended for $20 certificates is printed three times on the wrapper. Most significantly is the imprint AE-148 (12-69) indicating that this wrapper was part of a system of bank forms used by American Express and that it was printed in December 1969. Since the stamped date on the wrapper is only three days after the conversion to series 692, it is possible that this wrapper was specifically prepared and used for the conversion from 681 to 692, but that will be difficult at best to prove. This wrapper was brought home by a collector who has had it the entire time. He came by the table at FUN. I tried to trade him a year's subscription to the gram from the wrapper. Then I tried 10 years to no avail, but cash did the trick! Then I threw in the subscription! The wrapper is one of a group of items known as throwaways. End labels and even wooden boxes fit in the category. Blank forms fit in too. Throwaways seldom are worth a lot of money, but are often keenly sought by collectors. ==================================================== Editorial ----------------------------------------------------Chat has been very slow or slower for the past few weeks. I am guilty of not participating during this time. In my case as with many others I am sure that there are various reasons. I have discussed the matter with a few players and think that we should try a weekly MPC chat format. The chat would still be active every night at the normal time, but by pushing to get participation on a given evening we can all look forward to it, have something to talk about, and participate! It is short notice, but I suggest that we try this with this coming Friday as the first edition. At the chat we can discuss the future of chat for one thing. Of course we also would like to have your ideas for publication here. See you Friday, 10pm eastern. ==================================================== Mail Call ---------------------------------------------------- I saw the [missing/stolen] 641R 10-cent piece for sale on Thursday Where I know not!! Nick S. Dear Gram, Thank you for adding me to your list to receive the MPCGRAM. I have collected for a number of years. Unfortunately, back in 1975, I had to sell my collection of MPC (lacking 2 notes) to make the down payment on our house. Through the years, I am slowly rebuilding my collection. It is amazing how prices have gone up over the years, well, everything has. My latest "find" was a plate block set of 50 pieces. of the Series 641-$10 MPC, found on ebay for under $200.00. I guess that it took a while for someone to build this set. Anyway, happy collecting, Dennis Earle Dear Gram, Glad you published Ken's article on our AMC research. We had a great time with that! One important notation-The year of research and the Whitman Numismatic Journal publication is 1968, not 1969. The November 1968 issue is practically all devoted to this subject. I have also just finished writing a longer synopsis of the whole episode too, using more of the text from the 1968 magazine since so many present-day collectors would not have had access to that issue. It will appear as one (or two) of the articles in my monthly BNR column, probably starting around April or thereabouts. Regards, Neil S. Dear Neil (and Ken and readers), Yes, that was a great article (the 1968 article and Ken's from Monday). The date mistake was ours, not Ken's. He had given use the correction, but I failed to make it correctly. Fred =================================================== Departments --------------------------------------------------- WWII numismatics seminar at ANA Summer Seminar 2001 --------------------------------------------------- Not only does the scholarship fund have an official identity but also has a bank account! Any further donations should be paid to the order of "Military Numismatists Scholarship" and sent to: Military Numismatists c/o Marcus Turner 8103 East US Highway 36 Suite 163 Avon, IN 46123 THE UPDATED LIST OF SCHOLARSHIP BENEFACTORS 11/22/00. These folks have generously provided money or material to finance scholarships to the ANA WWII Numismatics seminar. Your contributions will help promote collecting WWII material and be greatly appreciated. Mike Cummings Ed B. Doug Bell R. A. Medina Harold MPCKid Kroll Bill McNese Marcus Turner Larry Ski Fred PK6 Joel Shafer World Wide Ventures John & Nancy Wilson Neil Shafer ----------------------------------------------------- MPC Fest II ----------------------------------------------------- MPC Fest is the annual feast of MPC. After some difficulties of coordination we have not changed the dates and tentatively scheduled 9-11 March 2001 for MPC Fest II. If these dates cause a problem, please write the gram immediately. ==================================================== Post/Base Exchange (PX/BX/NEX) Dump your dupes! Your classified advertisement for items for sale 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. Send in a list of items for sale and we will list them here in the gram. In all cases confirm your order via email first. MPC Series 471 5c uncirculated $100. Ian Marshall, please e-mail for confirmation. iam@total.net. MPC Series 681 $1 with aviator vignette CU, $17. verify at fred@papermoneyworld.com. =================================================== Staff: publisher and editor: Fred Schwan - fred@papermoneyworld.com; assistant editor - Phil Goldstein critic: Harold Kroll - MPCKid@papermoneyworld.com; index manager: Ed Beaman webmaster & technical advisor: Doug Bell - (Wiz): doug@papermoneyworld.com; 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. Your suggestions, criticisms, complaints, editorial contributions, letters, and even praise are very welcome. The entire contents including linked illustrations are copyright protected by the publishers. In the case of contributors, the copyright is protected on behalf of the creators. Please send all correspondence regarding the gram to MPCgram@yahoo.com. 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