Status: U Return-Path: Received: from web5203.mail.yahoo.com ([216.115.106.97]) by osgood.mail.mindspring.net (Earthlink Mail Service) with SMTP id t881j5.at1.30ahi43 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 10:01:57 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20010209150153.22778.qmail@web5203.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [152.163.197.183] by web5203.mail.yahoo.com; Fri, 09 Feb 2001 07:01:53 PST Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 07:01:53 -0800 (PST) From: MPCgram Subject: MPC Gram 249 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 249 Friday 9 February 2001 Scholarship Series 701 Auction Ends The auction of the set of Series 701 MPC (ebay item 1212214874) for the benefit of the scholarship fund ends tonight at 7:20pm Pacific time. At press time the high bid was over $2000. How high will it go? The planners of this auction (Marcus) were brilliant. The auction ends during the traditional MPC chat hours! Tonight we will have a special chat starting with discussion of this important auction. This is an opportunity to break all chat participation records. Punkte Info By Mikhail Istomin, Kharkov, Ukraine, IBNS 6811 I would like to comment on the German PUNKTE issued at the occupied Soviet territories during the World War II. For reference see page 801 in the monumental work by Schwan & Boling. PUNKTE of 1, 3, 5 and 10 were issued in the North West of Russia (city of Pskov) and were known as Wi in Nord Punkte. (See description in the catalogue) Actually they were placed in the section of Belarus. However, PUNKTE for Belarus were also issued: in 1943 in German and Russian - 1, 3, 5 and 10 punkte in 1944 in German and Bielorussian - 1, 3, 5 and 10 punkte Both issues are rather scarce. Denly Donates Dealer Tom Denly of Denlys of Boston has made a generous CASH donation to the scholarship fund. This donation is effectively trippled because two other contributors have donated matching funds! Denly probably would claim to be a better fisherman than numismatist, but many dispute this claim. One thing is certain, he spends more time fishing than catching! Tom deals in all types of paper money. His inventory always includes some interesting MPC and he has handled great rarities including the Series 541 and 591 $5 replacements! Readers are encouraged to check out his notes at any of the many shows that Tom attends or see his advertisements in the Bank Note Reporter. Negotiations are underway to include some of his material here in the gram. ==================================================== Editorial ---------------------------------------------------- We have more than twenty Festers signed up. We have 200 Gramsters. We have an untold number of MPC (etc) collectors. It hardly seems fair that the Festers will have all of the fun. How can we extend some of the fun to those who cannot attend? I have bee thinking about that for the past few days and have a few ideas and expect that you might have some more. I am quite sure that we will have a computer (probably several) hooked up so we will certainly have live chat on Friday, Saturday and probably Sunday night (if anyone can stay awake at this end). That will be good. Doug "Wiz" Bell is studying the prospects of having a live web broadcast of some of the events. That would be real cool. We will certainly have a gram for each day so that well help. Last year a few nonFesters ordered some of the Fest money and souvenir cards. We can try to expand this program to include everything from the fest. It will be a pain and not cheap, but probably worthwhile. I am quite sure that we will have a benefit raffle. It will support the scholarship and Fest activities. If we start selling the tickets soon, everyone can take part. Heck, the drawing would be a candidate for a live broadcast. The winner would certainly be announced in the gram (I love those predictable news events). Here is a more radical--and difficult--idea. What do you think about having an auction at the Fest? It would be much like the auctions held at thousands of coin club meetings. The extra twist that I have in mind is that those not in attendance can send in items for inclusion and the list of items can be sent out in the Saturday gram for the auction on Sunday morning. Gramsters could send in bids for execution on the floor. This should be a little complicated, but interesting, and possible. What do you think? Are there other things that you can think of that can or should be done? =================================================== Mail Call --------------------------------------------------- Dear Gram, Well, we have all heard and read about the scholarship program. It is now time to get the ball rolling for that who have a desire to apply for same. If we are going to have people use the funds, we need to establish the ground rules for those wanting to attend in July! I suggest the following. Those desiring to use scholarship funds submit an essay type letter. It should include the persons name, address, (email if they have one) and collecting interest. They should be required to include the reason for applying for the scholarship, and a brief history of their collection of military money. After the letters have been received, or during this time they are being solicited, a team or members of M2C2 be assigned or ask to review each essay and based on amount of funds available, a section be made as to those who are going to receive the scholarship. Time is running out. Schedules need to be made, and reservation made. Lets don't wait to the last minute. Marv Dear Marv, Thanks for all of the good thoughts. Applicant letters can and should be published in the gram. Editor Dear Gram, Just a quick note to tell you how much I enjoy perusing the "Gram." Great dedication to a field of collecting that truly deserves it. You asked on Wednesday for any anecdotes concerning Holger. I've got one that, while not directly related to Military collecting, might bring a smile to a few faces. lger's command of the English language was not perfect, though a damn sight better than my German! One day, a couple of years ago, he called and we were chatting about business. All was going normally until he told me that he had recently bought a "whorehouse" and was strapped for cash. My immediate reaction was, "what the heck is he talking about?" I said "A WHOREHOUSE? I didn't know that was even legal in Germany." He replied, "Of course. Isn't it legal all over the world?" I told him that it was legal in the US only in Nevada. I repeated my inquiry... "A whorehouse?" He replied "yah, yah, a whorehouse. You know the place where you store things. Yah, yah....like this." Well, I guess "wharehouse" is only one vowel away.........I still laugh about this and his tragic passing brought it to mind. A unique individual, a great businessman in his day, and one of the hardest workers I have ever met. A friend who will not be forgotten and a presence in our business that will be very hard to fill, if ever. Best regards Tony Pisciotta Dear Gram, It was a real shock to hear of Holger Rosenberg's untimely death. He was certainly one of the highest profile world paper money dealers in the world, as well as one of the most knowledgeable. You are absolutely right, he will be sorely missed. I had occasion to visit with him several years running in Milwaukee. He would arrive a couple of days before CPMX, we would look, talk, trade, buy-sell, and just have a grand time, then go down to Chicago and our separate ways. He always had some "special deals" with him; one of the nicest sets of DP camp scrip I have came from him on one of those visits. I hope we can get more details about what to him. The auction company he had run is now under a gentleman named Horst Michael "Mike" Cortrie. I believe the idea is to continue the auctions, though with what schedule I do not know. If I find out more I'll write. Neil S. Dear Gram- Just wanted to thank Larry "Ski" for his terrific information on the Philippines fractionals. I will have to locate a copy of "The Brotherhood of Money" and review this section! Also, congrats on the turnout numbers to date for the MPC Fest. I assume there will be on-site reports for those not in attendance... I will be happy to assist any collectors who place want lists in the Gram. Thanks again. Joel Shafer Dear Gram, All of a sudden I am getting two copies of the Mpcgram. Any particular reason? Herb Dear Herb, They went wild in the mail room yesterday. We just about fired everyone, but the fellow had a good excuse. He was distracted while reading his World War II Remembered! It will not happen again until the next time. Editor Dear Gram, Do I need to send the reservation money in now? How much? And from what I read, Paypal is OK? Thanks, Bill McNease Dear Bill, Well, you need to send in at least a deposit ($50) by February 15 to guarantee your spot and the rate! PayPal and PayDirect are both available and desirable (we are trying to get trained on these so that would be swell. The email name is fred@papermoneyworld.com). Thanks, Editor =================================================== 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 2/2/01. 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. Mr. Anonymous Donor Mike Cummings Ed B. Doug Bell R. A. Medina Harold MPCKid Kroll Leo "Paymaster" May Mrs. R.C. Matherne Bill McNease 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. Confirmed participants in MPC Fest II Doug Bell Sam Feeback$$ Al Glaser$$ Phil Goldstein Harold Kroll Jack Lippincott Ian Marshall Larry Smulczenski Bill McNease Leo May Kevin Maloy Marv Mericle$ Bruce Potter David Seelye$$ Nick Schrier$$ Fred Schwan?? Dan Swartz$$ Warner Talso (and Jane)$ Marcus Turner William E Yanchick (We are well past last year's participation level. Can we double it, triple it, more?) If you have made a reservation and your name does not appear above, please contact the gram immediately (MPCgram@yahoo.com). PayPal and PayDirect are available, the associated email address is fred@papermoneyworld.com. Tentative schedule as of 15 January 2001 Friday March 8 1500-1900 Arrivals at Comfort Inn 1900-2030 no host dinner at Cisco and Charlies 2030-2300 bull session at Comfort Inn 2400 lights out Saturday breakfast at Comfort Inn 0730-0845 breakfast at Service Club 0900-1000 equipment issue (supply sergeant) 1000-1100 pay operations (pay master) 1100-1230 show and tell, session I 1230-1330 pizza party at Service Club (mess sergeant) 1330-1800 swap session (dealer surcharge, TBD) 1800-1930 spaghetti dinner at Service Club (mess sergeant) 1930-2030 secret operations 2000-2345 commemorative poker game at Comfort Inn 2200 MPC chat (simultaneous with poker game) 2400 lights out Sunday 0830-0900 breakfast at Service Club 0900-1000 research updates 1000-1230 show and tell 1230-1330 lunch at Service Club 1300-1500 field trip to WWII POW camp 1530 closing ceremonies Monday (optional, weather permitting) 0600-0630 breakfast at Service Club 0700-1400 Walleye fishing trip Remarks: registration is $139 per person (for reservations after February 15 $164, after March 1, $189). This includes two nights lodging (double occupancy, room assignments by first sergeant the only possible exception is married couples), Meals as indicated (Friday evening not included), equipment and amenities. The value of souvenirs and goodies distributed will likely exceed the cost of the entire Fest. Reservations accepted now at MPCGram@yahoo.com, deposits ($50 minimum) accepted at MPC Fest, 132 East Second Street, Port Clinton, Ohio 43452. Confirmed reservations will be listed daily in the gram—make your reservations now! Additional information; the Comfort Inn is located at 1723 East Perry Street, Port Clinton, Oh 43452, you may use one of the online map services to get exact driving directions. DO NOT make your own reservations or inquiries. The best airports in order of distance are Toledo (45 mins), Cleveland (90 mins), Detroit (100 mins). We will try to coordinate ground transportation, but there are no guarantees here. Questions: send your questions to MPCgram@yahoo.com. In most cases the questions will be answered in the letters section of the gram. After all, if you have the question, someone else probably does too. ==================================================== 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. WANTED 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. This is a trial, if you like it, send your list. 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