Status: U Return-Path: Received: from web5201.mail.yahoo.com ([216.115.106.95]) by hazard.mail.mindspring.net (Earthlink Mail Service) with SMTP id ta8ui1.n5f.37kb01i for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2001 00:48:49 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20010306054847.18623.qmail@web5201.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [205.188.200.34] by web5201.mail.yahoo.com; Mon, 05 Mar 2001 21:48:47 PST Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 21:48:47 -0800 (PST) From: MPCgram Subject: MPCGram 273 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 273 Monday 5 March 2001 Smith, Video to Fest Elmer Smith will be attending MPC Fest II next weekend! Smith is one of the legendary names in MPC collecting and can be expected to share many of his experiences with fellow festers. Smith is best known for his great collection of MPC replacements. He listed in the Comprehensive Catalog of Military Payment Certificates as having had the most replacements of any collector. He had over 70 different replacements before he sold his collection in the early 1980s. His collection was the nucleus of many latter collections including Voigt, Kesselman, and DeRosa. Smith took color slides of all of his notes and has converted those slides to videotape, which will be played at the Fest. While the tape will be a highlight of the Fest, the opportunity to chat with this legendary collector is reason enough to attend the Fest. It is still possible to register for the Fest--if you hurry. Steinbergs Make Generous Donation The well-known duo of Mel and Jeremy Steinberg made a generous cash donation to the ANA WWII Numismatics Seminar. The donation was made at the recently completed Chicago Paper Money Exposition according to project chairman Marcus Turner. Of course the scholarship total went up nicely with the generous donation and the news gets better! Because this was a cash donation, matching donations received earlier effectively triples it! Turner also reported that other donations are being processed and scholarship applications have been received. He hopes to make the first scholarship awards soon, possibly as early as the MPC Fest. ==================================================== Editorial ---------------------------------------------------- We are very excited that Elmer Smith will be at the Fest. Elmer had many of the legendary notes that are in collections today and still has the passion for MPC even if he is not actively collecting! Even if you cannot attend the Fest, we hope to be able to report on some of his experiences here in the gram. =================================================== Mail Call --------------------------------------------------- Dear Editor, Have enjoyed every MPC Gram that you have sent me. Each is informative and enlightening and I wish the MPC feast a rousing success. Keep up the good work. Good Collecting. Remy Bourne Editor.........Thank You...... You Must Know.........I Again, Sit On The Side Lines......I Am Extremely Disappointed In This situation....... My "TOTAL" Hopes, Were To Attend This Year. "DAMN"............ Respect, Ed Beaman =================================================== 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 3/5/01. 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 Sue and Keith Bauman Ed B. Doug Bell Tom Denly, Denly's R. A. Medina Harold MPCKid Kroll Leo "Paymaster" May Mrs. R.C. Matherne Bill McNease Mel and Jeremy Steinberg Marcus Turner Larry Ski Guido Fred PK6 Joel Shafer World Wide Ventures John & Nancy Wilson Neil Shafer W. E. Yanchick ----------------------------------------------------- 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, Rod Hardy, Wesley Hardy, Gary Hicks, Harold Kroll, Jack Lippincott, Ian Marshall, Larry Smulczenski, Bill McNease, Leo May, Kevin Maloy, Marv Mericle, Bruce Potter, David Seelye, Nick Schrier, Fred Schwan, Elmer Smith, Dan Swartz, Warner Talso (and Jane), Marcus Turner, Tom Warburton, William E Yanchick, Dick Freyser (We are well past last year's participation level. We have doubled that level. Can we 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. It works great. We love it. A copy of the schedule of events and other particulars is available from MPCGram@yahoo.com. Remarks: registration is $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 Holiday Inn Express is located at 50 NE Catawba Road, 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. FOR SALE MPC Series 641 50c CU $21, David Seelye, email for confirmation coinman@rochester.rr.com. US military chits: NCO & EM Open Mess/Cam Ranh Bay 96312 $10 booklet covers with one each 5, 10, 25 (canceled) chits, $35, email for confirmation iam@total.net 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. =================================================== Staff: publisher and editor: Fred Schwan - fred@papermoneyworld.com; assistant editor - Phil Goldstein IWANTMYMPC@aol.com 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. 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