Status: U Return-Path: Received: from web5205.mail.yahoo.com ([216.115.106.86]) by walker.mail.mindspring.net (Earthlink Mail Service) with SMTP id tblrqp.5st8.37kbi73.2 for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 01:38:17 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20010323063704.17590.qmail@web5205.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [152.163.206.203] by web5205.mail.yahoo.com; Thu, 22 Mar 2001 22:37:04 PST Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 22:37:04 -0800 (PST) From: MPCgram Subject: MPCGram 289 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 289 Friday 23 March 2001 Fest Observations "1" By Harold "MPC Kid" Kroll The second annual "MPC FEST" is in the history books. It seems the wait is so long and the Fest passes so quickly. Now another 12 months to go before the next one will take place. We have had "FREDFEST 2000," "NEXT FEST 2001" and a new name has already surfaced for Fest III, "TRI-FESTA 2002.. This was suggested by Marcus Turner before Fest II had ended, I like the sound of it. Where to start, so many NEW events took place, first time display of all the known multi-printings were on display. This was accomplished with the help of several collectors combining notes to make this possible. Thanks to L. Smulczenski, P Goldstein, D. Bell. As Fred would say, there is a twist to this story. Before the Fest was held, I received a phone call from M. Turner concerning a 4 pc. set of the 701 series, 1st printing, YES, I said 1st PRINTING, 1.00, 5.00, 10.00 and 20.00 notes, all notes have 2 punch holes in them on the left end of the note. Marcus decided to show and tell of this discovery at the Fest Friday evening to coincide with the multi-printing display. Everyone was excited to hear about this new discovery. The notes were passed around the room for all to examine and while this was going on, Marcus finished up his program by saying that the notes would now pass on to the new owner. These notes were then displayed along with the other multi-printing notes. I have to say they are in a Good Home in a southern collection, (LABH). The first Fest auction proved to be a huge success with online bidding along with spirited bidding from the floor, several lots were won by online bidders. Larry Smulczenski was the auctioneer and Phil Goldstein was the online bidder agent. They both did a GREAT job and need to be congratulated, thanks to you both. Although there were a lot of nice notes in the auction, there were several items that I thought deserve mention. A sliver of wood was knocked off a shipping crate used to ship MPC notes in while being brought into the meeting room. The crate belonged to M. Turner and the destruction engineer was P. Goldstein. This sliver of wood was put in the auction and a bid of 30.00 was paid. M. Mericle put up a complete shipping crate, and hot and heavy bidding took place with a hammer price of $600.00 being paid. The one and only specimen book of this years Fest money was put up for bid, it to drew a lot of bids with the hammer price of 275.00. Proceeds from these items were donated to the scholarship fund. There were several donations of items that were auctioned off with the proceeds also being donated to the scholarship fund. Hey it doesn't get any better than this. Thanks to everyone. Many new concepts were incorporated into this years Fest money. Fred really went all out in designing and producing this years notes, congratulations to you. He also did a good job of keeping the notes under wraps until Wednesday before the Fest. That is when I spied a note on his brother’s desk and he got very excited that it was found. He would not let us look at it, but then on Thursday morning we had to go pick up some items and as I walked to his car, there on the front seat were all the notes, so I was able to preview the notes he had guarded so well. Ultraviolet is the key word for examining this years notes, try it out. There are still surprises to be found in the notes, I'm sure a follow up story will be forthcoming. If you find any suspicious notes, please advise. Doug Bell’s story on the drawing for the 691 1st printing set was great. One collector added a very nice set of notes to his collection. Many thanks to Mr. 691 for this donation and all he has done for the MPC collecting in the past. It would be impossible to tell all in one Gram, but there was one thing in particular that stands out, Al Glazer asked a question before the Fest, what can a group of collectors find to do for a whole weekend about MPC? Well, he sure found out and has stated for Fest III, anytime, anywhere, he will be there. What else can be said! Along with the original 12 attendees from "FREDFEST 2000," 12 more collectors attended this years event. New friendships were made and old ones reunited. Thanks to all who attended, Y'ALL made this a FANTASTIC FEST. A special thank you to Mr. Elmer Smith for attending this Fest, I enjoyed meeting and talking with one of the pioneers of MPC collecting. If the number of people doubled each year, in 10 more years there could be over 12,000 people, what a thought. I left the Fest with many new friends and more memories than I thought possible. Looking forward to "TRI-FESTA 2002". Y'All Have a GREAT MPC DAY! MPCKID ==================================================== Editorial ---------------------------------------------------- How many countries sent personnel to Viet Nam? This is an MPC question because most if not all of the personnel used MPC. The MPC coupons for Koran and Thai soldiers are well known (well, sorta well known). What about MPC use by other countries? Can you name the countries that sent personnel? Here is a hint, seven countries sent personnel. Yes, seven. We will give a list (with strength figures by year tomorrow or the next day, but want to give you a chance to guess or try to find the answer. =================================================== Mail Call --------------------------------------------------- Dear Gramsters, Well, I managed to foul up Remy Bourne’s email address again. Contact Remy at Remybook@qwest.net (not .com). Editor Greetings from ltc (small letters) Amey!! The Fest sounded great and hopefully I will be able to make it next year. I did find out a bit of information concerning the series 461 Specimen set that came from Frank Katen. Frank handled the estate of John Snyder, Sec of the Treasury appointed in 1946. The set is believed to come from that source. Hope this helps. David Amey Dear Lieutenant Colonel Amey (upper case letters are correct). Wow, great info on the specimen booklet! Thanks for that. It will sure be great to have you at the Fest next year! 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 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. Many donations were received at CPMX and MPCFest. They are being processed and will be recognized very soon. 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 Pam West John & Nancy Wilson Neil Shafer W. E. Yanchick ==================================================== 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. "Buy National Savings Certificates" on side of tin coin tube with "15/" British Crown "15/" above it in one line. Slot at top of tube for inserting 6D (Pence) coins and top brass cap with "30/6D". When full with 30 coins, this tube could buy a 15 Shillings WWII National Savings Certificate. US$25.00 postpaid. Send email to confirm to Howard@SEAsianTreasury.com. I found this today in an antique store run by a Scottish man about 15-20 miles from my Bay Huse. Besides being a very nice piece for someone's collection, it would look GREAT in an exhibit about British National Savings Certificates! Howard Korean Dealers Numismatic catalog for 2001 including Korean MPC coupons for the very first time. Not much to read in English, but some nice color illustrations and an historic MPC literature item. $23.95 postpaid. David Seelye. Contact coinman@rochester.rr.com. 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. 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