Status: U Return-Path: Received: from web5204.mail.yahoo.com ([216.115.106.85]) by osgood.mail.mindspring.net (Earthlink Mail Service) with SMTP id tdpegi.hll.37kbi1v for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 17:48:02 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20010417214701.5706.qmail@web5204.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [152.163.197.84] by web5204.mail.yahoo.com; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 14:47:01 PDT Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 14:47:01 -0700 (PDT) From: MPCgram Subject: MPCGram 313 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 313 Tuesday, April 17, 2001 Collectors in Viet Nam By Howard A. Daniel III David Seeyle's article in the MPCGram 311 about how many MPC collectors are out there in the world was of interest to me. I have often tried to quantify the number of collectors for each Southeast Asian country. In this article, David writes: "I recently sold a group of the Series 691 $20.00 to a dealer who was taking them to Viet Nam for collectors there. I suspect that this category may have the largest error in my guess. Comments are requested." Three or four years ago I asked the numismatic dealers in Ho Chi Minh City about how many serious collectors were collecting paper money in Viet Nam. The agreed total was about ten (10) in the South, but they did not know how many were in the North. A couple of years ago, I ran into a dealer from the North in Ho Chi Minh City. He was on a buying trip to take coins and paper money back to Hanoi. I asked him how many serious paper money collectors were in the North. He answered that he thought there were about five (5) or six (6). There are likely about another fifty (50) who are paper money collectors, but only of the common low-priced pieces. So there is an approximate number for David and everyone else. I have seen, and know of several, rare Vietnamese notes being returned to Viet Nam for these collectors, and they were spending several hundreds of dollars to a couple of thousand dollars for these notes! So there are some serious collectors in Viet Nam of paper money, and they do collect MPC too! I also asked about coin collectors. For the old cash coins and other coins and bars of the kings and emperors, the count came to about two hundred (200) in the entire country. Most of them also collect the modern coins, and there are another 100 who collect only modern coins. I have met two Vietnamese coin collectors who also collect our military tokens and chits. The primary collector hobby in Viet Nam, and throughout Southeast Asia, is philatelics. There are thousands of collectors in Viet Nam and their stamp shows are very well attended. There are also several stamp journals and magazines in Viet Nam, and they often have one or two numismatic pages, because there is no numismatic organization or publication authorized yet there. New commemorative stamps and other philatelic items are often sold out in the first week, and then only available from dealers. Regular stamps are also often quickly sold out and metered mail will be the only postage available for the mail. Philatelics is VERY active! I hope the above satisfies David's questions, and maybe some of yours too. Howard A. Daniel III Personalities--Belmont Faries By Joe Boling The following is excerpted from an article titled "Four named to APS hall of fame" in Linn's Stamp News, 16 Apr 2001 (page 40). C. Belmont Faries [1912-1998], a lifelong journalist, served as editor of the Society of Philatelic Americans Journal from 1962 to 1983. He was also editor of the Minkus Stamp and Coin Journal from 1966 to 1988 and editor of the U.S. Specialist from 1983 to 1988. Faries held these philatelic positions while working his way up from copy editor to White House correspondent to news editor during a 37-year career with The Washington Star. An avid stamp collector, Faries shared his expertise in his Philatelic News column that took top literature honors at the Sipex 66 show and that appeared in The Star from 1955 through 1981. Appointed to the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee in 1963, Faries served until 1992, and from 1975 to 1990 he was chairman. In 1969 Faries received the Lagerloef award of the Society of Philatelic Americans; in 1975 he was elected to the national philatelic writers' hall of fame and in 1992 he received the APS Luff award for exceptional contributions to philately. [end of excerpt] Not mentioned here was his membership in the Ryukyu Philatelic Study Society, during which time he made the first reports of emission quantities for AMC B-yen, and of the reprinting of some denominations in Japan by the Finance Ministry Printing Bureau. I met Faries once, about 1986, when I was stationed in Reston, Virginia. He lived a few miles away. He never lost his interest in B-yen, nor in the US military administration of the Ryukyus. ==================================================== Editorial ---------------------------------------------------- Well, I have to tell a little story to follow up on Seelye and Daniels articles about the number of collectors. Possibly I even told this story last October in the Gram. If I did, I am sorry about the repetition. During the London IBNS Congress I met a European dealer who freqnetly travels to Vietnam in search of coins and paper money. He did not know about MPC until recently. He was visiting a dealer in Vietnam and bought a copy of the MPC book from this dealer! I was not particularly surprised that this fellow was able to find a copy in Veitnam, but I was stunned that he could find one for SALE! =================================================== Mail Call Dear Gramsters, Just as I would expect, after I commented yesterday about the Atlanta ANA accommodations, I found the information and it is better than I thought! The hotel information is: Holiday Inn Express Ex-Galleria Centre/Cob Pkwy 2855 Spring Hill Parkway Smyrna, Georgia Phone 7701 435 4990 The rate that I got was $59!! I suggest that you call on this immediately! Editor Dear Editor, I am wanting only 4,950 mpc notes. Yes that's right a complete position set of fractional through 1 dollar notes can be in fine cond (most desirable) online want list is http://www.papermoneyworld.com/doug/masterlist.htm Douglas Bell Dear Doug, We cannot run your request because it is a violation of the Gram want ad policy. Good try and good luck! Editor Hello all: The discoveries never seem to end: upon installing my Fest II notes into my album, (I'm JUST getting around to doing it) I noticed 2 unusual items: First: Position Numbers On the $1 denomination notes I did not sell or trade away, I noticed two different position numbers... #1 & #2 My specimen note has Serial Number F00000000* has Position Number 1. Serial Number F000000050F had Position Number 1. Serial Number F000000055F had Position Number 2. It seems as if 50 notes are the change over for position numbers on the $1: $1 F000000001F - F000000050F are PN1, $1 F000000051F - F000000100F are PN2, $1 F000000101F - F000000150F would be PN 3 and so on. Can any one confirm this? This applies to the $1 denomination only, as my other notes are: 25˘ F00000157F PN 6 75˘ F00000164F PN 7 $5 F000000018F PN 4 $10 F000000053F PN 6 $20 F000000051F PN 6 Second - Serial Number Digits While looking at the position numbers and subtracting and adding and tinkering with the SN's, I came across another "tidbit" Some of the notes have 9 (thats NINE!) digit Serial Numbers! If you look at the above SN's you will see it reflected. As of now, I only see the Regular Issue whole dollar denominations having 9 digit SN's, as my "Void Overstamp" $10 note has an 8 digit SN: (F00000095F) as well as the "Specimen" $1 note. My Regular Issue Fractionals have 8 digits as well. What does this all mean other than Fred has way too much time on his hands? It means: we have to pay closer attention to what we are doing, apply some elbow grease and solve this "discovery"! It is funny to think we all found the UV ink secret marks, but the obvious eluded us! Am I the only one to notice so far the Position Number of the Fest II money changed from 1 to 2 after 50 notes? Is that it: 50 notes per position number? Best Wishes, Phil =================================================== 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 3/22/01. 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. 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 and Nancy Wilson, Neil Shafer, W. E. Yanchick, Mark Watson, Al Glaser, Phil Goldstein, Rod Hardy, Wesley Hardy, Gary Hicks, Jack Lippincott, Ian Marshall, Kevin Maloy, David Seelye, Nick Schrier, Elmer Smith, Dan Swartz, Tom Warburton, Dick Freyser, Tim Kyzivat ==================================================== 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 For Sale: One Pound Australian Currency, Fanning Island Plantations, LTD (SB#1541 pg 216). This is the whole note! VF Condition. Satisfaction guaranteed. Scan available upon request. $450. Contact marcus@papermoneyworld.com. For Sale: British Military Authority X Notes, (BMA). Used for the invasion of Tripolitania and Sicily in 1943, and put in use 1944 in Greece at the request of the Greek government. S/B303b, 2/6 VF @ $150.00 and S/B304b 5/- VF @ $175.00. or the pair @ $300.00. Note that these are the rare code letter X notes. It is likely that this letter was used exclusively in Yugoslavia. Contact Mpckid@papermoneyworld.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. 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 in to translate the Vietnamese messages into English for these inquisitive people. The leaflet messages were still a mystery to me as well. The idea for this book came to me as I was searching for information on Vietnam Era propaganda leaflets to include in another book I am currently writing--"They Called Us Currahees"-- about my military unit-the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 506th Infantry (Currahees) of the 101st Airborne Division (Screaming Eagles). Since numerous frustrating searches for detailed information on Vietnam Era propaganda leaflets yielded very little on this topic, I decided to write a basic reference book for others interested in learning about propaganda leaflet reproduction, distribution, and the psychology behind the messages printed on them. It is my sincere hope that this publication will serve as a small reservoir of knowledge for secondary school students as well as a suitable reference for the academic community of colleges and universities. This book does not pretend to be a scholarly work or a complete dissertation on Vietnam Era propaganda leaflets. The subject is much too broad, detailed, and complicated to cover in one publication. With the exception of an occasional comment, I have avoided any major discussion of the political aspect of the Vietnam War or the Socialist culture of Vietnam. Countless pages have been written about the Vietnam War, but my purpose in publishing this book is to explain a few of the many thousands of different propaganda leaflets distributed throughout Vietnam during the war as well as the messages the leaflets attempted to convey to a target audience by using a combination of photographs, graphics, and the printed language. This publication includes those leaflets from my personal collection, together with other examples contributed by my fellow soldiers (Americans and Australians) who also kept some of these leaflets as souvenirs of the Vietnam War. I have had all of them translated into English by Vietnamese and others. I promise that you will find the book interesting. I cannot afford to have it published in book form at the present time, so I have decided to have the manuscript put on CD-ROM. The CD version is available for distribution and contains a graphic image of each page (188 pages) as well as the cover. It is configured using Adobe Acrobat 4.0 and comes with the Acrobat Reader software, help files, and the Search Plug-In Program for installing. There are over 100 illustrations of both Free World Military Assistance Forces, as well as Communist leaflets (color and B&W). I have offered to print the manuscript (on my home printer) and have it bound for anyone requesting an autographed copy, which I have already done for several people ($40.00 + $3.50 S&H). I am asking $25.00 plus S&H. Your choice for shipping is $3.50 for priority mail, or $1.50 for regular mail. I have attached a photo of the CD. I hope you will consider buying a copy. You can purchase the CD by credit card from my website (Gift Shop Page): www.currahee.org E-mail: currahee@lclink.com Website: www.currahee.org ==================================================== Editorial ---------------------------------------------------- I will be out of town all week fulfilling a family obligation (nephew getting married). We will try to keep the gram going and tend to other email too, but I will not be reachable at the Ohio phone numbers. I will probably give a phone number here in the Gram tomorrow (once I confirm it). =================================================== Mail Call --------------------------------------------------- Dear Editor, Are the MPCGramers going to stay in one particular hotel for the ANA in Atlanta? I want to make my reservations, but, if possible, would like to be with the gang. I will be driving down from Virginia so I will have my Honda CR-V to get around, but I do not really want to be OUT of town. Please tell me where most of "us" are staying. Thanks. Howard Howard A. Daniel III Hello Howard, Thanks for writing. Paymaster and I are staying at the Holiday Inn in Atlanta. I do not know exactly the name etc., but it is the one close to the convention center. I got a rate of something like $75 so jumped on it. I will try to find the phone numbers and other particulars, but even if I forget, you should be able to find it. We might be able to have a mini fest there! 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 3/22/01. 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. 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 and Nancy Wilson, Neil Shafer, W. E. Yanchick, Mark Watson, Al Glaser, Phil Goldstein, Rod Hardy, Wesley Hardy, Gary Hicks, Jack Lippincott, Ian Marshall, Kevin Maloy, David Seelye, Nick Schrier, Elmer Smith, Dan Swartz, Tom Warburton, Dick Freyser, Tim Kyzivat ==================================================== 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 For Sale: One Pound Australian Currency, Fanning Island Plantations, LTD (SB#1541 pg 216). This is the whole note! VF Condition. Satisfaction guaranteed. Scan available upon request. $450. Contact marcus@papermoneyworld.com. For Sale: British Military Authority X Notes, (BMA). Used for the invasion of Tripolitania and Sicily in 1943, and put in use 1944 in Greece at the request of the Greek government. S/B303b, 2/6 VF @ $150.00 and S/B304b 5/- VF @ $175.00. or the pair @ $300.00. Note that these are the rare code letter X notes. It is likely that this letter was used exclusively in Yugoslavia. Contact Mpckid@papermoneyworld.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. 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. 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. Thank you very much for your participation. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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