Status: U Return-Path: Received: from web12702.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.173.239]) by farley.mail.mindspring.net (Earthlink Mail Service) with SMTP id tt9ii5.jk4.37kbi1c for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 21:39:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20011023013911.32236.qmail@web12702.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [152.163.206.189] by web12702.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 18:39:11 PDT Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 18:39:11 -0700 (PDT) From: MPCgram Subject: MPCGram 465/3 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 465 Monday, October 22, 2001 United States to Issue War Bonds According to a short report on CNN today, the United States House of Representatives will take up the issue of war bonds on Tuesday 23 October! This possibility was first reported in the Gram on Sep 12 and is welcome news. While no details have been reported, this is an exciting prospect for Gramsters and military money collectors in general. There has been an increasing interest in collecting WWII war bonds at least since the publication of WWII Remembered in 1995. Obviously, we will include any future information as it becomes available. ============================================== Editorial ----------------------------------------------- My trip to London for the IBNS show there started with Larry Smulczenski convincing me that we should go to the show. Of course he (and we) wanted to attend the show for all of the normal show reasons and because this was to be one of the big IIBNS celebrations. However, he had the idea of then visiting the Channel Islands. That was an attraction that I could not resist. The possibility of visiting the only English territory to fall under German occupation sounded wonderful so I agreed. I then recruited Larry Falater to join the group. The only thing that I worried about was spending so much time with two Larrys! I got more and more excited as the departure time got closer. The WTC disaster was an emotional set back, but it did not distinguish the flame. Then the unthinkable happened, Larry number 1, the leader of the group decided that he was not going! How could that be? I tried everything. I spun tales of great notes to be found in London and the islands. I appealed to fraternity and guilt. I recruited his wife to send him, but it was all to no avail, Ski abandoned us. Of course I was disappointed, but the ticket was in hand and I had listened to all of my own sales pitches not to mention the one that Larry had started with! I set off more determined than ever to pursue those treasures and find adventures. Actually, I suppose I pursued adventure and wanted to find treasures, but in any case I was determined. The travel was actually quite uneventful. More on this trip tomorrow. ============================================== Mail Call ----------------------------------------------- Gramsters, Did you know you can check books out of the ANA library? I just discovered this valuable service. On the ANA web site is a complete list of the reference materials in the ANA library. Except for some special references, you can call/write/email and check books out for 6 weeks. All you pay for is the postage both ways. At Joe Boling's suggestion, I just checked out Neil Shafer's book on "Philippine Emergency and Guerrilla Currency of W.W.II." I would never have found this in a local book store or library. The ANA library is a great resource. Regards, Warner Dear Editor, Re: Mr. Talso's letter to the editor. I sent this into the Gram a couple of weeks ago but it might have been lost in the ether. Mr Talso is correct, there will only be the one session this year. I talked to Gail Baker about it at Long Beach, and she had decided to just have the first session class again in order to build up more of an "alumni" pool prior to having an advance session (Gail, please jump in if I misquoted you.) Cheers, Mark Dear Mark, Thanks. Hey, will you do the report on MPC 681 for Gram 681? You are a natural for that one. Editor Well, Editor, Are you going to answer Warner's question? Yes, the WWII numismatics course in 2002 will be only in session I of the ANA summer seminar. Joe ================================================ Departments ------------------------------------------------- Calendar of events for Gramsters maintained by Howard Daniel, Nancy and John Wilson and Gram staff, last updated September 7, 2001 show reports are requested on all events. Even if it was not a great show, there must be something to report. What and whom did you see? Market activity? Share your observations and thoughts with Gramsters everywhere. ---------------------------------------------------- Special "MPC" events March 2002 8-10 - MPCFest III - reservations in order received: Guido Crapanzano, Harold Kroll, Larry Smulczenski, Gary "Got any fours" Hicks, Tom Warburton, David Seelye, Jack Lippincot, Phil Goldstein, Warner Talso, Nick Schrier, Tom Koch, Mark Watson, Bill Yanchick, Doug Bell, Sam Feeback, Bruce Potter, Elmer Smith, Marv Mericle, Fred Schwan {running total 19}] W.W.II numismatics seminar at ANA Summer Seminar, July 2002 Session I (Sunday, June 30 through Thursday, July 4, 2002) Session II (Sunday, July 7 through Thursday, July 11, 2002) --------------------------------------------------- Donations are now being accepted for scholarships to the 2002 "Military Money" course at the 2002 ANA Summer Seminar. Inquiries and donations should be sent to: Military Numismatists c/o Marcus Turner 8103 East US Highway 36 Suite 163 Avon, IN 46123 Donors to 2002 Scholarship Fund Steve Feller Harold Kroll R. A. Medina Guido Crapanzano David Seelye Leo May Warner Talso Marv Mericle Mark Watson Gail Baker ==================================================== 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 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 or sale in the above section. 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