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Series 003 - Number
598 Thursday - 18 APRIL 2002
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__316 days to Fest IV__
FEATURED
ARTICLE
by Larry Smulczenski
We had planned to
leave Monday morning after the FEST, but if you have every had the pleasure of
going on a trip with my traveling companion, you know that getting on the road
when you plan is a figment of the imagination. We actually hit the road
about 5 PM Tuesday and drove until we were tired, stopped and got a good nights
sleep and then made the drive into Canada the next day. The weather was
nice, even though this was early March and the scenery though the St. Lawrence
Seaway area was lovely even if the trees and vegetation hadn't started growing
yet. Just the sight of the many small islands with several houses or
buildings built on each one of them was very interesting to see. We
got to Ottawa at about 5 PM on Wednesday and drove around to get familiar
with the streets and various government buildings in the city. Ottawa is a
very beautiful city with contrasting architecture. Some very old buildings
from the 1800's or before sitting right next to very modern buildings. We found
the Bank which was one of the newer buildings and then got a motel about a half
mile up the street.
The next morning was our
appointment with Paul Berry, the Curator of the National Currency
Collection. We were met with open enthusiasm and spent most of the day
oh-oh-ing and awing at the notes that Paul would retrieve from the vaults to
show us. The bank has a very extensive collection of Canadian POW camp
notes. There were 26 POW camps in Canada during WWII and most of them
issued chits for use by the prisoners. Some of the camps were in operation
as early as late 1939, since you must realize that Canada as part of the
British Empire was drawn into the war long before Pearl Harbor. As Enemy
Aliens were identified and Merchant Seamen were captured they
were interned in some of these camps. We were able to photograph
all the POW camp scrip that Paul showed us and I must say it was a spectacular
display. Some of the camps issued chits from 1 cent clean up to 5 dollars
in value. I haven't got around to printing out all the photos that Fred
took up there yet, but that is one of those projects that I have to get around
to doing. I know that when I do that it will be like another trip to
Canada for me.
We also got to see many other
World War II notes that the Bank has as part of its collection. Most of
these notes were in specimen form as they were the examples of newly issued
currency sent by the issuing authority to the Bank of Canada. The Bank of
Canada placed the notes in their archives when a new series was issued and
these old series were demonitized. We saw many beautiful notes, one
series that I hold near and dear to my heart, is the 1948 Special Army Currency
from the Federal Republic of Germany. There was a full set of these notes
in Specimen Form.
After we bid a fond farewell
to Paul, Fred and I went across the street to the Canadian National
Archives. You could spend hours here and your only limitation is to think
of key words or phrases to type into their computers of things that you wanted
to see. The only problem is that you must have a couple of days there so
that they can pull the references out of there holdings to show to you.
Fred was able to find some photographs that he purchased that have to do with
our interests, but I'll let him write about that sometime in the future.
We concluded our day with an evening trip to the
Canadian War Museum. This was another worth while visit. We
spent the rest of the evening viewing the exhibits, which covered every facet of
the war. There were great photos from some of the POW camps, and hundreds
of heroic deeds attributed to the various branches of the Canadian
Military. By now we were both running on empty, so we concluded the day
with a late dinner and headed back to the motel. I'll continue our little
journey next week.
Although not too many
newspapers are reporting it, today, April 18th is the 60th anniversary of
Doolittle's Raid on Tokyo. Four months had passed since Pearl Harbor
and the Japanese had made great advances in the Pacific overrunning
Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, Hong Kong, Wake Island and Bataan in
the Philippines including the infamous Death March, while
Corregidor remained under siege. There was little good news and
an anxious President Roosevelt challenged the military to develop a mission to
strike at the enemy and boost the nation's morale. This task was given to
Lt. Col Jimmy Doolittle and was planned, practiced and perfected, only a couple
miles from my home here in Northwest Florida on the eastern side of the Eglin
Air Force Base Reservation. Sixteen B-25's were to take off from the
Carrier Hornet which would get them to within 400 miles of Japan before they
would launch and attack targets around Tokyo. After the raid, the aircraft
would land at friendly fields in China. However the task force was sighted
by a picket ship, 150 miles short of the launch point. Doolittle and
Admiral Halsey decided that the mission should launch immediately even though
they would not have enough fuel to reach their post strike bases. All
sixteen aircraft, took off and successfully dropped their token bomb loads on
Japan. Thirteen of the bombers reached China where they either crash
landed or abandoned their aircraft in flight due to fuel exhaustion. The
crew of one was interned in Russia while the other two were captured by the
Japanese. The Japanese tried these captured aviators and sentenced them to
death. They beheaded three of these airmen and then "graciously" commuted the
others to life imprisonment. One of those captives died in prison.
In all 71 of the 80 airman participating in the raid survived. I don't
know how many are alive today, but they hold a annual reunion here in town to
commemorate this historic event.
Doolittle died in
1993 at the age of 96. He was a very interesting leader, having already
been an engineer, test pilot, flight speed record holder, and successful
businessman prior to the mission. He went on to command the 8th Air Force
during the invasion of Europe.
EDITORIAL
Hello to all out there in MPC Land,
Today's
editorial is going to be about something I feel needs to be addressed: MPC Note
formatting. We've discussed this before, and now I feel is the time to do
something. When I receive a letter, or a feature, or a request for sale,
whenever I have to list a note or notes, you would be amazed at the varieties of
note listings I get... Way too many to list and way too many not to be
confusing... So, although I know the more advanced collectors who are used
to doing things the old way might be a little slow in changing, I feel it needs
to be done. It makes things easier to read, less chance of confusion. etc. etc.
Therefore I would very much appreciate all references to MPC Notes in this
format:
i.e:
641/1
.10 J00001234J
32
vf
Joe
Blow Pedigree
$10
681 $20
C05467001-7100C 57
unc
unbroken pack
$5000
692
.50
E09876543E
23
various
group of notes
22
$25
This formatting follows the
Catalog Listing almost exactly which makes it an even better reason to use.
If you need to list a Catalog number, then list it first, before
Series.. (But nobody has used cat numbers yet, and MPC notes are pretty much
self explanatory so I don't think it's needed) Also if a note didn't have a
multiple printing, there is no need to list as 661/1, as 661 will suffice, nor
do you have to use the word "series" before every listing. I really think this
is needed to faciltate listings in the gram, save space in the text, and as my
time would be better used for more important things concerning the gram. Ass't
Ed.
MAIL
CALL
Reprint: Originally sent on the evening of April 12th from
Valkenburg...Greetings again from Valkenburg. Today marked the official
beginning of the Maastricht papermoney show with the dealer-only session
beginning around 3:00 this afternoon at the Guehaul. Prior trading buying and
selling continued at the unofficial pre-bourse at the Parkhotel Rooding. Some
good finds were made in the morning including a UNRRA Czechsolovokian piece. The
dealer only sessions filled the hall with dealers from all over the world and
several big finds were made. Harold Kroll managed to buy a set of Belgian Reichs
checks that are not listed in Schwan/Boling. Trading of MPC Fest Overseas
Exchange Euros were somewhat muted due to hoarding of the short supplies by
recipients. Some replacements were reported. All but one of the new
Comprehensive Catalog of Military Payment Certificates were sold out before the
show even begaan. More to come tomorrow as the show officially opens to the
public.
Marcus
Dear Editor,
We all
know about e-mail, but did you ever hear of V-mail? I found the following
article on a web site from Duke University:
During the latter years of World War II,
V-Mail became a popular way to correspond with a loved one serving overseas.
V-Mail letters were written on forms that could be purchased at five and ten
cent stores or the post office. These special forms were photographed, put on
film, flown across the world and then reproduced at the mail center
closest to the recipient's position.
The development of the V-Mail system reduced
the time it took a soldier to receive a letter by a month - from six weeks by
boat to twelve days or less by air. However, the main advantage of V-Mail was
its compact nature. Reduction in the size and weight of the letters translated
into more space for crucial military supplies on cargo planes. One advertisement
explained that 1,700 V-Mail letters could fit in a cigarette packet, while
reducing the weight of the letters in paper form by 98%. Transport of the
letters by plane minimized the chances that the enemy would intercept the
letters, although writers were reminded to delete any information that might
prove useful to the enemy in case some V-Mail was captured.
Americans on the home-front were encouraged
by the government and private businesses to use V-Mail. Letters from home were
compared to "a five minute furlough," and advertisements that instructed how,
when, and what to write in a V-Mail reached a peak in 1944. Letters were to be
cheerful, short, and frequent. V-Mail made it possible for servicemen halfway
across the world to hear news from home on a weekly basis." Do any Gramsters
have examples of V-mail?
David Klinger
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
ANA Seminar: 29 June to 5 July
W.W. II
numismatics seminar at ANA Summer Seminar, July 2002
Session I
Session II (Sunday, 7 July
through Thursday, 11 July, 2002)
general events will return
2003
CPMX 9: 20-23 February,
MPC
Fest IV: 28 Feb - 2 March, Port Clinton, OH
Fest
Registrants: Leo May$$, Tom Warburton, Guido Crapanzano, Harold Kroll, Larry
Smulczenski, Kevin Maloy, Doug Bell, Marcus Turner, Philip M. Goldstein, Jack
Lippincot, Nick Shrier, David Seelye, Joe Boling, Gary Hicks, Fred Schwan, Dick
Freyser.
Running total: 16
$$ = Paid
ANA:
19-22 March, Charlotte, NC
2004
CPMX 10:
26-29 Feb,
MPC Fest V: 5-7 March, Port Clinton, OH
2005
CPMX 11: 24-27 Feb,
MPC Fest VI: 4-6
March, Port Clinton, OH
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Marv
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POST / BASE EXCHANGE (PX/BX/NEX)
FOR SALE
481/4
5 Cents
ch cu
481/1
10 Cents cu
481/1 25 Cents
cu
481/2 50
Cents ch cu
481/3 1 Dollar
gem
481/1
5 Dollars au
481/2 10 Dollars
cu
521/2 5
Cents cu
521/3 10 Cents
cu
521/1 25
Cents cu
521/1
50 Cents cu
521/1 1 Dollar
gem
521/1
5 Dollars gem
521/1 10 Dollars
ch au-unc
541
5 Cents
ch cu
541
10 Cents
ch cu
541
25 Cents
cu
541
50 Cents
cu
(leo may)
541
1 Dollar
cu
541
5 Dollars
vf
(leo may)
541
10 Dollars
au
591
5 Cents
cu
591
10 Cents
ch cu
591
25 Cents
cu
(leo may)
591
50 Cents
cu
591
1 Dollar
cu
591
5 Dollars
cu
(sold as ch cu)
591
10 Dollars
gem
611
5 Cents
ch cu
611
10 Cents
ch cu
611
25 Cents
ch cu
611
50 Cents
ch cu
611
1 Dollar
cu
611
5 Dollars
gem
611
10 Dollars
unc
641/3 5
Cents ch cu
641/1 10 Cents
ch cu
641/3 25
Cents ch cu
641/3 50 Cents
cu
641/1 1
Dollar ch cu
641/3 5 Dollars
cu
641/3
10 Dollars cu
651 5,10,25,50 Cents cu
651 1 Dollar
cu
651
5 Dollars
ch cu
651
10 Dollars
cu
661
5 Cents
ch cu
661
10 Cents
ch cu
661
25 Cents
ch cu
661
50 Cents
ch cu
661
1 Dollar
ch cu
661
5 Dollars
ch cu
661
10 Dollars
ch cu
661
20 Dollars
ch cu
681
5 Cents
ch cu
681
10 Cents
ch cu
681
25 Cents
cu
681
50 Cents
ch cu
681
1 Dollar
ch cu
681
5 Dollars
ch cu
681
10 Dollars
cu
681/1 20
Dollars cu
691/1
$1, $5, $10. $20 ch cu
691/2 $1,$5,$10,$20
ch cu
692 5 Cents
cu
692
10 Cents
ch cu
692
25 Cents
ch cu
692
50 Cents
cu
692
1 Dollar
gem
(leo may)
692
5 Dollars
gem
692
10 Dollars
cu
692/1 20
Dollars gem
701/2
$1,$5,$10,$20 ch cu
duplicates:
481/3 - .05 -
ef
481/1 - .05 -
ch.cu
481/1 - .25 -
au
481/1 - .50 -
au
481/1 - .50 -
au
481/2 - .50 -
au
481/1 - 1.00 -
au
481/1 - 1.00 -
vf
481/1 - 10.00 -
xf-au
521/2 - .10 -
ef
521/1 - .25 -
gem
(yellowed paper)
521/1 - .50 -
ch.cu
(yellowed paper)
521/1 - 10.00 -
ef-au
541 - 10.00 -
ef
591 - .05 -
unc
591 - .25 -
au
591 - 5.00 -
au
(leo may/lyn knight, lot below)
591 - .05
unc
591 - .10
unc
591 - .50
au
591 - 1.00
au
641/2 - .05
vf
641/1 - 10.00
au
681 - .05 -
au
681 - .05 -
cu
692 - .05 -
ch.cu
has dog-ears
692 - 1.00 -
unc
with mark on face (planchet)
692 - 1.00 -
unc
with corner fold
692 - 1.00 -
unc
with 2 very small rust stains in margin
(leo may/lyn knight, lot below)
692 - .05
gem
692 - .10
gem
692 - .25
gem
692 - .50
gem
for sale as one lot. please email offers to marianne ades, mdades@pacbell.net
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Very interesting replacement. Series 692 $10 (!!), serial
number E00032007 pos 5. This SN demonstrates the system very well. Four
positions completed = 32,000 notes. This then is from sheet number 7. Note is
overall very fine, but looks extremely fine from the face. The centerfold that
is strong on the back is not even noticable on the face. Two staple holes that
saved the note from destruction 30 years ago at left. Yours for $3300, terms
possible. Confirm at: fredschwan@yahoo.com
WANTED
Souvenir Card 'MPC Fest I' from the first MPC Fest.
Collector wants All
USAFFE and AUSA Free Samar notes All 125th Infantry Regiment and Markings
Guerrilla notes. I am also interested in any and all Guerilla Municipal issues.
WANTED TO BUY: Bulk quantities of Afghanistan propaganda leaflets or
related.
Looking for a Series 641 MPC, any denomination with the serial
number J02283151J.
MPC CATALOG CORRECTIONS & ENHANCEMENTS
Page 18, Bottom - Users of Military Payment
Certificates
Check marks were omitted from production copies of books.
Please check off the following:
Australia:
641, 661, 681, 692
Canada:
461 through
and including 591
Korea:
641,
661, 681, 692
New Zealand: 641, 661, 681, 692
Thailand:
641, 661, 681, 692
United States: All
Page 207, #833/4 - Series 481 .25 4th
Printing (table listing serial number breakdowns) line 5
Start
Number is incorrect. It appears as:
(start) D14784001D (end)
D14784000D
Correct start number should be: D09408001D
PK6 (date listed: 03 APRIL 2002)
Page
214, #855/r2 - Series 541 $1 Replacements,
Ending serial number is
incorrect
Correct number is F1112000
(date listed: 02
APRIL 2002)
Page 220, #884/2r - Series 641 .50
Replacements
On page 284, it is broken down into 2 printings. That's
correct, BUT, on page 220 he lists only (1) printing reported. It should "list"
both first and second printings.
Guy Araby (date
listed 04 APRIL 2002)
Page 287, Series 661 Series Summary,
25 cent note: the "list" shows "#CU as 10(7) . It should read, 8(7). As only 8
are known in CU. Just recount P.289.
Guy Araby (date
listed 08 APRIL 2002)
Page 398, Series #541 $10 on
"UNC." price is $2500, on P.214 the UNC. price is $3500. Also the rest of
the prices don't match all the way to "VG" on this issue. They should be the
same price.
Guy Araby (date listed 08 APRIL 2002)
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