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 te690f.140i.37kbi73 for ; Sun, 22 Apr 2001 14:33:51 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20010422183250.6865.qmail@web5205.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [64.12.105.26] by web5205.mail.yahoo.com; Sun, 22 Apr 2001 11:32:50 PDT Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 11:32:50 -0700 (PDT) From: MPCgram Subject: MPCGram 318 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 318 Sunday, April 22, 2001 Collector Completes MPC Collection! Collector Tom Koch reports that he has crossed to the next world. He has completed the “traditional 90 piece MPC collection”! That is a goal pursued by many but accomplished by few! Although the significance of this feat has been diluted in the last decade by the discovery of Series 61 fractionals, and the unissued 691/701 series, it is nevertheless an important threshold. Tom reports that the last piece needed to complete the collection was a Series 591 $5. Furthermore, he reported that the note was waiting on him when he returned from Ohau. He did not provide an andditional details about the note or his collection. Do You Know This Source? By Howard A. Daniel III A friend in Australia has sent me a long list of web sites there with addresses which he thinks might be of interest to me or my friends. The web site at http://www.bspgallery.com.au/military.htm has several hundreds of books related to Australian military forces at war around the world. After a quick review, I think it might have some background information of use to one or more Gramsters. Good hunting, and please tell us what you have found. ==================================================== Editorial ---------------------------------------------------- Congratulations to Tom Koch on completing his traditional 90 piece collection of MPC. We need a better name to describe this collection. Something shorter and distinctive. Hopefully Tom will share some more details of his collection with us. When did he start? What were some of the most “interesting” finds. How about some of the ones that got away? =================================================== Mail Call --------------------------------------------------- To the Editor; I wish to thank all of the people who have written to me about MPC's and world paper money they have for sale. I have received many letters from many members. It is hard for me to realize that all this help is out there. I have finally found a group of people who care for each other. I just want to let you know that it makes my day. I don't get out much because of illness and am not an outward person but you have helped me feel better about myself. I wish that I could buy all the notes I need for my collection but as I support children around the world they come first. After seeing so many children die in the war I try to make up for some of the things we did wrong. I have put 53 children through school and some through college. They are the future and also their letters brighten my day. So second on my list I usually try to get 3-5 notes a month for my collection be they MPCs or from Southeast Asia and the Philippines. I just wanted to thank all of you for offering notes for sale to me. I will go through the lists and try to pick out a couple to buy. Please understand that although I wish to buy all I see I guess like you we only have so much we can afford to spend on our collections. Living is not cheap and that is our first priority. I thank all of you for making life a little easier for me. We are a unique group and worked together in the service. I see we haven't lost that feeling now that we are no longer serving. I guess no matter what branch we were in we were taught well. A big Thanks to all of you Pat & Ted Galligan U.S. Air Force Retards USSAH 628 WASHINGTON, DC 20317 PJGALLIGAN2@JUNO.COM =================================================== 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: a military money library: Comprehensive Catalog of Military Payment Certificates at $35 and World War II Remembered at $65. Either or both will be shipped for $4. Heck, include $4 shipping, but if you buy both and mention MPC Gram, we will ship for free. Books may be autographed by Schwan upon request. BNRPress@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. 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