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Subject: RE: [Leica] PHOTOGRAPHY IS SIMPLE
From: Buzz Hausner <Buzz@marianmanor.org>
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 14:15:00 -0400

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	Was I correctly informed that this was one of the few Leica bodies
NOT to carry a serial number?

		Buzz Hausner
	 
> The Queen was presented with her M6 by Uli Hintner, the present M.D. of
> Leica UK. He
> spent a pleasant half hour with her talking about the camera and
> photography, he
> said she was very knowledgable on the subject. I suppose that means 'more
> than you'd
> expect a queen to be'! It was presented on the occassion of her 60th
> birthday (when
> there were some British postage stamps issued showing her with her M3) and
> it was
> this that triggered the thought that perhaps she might appreciate a newer
> camera as
> a birthday present. Of course it was specially engraved for her and
> packaged in a
> little more than the, admittedly, award winning card packaging in use now.
> Uli recalls it as one of the highlights of his Leica carreer in an
> interview from
> the forthcoming 'Leica Postal Portfolio News' (issue 86) hitting your
> desks in June!
> 
> Jem
> 

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<P><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Book Antiqua">Was I =
correctly informed that this was one of the few Leica bodies NOT to =
carry a serial number?</FONT>
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<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" =
SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Book Antiqua">Buzz Hausner</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Book =
Antiqua"></FONT>&nbsp;
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">The Queen was =
presented with her M6 by Uli Hintner, the present M.D. of Leica UK. =
He</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">spent a pleasant =
half hour with her talking about the camera and photography, he</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">said she was very =
knowledgable on the subject. I suppose that means 'more than =
you'd</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">expect a queen to =
be'! It was presented on the occassion of her 60th birthday =
(when</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">there were some =
British postage stamps issued showing her with her M3) and it =
was</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">this that triggered =
the thought that perhaps she might appreciate a newer camera as</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">a birthday present. =
Of course it was specially engraved for her and packaged in a</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">little more than =
the, admittedly, award winning card packaging in use now.</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Uli recalls it as =
one of the highlights of his Leica carreer in an interview from</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">the forthcoming =
'Leica Postal Portfolio News' (issue 86) hitting your desks in =
June!</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Jem</FONT>
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