[Salamander]

Vintage ink is plentiful.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sheaffer-Ink-Vintage-Four-4-Bottles_W0QQitemZ260403191000QQ

[that’s one auction out of about 1600]

The creep in chief was born a mere 5 days after me and I know that fountain pens were still commonly in use at the time.

My mom used to bring home the old ones from “Sinclair Oil” where she worked as a secretary.

The point I am trying to make is that stuff that is already “old” is out there and would pass any casual “sniff test”.

Your first assertion is why I posted a government website about “faking” old documents.

People can artifically age oil paintings well enough to fool the Louvre experts and you think a lousy sheet of paper is undoable?

I’m giving up trying to make you understand what is capable of being done.

Good night.

[Vendome]

Your post is reasonable however the proof of the document in question would have supporting documents. Those would also need to be “faked” and the signatures and the ink would all be different. Such as using a “bic” pen in some places while using a fountain pen in others. The records of the signers would need to be verified as well.

There would be supporting documents in the jacket/folder and envelopes. Those would need to be forged with the appropriate numbers and labels and ink. There would be writing or notations on these items.

I have notes on mine and don't think it would be unusual.