[PA Engineer]

Yes. That and a couple items in the signature. Here is one of the things I am working on:



Take a look at the handwritten "Y" intersecting the form print "D" and then compare it to the handwritten "Y" intersecting the form print "I & S". The first "Y" falls behind the printed text (unexplainable?) and the second is "signed" over the printed text (as expected).

Finally I am suspicious about the signature. This was 1964 and the "pen" revolution had not yet taken place. I was in second grade and remember what was available. The bic pen came out in 1950, but was a bit primitive from what I remember. I wonder if any Freepers have a suggestion on this? Just another avenue. The writing strikes me as both even and wide. How could this have been accomplished in 1964?

[Adammon]

I compared the “S” to other S’s in the document and while there are slight differences, it’s still a little hard to believe that the S remains that strong over a fold. The “a” in Page is distorted enough to be believed. It angles slightly into the fold as one would expect.

The Y crossing over the D is explained away as the inverted dark black being stronger than the inverted lighter Y. It’s similar to a grey pen being written on white paper and crossing a black line. When inverted, the grey will appear below the now white line because the black can’t get any blacker. Same principle applies.

The only reason the ‘Y’ appears below the ‘s’ in Registrar is because of the lightness of the font of ‘s’.

[Barney59]

Gutter effect seems to be missing on the letters floating over the creased ‘gutter’... those are post applied if you asked me... there's no distortion of the letterforms as should be when folded and creased...

[Godzilla]

Didn’t notice the failed covering of the signiature over the title - good catch. The more I look at that folds (especially in the extract you posted) - the more it is apparent that this is a forgery. The scan makes it apparent that the crease is still present and deep. This makes the lack of lettering distortion all the more apparent. The Aussie BC is the forgery.