[Design of Marci Letter]

[proto57]

Just saying... I've been having fun with Photoshop and something doesn't add up.

Fabrizio, I think you have a "scale issue" there. That is, you have two different scales to your images to the right, so of course they look different. But if the fold/fragment is simply mirrored, it matches the lower tear line perfectly:

   

Now this is a point of discussion between asteckely and I, in that I think we both cannot say if this is a fold over of the top of the tab, which was torn from that tab; or if it is a fragment of some other paper that got stuck there by the seal. I admit I do not know, but do favor it being a fold.

If a fold, it does demonstrate that the Marci Letter has been cut down from a larger sheet (of some sort, possibly a blank envelope with some seals already on it), because "unfolded" it extends past the tab.

As for the implications if a separate fragment, I won't speak for Andrew. But in either case, I think, it would be helpful to understanding this letter... it's origins, intentions, source... and also, I think, help us understand what Marci was doing here and how and why (if he created the Letter). But in ANY case, it is yet another key reason this ought to be examined to resolve this issue.

Rich