JESTYN'S Story PART 3, THE CODE ON THE INSCRIPTION PAGE OF THE BOXALL RUBAIYAT

BOXALL BOOK
INSCRIPTION PAGE GRABS:

The number 70 shown above, was not observed when the book was shown during the Stuart Littlemore interview with Alf Boxall in 1976, I noticed that around 9 years ago and published it in the then Adelaide University Facebook pages. The Littlemore 'Inside Story' programme actually went to air in July 1977 I believe. See images below:

You will note that the number 70 wasn't present and the name, JESTYN, beneath the inscription was covered up.

In the image of the inscription shown below, the number 70 is seen as is the 'Jestyn' signature:

Next here's a close up of the signature:

Once again, if you look carefully, you will see the presence of micro letters and numbers within the marked areas of the signature.

To finish this post off, here's a screengrab from the words of the Verse 70 inscription:

Notice how each of the tiny letters and numbers sit neatly within the inked areas, that negates any likelihood of the markings being a function of the roughness of the page beneath the writing.

In the image above, you can almost see how the pressure of the writing implement has made indentations into the surface of the book which will if we had the original book, show through on the page beneath. Whilst the Boxall book existed around 2012, it's whereabouts at present are unknown but I would think that the Adelaide Major Crime Squad may either have it or will be looking for it.

In taking these close up images, I have not to this point applied anything other than normal photo editing techniques including sharpening, curves and contrast adjustment. The next steps will include some additional processes to effectively luft the tiny lettering so that it becomes more readily seen.

Summation

We need to look at a few issues here and then formulate some kind of outcome.

There is one important conclusion we can make. The number 70 was not present during the 1976 Littlemore interview but it makes an appearance in the image of the two pages of the Boxall book when it was acquired by Gerry Feltus in the 1990s I understand.

The conclusion we can draw with a high degree of certainty is that Alf Boxall added the number 70 and the number 70, as you can now see, contains a microcode. 

Ipso Facto: Alf was more than competent at preparing microcode. 

And that, with great respect my dear amateur sleuth friend, is why the number 70 was and still is so very important.

In all fairness, it only became fully recognised as such after this blog discovered the microcode.

We do not know why the signature of Jestyn was covered up, was that done specifically by Alf for the interview? That would imply that Alf was not aware that Stuart knew the name 'Jestyn'. In turn that suggests that neither George French nor Tom Musgrave had been in touch with Alf.

However, given the devious nature of people in this particular game, it is highly likely that it was exactly what Alf wanted people to think.

The amount of code to be found on the inscription and title pages of the Boxall book should not be underestimated. When you add that to the Somerton Man Code page and the code found within the two words TAMAM SHUD on the torn slip of paper found in the Somerton Man's, hard to find, fob pocket, it's a veritable mountain of code. We have made a start on decrypting the code page, which work must carry on. We need to make a start on the torn piece and the Boxall book pages. Even then there are other intriguing aspects of the case that stand to be further researched and investigated.

Is this work important? In as much as what has been found may very well fill in some gaps related to the history of intelligence services in Australia in those early Cold War years, then the answer is decidedly yes.