[jellybean]

Notice how some of the fields were filled in later and that the certificate doesn't bear a raised seal?

If you zoom in(ctl + scroll wheel on your mouse) the image of JM's birth certificate, you can see there are some letters which look to be under the U S A in the "Father's Birthplace" & "Mother's Birthplace" fields. There are also some letters in the "Place of Birth" field.

In the "Place of Birth" field: There is an "A" in front of the "C" in Colon. To the right of the word Panama, there is what looks to be "uan".

In the "Father's Birthplace" field: There is an "n" between the "U" and "S". There are other letters, but I can't make them out enough to unequivocally say what they are.

In the "Mother's Birthplace" field: To the right of U S A in the "Mother's Birthplace" field, there is what looks like "ap" _ _ _ then what could be "de" _ "an" (very faint) and then "ama".

I think this is the raised seal which certifies the certificate.

Click on the image for a larger version. Zoom in or out using the scroll wheel on your mouse + the Ctl key.

[jellybean]

Forgot to add:

I think the U S A in both the Mother's Birthplace and the Father's Birthplace were added after the raised seal. The font is different from the rest of the document. Compare the capital A in U S A to the capital A in August under Date of Birth. I have no theory as to why this was done.

[null and void]

I might be able to convince myself that that is an impression of a seal.

It could just as easily be something transfered from another document, say one that was stored with the BC and pressed against in in a crowded file?

Good eye, though!

[Calpernia]

>>>In the “Father’s Birthplace” field: There is an “n” between the “U” and “S”.

Wow, I think you are right!

Why is this? What is the point of messing with this birth certificate?