February 05, 2002

United States Postal Inspectors
********* / ***********, California

Subject:	MISSING EXPRESS MAIL PACKAGE 
[*************]; $1100+ (true value) lost

This is a narrative recounting the events and 
investigations I have experienced with regards to 
a valuable missing express mail package sent from 
Japan.  I hope that it will assist you in 
tracking down this missing package which I 
desperately cannot afford to lose.

On 12/11/2001, I ordered 15 rare collectible 
items from a dealer in Japan.  Included were 12 
hand-painted acetate cels that were used in the 
production of Japanese film animation.  Also 
included were 3 sets of production sketches also 
used in Japanese film animation.  This entire 
collection of irreplaceable items was placed and 
should now be referred to as Order #****.

On 12/20/2001, the dealer...

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... shipped Order #**** out of Japan via Express 
Mail Service (EMS).  The package's tracking 
number was *************.

I had paid roughly $550 for Order #**** and that 
is the amount the package was insured for.  
However, the true value of the package is 
actually worth twice that amount.  All items were 
purchased at half of their original value, due to 
a special holiday sale from the dealer.  You may 
contact the seller to verify that this is true.

The package should be boxed and rectangular in 
shape.  The contents are 12 flat sheets of hand-
painted (full-color) acetate cels and several 
flat production pencil sketches (in 3 sets) drawn 
on paper.

12/23/01:  According to USPS online tracking, the 
package arrived in ************* on December 23, 
2001.

12/24/01:  According to USPS online tracking, my 
package ************* arrived at the *********, 
CA ***** processing center at 11:14 pm on 
December 24, 2001.  Afterwards, absolutely no 
further information could be found or was 
available for this item.  This was the last time 
the item was ever accounted for.