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Document: GBR-AO-03001

Title:

PASSPORT

Issuing Country:

GBR - United Kingdom • UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND •

Document Category:

A - Passport

Document type:

O - ordinary document

Document version number:

03001

First issued on:

15/08/1988

Not valid after:

31/01/2008

Valid:

no

Legal status / main purpose:

Travel document issued to nationals of: GBR - United Kingdom • UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND •

Overall construction:

single booklet

Format width (mm):

88

Format height (mm):

125

Number of pages:

32

Validity

Maximum validity:

10 year(s)

Minimum age for validity:

16 year(s)

Extension is possible:

yes

Extension period:

1 year(s)

Validity

Maximum validity:

5 year(s)

Minimum age for validity:

0 year(s)

Maximum age for validity:

15 year(s)

This document is the European Community version, which was progressively replaced by the European Union model from 04/12/1997. No further EC passports were issued after January 1998.

Cover

    Construction:

    flexible

    Cover embossing:

    hot foil stamping

    Material:

    paper

    Overall colour:

    burgundy

    Image 60905 of Cover

    Inside front cover

    Image 60906 of Inside front cover

    Security features:

    Printing technique

    Light:

    NORMAL

    Security features:

    UV feature

    Light:

    UV LIGHT

    Description:

    Large crown in centre of page

    UV feature:

    fluorescent overprint (invisible under normal light)

    Image 60916 of UV feature
    Yellow crown in centre of page; orange ink fluoresces orange
    Image 60908 of Biodata page

    Security features:

    Biographical data

    Light:

    NORMAL

    Consular issues may be typewritten, in which case the machine-readable zone will be empty.

    Security features:

    Laminate

    Light:

    NORMAL

    Laminate position:

    Full page

    Laminate UV features:

    yes

    OVD features:

    none

    The laminate contains a yellow ultra violet safeguard of one small crown at the centre left of the photograph area, and three down the right edge of the photograph area. This safeguard may be very faint. A variation with an additional crown at the centre bottom of the photograph area may also be seen.

    Image 60921 of Laminate
    UV laminate safeguard of 4 crowns. This safeguard can be very faint, even in genuine documents.

    Security features:

    UV feature

    Light:

    UV LIGHT

    Description:

    Large crown

    UV feature:

    fluorescent overprint (invisible under normal light)

    Image 60922 of UV feature
    The large yellow crown is a page safeguard; the four fainter, smaller crowns are a laminate safeguard. A further crown at the bottom of the photograph may be present in some earlier versions of this document.

    Inner page(s)

    (From) Page number (as printed):

    1

    Up to page number (as printed):

    32

    Image 60909 of Inner page(s)
    Centre pages and stitching

    Security features:

    Watermark

    Light:

    TRANSMITTED

    The horizontal strip watermark is a continuous design and does not always begin at the same part of the pattern on each page.

    Image 60923 of Watermark
    Watermark design repeats across top of page

    Inner page(s)

      (From) Page number (as printed):

      1

      Up to page number (as printed):

      1

      Image 60910 of Inner page(s)

      Inner page(s)

        (From) Page number (as printed):

        2

        Up to page number (as printed):

        2

        Page for child additions

        Image 60912 of Inner page(s)
        Page 2 - child additions

        Inner page(s)

          (From) Page number (as printed):

          3

          Up to page number (as printed):

          4

          Page 3 contains notes regarding the holding of a GBR passport. Page 4 contains a 12-point key to the details recorded on the biographical details page. Each point is in the 9 European languages as listed for page 1.

          Image 60913 of Inner page(s)
          Page 3
          Image 60914 of Inner page(s)
          Page 4

          Inner page(s)

            (From) Page number (as printed):

            32

            Up to page number (as printed):

            32

            Any amendments to the next of kin details will be made on a non-standard slip of paper affixed to the page by the holder.

            Image 60915 of Inner page(s)
            Page 32
            GBRThis information is supplied to you by the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union. It has been selected and compiled by document experts in the United Kingdom • UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND •
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