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Document: GBR-AS-03002

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GBR-AS-03002
Cover
Inside front cover
Printing technique
UV feature
UV feature
Biodata page
Printing technique
Laminate
UV feature
Inner page(s)
Watermark
UV feature
UV feature
Inner page(s)

Title:

OFFICIAL PASSPORT

Issuing Country:

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

Document Category:

A - Passport

Document type:

S - service / official / special

Document version number:

03002

First issued on:

04/12/1997

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

Cover

    Construction:

    flexible

    Cover embossing:

    hot foil stamping

    Material:

    paper

    Overall colour:

    burgundy

    Image 61061 of Cover
    Image 61062 of Inside front cover
    Front endpaper showing intaglio border and salutation

    Security features:

    Printing technique

    Light:

    NORMAL

    Technique:

    intaglio printing

    Description:

    Royal Heraldic Crest and salutation

    Technique:

    intaglio printing

    Technique:

    intaglio printing

    Security features:

    UV feature

    Light:

    UV LIGHT

    Description:

    Large crown in centre of page

    UV feature:

    fluorescent overprint (invisible under normal light)

    Image 61072 of UV feature
    Yellow crown in centre of page; orange ink fluoresces orange

    Security features:

    UV feature

    Light:

    UV LIGHT

    Description:

    The ink in the background print which is orange in normal light also faintly fluoresces orange under ultra violet light

    UV feature:

    fluorescent ink

    Image 61064 of Biodata page

    Security features:

    Printing technique

    Light:

    NORMAL

    Security Element:

    rainbow colouring

    Security Element:

    miniprint

    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.

    Image 61077 of Laminate
    UV laminate safeguard - 1 small yellow crown at centre left edge of photograph area; 3 small yellow crowns down right edge of photograph area. This safeguard may be faint and difficult to see.

    Security features:

    UV feature

    Light:

    UV LIGHT

    Description:

    Large crown

    UV feature:

    fluorescent overprint (invisible under normal light)

    Image 61078 of UV feature
    Large crown

    (From) Page number (as printed):

    1

    Up to page number (as printed):

    32

    Image 61065 of Inner page(s)
    Centre pages and stitching
    Image 61066 of Inner page(s)
    Large page number at outer bottom corner, crown at inner bottom corner and outer top corner, three dots of varying size in the central guilloche area.

    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 61079 of Watermark
    Watermark design repeats across top of page

    Security features:

    UV feature

    Light:

    UV LIGHT

    UV feature:

    substrate without optical brighteners

    Security features:

    UV feature

    Light:

    UV LIGHT

    Description:

    Large page number at outer bottom corner, crown at inner bottom corner and outer top corner, three dots of varying size in the central guilloche area. This feature appears only on pages 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17, 20, 21, 24, 25, 28 and 29

    UV feature:

    fluorescent overprint (invisible under normal light)

    Remark:

    This safeguard can be very faint and difficult to see

    Inner page(s)

      (From) Page number (as printed):

      2

      Up to page number (as printed):

      2

      Page for child additions

      No child additions were permitted after 05/10/1998, after which date children were required to obtain a separate passport.

      Image 61068 of Inner page(s)
      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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