Blue US passport with dented corner
Description
I lost my blue US passport yesterday around 3pm near the Empire State Plaza on State Street in Albany. It's a standard navy-blue passport book with the official seal on the cover, a few travel scratches, and a small coffee stain along the edge of page 12. The bottom-right corner is creased from a loose zipper pocket in my bag. Inside the back cover there's a tiny sticker from a World Traveler Club I joined last year. It's essential for my upcoming work trip, and I’m really hoping it turns up before my flight this Friday. If anyone found it, I’d be grateful to get it back—message me here.
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