Navy blue U.S. passport with gold crest, lost
Description
I misplaced my navy blue U.S. passport yesterday around 5:15pm after wandering out of the Anchorage Museum area on West 7th Ave. It’s the standard navy book with the gold seal, and I keep it in a black leather passport holder that’s a bit scuffed along the spine. There’s a tiny coffee stain on the back cover, and the inner sleeve has a small mountain sticker I put there for luck. I really need it back soon—I've got travel plans next week and this is my only form of ID for the trip. If anyone found it, please reach out; I’ll recognize it by the coffee mark on the back and the mountain sticker inside the sleeve.
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