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Blue U.S. passport with gold seal found
Utica-Rome-Oneida
Found
listing
Posted
29 days
ago
Description
I found a blue U.S. passport this afternoon around 4:15pm on Genesee Street, near the Utica Public Library, in the Utica-Rome-Oneida area. The cover is a dark blue with the gold seal and the word PASSPORT clearly visible. It’s a bit worn: the spine is creased and there’s a small coffee ring on the back cover. Inside the cover there’s a tiny NY logo sticker on the inner flap, which should help identify it. If this is yours, I’d love to help reunite you—I can meet near the library steps or at the corner of Genesee and Oneida Street.
Approximate found location
Utica-Rome-Oneida
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