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Description of the UK common format passport
ANNEX
The new passport is burgundy in colour with
a soft cover. It is approximately 12.5 cm x 8.75 cm,
compared with 15 cm x 10 cm for the present
passport. Its front cover bears the Royal Coat of
Arms as well as the markings of Great Britain and the
European Community.
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The data page is on the back inside cover.
Its format conforms to the International Civil
Aviation Organisation's specifications for machine
readable passports. The machine readable element
comprises two lines of optical codes across the
bottom of the page. The information contained in the
two lines is summarised as follows
First line
a letter identifying the type of travel
document;
an internationally agreed code identifying
the country of issue;
the holder's name (surname followed by
forename).