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PASSPORT
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's passport, no. 208494, signed by him and by Lady (Jean) Conan Doyle, issued on 22 July 1920, validity renewed up to 22 July 1930, with photographs of Arthur and Jean Conan Doyle, 74 x 40mm, and of their children in a pony cart, 46 x 40mm; stapled together with his cancelled passport of 1916 signed by him, renewed until 1920, with a photograph of Conan Doyle in military uniform, 88 x 65mm, the passport stamped 'This passport is not valid for the zone of the armies'; (some tears and soiling at folds); in a leather passport wallet.
Conan Doyle's characteristics are recorded as follows: his height 6 feet, his forehead 'Normal', his eyes 'Grey blue' ('Grey' only in 1920), his nose 'Straight', his mouth 'Normal', his chin 'Square', his hair colour 'Brown' ('grizzled' in 1920), his complexion 'Fresh' ('normal' in 1920), his face 'Normal' ('Full' in 1920). There is a full range of visas and stamps, including France (numerous), Italy, Portugal (valid for Portuguese East Africa), Bombay, Scandinavia, South Africa, the United States, Australia, travel 'Within the British Empire' and others.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's passport, no. 208494, signed by him and by Lady (Jean) Conan Doyle, issued on 22 July 1920, validity renewed up to 22 July 1930, with photographs of Arthur and Jean Conan Doyle, 74 x 40mm, and of their children in a pony cart, 46 x 40mm; stapled together with his cancelled passport of 1916 signed by him, renewed until 1920, with a photograph of Conan Doyle in military uniform, 88 x 65mm, the passport stamped 'This passport is not valid for the zone of the armies'; (some tears and soiling at folds); in a leather passport wallet.
Conan Doyle's characteristics are recorded as follows: his height 6 feet, his forehead 'Normal', his eyes 'Grey blue' ('Grey' only in 1920), his nose 'Straight', his mouth 'Normal', his chin 'Square', his hair colour 'Brown' ('grizzled' in 1920), his complexion 'Fresh' ('normal' in 1920), his face 'Normal' ('Full' in 1920). There is a full range of visas and stamps, including France (numerous), Italy, Portugal (valid for Portuguese East Africa), Bombay, Scandinavia, South Africa, the United States, Australia, travel 'Within the British Empire' and others.
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