Gemini on Question 17, Sep 10

In the original James Bond novels written by Ian Fleming, James Bond's exact passport number is never stated.

While Fleming was famous for his journalistic attention to detail—frequently naming specific brands of cigarettes, cars, firearms, and clothing—he never provided the specific alphanumeric string of Bond's passport.

However, Fleming did provide several other details about Bond's passports and travel documents throughout the books:

• •Two Passports: Bond is noted to carry two main passports. One is a standard British passport, and the other is a Diplomatic passport.
• •The "Universal Export" Cover: When traveling as himself, his profession on his passport is usually listed as an executive or import/export merchant for "Universal Export," the front company for the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).
• •Aliases: Bond frequently travels using forged passports provided by MI6's document fabrication department. Depending on the novel, he travels under aliases such as Peter Franks (Diamonds Are Forever), Sir Hilary Bray (On Her Majesty's Secret Service), and Mark Hazard (The Man with the Golden Gun).

A note on the movies: If you are looking for a passport number from the film franchise, prop makers often had to create visible numbers for close-up shots. For example, in the Daniel Craig era, his official passport number can be briefly seen on screen as 5486911F in Skyfall, and his cover passport in Casino Royale (under the name John Bryce) is G0753066. But in the original literary canon, the number remains a mystery.