Gemini on Question 17, Sep 12

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

While Fleming was famous for his meticulous attention to detail (outfitting Bond with specific brands of cigarettes, exact cars, and custom firearms), he never provided the actual alphanumeric string of Bond's passport in any of the 14 original books.

Instead, Fleming provides other details about Bond's travel documents throughout the series:

• •Diplomatic Status: Bond frequently travels using a British Diplomatic Passport when operating under his own name, which affords him certain protections and allows him to bypass standard customs searches.
• •Aliases: When operating undercover, MI6's forgery department issues him standard passports under various aliases. For example, he travels as "Peter Franks" in Diamonds Are Forever, "Sir Hilary Bray" in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and "Mark Hazard" in The Man with the Golden Gun.
• •Physical Descriptions: The closest Fleming gets to an ID document readout is the detailed physical description of Bond found in his SMERSH dossier in the novel From Russia, with Love (which lists his height, eye color, scars, and agent number, but not a passport number).

(Note: If you are thinking of the films, passport numbers do occasionally appear on screen as props. For example, in the Daniel Craig era, his passport is briefly visible on screen bearing numbers like 710915 or 0711414, but these are creations of the film's prop department, not Ian Fleming.)