He left Moscow today on an official blue passport, not the typical red passport issued to Soviet citizens who have been given permission to travel abroad.
The green and blue passports are stamped at each site but have no expiry date.
He now considered himself a fully-fledged American citizen, and not just because of the treasured blue passport that confirmed his status.
If you are applying to renew an old expired blue passport, your application will be treated like a first-time application.
The blue passports issued up until 1998 are not accepted as identity documents due to insufficient security features.
Currently blue passports, with the pages showing historical and natural scenes of the U.S., are issued.
Now, as I look at the blue passport that I spent eight years and $10,000 winning, I see only a booklet of tragic fraud.
Manning removed the blue passport from the inner pocket of his jacket.
He held a blue passport emblazoned with an American eagle.
And throngs of voters filed through the gate of the Mostar polling station today by showing their blue Croatian passports to the police.