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Another outstanding collectible from Bill – Congratulation! From my personal collection of space flight memorabilia: Terrestrial passport issued to NASA astronaut and Apollo 16 moonwalker Charlie Duke. In 1972, at age 36, Lunar Module Pilot Charlie Duke became the tenth and youngest man to walk on the moon. He traveled…
Following up on previous article about Wallenberg… After training as an architect at the University of Michigan, Wallenberg became First Secretary to the Swedish legation in Budapest in 1944 and began his effort to save Hungarian Jews who were being deported to Nazi death camps. With the arrival of the…
Recently the United Nation Passport of Tamar M.Oppenheimer was at auction. Dr.Oppenheimer was the Director of the Narcotic Drug Division. The passport or to be more precise the Laissez-passer was issued in April 1982 at the headquarters of the UNO in New York and was valid till 1985. The document…
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (December 25, 1876 – September 11, 1948), a 20th century politician and statesman, is generally regarded as the founder of Pakistan. He served as leader of The Muslim League and Pakistan’s first Governor-General. He is officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum. His birthday is a…
The Allies chartered the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) at a 44-nation conference at the White House on November 9, 1943. The express purpose of the agency was the repatriation and support of refugees who would come under Allied control at the war’s end. The civilian relief…
1945/06/14 “The Allied Control Commission for the conduct of affairs in civil Germany is brought into being by the military signatories for hte four powers who will administer the quadruple occupation of Germany. General Eisenhower signs for the United States, Marshal Montgomery for the British, Marshal Zhukov for the Soviets…
Collection of Chinese passports with some truly rare items. Thanks to Neil K and especially to chinese collector fellow Chen T. who provides the pictures for the gallery. Enjoy the gallery and get some introduction to passport collecting of Chinese passports. CHINA_PP 42 photos Slideshow Military ID 1945 by Chiang…
John Peters Humphrey, OC (April 30, 1905 – March 14, 1995) was a Canadian legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate. He is most famous as the author of the first draft of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. Universal Declaration of Human Rights In 1946, Assistant Secretary-General to the…
Highly interesting and very rare passport type of the German Empire. Native-Passport of Imperial German Southwest Africa 1913 These passports for natives were used for travelling within Imperial German Southwest Africa only. Validitity was mostly only one month. Berseba was at that time a important administrative center, 50km North of…
“Worthy Jew” Gil, a fellow collector just send me in this highly interesting picture of a document from the FBI (Bureau Bulletin No.40, August 1943) regarding “J-stamp” on 3rd Reich passports. STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL – TO ALL SPECIAL AGENTS IN CHARGE “The following observations, suggestions and instructions are submitted: ESPIONAGE-PASSPORTS…” Read…
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May 17, 13 (11:36) NEW PASSPORTS FOR YOUR COLLECTION Thx again, please check your email. Tom
May 17, 13 (11:33) GERMAN PASSPORTS FOR JEWS They are and I was already contacting you by private email. Thanks, Tom
May 17, 13 (9:32) NEW PASSPORTS FOR YOUR COLLECTION Hello: I am very interested in -Austria 1920 Issued in Braunau -Burundi 1995 Diplomatic -Congo ...
May 17, 13 (8:36) GERMAN PASSPORTS FOR JEWS I am very interested in these. Are they for sale?
May 7, 13 (6:18) RARE "J" STAMPED PASSPORTS Hi Serge, thx for your message I send you all details by email. Tom