Early 15th Century passport (Safe Conduct)
A small collection of documents including a rare and early Safe Conduct concerning the Dukes of Burgundy, in French and Dutch, manuscript documents on paper…
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A small collection of documents including a rare and early Safe Conduct concerning the Dukes of Burgundy, in French and Dutch, manuscript documents on paper…
Captain George Younghusband Passport for Captain George William Younghusband (1856-1897) of the Indian Army granting him permission to travel in Russia, he being the first…
Brigadier General James Stewart became the first major American movie star to enlist in the United States Army to fight in World War II. After…
LET PASS OR DIE – Passport History Book An educational + entertaining BOOK about the HISTORY of the PASSPORT. 353 pages with incredible stories, including…
Airline history German passport Interflug pilot Deutsche Lufthansa was Germany’s flag carrier until the end of World War II. Following the allied conquest, all planes…
Passport colors significance South Sudan owes a great deal to America. Its national coat of arms (chosen in a public competition) resembles the great seal,…
Not a passport but a long and thrilling diary of a German soldier during the American Revolution. With a detailed account of front-line combat at…
German passport Italian adventurer Passport issued by the court of Baden-Durlach, Germany for the Italian adventurer and versatile man of letters Giacomo Passano, who had…
The colonial time of Germany is currently a big topic in the German press and society. The new Humboldt-Forum in the newly built Berlin palace…
The following gripping passport came up by a British couple who contacted me via my website. The email reads as follows. German J-Passport Rudolf Schneeweiss…
General John Churchill Marlborough Marlborough’s career as a soldier and statesman lasted five monarchs’ reigns. His greatest military achievement occurred later in his career; if…
Paul Graf von Medem (* January 9, 1800, in Mitau; † January 10, 1854) was a Russian diplomat. Paul Medem Russian Envoy He pursued legal…
Passport issued to Frederik Wilhelm von Wedel-Jarlsberg, chamberlain to the Danish king and later a prominent writer, who traveled from Copenhagen to Hanover and Bremen…
A U.S. Passport, signed by Webster and Andrews, dated the 23rd day of June 1852. Double folio (419 x 279mm), with various subsequent stamps. Aeronaut…
THIS CIVIL WAR SOLDIER’S 1865 PASSPORT WAS ISSUED THE MONTH AFTER LINCOLN’S ASSASSINATION, WITH LATER, 1868 PARIS PASSPORT STAMP & SIGNATURE. Civil War Soldier Passport…
Joseph Pitcairn US Passport Pitcairn went to America and became a diplomat. In 1794, George Washington nominated Pitcairn to be the American Vice-Consul in Paris….