The Canadian Passport – Early Years
Early years of the Canadian passport The story of the Canadian passport is entwined with Canada’s history, both as a colony of Great Britain and…
Rare Liechtenstein passport 1915
Rare Liechtenstein passport issued in 1915 Lichtenstein the tiny Principality between Germany, Switzerland, Austria-Hungary, and Italy had in 1915 only 8700 citizens, but how many…
German Puppet State Passport Krolestwo Polskie
German Puppet State Passport Krolestwo Polskie The following travel document is passport history at its finest. I have to admit I didn’t know this part…
A Passport for The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
A Passport for The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust “Good morning Tom, I’m contacting you from the press office at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (SBT) in Stratford-upon-Avon…
US Seamen Passport 1943 with border stamps
US Seamen Passport 1943 with border stamps Over the years, I have seen many US Seaman passports but never one with border stamps. This is…
NS-Germany Child Passport W.Kaczynski
NS-Germany Children Passport I contacted William Kaczynski via a friend as we have a hobby in common – passport collecting. We all three were sitting…
Passport of a man exhibited in the last human zoo
The Guardian issued the following article in 2018, and I just found a PASSPORT of a man who was “exhibited” in the HUMAN ZOO during…
Stories of Passports From Extinct Countries
Stories of Passports From Extinct Countries Yesterday’s bureaucracy is today’s curiosity BRITISH PALESTINE. The USSR. The Free State of Fiume. History is rife with states…
German life in Kobe & Shanghai 1934 -1940
German life in Kobe & Shanghai 1934 -1940 I got two passports into my collection which, after some research, tell an exciting story of a…
Alexander von Doernberg – Diplomatic Passport
ALEXANDER VON DOERNBERG – DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT German jurist, diplomat, and SS officer, Head of the Protocol Department of the Foreign Office from 1938 to 1945….
A letter 1854 from the first US Consul in Montreal
A letter 1854 from the first US Consul in Montreal A handwritten letter on blue paper with the US Consulate letterhead, Eagle and seal. The…
Passports of an East German Nuclear Scientist
Passports of an East German Nuclear Scientist Here is an impressive set of two East German passports. One document is from 1958 and another from…
German Diplomat Franz Krapf Passport – Das Amt und die Vergangenheit
German Diplomat Franz Krapf Passport Meet Franz Krapf from Munich, Germany. His passport was issued in Sep 1936 at the German consulate in Yokohama, Japan…
Tsar Nicholas II Passport – Anniversary Of His Murder
Tsar Nicholas Anniversary Murder Execution Tsar Nicholas Anniversary Murder In the early hours of the morning of July 17, 1918, the deposed Tsar, his wife…
Bishop of London – William Juxon Passport 1640
Bishop of London – William Juxon Passport 1640 William Juxon (1582 – 4 June 1663) was an English churchman, Bishop of London from 1633 to 1649 and Archbishop of Canterbury from…
Stasi and RAF: French Passport of Ulrike Meinhof
Stasi RAF Ulrike Meinhof The Red Army Faction (RAF) was a left-wing terrorist group in the Federal Republic of Germany. The State Security (Stasi) first…