A Readers Story – Charles Castle (1813-1886) And His Passports
A Readers Story – Charles Castle (1813-1886) And His Passports I have the contents of the writing desk of my great great great uncle Charles…
British King’s Courier Passport Of Ernest Frederick Gye
British King’s Courier Passport Of Ernest Frederick Gye This British King’s courier passport was issued on 7th December 1910 for travel to St. Petersburg, Russia,…
Colony Of North Borneo
North Borneo was a British protectorate under the sovereign North Borneo Chartered Company from 1882 to 1946. After World War II, it became a crown colony…
German Jew – Forced to Leave Switzerland
Jew Forced To Leave Switzerland This German passport was issued in 1934 at the Consulate General in Zurich / Switzerland to Leo Neumann (I do…
International Air Travel in the 1930s
When we talk about passports we talk about traveling – in this case international air travel in the 1930s. Today we largely take international air…
Garry Davis – First Citizen Of The World
His radical proposal — hailed by supporters like the way of the future — was a world with no national borders, one in which all…
Captain Henry Rodolph Davies And His Chinese Passport
Captain Henry Rodolph Davies And His Chinese Passport Look at this huge Chinese passport issued to a soldier from the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry…
Denmark Sea Passport 1823
This document is a “Translation Of The Sea-Passport”, a partly printed document with handwritten additions issued at the island of St. Thomas for the vessel…
25 Years Fall Of The Wall – A Unique Passport
Do you remember where you were when the wall was falling? Instantly I wanted to travel to Berlin from my city in South Germany to…
A Queens Messenger by LTC Kimmins
Queens Messenger LTC Kimmins John Kimmins had an army career that started in Sandhurst, where he joined a Cavalry regiment. On retirement at 55, he…
US Passport signed by Minister Rufus King 1798
Rufus King, a signer of the U.S. Constitution, also served as a diplomat and authorized this passport, giving David Hinckley permission to “pass without giving…
Ruth Bielaski Shipley – US Passport Office
Ruth Bielaski Shipley (April 20, 1885 – November 3, 1966) was head of the Passport Division of the United States Department of State for 27…
The Evolution of the Australian Passport
Early Australian passports are rare to spot. If your collection focus is Australia, you should grab such early documents whenever they appear. Evolution Australian Passport…
German Nazi Passport With “Stamped” Middle Name SARA
German Nazi Passport With Stamped Middle Name “SARA” In my collection I do have several of these but I never saw so far one like…
Isabella Bird and her travels
Isabella Bird (1831-1904) was one of the 19th century’s most remarkable women travelers. Her intrepid global travels and subsequent travel books made her famous at…
Diplomatic ID-Card of a captain from the German NS Navy
Diplomatic ID-Card of a captain from the German NS Navy Not a diplomatic passport but a diplomatic ID card of a captain of the German…