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Regular news from several sources related to passport, passports, passport collecting or the history of passports and related travel documents

INTERPOL TRAVEL DOCUMENT (video)

28 December, 2012

INTERPOL has developed its first ever travel documents (e-Passport Booklet and e-Identification Card). These are intended to enable INTERPOL officials, chiefs of law enforcement agencies, heads of National Central Bureaus and staff to travel internationally on official INTERPOL business without requiring a visa when assisting in transnational investigations or urgent…

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Effective annexation: Israel now stamping passports of West Bank visitors “Judea and Samaria only” (update)

24 December, 2012
Effective annexation: Israel now stamping passports of West Bank visitors “Judea and Samaria only” (update)

UPDATE SEE HERE: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2012/12/201514.htm#ISRAEL   (Ismael Mohamad / United Press International) Effective annexation: Israel now stamping passports of West Bank visitors “Judea and Samaria only” New Israeli stamp says “Judea & Samaria only” in reference to the occupied West Bank. (Rima Merriman) Because the Palestinian Authority has no real control…

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History of Biometrics

19 December, 2012
History of Biometrics

By Stephen Mayhew November 22, 2012 Introduction The term “biometrics” is derived from the Greek words “bio” (life) and “metrics” (to measure). Automated biometric systems have only become available over the last few decades, due to significant advances in the field of computer processing. Many of these new automated techniques,…

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East German Diplomatic Passport

13 December, 2012
O_1000_680_680_Mielke-Diplomatenpass

This is the East German Diplomatic Passport of Erich Mielke (December 28, 1907 – May 21, 2000) a German Communist politician and Minister of State Security of the German Democratic Republic from 1957 to 1989. A hard-line Stalinist, he spent several years in the Soviet Union. Mielke held the military…

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Book Review – The United States Passport (Past, Present, Future)

6 November, 2012
Book Review – The United States Passport (Past, Present, Future)

The United States Passport (Past, Present, Future) is full of facts about the American passport. The book was issued by the Passport Office – Department of State in 1976. Even the book was published 37 years ago the data you will find there are most valuable for passport collectors. Of…

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COLLECTIVE PASSPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

28 October, 2012
collective passport uk

Did you know that collective passports are still issued in UK and Malta? This document is a collective passport for children on an organised trip. The group leader must also carry his/her full GBR passport. Each child listed on page 2 of the collective passport must carry a identity card…

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Passport Collectors Meeting in Singapore (4)

22 October, 2012
Marshall Islands

Again I could meet my friend Gil S. in Singapore where we spend time together discussing about travel documents at the German restaurant “Brotzeit” where we start our meeting. This time I had also the chance to see his collection which is not only a large one with many quality…

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Another Collectors Meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam

17 October, 2012
Tom & Viet

After knowing Viet for some time by email I just had the chance to meet him this time at his home in Hanoi. Actually he is not mainly a passports collector but a collector of Vietnam Army collectibles (Medals, Orders, Badges, Uniforms, Hat caps,…) and Vietnam postage stamps and banknotes.…

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Diplomatic Passport – France

13 October, 2012

Diplomatic passports are a interesting collection field, even when it is hard to cover as these types of documents are everything else than common. This is the first time I saw a French Diplomatic passport and I could acquire this document which was issued in 1982 to the Vice Consul…

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WANTED! Your Old Passports!

30 September, 2012

Do you have old obsolete passports somewhere hidden? Yes? If so please contact me as I might be interested. Any message is very welcome! Especially looking for: New Zealand, biometric Greece, biometric Hong Kong, biometric China, biometric Furthermore I am searching for visas in any passport from 1938 to 1944…

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