Passports: From Paper to High-Tech Booklet by Tom Topol
Passports High-tech booklet commodity Hi, my name is Tom Topol, and I have been a passport history expert and author for almost 20 years. My…
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…
Passport for Captain George Younghusband
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 and Actor James Stewart
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
LET PASS OR DIE – Passport History Book An educational + entertaining BOOK about the HISTORY of the PASSPORT. 353 pages with incredible stories, including…
The East German passport of an Interflug-Pilot
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…
The Significance of Passport Colors
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,…
German Soldier Diary – American Revolution
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…
A German passport of an Italian adventurer 1751
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…
French Colonialism, Travel Order & Passport 1852
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…
German J-Passport of Dr. Rudolf Schneeweiss
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, 1st Duke of Marlborough
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 von Medem – Russian Envoy in Vienna 1842
Paul Graf von Medem (* January 9, 1800, in Mitau; † January 10, 1854) was a Russian diplomat. Paul Medem Russian Envoy He pursued legal…
Passport French Ambassador Copenhagen 1757
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…
Aeronaut and Inventor S. Andrews Passport 1852
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…
United States Civil War Soldier Passport 1865
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…