Mata Hari (Margaretha G. Zelle) Identity Papers
A recent TV documentation about this extraordinary woman inspired me to write this article. Mata Hari, real name Margaretha Geertuida Zelle, was born in 1876…
Passport of Italian 30-days King Umberto II
Passport King Umberto II Umberto II (born Sept. 15, 1904, Racconigi, Italy—died March 18, 1983, Geneva, Switz.), prince of Savoy, was briefly king of Italy in…
Jew denied travel due to missing J-stamp
German Jew J stamp From 5 October 1938, German Jews needed a “unique identifier” in the form of a 3 cm large red J in…
A Passport issued by King George III
passport King George III George III was born on 4 June 1738 in London, the eldest son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Princess Augusta…
Early Federal German Foreign Representations
When it comes to passport history, Germany and GDR are strong focuses. I have one of the first Federal German passports in my collection. Same…
British Consul Woodhouse in Petrograd 1916
The city of Petrograd was the capital of the Russian Empire from the 18th to the 20th century. Only from 1914 to 1924 was it…
Princess Natalija of Montenegro’s Passport Returns to Its Family
By Géraldine Cerf de Dudzeele, Paris – repost from 2013 Passport Princess Natalija Montenegro Natalija Konstantinović Passport Princess Natalija Montenegro was born in Trieste (Italy)…
English Passport 1640 with twelve signatures
This is an English passport issued to Sir Thomas Aston on 9th December 1640 to enable him to travel with two servants as he was…
Passport of an USSR soldier stationed in GDR
Between 350,000 and 500,000 Soviet soldiers were stationed in the GDR – more than anywhere else outside the borders of the USSR. The duration of…
An unusual Czechoslovak passport for a courier
An unusual passport for a Czechoslovak military courier for travel from Prague to Kyiv in March 1919 unusual Czechoslovak passport courier Many thanks to Zbyšek…
Free France (France Libre) Diplomatic Passport
FREE FRANCE and its Free French Forces (French: France Libre et les Forces françaises libres) was the government-in-exile led by Charles de Gaulle during the Second World War, and its military forces, that…
30 Years German Reunification
German Reunification Unbelievable, it is already 30 years ago when Germany East and West reunited. When the wall came down in Nov 1989, I wanted…
US Passport 1886 Congressman Morse
Leopold Morse was a United States Representative from Massachusetts, and this is his 1886 US passport. Morse was born in 1831 in Wachenheim, Germany, and…
Vichy Diplomatic Passport – Ambassador Labonne
Eirik Labonne, born in Paris on October 4, 1888, and died on November 12, 1971, was a French diplomat who began his career just before the First World War. Vichy Diplomatic Passport Labonne Eirik Labonne…
Royal Belgian passports of young Prince/Princess
A pair of Belgian diplomatic passports issued on February 21, 1951, to Baudouin, later King of Belgium, and another on April 14, 1949, to Grand…
Canada passport for USA travel only
Reacting to potential threats to its security the US government announced on June 6, 1940, that Canadians would require passports and visas to enter the…