Excellencies – The Württemberg Embassy in Berlin 1803-1937
Excellencies – The Württemberg Embassy in Berlin 1803-1937 is a great background source on diplomats & diplomacy at that time, which includes the biography of…
Chinese passport 1924 Russian immigration – Manchukuo
Chinese passport 1924 Russian immigration – Manchukuo A very interesting passport which is not often to find. Issued in Shanghai in 1924 for a 25…
Francis Gary Powers passport – the real-life Bridge of Spies
Francis Gary Powers passport Francis Gary Powers A United States of America passport belonging to Francis Gary Powers, issued on December 9, 1975, includes a…
German passport Swiss issued Philippines Islands 1921
German passport Swiss issued Philippines Islands 1921 This German passport issued by the Swiss on the Philippines Islands 1921 is indeed a historical passport treasure….
A Collectors Story – Rita Hayworth
A Collectors Story – Rita Hayworth. Some time ago there was a interesting item at a popular online auction website. The lot contains photographs and…
Ever hear about a Kiribati passport?
Kiribati passport Did you ever hear about a Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean? I must admit I needed to research when I got this document…
French Passport 1602
French passport (4 pages) dated June 1602 with secretarial signature of King Henry IV of France. A later note on the back indicates that this…
German Cameroon Passport – Colonial Germany
THIS passport of the German colony in Cameroon is a travel document that I love to have in my collection but another collector had deeper…
Passport issued by the British consul in Hankou for a Missionary
Passport issued by the British consul in Hankou for a Missionary …in Chinese script FROM BRITISH CONSUL IN HANKOU FOR MISSIONARY REV. CARWARDINE This very…
German Passport – Allied Occupation Of The Rhineland
The Allied control of the Rhineland was an outcome of the First World War, in which the German Reich endured a military annihilation against the…
One of the earliest German Democratic Republic passports
One of the earliest German Democratic Republic passports East German passport is part of my archive and collection. The first passport act was released by…
Sugihara UNESCO Memory World Program – Update
Update 31.10.2017 Dear Tom, Thank you for your continued support and cooperation for our Sugihara UNESCO Memory of the World project. I regret to inform…
Ministry of State Security (MfS) Memorial Museum
Ministry of State Security MfS Memorial Museum, Leipzig History The building is located on the site, where around 1000, the first German castle was built…
Passports for Senators and Representatives in Congress
The Daily Dispatch: May 6, 1864 Mr. Brown, of Mississippi, introduced a bill to provide passports for Senators and Representatives in Congress when travelling in the Confederate States, which was…
Extremely Rare Heligoland Passport 1873
Franz Schensky Extremely Rare Heligoland Passport Franz Schensky’s legacy as a renowned photographer from Helgoland continues to captivate audiences even decades after his death in…
Island of Jersey Passport 1835 issued by Major- Gen. Archibald Campbell
Island of Jersey Passport 1835 issued by Major- Gen. Archibald Campbell C.B. Lieutenant Governor. Made out to a Sextus Ramsey Esq Solicitor travelling in such…