Recently I posted an article about “Diplomats who saved Jews”. Today I can report and display a document issued by one of the *”Righteous Among The Nations”. (*an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jews from...
Click on the headlines for further reading… Diplomats Who Saved Jews Importance of Documents Per Anger- Swedish Charge d’Affaires in Budapest, Hungary, 1944-45. Per Anger worked with Raoul Wallenberg in the Swedish Embassy. He personally intervened on behalf of Jews being deported to the Nazi death camps. Credited with...
Asservat No.328 was another very interesting binder with excellent examples of passports and related documents – in this case of Dr. Wilhelm Solf (5 October 1862 – 6 February 1936). Solf was a German scholar, diplomat, jurist and statesman. He joined the German Foreign Office (Consular Service) on 12...
A few weeks ago I published an article about a passport I gave once to a fellow collector. With pleasure I can tell you today I got it back. My good fellow collector understood my desire on this item. I am glad to be in collaboration with such collectors...
Once again I have to thank my good fellow collector for giving me the chance to aquire this rare Departmental Passport of the Federal Republik of Germany by connecting me to the seller. This type of passport is very hard to find and I am happy to got it...
The next collectors meeting was with Henk at the airport in Zürich. I could deliver Henk’s earlier made order of 30 passports. It is always interesting when you are sitting at a airport cafe shop and on the table you have a “unusual” amount of different passports. The people...
Visit at the Political Archive of the German Foreign Office in Berlin – Introduction 4 Oct 2011 I met up with Dr.Keiper who prepared many great examples for inspection. Just recently the archive got some binders from the German Diplomatic Archive in Mexico back to Berlin (see inventory list,...
As you might know my private collection contains German documents only. My oldest passport is from 1646 from a German duchess and another one from 1796 for a French Nobleman issued in South of Germany (escaping the French Revolution). If I am lucky I will get soon two passport...
The Nobel Peace Prize 1922 Award Ceremony Speech Presentation Speech by Fredrik Stang, Chairman of the Nobel Committee, on December 10, 1922 I take pleasure in announcing that this year’s Peace Prize has been awarded to Professor Fridtjof Nansen. Work of an international character carried out by Mr. Nansen...
Almost 2 weeks back at home in Switzerland and still inspecting deliveries ordered in the last 9 month when I was in Thailand. You can say it’s some kind of early Christmas for me unpacking all the mail and inspecting collectibles. What will be in the next package to...
NEW PASSPORTS FOR YOUR COLLECTION
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NEW PASSPORTS FOR YOUR COLLECTION
I want to buy the 1924 indian empire British India passport.
NEW PASSPORTS FOR YOUR COLLECTION
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GERMAN PASSPORTS FOR JEWS
They are and I was already contacting you by private email. Thanks, Tom
NEW PASSPORTS FOR YOUR COLLECTION
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-Austria 1920 Issued in Braunau
-Burundi 1995 Diplomatic
-Congo ...