Italian Social Republic passport issued in September 1944 Repubblica Sociale Italiana, RSI Right: Service passport (stamp) with low document number Left: normal version with document number 21189 The Italian Social Republic (Italian: Repubblica Sociale Italiana, RSI), informally known as the…
Passport of Hitler’s personal aide and SS commander – Max Wünsche What you see here is a personal document of a significant figure of WWII – the passport of MAX WÜNSCHE, SS commander awarded with the Knight’s Cross of the Iron…
United States Passport – Island of Puerto Rico 1926 When it comes to US passport history this type from the ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO is one of the rarest passports a collector can find! Issued 1926 in the city of…
British Passport 1859 with very unusual customized wallet This British passport is extraordinary because of its wallet, actually its rather a case. I have seen many British passports with different leather wallets, which also have sometimes a secret or hidden…
The passport of Prof. Dr. Franz Böhm – Luxembourg Agreement This passport from 1950, issued by the Military government for Germany belonged to Franz Böhm (16 February 1895, Konstanz – 26 September 1977, Rockenberg) who was a German politician, lawyer, and economist. Böhm was a member of the German Bundestag from…
United Nations Diplomatic Visa On Benjamin Franklin Passport A collector friend from USA has send in this interesting United Nations visa which was issued on a “Ben Franklin” passport (issued only 1993-1994) by the U.S. State Dept., to commemorate the…
East German Passport issued in 1989 with visa from 1995 The German Democratic Republic (GDR) is already history since 28 years but one still can find most interesting documents from this time. Here is one. A GDR passport with a…
The most unusual passport photo in a valid modern passport Till 1915 passports had no pictures included and even in the early days of the passport photo there were no regulations on the photo itself. All was good as long…
Union of South Africa Passport 1923 Well Traveled If you see this precious piece you could think the passport is covered in Elephant leather (which is of course not the case). Meet Shopkeeper David Weinberg, born in Lithuania in 1894.…