GEORGE ANDREW JOY, Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Island of St.Helena… Wow, what a (passport)…
REPLICA PASSPORTS OF THE LEGENDARY ROLLING STONES YES, it’s only a copy but is still interesting.THE ROLLING STONES (English Rock Band formed in 1962). Original & Vintage Rolling Stones Replica Passports with holder. Originally distributed with The Rolling Stones 1983…
Look at this Beautiful US Passport 1886, Legation London With Several Russian Visa. WOW! This large US passport was issued at the US legation in London in April 1886 to a 28 year old Philippe Victor Lacoste traveling to Russia.…
German Boy Travels to his parents in North America 1855. WOW, what a finding! This passport is very unusual as it was issued to a eight year old boy in 1855. I have seen plenty of passports but never such…
LÁSZLÓ EÖRSI: THE SWEDISH RED CROSS INFORMANT Years ago Robin W. Winks, a professor of history at Yale University, edited a book titled The Historian As Detective: Essays on Evidence. And indeed, historians often comb through information from a variety of sources until they experience their aha…
A British passport collector asked me recently… “Is it OK to tape old passports along a fold if it has a tear?” A excellent question which I will answer in this article to the benefit of all collectors. Personally, I…
Meet beautiful Blanca Cruz from Comitan, Cris. Mexico. Blanca was born 1907 which makes her 34 years young when her passport was issued in March 1941. Her passport shows no travels but has a US border crossing identification card attached.…
Sureley a significant document of Dutch (passport) history which you can see yourself at the Philips Museum in Eindhoven. Anton Frederik Philips (14 March 1874 – 7 October 1951) co-founded Royal Philips Electronics N.V. in 1912 with his older brother Gerard Philips in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. His father…
Twin brothers Ronald “Ronnie” Kray (24 October 1933 – 17 March 1995) and Reginald “Reggie” Kray (24 October 1933 – 1 October 2000) were English gangsters who were the foremost perpetrators of organised crime in the East End of London during the 1950s and 1960s. With their gang, the Firm, the Krays were involved in armed robberies, arson, protection…