Several Royal Passports of Prince Alfons of Bavaria Not often a collector has the chance to get several passports of a price, in this case Prince Alfons of Bavaria. However, I unfortunately missed the lot as the price went much…
A East German Passport – Wolf Biermann – Singer-Songwriter-Dissident Karl Wolf Biermann (born 15 November 1936) is a German singer-songwriter and former East German dissident. He is perhaps best known for the 1968 song “Ermutigung” and his expatriation from East Germany in 1976.…
A unusual German Empire passport – Kingdom of Saxony When I first spotted this document, I thought – ah just another German Empire I already have in my archive. But then I had a second deeper look and saw…
Passport Conferences & Territory Issues by the League of Nations The League of Nations held two conferences about passports. Below you see their recommendation of a “passport standard”, further the handling of territorial issues. 1920 Events January 10, 1920 British…
Israel Diplomatic Passport 1951 for a Knesset member Ehud Avriel (1917 – August 27, 1980) was an Israeli diplomat and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai between 1955 and 1957. Born in Vienna in Austria–Hungary, Avriel…
Zonal Travel Permit 1954 for occupied Germany The Zonal Travel Permit was a personal document officially introduced by the four occupying powers of the German Reich on 30 June 1946, which allowed the citizens of the occupation zones to travel…
United States Special Passport 1931 – Accountant US Tariff Commission Meet Louis Serge Ballif from Whitney, Idaho who worked as accountant for the United States Tariff Commission mainly in Brussels where he was the head of the accountants. His passport…
When do YOU start collecting beautiful old passports? Take a closer look at this article to learn more about the topic. My name is Tom Topol and I am a passport collector. What is a passport collector? Well, that’s someone…
Swedish Diplomat Per Anger saved thousands of Jews in Budapest Thousands of Hungarian Jews were rescued from death in Nazi extermination camps thanks to the Swedish diplomat Per Anger. Not only did Anger ferry out reports of the systematic extermination…