What traveling in medieval England was like
Traveling medieval England Pirates Assume you’re in London and need to get to Chester. How do you go about doing it? You might believe that…
US Passport Legation Switzerland – Nicholas Fish
US Passport Switzerland Fish A large one-page folio, 32 x 47 cm, was issued to Miss Alice L. Blaney, a citizen of the United States…
United States Pilgrimage Passports
United States Pilgrimage Passports On Mar 2, 1929, President Calvin Coolidge signed P.L. 70-952. That law authorized the War Department to arrange trips with a…
A Masterpiece of a Passport Forger Schoenhaus
Masterpiece Passport Forger Schoenhaus It was a young passport forger who, at the end of 1942, made the “Aryan” masterpiece document in the name of…
Samuel Colt Passports are American History
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The thickest passports in history
A regular passport nowadays usually has 32 pages. ICAO defines this standard (recommendations), and so is the standardized passport size of 125mm x 88mm…
Canada – Special Vimy Pilgrimage Passport 1936
I stumbled over this unusual Canadian passport during research, which I had never heard of before, but the story behind this special passport is of national…
The Secrets of old Passports
what to do with old passports In the pages of old passports, one discovers not just faded ink and aging paper, but portals to the…
The Soviet Army in the GDR – Service Passport
The Soviet army was an integral part and permanent guest of the GDR. The withdrawal of the Russian Western Group of Troops (WGT) on August…
Gijsbert Karel Count van Hogendorp
Gijsbert Karel Count van Hogendorp This Dutch passport issued in 1814 in Amsterdam in the name of Gijsbert Karel, Count van Hogendorp is a pretty…
Passport-collector.com in Malaysia (KL & Melaka)
Passport Collector Malaysia Melaka The last time I was in Malaysia was in 2013, but only in Kuala Lumpur. This time I also visited Melaka,…
World record: The “fattest” passport
World Record Fattest Passport A total of over 1,400 passport pages during a life of travel World Record Fattest Passport The passport is possibly the…
East German Passport: A Dancer Traveling To Iraq
East German Passport Dancer This is an early East German (GDR) passport issued in Berlin for a female dancer who frequently traveled, even to Iraq…
Did you know: There are commemorative passports
Have you ever come across commemorative passports? They’re not as common as commemorative coins or banknotes, but they do exist! Allow me to shed…
Napoleon Bonaparte Maritime Passport 1813
Napoleon Bonaparte Maritime Passport Napoleon Bonaparte authorizes the importation of exotic commodities “from colonies in France, America, and Asia,” which encompasses items such as fish…
George Washington signed Ship Passport 1794
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