Year: 2019

United States Passport 1858 What makes this passport so special is the fantastic condition which looks almost like new. Imagine this travel document is 158 years old!   Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782 – June 17, 1866) was an American…

The occupation in the passport says “Konsulswitwe” (widow of a consul). I couldn’t find any data during my research on who this consul was. But what is even more interesting is that she was Jewish, as you can identify on…

In 2008, the 110-year-old Lazare Ponticelli died, the last of about 8.4 million French soldiers who fought between 1914 and 1918. His state funeral was held on March 17, 2008. The mass was held at Saint-Louis Cathedral in Les Invalides…

Elizabeth I England Passport ELIZABETH I (1533-1603), Queen of England and Ireland. Document signed, a passport for Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, addressed to the Commander of the town of Berwick and others, Westminster, 28 April 1565, signed by the Queen at the…

German Passport Propaganda Photographer Hilmar Pabel (* 17 September 1910 in Rawitsch, Province of Posen) was a German journalist, photographer, and initiator of the Red Cross’s search for children after the Second World War. Despite his participation in the war…

US passport Guam officer The U.S. Territories refer to a group of geographical areas in the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. These territories fall under the jurisdiction of the United States federal government but do not hold the same…

Canton Lucerne Passport Booklet Swiss cantonal passport booklets are very rare to find. Until the beginning of 1915, Each Canton, in total 25, issued their own passports. It is a real challenge for a Swiss passport collector to find them…

German Ministerialpass Ruth Doerner This passport type is pretty rare. I saw only 2-3 within the last 15+ years. This Ministerialpass was issued during the Weimar Republic period in 1925, was twice renewed and valid until 1930. The size of…