Year: 2021

Paul Graf von Medem (* January 9, 1800, in Mitau; † January 10, 1854) was a Russian diplomat. Paul Medem Russian Envoy Paul von Medem studied law at the University of Berlin from 1818, where he became a member of…

Passport issued to Frederik Wilhelm von Wedel-Jarlsberg, chamberlain to the Danish king and later a prominent writer, who traveled from Copenhagen to Hanover and Bremen as an emissary of the Chamber of Finance accompanied by four servants. Ogier signed as…

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…

This was the headline of a Spiegel article in 1968. GDR travel passport compulsory Shortly after midnight, the traffic light that clears the way to the GDR border checkpoint at Marienborn jumps from red to “clear”. Bernhard Ruhland, 32, a…

A U.S. Passport, signed by Webster and Andrews, dated the 23rd day of June 1852. Double folio (419 x 279mm), with various subsequent stamps. Aeronaut Inventor passport Andrews Solomon Andrews was a physician by profession, but it was the inventor…

Everybody in the world needs a passport to travel internationally, even famous stars and celebrities. Such personal documents of famous people are mostly offered after they die, sometimes, if they need money, from the notable auction houses in the world….

THIS CIVIL WAR SOLDIER’S 1865 PASSPORT WAS ISSUED THE MONTH AFTER LINCOLN’S ASSASSINATION, WITH LATER, 1868 PARIS PASSPORT STAMP & SIGNATURE. Civil War Soldier Passport Large, engraved certificate, measuring c.16.75 x 11.25 inches (folded, with conjugate leaf blank on both…

Joseph Pitcairn US Passport Pitcairn went to America and became a diplomat. In 1794, George Washington nominated Pitcairn to be the American Vice-Consul in Paris. He was then appointed full Consul in Hamburg, where he remained until 1802. He was…

I got the following lot by chance and bought it instantly. The story here is about a German couple during the British Mandate in Palestine which includes not only a German passport issued at the consulate in Haifa but also…