40 Jahre DDR Reisepass Geschichte
Tom Topol sammelt und erforscht seit Jahrzehnten DDR-Reisepässe. Ihn interessiert nicht nur das Papier, sondern auch die Geschichten der Menschen dahinter. Durch seine Arbeit wird…
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A Passport to the Olympics That Never Happened
Guest article from Daniel Kusrow The displayed passport belonged to Joseph Matthew Wirtz, a maternal great uncle whose life intersected with one of the strangest…
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Passport and Kennkarte from a North Frisian Island
Föhr, 1919–1945 passport north frisian islands Föhr sits in the North Sea on the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein. It is part of Germany today but…
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Service Passport 1943 Captain Loewe
This exceptional and historically significant document group comprises thirteen original items relating to Captain Hans Loewe, a German government official and interpreter during the Second…
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Australian Passport 1913 – New South Wales
The Australian Government started issuing passports in 1901, following the federation of the colonies. Australia’s first federal passport regulations were not introduced until September 3rd,…
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This passport stamp exist only 200 times
In February 1994, a unique charity event took place that linked human endurance, British fundraising culture, and one of modern Europe’s great engineering projects. That…
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Baroness Wilhelmine von Godin
“I have the passport of a Baroness of Germany when they were fleeing Germany. She gave it to me in NYC. Is it valuable?” That…
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Willweber Family: A German life in Kobe & Shanghai
Two passports added to my collection reveal a striking and little known story. Both were issued to Emmi Willweber, the wife of Herbert Willweber, a…
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The Son of Ceausescu and His Passport
Among the rare artifacts of Cold War history, few documents carry the layered significance of Valentin Ceausescu and his service passport from 1993, valid until…
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Kings messenger badge 1820 sold at auction
King’s messenger badge 1820 These badges are rare and when offered at the collector’s market they always go well. However, messenger badges are rather more…
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Jazz Singer Billy Holiday
Billie Holiday, birth name Elinore Harris, by name Lady Day, (born April 7, 1915, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died July 17, 1959, New York City, New York), American jazz singer, one of…
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Royal Highness Prince Zeid – Diplomatic Passport
You see here the outstanding and rare Iraq diplomatic passport from 1953 of His Royal Highness Prince Zeid al Hussein as Ambassador in London, UK….
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Special Passport For US Consul Keena In Chihuahua
Special Passport US Consul Keena A fantastic document of US passport history – SPECIAL PASSPORT of Leo J. Keena, who is proceeding to his post…
