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British passport 1814 provisional Belgian government (Napoleonic Wars)

20 September, 202016 September, 2020

What you see here is an outstanding British passport issued in August 1814 by Charge d’affairs John Mordaunt Johnson at the provisional government of the Belgian provinces (then French Empire) […]

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Swiss Journeyman Book & Passport 1879

17 September, 202021 September, 2020

Over the years, I have seen dozens of journeyman books (Wander-Buch). This book from 1879 is outstanding due to its condition and the fantastic Lithography from Luzerne, Switzerland. The book […]

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Old British Empire passports for your collection – Prices are 25% down

15 September, 202015 September, 2020

Just follow this link assaporte passaporto passporte pas german argentina imigrant old veryrar personalausweis reise-pass paspoort passeport germany alemania tyskland allemagne germania duitsland alemanha danzig memel ostpreussen […]

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A young woman visits Bratislava in March 1945

14 September, 202014 September, 20202 Comments

Many thanks to Zbyšek Šustek, Slovak Numismatic Society at Slovak Academy of Sciences young woman Bratislava 1945 A journey of a young courageous Viennese window-dresser to Bratislava on 28 March […]

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French Diplomatic Passport, Duke of Richelieu

11 September, 2020

French Diplomatic Passport Richelieu Diplomatic Passport issued in Paris on 17 May 1818 French Diplomatic Passport Richelieu by Duke Emmanuel-Armand du Plessis de Richelieu, former Governor-General of Yekaterinoslav, Kherson, and […]

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Passport Fees Around The World 2020

8 September, 20206 September, 202036 Comments

Passport Fees Around The World 2020 Passports are a necessity in today’s global world and so are the fees someone has to pay for a travel document. In the best […]

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Collective Passport For Young People (UK)

7 September, 20203 September, 20202 Comments

Collective Passport Young People Did you know those collective passports are still issued at least in the UK? This document is a collective passport (from 1952) for children on an […]

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Diplomatic Passport Dr. Gerhard Wolf 1945

3 September, 202024 August, 2020

Diplomatic Passport Gerhard Wolf Who was Dr. Gerhard Wolf? Gerhard Wolf was born on August 12, 1896, in Dresden, where he attended the Vizthumsche Gymnasium and passed with the examination […]

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Hermann Goering Passport Pulled From Auction

1 September, 20202 September, 2020

Several items owned by Adolf Hitler and Air Force Chief Field Marshal Hermann Goering have been withdrawn from a French auction following objections from two Jewish groups. Forty Nazi things […]

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Edgar Kupfer-Koberwitz Passport, Zurich 1948

29 August, 202029 August, 20204 Comments

Kupfer Koberwitz Dachau Diaries On May 11, 1945, just three days after the German capitulation, the US-Missions in Bern, Stockholm, and Madrid requested access to the German Diplomatic Archives. A […]

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The story of how Israel issued me a passport with a Colander on my head has been published in a book about the history of passports, titled “Let Pass or Die”, by Tom Topol, a passport history expert. May the Flying Spaghetti Monster bless his sauces. (Michael Afanasyev, @DocSpaghetti)