United States Special Passport 1931 – Accountant US Tariff Commission Meet Louis Serge Ballif from Whitney, Idaho who worked as accountant for the United States Tariff Commission mainly in Brussels where he was the head of the accountants. His passport…
Swedish Diplomat Per Anger saved thousands of Jews in Budapest Thousands of Hungarian Jews were rescued from death in Nazi extermination camps thanks to the Swedish diplomat Per Anger. Not only did Anger ferry out reports of the systematic extermination…
USA Daniel Webster – Secretary of State Letter – Passport and Citizenship DANIEL WEBSTER (1782-1852) Arguably America’s greatest orator, statesman Daniel Webster practiced prominently as a lawyer before the U.S. Supreme Court and served as a U.S. Congressman (1813-1817, 1823-1827), a…
Iceland Diplomatic Passport – Wife Of Former Minister Iceland passports are already hard to find but a Iceland Diplomatic is most rare and this one comes full of visas and stamps, issued to Gudrun Gislason, the wife of former cabinet…
Republic of Texas 1828 – important passport regulation Passport regulations: one of only two known [Circular] Passport Regulations Printed by Samuel Bangs. Leona Vicario [Saltillo]: Samuel Bangs , 1828. One page, two sided, in Spanish, English, and French, 11.75 x 7.5″.…
How The Swiss Passport Became Red – Swiss Passport History To have a passport seems to us to be obvious. But the little booklet has yet existed a little over 100 years. And it was only around 50 years ago…
The Diplomatic Passport Of US-Consul Fishers Wife 1931 This United States diplomatic passport was issued to Myrtle Mary Fisher, the spouse of the US consul in the Bahamas at Nassau. No travels in the document, hence it’s in really nice…
Richard of Arabia, Richard Ellis’s Life In 15 Passports Text & Pictures by Krissy Ellis, Kuwait I got in touch with Krissy while she was posting a picture of twelve UK passports and this pic made me curious, so I…
Frederic Leighton – British Artist and his Travels in 19th Century Who was Frederic Leighton? Frederic Leighton (1830-1896), was one of the most famous British artists of the nineteenth century. The recipient of many national and international awards and honours,…
Airship Hindenburg Disaster – Passport & Passenger Ticket Burtis J. “Bert” Dolan’s passenger ticket and passport survived the final flight and disaster of the German zeppelin Hindenburg. Through the courtesy of the Burtis J. Dolan family archive, the ticket is…