Did you know: There are commemorative passports
Have you ever come across commemorative passports? They’re not as common as commemorative coins or banknotes, but they do exist! Allow me to shed…
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Have you ever come across commemorative passports? They’re not as common as commemorative coins or banknotes, but they do exist! Allow me to shed…
Napoleon Bonaparte Maritime Passport Napoleon Bonaparte authorizes the importation of exotic commodities “from colonies in France, America, and Asia,” which encompasses items such as fish…
Ambassador Von Wangenheim Another outstanding and historic, most valuable German document for my collection! This is the passport of Baron von Wangenheim, German Ambassador in…
passport application president wilson Wilson is getting ready for his journey to France, England, and Italy with the aim of negotiating a resolution to World…
Makoveev Vladimir Grigorievich Russian diplomatic passports are not easy to grab for collectors, but a friend of mine had the chance and shared the pictures…
James Joyce Biography James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist and poet, recognized as a highly influential…
Have you ever wondered who’s responsible for making passports in different countries? Let’s take a closer look at the companies that handle this important task….
icao history delegate passport Did you know that Egypt was a founding member of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)? The ICAO Assembly met for…
Mendel Finkielsztjn is engraved on the Shanghai List Wall with other, 18000 names of former Shanghai Jewish refugees! The Shanghai List Wall plus sculptures are…
Vagabonds If this went wrong, there was a risk of being considered a vagabond and being punished, says Marta Vater. Foreign beggars were shunted from…
German Passport History & Borders: Martin Luther In 1521, Martin Luther is on his way from Eisenach to Worms, 400 kilometers away. There he had…
France, Bordeaux, American Consulate La Maison Fenwick, the first and oldest American Consulate in history, has occupied this site since 1790 in Bordeaux. The building…
Travel Freedom? East German Travel Treaties Not many people realize that for a nation insisting on walling in and restraining the travel freedoms of its…
An East/West Road trip Unlike the citizens of East Germany living behind the Iron Curtain, West Germans traveled extensively throughout the Cold War. By 1970,…
Navigating the listing of old collectible passports on eBay, often humorously referred to as “eGreedy,” remains a persistent challenge that tends to frustrate both collectors…
In Bangkok, there is a Big Buddha temple – no, I don’t mean the giant reclining Buddha at Wat Pho. The one I am talking…