Valentin Ceausescu’s 1993 Romanian Service Passport
The Quiet Son of a Dictator: Valentin Ceausescu’s 1993 Service Passport A green service passport, issued in Bucharest in 1993…
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Raoul Wallenberg’s Diplomatic Passport Explained
Raoul Wallenberg’s Diplomatic Passport: What a Soviet Death Report Left Behind On 6 February 1957, the Soviet government handed over…
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Abdol Hossein Sardari: Iran’s Wartime Passport Hero
Passport History: The Heroic Legacy of Abdol Hossein Sardari Abdol Hossein Sardari: The Diplomat Whose Passports Outsmarted the Nazis In…
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Friedrich von Gerolt: Germany’s Longest US Envoy
Friedrich von Gerolt: The Prussian Diplomat Who Outlasted Eight US Presidents A handwritten letter from the 1840s doesn’t look like…
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1878 US Passport, Switzerland: Nicholas Fish’s Story
The 1878 Passport That Connects a Zurich Student to a Diplomat’s Fatal Fall A folio measuring 32 by 47 centimeters…
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1929 US Passport Fees: Hanna’s $10 Revenue Critique
The Price of a US Passport in 1929: Ten Dollars and the Making of a Class Divide Summary: In 1929,…
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Idi Amin’s 1963 Uganda Passport, Before He Ruled
Uganda: The Passport of a Dictator, Idi Amin A Ugandan passport issued in 1963 lists its holder’s occupation as Captain,…
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George Hansen’s Passport & the Iran Hostage Crisis
The Congressman Who Flew to Tehran on His Own Passport A U.S. passport issued in 1975 gives no hint of…
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Gabrielle of Habsburg-Lorraine: 1929 Passport History
The Grandmother’s Passport That Carried a Future Habsburg’s Photo A passport with no photograph of its own holder shouldn’t be…
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Giovanni Mocenigo 1480 Doge of Venice Passport
A Doge’s Safe Conduct: Giovanni Mocenigo’s 1480 Passport for His Waggoner Ten horses, a coat of arms, and all his…
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From Pirates to Passports: Inside the State Dept Exhibit
From Pirates to Passports: How Parts of My Collection Ended Up in a State Department Exhibition A logbook from the…
