Free Hanseatic City of Luebeck1841
Lübeck – the former capital and Queen City of the Hanseatic League – was founded in the 12th century and prospered until the 16th century…
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Lübeck – the former capital and Queen City of the Hanseatic League – was founded in the 12th century and prospered until the 16th century…
💡 Did you know that the Irish passport has just become 100 years old this April? The Irish Times, Dublin. 8 September 1923 The Irish…
How might one articulate the sensation of such a moment? After two decades of relentless pursuit, there it is—what has eluded you for so long,…
Delcampe Quo VadisDelcampe (DC), a popular online auction site for collectibles, is the place to go for vintage passport collectors. The collectible’s market has been…
This was the headline of a Spiegel article in 1968. GDR travel passport compulsory Shortly after midnight, the traffic light that clears the way to…
Journeys Notable Princeton Explorers The Princeton University library has about 400 passports in its collection, an astonishing high number. Here are a few favorites in…
US Passport Switzerland Fish A large one-page folio, 32 x 47 cm, was issued to Miss Alice L. Blaney, a citizen of the United States…
United States Pilgrimage Passports On Mar 2, 1929, President Calvin Coolidge signed P.L. 70-952. That law authorized the War Department to arrange trips with a…
I stumbled over this unusual Canadian passport during research, which I had never heard of before, but the story behind this special passport is of national…
what to do with old passports In the pages of old passports, one discovers not just faded ink and aging paper, but portals to the…
The Soviet army was an integral part and permanent guest of the GDR. The withdrawal of the Russian Western Group of Troops (WGT) on August…
Gijsbert Karel Count van Hogendorp This Dutch passport issued in 1814 in Amsterdam in the name of Gijsbert Karel, Count van Hogendorp is a pretty…
Passport Collector Malaysia Melaka The last time I was in Malaysia was in 2013, but only in Kuala Lumpur. This time I also visited Melaka,…
World Record Fattest Passport A total of over 1,400 passport pages during a life of travel World Record Fattest Passport The passport is possibly the…
East German Passport Dancer This is an early East German (GDR) passport issued in Berlin for a female dancer who frequently traveled, even to Iraq…
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…