My German Third Reich passport found in Shanghai
My German Third Reich passport found in Shanghai (by PETER NASH, Sydney) Sitting at the computer, my wife Rieke knew something special had come into…
Benito Mussolini Passport 1922
Benito Mussolini Passport His old passport was offered in 1922 for a sale price of £500. Interesting press photo…see full description on the pictures below……
The first Passport of Federal Germany
First Passport Federal Germany As a genuine researcher and collector of German passports, it gives me today a great pleasure to display (one) of the…
The passports of Carl Lutz – A Swiss Hero
I have already written several articles about Carl Lutz, the Swiss Vice-Consul who saved many Jewish lives during the Holocaust in Budapest, Hungary. But today,…
Native American UK Alien Registration Card
The Native Americans, a brief introduction The great expansion into the American West, which began in the 1840s, transformed America. This expansion across the Great…
East German Passport 1983 with unusual visas
My friend Mat pointed me to a captivating GDR passport from 1983 with visas to unusual destinations. The bearer was Prof. Dr. med. Dieter W….
Albert Göring post-war passport
Albert Göring was Hermann’s anti-Nazi brother. Hermann Göring was an infamous Nazi, his brother Albert a secret savior of Jews and dissidents. The remarkable story…
Book: The Soviet Passport by Albert Baiburin
Books on passport history are limited, and it’s always fantastic when a new book on the topic comes up. Albert Baiburin’s book about THE SOVIET…
The Passport of German Actor + Director W. Lukschy
Wolfgang Jakob Franz Ludwig Lukschy born on October 19, 1905, in Charlottenburg and passing away on July 10, 1983, in Berlin, was a prominent German…
Military-ID USSR Officer – Stalingrad
77 years end of WWII Usually, I do not collect such documents, but this ID got my attention as such WWII Russian documents are not…
Diplomatic Passport of Eduard Schewardnadze
My website is online for over a decade, and I got many requests from readers offering documents. The email I got these days was indeed…
NS German Passport – Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia – Kaschau
After World War I and during the gradual break-up of Austria-Hungary, the city at first became a part of the transient “Eastern Slovak Republic,” declared…
Variety Artiste Daisy Weston travels to Finland and Russia in 1911
British passports were the only travel documents that didn’t physically describe their bearer. But Daisy’s passport already had a passport photo at a time when…
Iraq Diplomatic Passport Al-Bakr Presidency
Following the Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party’s ouster from government in 1963, Al-Bakr and the party pursued underground activities and became vocal government critics. During this…
Frederic Leighton and his Travels in 19th Century
Who was Frederic Leighton? Frederic Leighton Travel Frederic Leighton (1830-1896) was one of the most famous British artists of the nineteenth century. The recipient of…
Rare Persia Passport 1911
Not often do you find such a lovely & rare collectible from the Arabic-Islamic World. This Persian passport was issued when Persia was still a…