Colony Of North Borneo
North Borneo was a British protectorate under the sovereign North Borneo Chartered Company from 1882 to 1946. After World War II, it became a crown colony…
German Jew – Forced to Leave Switzerland
Jew Forced To Leave Switzerland This German passport was issued in 1934 at the Consulate General in Zurich / Switzerland to Leo Neumann (I do…
International Air Travel in the 1930s
When we talk about passports we talk about traveling – in this case international air travel in the 1930s. Today we largely take international air…
Garry Davis – First Citizen Of The World
His radical proposal — hailed by supporters like the way of the future — was a world with no national borders, one in which all…
Captain Henry Rodolph Davies And His Chinese Passport
Captain Henry Rodolph Davies And His Chinese Passport Look at this huge Chinese passport issued to a soldier from the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry…
Denmark Sea Passport 1823
This document is a “Translation Of The Sea-Passport”, a partly printed document with handwritten additions issued at the island of St. Thomas for the vessel…
25 Years Fall Of The Wall – A Unique Passport
Do you remember where you were when the wall was falling? Instantly I wanted to travel to Berlin from my city in South Germany to…
A Queens Messenger by LTC Kimmins
Queens Messenger LTC Kimmins John Kimmins had an army career that started in Sandhurst, where he joined a Cavalry regiment. On retirement at 55, he…