How to read old German handwriting on passports?
As a collector of German travel documents, it is not always easy to read a passport’s handwriting, especially when you have documents before the 19th…
As a collector of German travel documents, it is not always easy to read a passport’s handwriting, especially when you have documents before the 19th…
Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano In eloquent prose, we celebrate the life and legacy of Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano (12 August 1903 – 9…
Another exciting reader’s email came in offering the US passport of Rocco Francis Marchegiano, better known as Rocky Marciano. Rocky was an American professional boxer who competed…
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) passport is one of the rarest travel documents a collector can get. Here are some facts, stories, and…
A very interesting travel document from Cold War times CSSR in 1955, which is now in the collection of my Czech friend Vladimir. This document…
Here comes a most interesting document set of a former Waffen-SS member. His son Ruediger (born 1945) was later employed by the Rhine Army and…
Although modern diplomatic relationships between nations are delicate enough at any time, they are doubly so in a time of war, and should, for example,…
Introduction Auction houses, once synonymous with grandeur and the exclusive world of art and antiquities, are undergoing a significant transformation in the 21st century. Traditionally,…
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