Genghis Khan the Inventor of the diplomatic passport Genghis Khan (ca. 1162–1227) and the Mongols are invariably associated with terrible tales of conquest, destruction, and bloodshed. This famed clan leader and his immediate successors created the largest empire ever to exist,…
A Punk Rockers U.S. Passport – C.J. Ward – Ramones CJ Ramone’s personal passport, number 110259063, issued on September 6, 1989. Passport measures 3.5 x 5, with inside of front cover featuring his typed personal information and affixed 1.5 x…
A very special Free City of Danzig Passport – Take a look and learn why This city on the Baltic coast (presently the Polish city of Gdansk), was detached from Germany in 1919 by the Treaty of Versailles and became a Free…
Passport Fees Around The World 2018 Here are the passport fees around the world originally based on a older British Passport Office list. The old (2010) original PDF-file can be downloaded here. Updated data are as following, coming from readers…
Sigmund Freud’s British BOGUS Passport From 1930’s It could have been a great global news story to find the passport of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis. But the story took another direction. Via my website I always get plenty of…
Passport of a Special Representative of the UN Secretary General Usually I do not collect documents by purpose because its bearer is/was famous or important but when I have the chance to grab such passport historical documents without big efforts, then of…
The Passport Of A Tireless War Correspondent A Stamped History of Marie Colvin’s Career. A Outstanding story about her work and life as war correspondent and her passport is just reflecting this! By Mickey Stanley, VanityFair, July 6, 2012 Through the…
A German passport issued by the SS in occupied Netherlands The Occupation of the Netherlands German forces crossed the eastern frontier of the Netherlands in several places early on May 10, 1940, while additional troops landed on the beaches north…
The Passport of East German Minister for Ore Mining I still collect East German (GDR) passports whenever I find them interesting and affordable but that you find passports of former government members is truly rare. Here comes one of them. Kurt…