Early German passport 1952 issued in Pretoria
Meet Hildegard Kihn, nee Lessing, born 1906 in Koenigsberg, Prussia, Germany. Her Federal German passport was issued on 21 January 1952 at the Consulate General…
ID-Documents of a WWII Blitz Ambulance Driver
The following fantastic document set of a female ambulance driver found its way into my archive. Meet Miss Marjorie McMahon. She drove an ambulance for…
A German Nun on her way to Argentina in 1923
Meet sister Georgiana Anna Hamphus born in Lohne, Germany, on 8 June 1892, traveling to Argentina. Her yellow passport was issued on 19 January 1923…
Paul Scharffenberg – Chancellor of Tianjin/Nanjing
Paul Hermann Johannes Scharffenberg was born on December 2, 1873, in Kobylnik, Poland. In 1888, he began studying at a school for non-commissioned officers, and…
S. Steinlein – The last GDR ambassador in Paris
“I’m always surprised by people who claim to know what they’ll be in twenty years,” says Stephan Steinlein, smiling. “My experience is quite different…” Stephan…
Juan Pugol Garcia a double agent enabling D-day
On D-Day, June 6, 1944 – 160,000 Allied troops stormed the coastline of Normandy, France, which began the liberation of Western Europe and brought years…
Spanish Guinea passport of a F1 Racing Driver
Spanish Guinea was the name for a set of insular and continental territories controlled by Spain from 1844 to 1968 in the Gulf of Guinea and on the Bight of Bonny in Central Africa. It gained…
Former GDR Diplomats sacked after reunification
The diplomats of East Germany have been the most dissatisfied with German reunification than any other group. After 1990, their dreams of working in the…
Did you ever heard of a Seiyun passport?
No, it’s not a fantasy or Bogus passport – it’s a real thing and pretty rare to find nowadays! Seiyun passport The Kathiri State of…
A German passport with unusual border stamps
Sometimes documents look quite ordinary on the first view but turn out to be real treasures on a second, more in-depth look. This happened with…
German Service Passport – Commercial Attache
This green service passport (German: Dienstpass) was issued to Dr. Richard Burmester, Commercial Attache at the German Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I spotted the…
The King’s Messenger passport of Cyril Fraser
The following document came into my collection through a reader’s contact. Paul Murray sent me a message last year and wanted to know more details…
US Legation Paris passport 1814 Talleyrand
The following passport belonged to a dedicated collector of Napoleonic period items who bought it because of an early signature of a man who becomes…
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Passport
Director of the German Friedrich Krupp AG heavy industry conglomerate from 1909 until 1941. He and his son Alfried would lead the company through two…
Polish Diplomatic Passport – Consuls’ Daughter
This Polish diplomatic passport from 1935 was issued for Krystyna Rogalska, daughter of consul Mieczysław Rogalski. Rogalski was a member of the Polish Military Organization…
British Jamaica passport 1953 for a soldier
You see here a marvelous travel document from British Jamaica issued to a young soldier in uniform in 1953, well before Jamaicas’ independence in 1962….