Provisional Certificate Of German Nationality Used As Travel Document

Well, I do collect for quite some years but when US fellow collector Tom Richards sent me the pictures of this document I was really surprised. I was not aware that a Certificate of Nationality can be used as a travel document. I believe this is a unique circumstance. What makes the document even more special is the fact that it bears not less than ten (10) Allied Military Government (AMG) visas including revenues! I had recently a Swiss passport with six (6) AMG visas / revenues which was given to a passionate collector for a quite reasonable price.

Provisional Certificate of Nationality (Germany) with 10 AMG revenues on Visa pages
Profession: Teacher
Name: Tiede Hildegard
Birth Date: Jan. 13 1913
Birthplace: Axente Sever district of Tarneva-Mare, Rumania

German National by marriage. Certificate is valid for 6 month journey to Western Zones of Germany. Must be surrendered to Passport Officer at point of entry.

Bush	Value	Start Date	End Date	Length	Signed	Notes
6	$2 small	13 Jan 49	13 Apr 49	One trip	Stamped CWO Clair R. Yaw	Waldbrol
3	$1 large	13 Jan 49	13 Apr 49	4 days	CWO Yaw	Transit
6	$2 small	12 Apr 49	30 June 49	One trip	Lt.Col Postwere Acting MPO	Brit. Zone
3	$1 large	12 Apr 49	30 June 49	3 days	Acting MPO Postwere	Transit
6	$2 small	1 Sept. 49	30 Dec 49	One trip	Script C.R. Yaw	Waldbrol
3	$1 large	1 Sept 49	30 Dec 49	3 days	Script C.R. Yaw	Transit
6	$2 small	11 Apr 50	11 July 50	One trip	Stamped S. Nugues-Bourchat Consul Of France in Bucarest	Waldbrol
5	$1 small	11 Apr 50	11 July 50	3 days	Bourchat	Transit
6	$2 small	Aug 50	Sept 50	One trip	Bourchat	Waldbrol
5	$1 small	Aug 50	Sept 50	2 days	Bourchat	Transit

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Tom Richards made by the way a excellent YouTube presentation on AMG revenues. Thanks for sharing, Tom!

Provisional Certificate Of German Nationality Used As Travel Document

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