Market Flash – Historical Passports For Collectors For a passport collector it’s crucial to watch the market for documents and I do so since decades. First of all you want to know what documents are available, then how frequently are…
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…
When do YOU start collecting beautiful old passports? Take a closer look at this article to learn more about the topic. My name is Tom Topol and I am a passport collector. What is a passport collector? Well, that’s someone…
Richard of Arabia, Richard Ellis’s Life In 15 Passports Text & Pictures by Krissy Ellis, Kuwait I got in touch with Krissy while she was posting a picture of twelve UK passports and this pic made me curious, so I…
Passports and Identity – Don’t you know who I am? by Tom Topol for the Kessing Journal of Documents & Identity, February 2018 “You present a passport, a booklet, and have to prove to the border guard that you are the…
British Diplomatic Passport For Attache Nigel Law 1914 Issued 22 June in Vienna and signed by Ambassador Sir Maurice William Ernest de Bunsen, French visa on back. Excellent condition and rare! Bunsen was earlier also Ambassador to Spain. A fantastic British document…
THIS passport of the German colony in Cameroon is a travel document which I love to have in my collection but another collector had deeper pockets so I was outbid. Congratulation to seller and buyer (a fellow collector) for this…
Recently I saw a excellent TV documentary about the now German Island of Helgoland with a portrait of Franz Schensky, the famous Helgolander photographer (1871 – 1957) enters the photographic stage again after fifty years (2007, the 50th anniversary of his…
The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) “for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based…