Very Rare German Passport 1940 Tientsin, China – Melchers & Co. THIS is absolutely a super rare German passport issued by the Nazis 1940 in TIENTSIN, CHINA! Look at the huge Chinese stamp with Swastika. The passport was issued to…
Rare German Passport issued 1929 in Tientsin, China. Meet German Engineer Karl Wick which passport was issued at the German Consulate General in Tientsin, China on 13. April 1929. You can imagine not many passports were issued there and even…
Hello, my name is Tom Topol and I am a passionate researcher & passport collector since 2003 when I explored the “Art” in old passports at some flea market in Kyoto, Japan. Since 15+ years I study passports & their…
Literature about passport history or passport collecting is rare to find therefore you will get here valuable guidelines written by experienced collectors. You are a specialist in your passport collection field too, contact me and share your knowledge. Thanks to…
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…
Austrian passport issued in Shanghai – Return from escape to Europe/USA The Austrian passport is quite interesting as it was issued 1948 in Shanghai. It’s Jewish bearer was most likely fleeing from the Nazis. Shanghai was during the Nazi area a…
Test Report – Doculus Lumus now with 22x magnification CharismaTec is now producing the device also with a 22x magnification. The device has the same functions as the one I tested in 2014, except the provided test device was without…
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,…
Facts About The North Korean Passport This is one of the most rare modern documents a collector can get – if not the rarest at all. Here are some facts, stories and pictures. The Daily NK obtained a North Korean…
A Map Of Travel Distances From London To The World An isochronic map shows where to go, how long it took to get there – and what changes were on the way In 1914 John G. Bartholomew, the scion of…