Selected Documents For Your Collection
A fellow collector asked me to support him in finding a new home for the following unusual documents.
| Country | Year | Description | EUR |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Australia | 1913 | NEW SOUTH WALES. Visas for Belgium and Germany. Father and two daughters. Excellent condition and pretty RARE! | 800 |
| Austria-Hungary | 1916 | POLISH VERSION! RARE! Franz-Josef I. Valid to leave the extended WAR ZONE. Passport valid only for 2 weeks! No metal staples! Complete. 16 pages, seal. | 150 |
| Austria | 1922 | Beautiful woman, Visa Germany | SOLD |
| Albania | 1943 | Passport (Kingdom of Italy, Albania, and Empire of Ethiopia). Issued for a couple in Struge, now located in Macedonia. | 540 |
| British India | 1946 | Passport, many trips / visa to Lorenzo Marques (Maputo) in Colony of Mozambique | 460 |
| British Palestine | 1940 | Valid from 1940-1945 for a female DRESSMAKER. GREAT CONDITION. NO TRAVELS | SOLD |
| Bulgaria | 1928 | Nansen passport booklet for Russian woman born in Nagasaki, Japan | 690 |
| China | 1964 | Young girl traveling to North Korea! Visa! Unusual great condition! | 1300 |
| Denmark | 1823 | Sea passport | SOLD |
| Diverse | 6 SPECIMEN ID Cards | SOLD | |
| Diverse | SPECIMEN ID & VISA | SOLD | |
| Finland | 1865 | Finland as Grand Duchy of Russia. The large double-folio document is written in Swedish and German language. Issued under Alexander II, emperor and ruler of all Russia, Tsar of Poland, Grand Prince of Finland. A most rare passport type and a highlight in the collection of any collector of historical travel documents. | SOLD |
| Germany | 1795 1810 | Bankers and Scholars Dynasty OPPENHEIMER JUDAICA DOCUMENTS, SEAL & SIGNATURES. Protective Jews Oppenheimer. Two documents with signatures and seals, Hoffenheim (OT Sinsheim), 1795-1810. German manuscripts on paper, 6 p. on 6 sheets, c. 34 x 21 cm, browned. 1) Promissory note of Johann Adam Schäffler, a citizen of Hoffenheim, who lends 225 guldens at 5% annual interest from the protective Jew Löw Oppenheimer (1740-1800). Hoffenheim (OT Sinsheim), 17 March 1795. German manuscript on paper, 2 pp. on 2 sheets, c. 34 x 21 cm, browned. Signed by the debtor Schäffler and the baron von Gemmingenschen Amtsmann Herrmann, who also seals the document. On the reverse is an inscription in Hebrew letters. 2) Oppenheimer, Sara. Will with signature, Hoffenheim (OT Sinsheim), 17 August 1810. German manuscript on paper, 4 p. on 4 sheets, c. 34 x 20.5 cm, browned, creases at margins. Testament of Sara Oppenheimer (1751-1814), widow of the protective Jew Isaak (Itzig) Oppenheimer (1744-1810), who leaves her entire fortune to her son Emanuel bedridden, but "with quite good and correct understanding", since her remaining five children had already been brought to the point. Made out and signed by the clerk Carl Hess, with eigh. U. the Sara O as well as four witnesses (Schultheiß Kapp, Johannes König des Gerichts, Johannes Egler and Wilhelm Flick), who also seal the document. - With the very rare fiscal stamp "KUR BAD:" to 30 Kreuzer (cf. Eckert/Morscheck/Wagner, Stempelgesetze und Gebühren in Baden von 1628 bis 1952, Leipzig 2015, p. 97 No. 4). - The will was made by the "Jewish leader" Zacharias Oppenheimer (1773-1827, cloth manufacturer). Isaak Oppenheimer was the younger brother of Löw Oppenheimer. Both parents were Rabbi Zacharias Oppenheimer Hoffenheim and Klara Freud. The cloth manufacturer Zacharias was her nephew. The Oppenheimer family is one of the most important Jewish families in history. They were related to the Wertheimer, Cohen, Gomperz, and Guggenheim families, produced numerous scholars and bankers, and were of great importance in international high finance and politics. | 300 |
| Germany | 1823 | Grand Duchy of Baden. issued June 28, 1823. Single sheet. (17'' x 10.5'' – 43.5 x 27 cm). Language : French and German. | 150 |
| Germany | 1905 | Consulate Kiev | SOLD |
| Germany | 1915 | Bavaria for Switzerland | SOLD |
| Germany | 1916 | Consular issue, Constantinople. Very interesting! | SOLD |
| Germany | 1923 | Large stamp - FOR OCCUPIED TERRITORIES! RARE! Issued in Kehl, Germany. Excellent condition. | SOLD |
| Germany | 1923 | GERMAN COLONIALISM! Issued in South Africa, PRETORIA, renewed there until 1926. RARE! | SOLD |
| IRO | 1948 | VERY RARE! Preparatory Commission International Refugee Organization Austria. ID Card with 12 pages. Language EN, F, D, RU. Issued to a man from Turkestan (USSR) placed in Camp 701 in Ried (AT) | 180 |
| Israel | 1957 | HIGHLY INTERESTING ISRAEL PASSPORT 1957 Issued to Dr.Magdalena Rosa Strauss. nee EHRENZWEIG She was born in 1925 in Vienna and survived the HOLOCAUST Passport issued in TIBERIAS!!! and 3-times renewed Several visas for Austria, UK, France. BRITISH PRO-CONSUL VISA FOR GERMANY (as Germany had no diplomatic relations with Israel) - RARE!!! | 130 |
| Lithuania | 193x | SPECIMEN, like new | SOLD |
| Malta | 1904 | Folio! Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke, Bart | SOLD |
| Malta | 1973 | Including some extra documents of the bearer. Almost MINT condition! | SOLD |
| Memel | 1921 | Very rare MEMEL TERRITORY PASSPORT - well-traveled! Issued 1921 for a ROSA RUBLIN and her 14 yo son. Several MEMEL stamps, VISA GERMANY issued at the German consulate in Memel, PALESTINE issued by the British in DANZIG (!) Stamp East Prussia - Tilsit Train Station. VISA ITALY, AUSTRIA, LITHUANIA (incl. revenue stamps). Attention: The entry in the personal description for HAIR is interesting as it says BROWN WIG! A MEMEL PASSPORT IS ALREADY RARE but in this constellation even more so! | 990 |
| Netherlands | 1968 | excellent condition, Man, no travels, 31 pages | 20 |
| North Korea (DPRK) | 1948 | Identity card for man, listing 5 children | 920 |
| Russia | 1857 | Alexander II. Double-Folio in Russian/German. | 200 |
| San Marino | 1929 | Passport for Immigrant to USA. Interior booklet is loose from cover. | 920 |
| Scotland | 1857 | Issued in Edinburgh to Daniel Stevens traveling to CUBA! A very rare passport and a unique chance for any collector. | 650 |
| South Africa | 1945 | RARE AND INTERESTING! Revenue stamps and travels Photo removed! Issued in Pretoria in August 1945 for a Polish Hotel Owner! Passport was twice renewed. US visa, Trinidad! France, Germany, Belgium and several stamps VALID TO TRAVEL TO PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA!!! | SOLD |
| Southern Rhodesia | 1948 | COI | SOLD |
| Spain | 1802 | SOLD | |
| Spain | 18xx | SOLD | |
| Switzerland | 1923 | Albert EINSTEIN passport. COLLECTOR'S EDITION | 75 |
| Thailand | 1964 | Early Thai passport, when they were still issued in THAI and FRENCH language, instead of ENGLISH! RARE! Unusual great condition for this type. Girl student 21 yo to MALAYSIA. | 55 |
| Turkey | 1927 | First type of the Republic of Turkey, Atatürk area. 28 pages. Plain pink cover. Two languages : Turkish – French. Visas : France (Syria) - Turkey. Revenue stamps : Turkey (1, 2x 2, 2.5, 20 lira) | 120 |
| United Kingdom | 1945 | Unusual set of documents including a UK passport issued to British Red Cross Ambulance driver MAJORIE MCMAHON on 30 APRIL 1945! Probably one of the last UK passports issued during WWII, just a week before the German surrender and end of WWII in Europe! | SOLD |
| United Kingdom | 1925 | Issued in NEW YORK. No travel. Excellent. | SOLD |
| USA | 1842 | Citizenship document State of Maine with seal. RARE! | SOLD |
| USA | 1926 | Student girl to Europe | SOLD |
| USA | 1953 | Excellent condition. 48 pages. Cover has the bearers name in Golden HANDWRITING! UNUSUAL! Several European stamps | 70 |
| USA | 1959 | SPECIAL passport. STAFF SERGEANT - MIDDLE EAST OPERATIONS | SOLD |
| USA | 1963 | OFFICIAL PASPORT. STAFF SERGEANT - MIDDLE EAST OPERATIONS | SOLD |
| USA | 1964-1977 | Walther A. Fallon passports | SOLD |
| USA | 1972 | Puerto Rico Issue | SOLD |
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