PASSPORT 1926 PHILIPPINE ISLANDS FRANK HAMILTON ROBERTS I bet todays generation of US Americans don’t even know that the Philippines were once US territory. This is a great example and a fantastic addition to any passport collection. Look at the…
United Nation Passport Of Dr. Tamar Oppenheimer Recently the United Nation Passport of Tamar M.Oppenheimer was at auction. Dr.Oppenheimer was the Director of the Narcotic Drug Division. The passport or to be more precise the Laissez-passer was issued in April…
Outstanding auction result at eBay for this super rare North German Confederation Passport. I was bidding too but always have my limit. CONGRATULATION to the seller and the buyer who paid 512 US$ (Oct.2010). The North German Confederation was existing…
Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Issued at Altenburg on February 1757 including a large embossed paper seal. A 253 years old passport in quite good conditions. Written in German language. Such old passports are truly rarely offered. Sold for $280.
SOTHEBY’S, London, 14th July 2011, LOT 91 – JOYCE, JAMES James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde…
Document lot including 4 passports is at auction from Eva Braun’s family (wife of Adolf Hitler) SOLD for € 3800, Munich/Germany, May 2011 Description: of passports, identity papers, documentation and personal material. Fritz Braun (father of Eva, Gretl and Ilse):…
Following up on previous article about Wallenberg… After training as an architect at the University of Michigan, Wallenberg became First Secretary to the Swedish legation in Budapest in 1944 and began his effort to save Hungarian Jews who were being…
Rare Original Passport from 1684 with Wax Seal of the French Sun King Louis XIV Issued in Versailles for travel in Flanders in today’s Belgium Seventeenth Century Passport from Historic Flanders Authorized by the King Valid for 1 Month from…
TAIPING REBEL PASS CIRCA 1870 I am not sure of the exact date of this but I know it was in the mid to late 1800s. This is a pass allowing the bearer to travel into rebel held territory with…
Chinese Consular Passport, San Francisco, 1882 Original partly printed Chinese Consular Passport issued by the Chinese Consul General’s office in San Francisco, allowing Wong Tuck Young to travel in the US. He is described as a subject of the Emperor…