Third Reich Courier Travels The World On Diplomatic Passport Here comes a second travel document of Herrmann Saam, this time a nicely traveled diplomatic passport 1940 with plenty of South American visas and stamp, including JAPAN and MANSCHUKUO. Now you already…
Two Awesome US Diplomatic Passports Including Unusual Leather Covers Look at these two awesome diplomatic passports which are in quite unusual red and green leather covers with golden imprint, including names and even passport number. Their bearers were Navy Lieutenant…
This is the diplomatic passport of Raoul Wallenberg On 6 February 1957, the Soviet government released a document dated 17 July 1947, which stated “I report that the prisoner Wallenberg who is well-known to you, died suddenly in his cell…
A remarkable Czechoslovak diplomatic passport and its bearer´s destiny By our fellow collector Z.Š. (Slovak Numismatic Society at Slovak Academy of Sciences) who is truly an expert when it comes to Czechoslovak passports and ID´s. However his main interests are Numismatics.…
The Corps of Queen’s Messengers are couriers employed by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). They hand-carry secret and important documents to British embassies and consulates around the world. Many Queen’s Messengers are retired Army personnel. Messengers generally travel…
THIS is a rare diplomatic passport for a family of three BEFORE the area of Saddam Hussein! The 4th president of Iraq was then Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1968-1979) Following the Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party’s ouster from government in 1963, al-Bakr…
Another precious document came into my East German (GDR) collection. A diplomatic passport issued 1959! This is not only the earliest used diplomatic passport in my collection but it was also issued to the wife and daughter of the official…
Following up on her son’s passport here comes Sophie’s German diplomatic passport issued at the Foreign Office in Berlin 24 August 1942. The wording in the document says… “Issued to Sophie Schulze-Bernett, spouse of the “adjutant” of the military attache…
This is the first document of this type I ever could acquire and it has a beautiful hidden feature – a fantastic & unusual watermark! Besides that the document was issued to a military attache in Ankara, Turkey. Several diplomatic…
AS THE CLOUDS OF WAR GATHERED again over Europe, the Knights of Columbus found themselves fighting to stay in Italy as Mussolini attempted to take over activities and organizations for Catholic youth, including the Knights’ playgrounds. Not only were the…