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Jewish Widow German Consul The occupation in the passport says “Konsulswitwe” (widow of a consul). I couldn’t find any data during my research on who this consul was. But what […]

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US Passport issued in 1919 – Embassy in Tokyo

1 November, 20193 November, 20192 Comments

US Passport 1919 Tokyo Roland S. (Sletor) Morris (March 11, 1874 – November 23, 1945) was a leader of the Democratic Party in Pennsylvania and was the ambassador to Japan […]

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German life in Kobe & Shanghai 1934 -1940

4 August, 20194 August, 2019

German life in Kobe & Shanghai 1934 -1940 I got two passports into my collection which, after some research, tell an exciting story of a German business owner and his […]

History

German Diplomat Franz Krapf Passport – Das Amt und die Vergangenheit

18 July, 201918 July, 20192 Comments

German Diplomat Franz Krapf Passport Meet Franz Krapf from Munich, Germany. His passport was issued in Sep 1936 at the German consulate in Yokohama, Japan and according to the entries […]

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Sugihara UNESCO Memory World Program – Update

31 October, 201731 October, 2017

Update 31.10.2017 Dear Tom, Thank you for your continued support and cooperation for our Sugihara UNESCO Memory of the World project. I regret to inform you that our nomination documents […]

Netherlands Minister Japan Chinese Passport

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Netherlands Minister To Japan – Chinese Passport 1929

23 September, 20164 February, 2017

Netherlands Minister Japan Chinese Passport A random search on a auction website was leading me to this Chinese passport from 1929. A great piece of travel document. “Chinese ambassador to […]

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Rare United States Passport 1954 – Territory Of Hawaii

13 February, 201615 March, 2018

Rare United States Passport 1954 – Territory Of Hawaii US passport issued in Honolulu, Hawaii 1954 when it only was TERRITORY of the USA and not a STATE. Hawaii was […]

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Important Sugihara Passport Discovered

15 February, 201212 September, 20193 Comments

Important Sugihara Passport Discovered Today I can report and display a document issued by one of the *”Righteous Among The Nations”. (*an honorific used by the State of Israel to […]

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3rd Reich Diplomatic Passport

21 September, 201121 October, 20162 Comments

As you might know my private collection contains German documents only. My oldest passport is from 1646 from a German duchess and another one from 1796 for a French Nobleman […]

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Your book is awesome! I love it! (GvK, Belgium)

Your book is extremely good (R.P., USA)

I love your book (R.V., NL)

Tom, actually I wanted to ask you when we can expect “Part II”? I like it very much, especially the stories behind the passports! Great job my friend and keep writing. (R.S., SG)

Your book definitely tells a lot about the history of passports and I applaud you for the effort that you put into writing the book. (Benjamin Durham, CH)

Tom, I received LET PASS OR DIE today. I’m pleased you invested in good printing, as the images are excellent. I’m looking forward to reading it and passing on purchase details to ex-colleagues from the UK Immigration National Document Fraud Unit. (S.A., UK)

I’ve got the book yesterday and it improved my knowledge about passports history immensely. (Jenwit, TH)

When I started to read the book, I understood how less I know about passports when an expert talks about them with passion. At the first glace, passports, which we see every day become even more interesting. (Pavel, BR)

I am reading the first chapters of the book and I love the theme and how it is addressed. Without a doubt it is a very interesting book. (Marcos, AG)

I am not a passport collector but I saw someone reading your book in the train during my business trip and it caught my attention. So I bought it.
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Your book arrived and what a thing of beauty it is.
(Dave, USA)

Your book is fantastic! (Ross, USA)

Sehr interessante Geschichten. Das Buch ist sehr vielfältig und hoch interessant! (Norbert, GER)

The book is fantastic! Really enjoying it. It will definitely be in our reading list for the online collection. (Karin, USA)

Your book is awesome, I can learn a lot about passport collecting! (Robert, USA)

I have begun my delighted perusing of your book. The stories of Lou Gehrig, the Confederate Brigadier General, Thomas, the bogus passport of Freud plus the Titanic survivor, Edith Brown Haussmann – all fascinating! (Susan, USA)

The story of how Israel issued me a passport with a Colander on my head has been published in a book about the history of passports, titled “Let Pass or Die”, by Tom Topol, a passport history expert. May the Flying Spaghetti Monster bless his sauces. (Michael Afanasyev, @DocSpaghetti)