Very rare passport for the Second Vatican Council
Nowadays, we see the frequent use of the wording “rare” and “very rare” just as an eyecatcher. I believe I use this wording carefully. Its use is definitely justified for this extraordinary Holy See...
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How to read old German language handwriting on passports?
As a collector of German travel documents, it is not always easy to read a passport’s handwriting, especially when you have documents before the 19th century. Well, I guess said is valid also for other...
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The East German Embassy in Washington DC
A reader’s question was the inspiration for this article about the East German (GDR) Embassy in Washington DC, USA. A filmmaker needed a close-up from a GDR exit-visa for a film scene. The story is...
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LET PASS OR DIE – Passport History
The book about the history of the passport is for a general audience and gives you valuable knowledge on passport collecting as a leisure activity. These pages contain insights on selected and rare...
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Hitlers Intelligence Chief – Walter Schellenberg
Intelligence combines information and understanding. In spring 1952, an unexpected piece of information rippled through the international postwar intelligence community: Walter Schellenberg, the head...
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German Service Passport – Commercial Attache
This green service passport (German: Dienstpass) was issued to Dr. Richard Burmester, Commercial Attache at the German Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I spotted the document on eBay and put it on...
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A German passport with unusual border stamps
Sometimes documents look quite ordinary on the first view but turn out to be real treasures on a second, more in-depth look. This happened with this passport of the Federal German Republic from May...
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Ciano – Foreign Minister of Fascist Italy – Passport
Galeazzo Ciano, dei conti di Cortellazzo, was born on 18 March 1903 at Leghorn, the son of Admiral Costanzo Ciano, an Italian hero of World War I and an early supporter of Mussolini. After gaining his...
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Passport Fees Around The World 2021
Passport Fees World 2021 Passports are a necessity in today’s global world and so are the fees someone has to pay for a travel document. In the best case, you pay this fee only every ten years, as this...
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ID-Documents of a WWII Blitz Ambulance Driver
The following fantastic document set of a female ambulance driver found its way into my archive. Meet Miss Marjorie McMahon. She drove an ambulance for the British Red Cross in London during the Blitz...
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Early German passport 1952 issued in Pretoria
Meet Hildegard Kihn, nee Lessing, born 1906 in Koenigsberg, Prussia, Germany. Her Federal German passport was issued on 21 January 1952 at the Consulate General in Pretoria, South Africa. The passport...
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Sovereign Military Order of Malta – Passport
The following diplomatic passport was offered on an auction platform and is THE rarest passports in general. The Sovereign Military Order of Malta or SMOM. It is reported in 2018 that the order issued...
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Gisela Pelzl – A GDR Sports Physician Passport
Dr. Gisela Pelzl passed away at the age of 80 years On Friday, March 06, 2020, Gisela Pelzl (born von Mülmann) passed away at the age of 80 after a long illness. Gisela Pelzl earned her spurs as a...
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East German Passport from Karl-Marx Stadt
This East-German passport was issued on 23 November 1989, just a few days after the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989. german passport Karl-Marx Stadt This passport is fascinating on multiple...
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Lady Georgiana Grey & her Servant James Stiles
A Lady, her Maid, and her Male Servant – an urgent need for a new passport Lady Georgiana Grey By the mid-ninetieth century, an ever-increasing number of Britain’s wealthy nobility traveled to Europe...
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Diplomatic Passport Douglas MacArthur II
Douglas MacArthur II was a member of the Yale College Class of 1932 and a member of Wolf’s Head Society. His long Foreign Service career included tours as ambassadors to four nations. The nephew and...
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Field Marshal Douglas MacArthur’s Passport
Douglas MacArthur served in the United States Army his whole life, from birth to death. His father, Arthur MacArthur Jr., led an infantry company tasked with defending settlers and railroad workers...
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Adolph von Menzel – Diplomatic passport 1842
Adolph von Menzel age end 40s „Self-portrait“ (1853) Foto: Stadtmuseum Berlin | Foto: Oliver Ziebe Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel (8 December 1815 – 9 February 1905) was a German Realist painter...
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Anonymous – A Woman in Berlin 1945 – Diary
For eight weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian army, a young woman kept a daily record of life in her apartment building and among its residents. The anonymous author depicts her fellow...
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