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Swedish Diplomat Per Anger saved thousands of Jews in Budapest
Swedish Diplomat Per Anger saved thousands of Jews in Budapest Thousands of Hungarian Jews were rescued from death in Nazi extermination camps thanks to the Swedish diplomat Per Anger. Not only did...
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The Passport Of A Young African-American Issued in Germany
The Passport Of A Young African-American Issued in Germany Over the past 30 years, the share of U.S. citizens holding a passport has increased dramatically. Last year, a grand total of 21.4 million...
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The Passport Of A Tireless War Correspondent
The Passport Of A Tireless War Correspondent A Stamped History of Marie Colvin’s Career. A Outstanding story about her work and life as war correspondent and her passport is just reflecting this! By...
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Passport of a Special Representative of the UN Secretary General
Passport of a Special Representative of the UN Secretary General Usually I do not collect documents by purpose because its bearer is/was famous or important but when I have the chance to grab such...
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Sigmund Freud’s British BOGUS Passport From 1930’s
Sigmund Freud’s British BOGUS Passport From 1930’s It could have been a great global news story to find the passport of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis. But the story took another...
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DACHAU CONCENTRATION CAMP MEMORIAL SITE Support on passport pictures for an exhibition THE HISTORY OF MULTI-PASSENGER PASSPORTS Article or Keesing Annual Report 2017 KEESING TECHNOLOGIES (AMSTERDAM,...
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eBay US tighten their policy for passport collectors significantly
eBay US tighten their policy for passport collectors significantly It’s been quite some time ago when I listed a Nazi or Nazi-related historical passport at eBay, so I was much surprised to get eBay’s...
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Test Report – Doculus Lumus now with 22x magnification
Test Report – Doculus Lumus now with 22x magnification CharismaTec is now producing the device also with a 22x magnification. The device has the same functions as the one I tested in 2014, except the...
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Tsar Nicholas II Passport – 100th Anniversary Of His Murder
Tsar Nicholas II Passport – 100th Anniversary Of His Murder Exactly this week – 100 years ago in the early hours of the morning of 17 July 1918, the deposed Tsar, his wife Alexandra, and their children...
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Austrian passport issued in Shanghai – Return from escape to Europe/USA
Austrian passport issued in Shanghai – Return from escape to Europe/USA The Austrian passport is quite interesting as it was issued 1948 in Shanghai. It’s Jewish bearer was most likely fleeing from the...
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United States Passport – Island of Puerto Rico 1926
United States Passport – Island of Puerto Rico 1926 When it comes to US passport history this type from the ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO is one of the rarest passports a collector can find! Issued 1926 in the...
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British Ambassador to France 1852-1867: Lord Cowley issued passport
Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley KG GCB PC (17 June 1804 – 15 July 1884), known as The Lord Cowley between 1847 and 1857, was a British diplomat. He served as British Ambassador to...
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Leon Trotsky & wife Natalia Sedova – Mexican passport 1936
Leon Trotsky was a key figure in the Bolshevik seizure of power in Russia, second only to Vladimir Lenin in the early stages of Soviet communist rule. But he lost out to Joseph Stalin in the power...
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Rebbe Aharon Rokeach of Belz Polish Passport from 1948
Rebbe Aharon Rokeach of Belz Polish Passport from 1948 Kedem Public Auction House Ltd, Jerusalem, Israel is offering in their upcoming auction an outstanding document. Lot 108 is the passport of Rebbe...
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Handwritten Passport – US-Consul Robert Monroe Harrison, Jamaica 1835
Handwritten Passport – US-Consul Robert Monroe Harrison, Jamaica 1835 Here comes an early passport of the United States of America, issued at the Consulate in Kingston, Jamaica in 1835. The passport is...
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Republic of Singapore 1965 Provisional Passport
This is a Republic of Singapore 1965 Provisional Passport which was the very first passport type after gaining independence in Aug 1965. Nowadays these 1st type is rare to find but I was lucky to find...
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Testimonials from collectors and readers Many thanks for your excellent and informative website on passports, Tom. I’ve found it immensely useful – Prof. Peter Stallybrass, University of Pennsylvania,...
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Opera Star Enrico Caruso Passport 1919 Issued In New York
Opera Star Enrico Caruso Passport 1919 Issued In New York What a great finding is this Italian passport of Caruso from 1919 issued in New York! His travel document included his 2nd wife Dorothy Park...
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Passport signed by Elizabeth I, Queen of England 1595
Passport signed by Elizabeth I, Queen of England 1595 As I just reposted an older article of a Queen Elizabeth I passport issued 1598, I found out that the St.Andrews University Library has even an...
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One Of The Last Visa Issued At The French Embassy In East Berlin 1990
One Of The Last Visa Issued At The French Embassy In East Berlin 1990 This document is an East German passport with one of the last visas of the French Embassy in East-Berlin. This visa was issued in...
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