1944 issued South African passport
Used five years later to travel to Israel. Colonial British passports are rather attractive and very collectible, and some of the most remote colonies issued sampled travel ...
Colonial passport
Rare Fiji Colony travel document from 1946....
A selection of Manchurian visas
And a brief biography of a diplomat. September 18th 1931 was a crucial date in the history of modern China. From this month onwards, starting with Asia and ending with Europe, events would spiral from a regional conflict into a world war. The above mentioned...
1958 Vietnamese Diplomatic passport
Senior member travelling to the US....
Important early NKVD signed passport
1922 Polish passport hand signed by NKVD would-be chief Genrikh Yagoda. Though not one of the first to appear from this young independent republic, formed after World War One, it has its appealing features. The passport was issued at the relatively new Polish consulate in...
Pioneer Israeli pilot – 1948
Passport used to smuggle to Israel its first fighter planes. Yitzhak Efraim Henenson was one of the county’s early pilots, taking part in some of the decisive battles following the delectation of Independence; before and after. The passport here is a fascinating addition to ones...
1952 laissez-passer with a twist
Surprising visa inside an early Israeli travel document....
1939 passport of a Katyn victim
A passport issued to a murdered medical officer. One of the horrendous and shocking massacres of World War Two was committed by the...
Israeli service passport from 1951
Used by the famed Dayan family for official business. Israeli service passports were issued with specific connection to vital government business when t...
Aliens exit permit – China 1949
Early Communist issue for use together with a passport. The Peoples Republic of China was founded in October of that year. Years of civil war and unrest that rampaged throughout the country came to an end. The struggle to secure stability, in a nation that...