German passport to Iran – 1941
Truly a strange passport indeed. Traveling to Iran during the war. Issued to German business man Friedriech Bruns in 1941, Hannover, it was used to travel to Iran. ...
Consular official passport
Consulate staff's passport used for France up to 1933. Sometimes the simplest of items can conceal inside the smallest of treasures and once exposed, history unfolds in your hands. The passport here seems rather ordinary and not unique, early 1930's simple Polish consular passport issued...
1944 Swiss refugee ID
Late war issue for a Jewish woman. When we think of Switzerland the images of good chocolate or cheese comes to mind. The country is well known for its delicacies and amazingly breathtaking scenery. These days when I go into the supermarket or the local...
“The Department of German Interests”
This is the second sample that I have located; and would consider a rarity since not many have surfaced during my 10 years of collecting old passports...
WWII relief workers special passport
1944 issued UNRRA travel document for an official. Special US passport issued to a manager who was working for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration organization from its start. Here is a fine example of an early relief & assistance trave...
Forged passport for escape
1939 produced Polish passport. I am very passionate towards passports & travel documents used during the period of the first two months of the outbreak of war in Europe, the months of September and October were Polish passports were being issued and used to escape...
WWII Polish emergency passports
The issuing of passports during the first two months of the war in 1939. One of my passions in collecting passports & travel documents is to the period of the outbreak of the Second World War. But to understand clearly what is the difference between...
Superb early Finnish diplomatic passport
Issued to a member of the Legation stationed in Moscow. Early diplomatic passports issued during the formation of relations between two nations are the rarest and of importance, because not only of their collector rarity but also of their historical importance: we can learn about...
Post “1812 War” US passport
Not every day one can admire an early issued Americana passport. These are becoming rarer and more desirable by the day. United States and British diplomatic relations were established in 1785 during the reign of King George III....
Special SD emigration Kennkarte
This article has attracted interest from our fellow readers and collectors so I have re-listed it here again. Volksdeutsche returning back home from the eastern territories. Specially issued Kennkarte for those ethnic Germans returning back to the Greater Reich. The German government attached great importance...