December 2017 - Our Passports

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December 15, 2017

in Articles, Passports, WWII

by Neil

German passport paper usage

Post-War use for lottery in 1945. Here is a fine example of post-war paper shortage usage. After the war there was an acute shortage of paper manufacturing, and we can find this in liberated countries throughout Europe and even as far as in China. Many...

December 8, 2017

in General, Passports

by Neil

British Mandate travel document

Here is another interesting travel document that was issued for Europe. Though it is not war related, not to the Second World War which is my core interest when it comes to researching and locating old passports, it is still important enoug...