WW2 life-saving visas from Turkey
WW2 diplomat who did the right thing. The untold story of an individual in Turkey that during the war issued visas to Jewish refugees fleeing Europe. ...
WW2 related Siamese document
1941 ID issued to a Jewish merchant. This is one of the most intriguing and unique items relating to the Second World War that I have seen, and though it was not a passport, it would still fit nicely into the category of travel related...
Superb ambassador’s passport to North Korea
Outstanding diplomatic passport issued at the height of the Korean War. When one collects old passports and travel documents, one always tries to find the best and the rarest of items, and the item here can be considered as such. One of the most secluded...
US passport used for China and Manchuria
Used by clergyman Fred Field Goodsell. The passport here is an interesting example of pre-WWII usage in areas deemed as "problematic" due to the rise of fascism, Imperialism and occupation around ...
Foreigner’s Identity Document
Used to escape to British Palestine. By 1939 it was already obvious and clear to many that it was only a matter of time until war would erupt in Europe....
1951 Special Passport – Claude R.Wickard
Former Roosevelt Government official. SP number 24041 was issued to him on the capacity of being the "Administrator of rural electrification administration (REA), department of agriculture, is proceeding abroad on official business"....
Superb Cold War US diplomatic passport
Issued to ambassador to Tokyo Douglas MacArthur 2nd. Here is a fine early Cold War example that was issued on January 15th 1957...
Escaping out of Denmark during the war
A Polish Jew's passport used to escape to freedom. The remarkable story of Denmark during World War Two and its courageous help it gave its Jewish population is an unforgettable event of that horrific war. From all the countries in Europe, Denmark’s Jewish community suffered...
1948 interim travel document
Israel's "first" travel permits for overseas. The document here was most likely printed around April or May of 1948 and was meant to be used as a travel document or together with a passport (British or foreign) for leaving the Mandate during the interim period...