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December 16, 2022

in Articles, WWII

by Neil

WW2 courier document

1942 Diplomatic courier's letter. Though it is not a passport, it is in a way connected to travel documents...

August 13, 2022

in Articles, General, Passports, WWI

by Neil

1920 British Mandate Laissez-Passer

From military authority to civilian administration. Prior to the founding of the State of Israel in 1948, this was part of the British Empire, another colony; it was the Mandate, allocated to the United Kingdom after the end of World War One. The British won...

May 27, 2022

in Articles, General

by Neil

A selection of visas by a PCO

A British officials' visas throughout the years....

May 7, 2022

in Articles, General, Passports

by Neil

Looks like a visa but is NOT

Very early Jewish immigration “visa” for Palestine. An attractive early Second Republic passport from 1920, the year that Poland began to print officially passports en bulk. This could be considered as the first version, with others appearing already in 1921, see sampled imprint: Drukarnia Panstwowa...

1920 Chinese consulate Vladivostok to Harbin

February 17, 2022

in Articles, General, Passports

by Neil

Lovely early Chinese visa – Vladivostok

Here is an early Republican Chinese entry visa for Harbin from 1920. Chinese passports are rather interesting, and the 20th century has seen various types being issued: Qing Dynasty, the Nationalist Republic and the People's Republic of China. ...