Chinese puppet government travel document
Harbin consulate general – 1943. The Japanese established several Asian puppet states throughout of Asia during the 1930's and World War Two: Manchukuo;...
Moscow 1932 issued German passport
German-Soviet pre-1933 cooperation. Before Adolf Hitler came to power in January of 1933, the Soviet Union and Germany had a rich cooperation that began in the 1920's. After WWI both countries were practically in ruins and devastated economically. T...
An early immigration officer
For the British Mandate of Palestine. Mr. Hyamson would personally review and issue himself many of the immigration application and passports themselves...
WWI passport issued to a young refugee
1916 issued passport to a foreigner during the war. We are all familiar with the post-war refugee passports & travel documents that began to appear following the international conference headed by Fridtjof Nansen (Who headed the international department for refugees at the League of Nations)...
Thank you all!
It has been 10 years since this site has opened. Would like to thank everyone who has contributed in support and in kind words during this past year. Have learned much about our mutual hobby of collecting old passports and documents, and I was ver...
Imperial Highway Authority (IHA)
Imperial Ethiopian Government papers. The highway system got its first major boosting in infrastructure during the Italian occupation (1936-1941). The Italian control of the country was enhanced due to its contribution in this field (by the last year of their occupation, there were about 7,000...
1956 Israeli diplomatic passport
On January 12th 1949 France recognized the new young country. The 1950's, starting from 1953, saw France becoming one of Israel's ...
A passport with a visa that you will NOT see today
Iranian visa dating from 1956. United States special passport 8148 was issued at Washington on May 26th 1953, and the visa for Cyprus was obtained at the British embassy on May 28th, and arriving to Nicosia on June 9th...
UNTSO special ID cards
The United Nations Truce Supervision Organization was founded on May 28th 1948 following the creation of the State of Israel and the hostilities that existed in the Middle East. Its main aim was to assist the peacekeepers in the region in implementing the Armistice Agreements...