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...
Commandement des Troupes alliées à Odessa – Le Général Commandant. A stunning connection to current events in Europe…a passport issued back in 1919 and used to escape Odessa, a city that was under occupation and ravaged by conflict and unrest…...
Participant’s passport. 1950 issued US passport that was used to attend a “Car Rally”, taking the holder to various African states: Starting with Nigeria, then continuing to Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Northern Rhodesia, and South Africa with the last stop at Cape Town, at the tip...
Early 1947 travel document issued by Elpidio Quirino. The Philippines have a very long and rich history. From being a Colony in the past, the Philippines finally reached independence in the mid-20th century, but only after going through a brutal Japanese occupation that brought suffering...
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...
Österreichische Verbindungsstelle in Deutschland - 1949. The passport here is very interesting, especially for historians or collectors of Allied occupational material relating to the years 1945 to 1951. Austria was bound to the Allied agreements of post-war Europe with regarding to its status and presence...
1947 British Palestine issued passport to Dr. Immanuel Velikovsky. One of the 20th Centuries controversial authors' passport has surfaced recently. Born on May 29th 1895 to a well off Jewish family i...
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)...
1946 issue for Zionist Conference in Switzerland. Here is a rare Mandate issued passport used by a member of the famed Israeli Dayan family. But before we can continue with this historical important document, allow me to point out some important points regarding the issuing...
Prague issued by diplomat Shiroshichi Kimura (木村 四郎七). Cold War era issued travel certificate for a Berlin reporter. Issued at the Japanese embassy in Prague by the new ambassador Shiroshichi Kimura, who a year early arrived to open his country’s diplomatic mission, following the establishment...
