International Cooperation Administration
1955 US Special passport. Issued to an official working for the USOM stationed in Baghdad during the Cold War....
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"....
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...
Very early US passport circular – 1808
US diplomatic mission in Spain. A lovely early Americana official State Department related circular. The document was hand written and signed by US senior diplomat to Spain George W. Erving (1769-1850). His posting to Madrid, as Chargי d'Affaires (the ‘ambassador’ was James Bowdoin III), started...
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...
1951 African car rally
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...
Post-war Philippine passport
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...
Austrian presence in West Germany
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...
“Worlds in Collision” authors’ passport
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...
Dayan family Mandate passport
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...