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...
Ukrainian National Republic
WWI issued Diplomatic passport. One of the RAREST travel documents a collector can put his hands on is the example featured in today's article: 1919 Vienna issued ...
Second Vienna Award
1943 German Diplomatenpass. During World War Two thousands of Diplomatic & Service passports where issued by all sides: The Allies, Axis and Neutral countries sent their officials on countless trips throughout the world, be it in areas of conflict or relative calm. It is nearly...
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...