Superb early Finnish diplomatic passport
Issued to a member of the Legation stationed in Moscow. Early diplomatic passports issued during the formation of relations between two nations are the rarest and of importance, because not only of their collector rarity but also of their historical importance: we can learn about the routes that the officials took and the frequency of the trips b...
Upper Silesia plebiscite passports
Inter-Allied issued passports & ID's during 1920-1922. Some of the most interesting documents & passports can be attributed to post-WWI areas of dispute and conflict that sprung up like "mushrooms after the rain" in Europe....
1944 Budapest – life-saving passport extension
One of the tragic endings of World War Two was the destruction and systematic annihilation of Hungary’s Jewish community. Germany’s last offensive operation of the war was the invasion of Hungary on March of 1944. This was known as operation Margarethe...
1952 Cold-War service passport
Diplomatic officer at the Yugoslavian embassy in Bonn. Here is an interesting official passport that was used at the newly founded West German Republic. Following the end of World War Two, Nazi Germany was occup...
First Post-war Polish passport – 1945
One of my strongest passions is to early Polish passports, those issued during the 2nd Republic and up to the first years following the end of World War Two....
Forged passport for escape
1939 produced Polish passport. I am very passionate towards passports & travel documents used during the period of the first two months of the outbreak of war in Europe, the months of September and October were Polish passports were being issued and used to escape into neighboring Romania and Hungary....
Serving in the dying Reich
Last 6 months of the war – an official's passport. Even as the war was coming to an end by the second half of 1944, some aspects continued to function "normally" as if there was no war at all: the diplomatic actions and relations ...
Indian passport with Allied visa
AMG issued visa for occupied Germany. The item here is extra special: 1949 Bombay issued passport for travelling to Europe, it was used by a young Indian Jewish student for his studies in mechanics and vehicles in Luxemburg. Mordy Solomon Mordecai, from Poona, obtained his passport on April 5th for this purpose. Other passports ...
1951 early Fremdenpass
One of the earliest West German issues for foreigners. Fremdenpass numbered 185/51 was issued to Dr. Heinrich krau aged 46 who was classified by then as being stateless. The travel document was issued ...