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 the least in comparison to other commu...
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 that existed between the time the British left and the State of Israel came to being with an official governing entit...
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 impossible to learn about each trip ...
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 in 1804 and lasted to 1809. Later ...
Righteous Among the Nations
2017 Jerusalem awarded to a Chilean national. Chilean Diplomat Samuel del Campo....
Set of papers from occupied Lwow
Rare SS commandants signed release form. The Infamous Molotov-Ribbentrop agreement of August 1939 paved the way to the outbreak of hostilities that would engulf the continent and then the ...
Israel Government Printer 1948 – 1953
Printers of Passports & Travel Documents as well. Israel “inherited” it’s Government Printer (GP) from the terminated British Mandate in 1948. Originally established in an old winery, in what was a German settlement colony called Sharona. The Winery went bankrupt and it turned into a printing press in the 1930’s. The printing press changed hands in the first half of 1948, when Jew ...
German passport paper usage
Post-War use for lottery in 1945. Here is a fine example of post-war paper shortage usage. After the war there was an acute shortage of paper manufacturing, and we can find this in liberated countries throughout Europe and even as far as in China. Many businesses and newly formed government offices came across shortage of paper when they had to start printing material. We can find various checks, invoices, forms, tickets, ID's that were issued, after the surrender of both Nazi Germ...