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 ...
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...
WW2 Romanian Service passport
Issued to an official war correspondent with Mihai Antonescu's signature. The item here is interesting and a rarity when it comes to passport collecting. Issued in Bucharest on May 27th 1942 to Livin Valerin Martin, who was an official correspondent for the Romanian National News Agency; known at the time as Rador. The agency was established in 1889 and was called the Telegraphic Agency of Romania and has gone through various changes, both in name and in st...
Transport 3 – destination of Lublin
Special train sent from Vienna to the east. Special transport-train to the Silesian city of Opole->Lubelskie->Pulawy, Lublin (in occupied Poland...
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 of the Cape of Good Hope. ...
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 and pain to its p...