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December 15, 2017

in Articles, Passports, WWII

by Neil

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...

December 8, 2017

in General, Passports

by Neil

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...

November 18, 2017

in Holocaust, Passports, WWII

by Neil

Another sample found

Czech Jewish woman interned and freed. Last year I located a fine example of WW2 and Holocaust related travel document...

November 1, 2017

in Holocaust, Passports

by Neil

Special temporary travel document

By the end of 1943 the war was taking its toll on the axis and the inevitable ending was becoming clearer by the day as the fog and mist was evaporating, allowing the sun light ...

October 28, 2017

in Holocaust, Passports, WWII

by Neil

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...

October 20, 2017

in Holocaust, Passports, WWII

by Neil

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...

October 1, 2017

in General, Passports

by Neil

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. ...

September 15, 2017

in General, Passports, WWII

by Neil

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...

August 21, 2017

in Passports, WWII

by Neil

Early pre-occupation Manchurian passport

Harbin issued travel document - Shortly before the Japanese occupation. 1930 was the last year before the Japanese would occupy North-Eastern China in what they would term it as t...

August 8, 2017

in General, Passports, WWII

by Neil

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 in the occupied zones of Germany and also after the creation of West Germany in 1949. ...