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In the medieval\u00a0Islamic Caliphate (middle east) from 632-1258 AD, a form of passport was the\u00a0bara’a<\/i>, a\u00a0receipt\u00a0for taxes paid. Only people who paid their\u00a0zakah<\/i>\u00a0(for\u00a0Muslims) or\u00a0jizya<\/i>\u00a0(for\u00a0dhimmis) taxes were permitted to travel to different regions of the Caliphate; thus, the\u00a0bara’a<\/i>\u00a0receipt was a “traveler’s basic passport.<\/p>\n
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King\u00a0Henry V of England\u00a0is credited with having invented what some consider the first passport in the modern sense, as a means of helping his subjects prove who they were in foreign lands. The earliest reference to these documents is found in a\u00a01414 Act of Parliament.\u00a0In 1540, granting travel documents in England became a role of the\u00a0Privy Council of England, and it was around this time that the term “passport” was used. In 1794, issuing British passports became the job of the Office of the\u00a0Secretary of State.<\/p>\n
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Since then references to identity papers such as passports, citizenship certificates, safe passage documents are collectible and such documents used in 16th and 17th century are extremely rare to find.<\/p>\n
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- Historical passports from extinct non-existent countries such as Yugoslavia,Czechoslovakia, Austro-Hungary empire, East Germany are also rare to find.\u00a0 Passports from famous and well known people and celebrities are extremely collectable.<\/li>\n
- Laissez-pass UN issued documents during war are also hard to find<\/li>\n
- German passports and identity papers issued to Jews during war are desirable and rare<\/li>\n
- Passports of well known people and celebrities have huge value.<\/li>\n
- Naval passports and identity papers for sea travel have enormous value attached to them.<\/li>\n
- Nansen passport papers and Schutz-Pass (protective passports) are also quite rare to find.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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The following are some of the rare and valuable passports we have compiled..<\/p>\n
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1641 England Passport<\/h2>\n
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The oldest passport still in existence was issued on 18 June 1641 and signed by Charles I.\u00a0\u00a0The document is signed by Charles. R \u2014 commonly known as King Charles I \u2014 licensing Sir Thomas Littleton “to passe out of this our realme into the part beyond the Seas, there to remayne the space of three yeres.”<\/p>\n
The passport sold at auction in 2016 for \u00a31,375 ($1,750) in Knightsbridge in London in an auction held by\u00a0Bonhams.<\/p>\n
According to the text, Littleton was travelling with\u00a0four servants, fifty pounds and “his trunckes and necessaries,” and was forbidden from\u00a0venturing into the realm of any “foraine Prince or Potentate not being with us in league or amitie.”<\/p>\n
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Source: http:\/\/uk.businessinsider.com\/this-is-the-oldest-passport-in-the-world-2017-6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
Malta Sovereign Military Order Passport<\/h2>\n
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The Sovereign Order of Malta<\/a> is one of the oldest institutions of Western and Christian civilisation. A lay religious order of the Catholic Church since 1113.<\/p>\n
Founded in the 11th century in Jerusalem, the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta is a lay religious order of the Catholic Church and a sovereign subject of international law.<\/p>\n
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The\u00a0Sovereign Military Order of Malta passport\u00a0is a\u00a0travel document\u00a0issued to officials and diplomats of the\u00a0Sovereign Military Order of Malta(SMOM). Currently there are only 500 passports in use.<\/p>\n
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1832 US Passport<\/h2>\n
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Before he invented the telegraph, Samuel Morse traveled to Europe twice to study art. This was the passport he used for his trip in 1829. In it, he identified himself as an “Historical Painter and President of the National Academy of Design.” However, Morse would soon become better known as an inventor. It was on his voyage home from that trip in 1832 on the Sully that he first envisioned the electromagnetic telegraph.<\/p>\n
This image is taken from Library of Congress<\/p>\n
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Albert Einstein 1923 Swiss Passport<\/h2>\n
This is the original Albert Einstein passport issued in 1923.<\/p>\n
It is currently held at\u00a0 Historical Museum in Bern<\/p>\n
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Source: http:\/\/www.bhm.ch\/en\/information\/media\/pictures-for-the-media\/einstein-museum\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
1769 German Passport<\/h2>\n
Passport issued for English traveller in Germany, 1769 for travel by horse carriage. The image of horse and carriage to left.<\/p>\n
It is held in British museum<\/p>\n
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Credit: Britishmuseum.org<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
Roman Diplomas<\/h2>\n
The most common document identifying a person in Ancient Rome was ‘diploma’, first issued in 52 AD<\/p>\n
Roman citizenship of discharged soldiers was identified by ‘military diploma’<\/p>\n
This one is a military diploma from AD 80 etched and inscribed in Bronze.<\/p>\n
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1963 Churchill US passport<\/h2>\n
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ON APRIL 9th, 1963, a deeply moved Sir Winston Churchill, sitting in his London home with his wife beside him, watched a satellite relay of a White House ceremony giving him honorary US citizenship.<\/p>\n
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Nansen Passports<\/h2>\n
Nansen passports were first issued by the League of Nations from 1922 to 1938 to stateless refugees. This little known passport saved 450,000 lives The Nansen international office for Refugees was awarded 1938 Nobel peace price.<\/p>\n
Not many people would know, this passport saved 450,000 lives. This one is issued by France with refugee visas to Armenia.<\/p>\n
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Photo credit: https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/nansen-passport-refugees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
Joint India Pakistan Passport<\/h2>\n
The Joint India Pakistan Passport is very rare.\u00a0This one was issued in 1963 from Amritsar for Sikhs on pilgrimage to Pakistan.<\/p>\n
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Source: http:\/\/8ate.blogspot.com\/2012\/09\/india-pakistan-passport-1963.html<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
British Indian Passport<\/h2>\n
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The\u00a0British Indian passport<\/b>\u00a0was a\u00a0passport, proof of national status and travel document issued to the\u00a0British subjects\u00a0of the\u00a0British Indian Empire, British subjects from other parts of the\u00a0British Empire, and the subjects of the British\u00a0protected states\u00a0in the\u00a0Indian subcontinent\u00a0(i. e. the\u00a0British Protected Persons\u00a0of the ‘princely states’). The title of state used in the passport was the “Indian Empire”\u00a0which covered\u00a0Aden,\u00a0Ceylon,\u00a0Pakistan,\u00a0Bangladesh,\u00a0Burma, and non French and Portuguese\u00a0India.<\/p>\n
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The use of the passport was discontinued in Aden and Burma in 1937, on becoming independent colonies, and in 1948 in the new Dominions of Ceylon, India and Pakistan.<\/p>\n
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In India, The use of passports was introduced to the British Raj after the\u00a0First World War.\u00a0The Indian Passport Act of 1920 required the use of passports, established controls on the foreign travel of Indians, foreigners travelling to and within the Presidencies and Provinces of British India.<\/p>\n
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1866 Japan Passport<\/h2>\n
The first travel documents for overseas travel by Japanese citizens were introduced in 1866, near the end of the\u00a0Tokugawa shogunate. These documents took the form of a stamped “letter of request” allowing Japanese citizens to travel overseas for business and educational purposes. The term “passport” was formally introduced into the Japanese language in 1878, and in 1900 the first regulations governing the usage of Japanese passports were introduced.<\/p>\n
The is the First Japanese passport, issued in 1866.<\/p>\n
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1866 Japanese Passport – Credit: Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
1964 British Colony of Antigua Passport<\/h2>\n
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Antigua was first settled by archaic age hunter-gatherer Amerindians called the Ciboney and the earliest settlements started around 3100 BC. The English settled on Antigua in 1632 to 1981 with a brief french iterlude in 1666. <\/span><\/p>\n
Antigua and Barbuda became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations on 1 November 1981. Today the population of the islands stands at 103K. <\/span><\/p>\n
This is a rare Antigua passport issued in 1964 when it was a British colony.<\/span><\/p>\n
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Image credit: passport-collection.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
Schutz passports<\/h2>\n
Schutz-pass or protective passports were issued to hungarian jews in the holocast saved thousands of lives.\u00a0By the end of October 1944, more than 1,600 Jewish people in Budapest were able to obtain documents.<\/p>\n
Raoul wallenberg posted in swedish embassy issued it \u00a0to people in 1944 to jewish families. \u00a0Wallenberg distributed thousands of these \u2018Schutz-Passes\u2019 or ‘Wallenberg passports’ \u2014official-looking, but essentially invalid, Swedish passports granting the Hungarian bearer immunity from deportation.<\/p>\n
Schutz pass isn’t a real passport, you couldn’t travel with it but it meant that you were protected by the Swedish embassy.<\/p>\n
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Credit: www.baumanrarebooks.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
German J Passports<\/h2>\n
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On October 5, 1938, just before the start of WWII ,Germany’s Reich Ministry of the Interior invalidates all passports held by Jews, became valid only after letter \u201cJ\u201d has been stamped. By autumn 1938, all Jewish passports were stamped with red letter \u201cJ\u201d for Jew.<\/p>\n
Jewish German passports with J are very rare and collectible.<\/p>\n
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Credit: http:\/\/www.theancestorhunt.com\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
Naval Sea Passports<\/h2>\n
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Naval sea passports were issued to entire ships and crew members carrying merchandise and other items to pass through enemy seas unhindered.\u00a0 In the mediterranean, it was called ‘mediterranean passports’. These passports are extremely rare and most valuable collector items.<\/p>\n
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Mediterranean Passports were issued to American ships that traveled in the Mediterranean Sea and provided protection from attack by ships of the nations collectively known as the Barbary Coast powers. Treaties made by the United States between 1786 and 1836 with the Barbary Coast nations of Tunis, Tripoli (today Libya), Algeria, and Morocco included a provision that American ships carrying this passport would be allowed to pass unmolested.<\/p>\n
This document is a British Mediterranean Passport issued to the Brig Athille from London in 1814<\/p>\n
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Source: archives.gov<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/h2>\n
Passport Masks<\/h2>\n
In Africa and Australia, there were records of aboriginal tribes using ‘masks’ to identify themselves.<\/p>\n
Well before paper passports, African aboriginal tribes used colorful masks to identify their tribes when when traveling across the continent. These were called ‘passport masks’.<\/p>\n
Passports were not always paper based like we believe today.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.arts-are-essential.org\/saproject06\/lesson_plans\/pp_passportmasks.pdf<\/p>\n
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1881 British Passport<\/h2>\n
A Rare British passport dated 1881 issued to British subject to travel on the Continent. This passport<\/b> was issued by Foreign Office in London.<\/p>\n
If you look closely, there is a partly visible stamp on the bottom left (above signature of the bearer), shows the document was issued for SIX PENCE<\/p>\n
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