Tom Topol

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Tom Topol is an expert in the field of passports and their history, and editor of www.passport-collector.com. He has been studying this topic for more than a decade and consults collectors, museums, foundations and news media worldwide when it comes to historical passports and passport history. Tom is a member of the Ephemera Society of America and he can be contacted via his website or directly via passportcollector@gmail.com.

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History of the EU and its Laissez-Passer

Tom Topol - 04/08/2020 0

After the Second World War, Europe was troubled. Two bloody wars had been fought on the continent. European countries had been making war against...

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Passport formats and standardisation

Tom Topol - 08/04/2020 0

Germany 1646. Anna Eleonore, the duchess of Braunschweig and Lueneburg, issued a passport to her messenger Jacob to pass freely and unhindered to foreign...

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Global passport fees in 2020

Tom Topol - 05/02/2020 0

Passports are a necessity in today’s global world and so are the fees someone has to pay for a travel document. In the best...

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Current and valid passports on eBay

Tom Topol - 27/12/2019 0

As a historian and collector of old passports, eBay is, of course, one of the sources where I find my collectibles, but also relevant...

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Milestones in 100 years of the passport photo

Tom Topol - 09/12/2019 0

2015 was the 100th anniversary of the passport photo, but it was unfortunately not much communicated or even celebrated. Only the British newspaper The...

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A history of passports and their design

Tom Topol - 06/06/2018 0

When were the first passports issued and what was their purpose? What were these passports made of and how were they produced? Was there...

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The world is flat

Tom Topol - 01/10/2014 0

It was in 2003 when I bought my first old passport at a flea market in Kyoto, Japan. It was a wonderful Japanese document...