I finally got my hands on the antique US Passport, which I had won on eBay 
almost a month back!!! I have been collecting old and expired passports for sometime now. I recently came across this one while randomly searching for collectibles on eBay. I had always wanted to add a old US Passport to my collection but never came across one which was, say within my current budgetary limits. So I bid on it and to my surprise won!!! But it would take me almost a month before I got the thing in my hand. Christos, the seller, sent the item to my Los Angeles, CA address rather than my temporary Fremont, CA address. I had told him about it, but unfortunately he only had the address which, eBay sent to him. Christos was really a nice guy. He corresponded with me frequently, even offered to send me a replacement item, even though it was not his fault! It's really hard to find such 
sellers on eBay now-a-days! Anyways, I contacted Saiyam to check whether he had received my "Package from Greece". He said he will check and then said "Yes". I had wanted Varun to collect it for me when he came back from Los Angeles, but unfortunately he couldn't. Finally, thanks to Aditi, my "Package" arrived in the Bay Area. Everyone knew about the contents by now, as they had seen my previous item: A Australian Passport. A week went by and the Green Booklet was resting in Aniket's place. Varun forgot to pick it up when he went there for the weekend. I had to wait for another 2 weeks for Varun to go back to Aniket's house and collect it for me. Finally, this Monday, Varun came back with it.
The passport is a nice old US Passport, issued to a Greek "Furrier" called Anthony Dolger. It is one of those Cold War Era documents, which forbade you from visiting Communist Regimes. Well, The Document is in excellent condition for it's age. It contains lot's of visa seals from Greece, Italy and Switzerland. And a renewal stamp from US Department of State. I started collecting passports, because of the revenue stamps in them. And this one has lots. The only thing I didn't like was that the person had written some notes in the last pages of the Passport. The seller had warned me though. But they are nothing but some addresses. In fact, they are nice. It tells me about the person and the time in which he lived!!! Anyways, nice addition to my collection. As a bonus, the envelope contained 3 Greek Stamps of Euro Denomination. Great!!! My first Euro stamps!!!
You can read more about passports on Wikipedia.
Nithin Kamath
www.nithinkamath.net
almost a month back!!! I have been collecting old and expired passports for sometime now. I recently came across this one while randomly searching for collectibles on eBay. I had always wanted to add a old US Passport to my collection but never came across one which was, say within my current budgetary limits. So I bid on it and to my surprise won!!! But it would take me almost a month before I got the thing in my hand. Christos, the seller, sent the item to my Los Angeles, CA address rather than my temporary Fremont, CA address. I had told him about it, but unfortunately he only had the address which, eBay sent to him. Christos was really a nice guy. He corresponded with me frequently, even offered to send me a replacement item, even though it was not his fault! It's really hard to find such 
sellers on eBay now-a-days! Anyways, I contacted Saiyam to check whether he had received my "Package from Greece". He said he will check and then said "Yes". I had wanted Varun to collect it for me when he came back from Los Angeles, but unfortunately he couldn't. Finally, thanks to Aditi, my "Package" arrived in the Bay Area. Everyone knew about the contents by now, as they had seen my previous item: A Australian Passport. A week went by and the Green Booklet was resting in Aniket's place. Varun forgot to pick it up when he went there for the weekend. I had to wait for another 2 weeks for Varun to go back to Aniket's house and collect it for me. Finally, this Monday, Varun came back with it.The passport is a nice old US Passport, issued to a Greek "Furrier" called Anthony Dolger. It is one of those Cold War Era documents, which forbade you from visiting Communist Regimes. Well, The Document is in excellent condition for it's age. It contains lot's of visa seals from Greece, Italy and Switzerland. And a renewal stamp from US Department of State. I started collecting passports, because of the revenue stamps in them. And this one has lots. The only thing I didn't like was that the person had written some notes in the last pages of the Passport. The seller had warned me though. But they are nothing but some addresses. In fact, they are nice. It tells me about the person and the time in which he lived!!! Anyways, nice addition to my collection. As a bonus, the envelope contained 3 Greek Stamps of Euro Denomination. Great!!! My first Euro stamps!!!
You can read more about passports on Wikipedia.
Nithin Kamath
www.nithinkamath.net
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