Two passports issued on behalf of the Polish consulate in Teheran, for a couple of Jewish refugees. Teheran, 1942. French and Polish. The passports (printed leaves, filled-in by hand and ink-stamped) were issued on 7.10.1942 for Yakub Klotz and his wife Helena Klotz. In front appear their personal details and a passport photograph, and on the appear different ink-stamps: entrance visa to Palestine on behalf of the British consulate in Teheran, dated 1.1.1943; extension of this visa, dated 8.7.1942; ink-stamp of mandatory immigration department in Haifa, dated 22.12.1943; two ink-stamps of extension of the passport in the Polish consulate in Tel Aviv, from the years 1944 and 1945; and other ink-stamps. Enclosed: paper form, printed and filled-in by hand, indicating that Helena Klotz is capable of travelling (apparently issued in Teheran for her travel to Palestine). Approx. 31X22 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, defects and folding marks. One passport with tears restored with adhesive tape at margins and along folding marks. The other passport with tears along folding lines and at margins, restored with pasted strips of paper.
Two passports issued on behalf of the Polish consulate in Teheran, for a couple of Jewish refugees. Teheran, 1942. French and Polish. The passports (printed leaves, filled-in by hand and ink-stamped) were issued on 7.10.1942 for Yakub Klotz and his wife Helena Klotz. In front appear their personal details and a passport photograph, and on the appear different ink-stamps: entrance visa to Palestine on behalf of the British consulate in Teheran, dated 1.1.1943; extension of this visa, dated 8.7.1942; ink-stamp of mandatory immigration department in Haifa, dated 22.12.1943; two ink-stamps of extension of the passport in the Polish consulate in Tel Aviv, from the years 1944 and 1945; and other ink-stamps. Enclosed: paper form, printed and filled-in by hand, indicating that Helena Klotz is capable of travelling (apparently issued in Teheran for her travel to Palestine). Approx. 31X22 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, defects and folding marks. One passport with tears restored with adhesive tape at margins and along folding marks. The other passport with tears along folding lines and at margins, restored with pasted strips of paper.
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