[MR] Pearl Passport question

[David Chessler]

Printed passports, etc, became mandatory about the time of WW I. Before that
people did get travel permissions from sovereigns, but these were generally
letters. (Handwritten, of course, before about 1870. Usually in French.) And
the only people who had to have them were diplomats--letters of introduction.


My father's passport, from Poland about 1920, is printed in Polish and French,
and filled out, by hand, in French. My passport from the US a few years ago,
is printed in English and French, and filled out by typing in English and
French.

------ Original Message ------
Received: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:58:22 PM EDT
From: Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
To: Atlantia maillist <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Subject: Re: [MR] Pearl Passport question

> I'm sure "passports" as a standard piece of paper/documentation are much
more modern than period.
> 
> But what served in it's place in period? A letter of introduction from an
important personage in your home country? A letter from the Royalty with a
royal seal saying you were the King's representative (for ambassadors)?
> 
> Stefan
> 
> ---------------
> Lord Brian,
> 
> Yes, and with dangling wax seals! Way cool!
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Lord Mungo Napier, That Crazy Scot
> 
> On 4/8/2011 1:53 PM, Brian Bertrand wrote:
> > honestly that would be cooler, fill the thing out in persona
> > 
> > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Jonathas<Jonathas at redfoxden.org>  wrote:
> > 
> >> I've not yet seen one of these passports, but I was under the impression
> >> that these would be passports for your Persona, not your mundane self. 
If
> >> that is the case shouldn't the birthday be more like 1-Jan-1548 ?
> >> 
> >> And if it is a passport for your mundane self, why is it being pushed
> >> within the "playable" area of an event?
> >> 
> >> Jonathas
> 
> 
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