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129 - Militaria: Interwar Period/1920s / Large Passport, Page 1925 / Trip to England via Dieppe and Dover / Gabrielle Bouet / La Roche-sur-Yon (Vendée 85) — This historical document belongs to Ms. Gabrielle Bouet, a schoolteacher, born in La Châtaigneraie and residing in Fontenay-le-Comte (85). The upper portion of the document features her period ID photograph in ink, affixed with the official wet stamp of the Vendée prefecture. The document bears its original 5 francs and 50 centimes “Passports” tax stamp in the upper left corner. The holder’s physical description is provided in full in handwritten detail. The reverse side of this large administrative archive document bears traces of her cross-Channel journey during the summer of 1925: United Kingdom: Official entry control stamp from the British border police at the Port of Dover (“Immigration Officer—Dover”) dated August 4, 1925.France: A beautiful, large, oval, purple wet stamp from the Special Police Station in Dieppe certifying her return to French soil on September 8, 1925.A piece of administrative and customs history from the Roaring Twenties, representative of the large paper passports issued immediately after the war.
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Militaria: Interwar Period/1920s / Large Passport, Page 1925 / Trip to England via Dieppe and Dover / Gabrielle Bouet / La Roche-sur-Yon (Vendée 85) — This historical document belongs to Ms. Gabrielle Bouet, a schoolteacher, born in La Châtaigneraie and residing in Fontenay-le-Comte (85). The upper portion of the document features her period ID photograph in ink, affixed with the official wet stamp of the Vendée prefecture. The document bears its original 5 francs and 50 centimes “Passports” tax stamp in the upper left corner. The holder’s physical description is provided in full in handwritten detail. The reverse side of this large administrative archive document bears traces of her cross-Channel journey during the summer of 1925: United Kingdom: Official entry control stamp from the British border police at the Port of Dover (“Immigration Officer—Dover”) dated August 4, 1925.France: A beautiful, large, oval, purple wet stamp from the Special Police Station in Dieppe certifying her return to French soil on September 8, 1925.A piece of administrative and customs history from the Roaring Twenties, representative of the large paper passports issued immediately after the war.
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