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MUSEUM-GRADE HISTORICAL EPHEMERA: 1951 HASHIMITE KINGDOM OF TRANS-JORDAN PASSPORT ISSUED IN JERUSALEM TO A LOCAL ARAB DRIVER — FEATURING BRITISH EMPIRE POLITICAL AGENCY KUWAIT REVENUE STAMPS, MONARCHY OF IRAQ, SYRIA & LEBANON DIPLOMATIC VISAS.
Document Type: Official Diplomatic/Standard National Passport of the Hashimite Kingdom of Trans-Jordan (المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية / The Hashimite Kingdom of Trans-Jordan)
Passport Serial Number: 061259
Total Number of Pages: 36 pages (intact booklet)
Place & Date of Issuance: Jerusalem (East Jerusalem under Jordanian administration), issued on June 27, 1951
Validity Period: Valid for 5 years, expiring on June 27, 1956
Cancellation Status: Officially cancelled upon expiration via two standard punched circular perforation holes through the spine edge and bilingual rubber-stamp cachets reading "CANCELLED / ملغى"
Full Name: Wadi Tuma Hazu (Arabic: السيد وديع توما هزو)
Vocation / Profession: Motor-Car Driver (سائق سيارة)
Year & Place of Birth: 1913, Jerusalem (القدس)
Domicile / Permanent Residence: Jerusalem
Physical Description: Height: 180 cm; Eyes: Dark Brown; Hair: Black; Special peculiarities: None
Legal Nationality Status: Endorsed with the official boxed legal stamp "بموجб المادة الأولى / UNDER THE FIRST ARTICLE"
Historical Prominence / Celebrity Status: Not a prominent historical figure or political statesman. Wadi Tuma Hazu was a private citizen belonging to the long-established Christian Arab Hazu (Hazo) family of Jerusalem. His profession as a long-distance cross-border commercial and private chauffeur positioned him uniquely along the critical transit arteries connecting Jerusalem, Amman, Baghdad, Basra, Kuwait, Damascus, and Beirut during the transformative post-1948 geopolitical era
Page 10 (Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq Consular Visa & Fiscal Stamps):
Visa details: Transit/Entry visa No. 2299 issued by the Royal Consulate General of Iraq in Amman, dated September 1, 1951
Revenue/Fiscal Stamps: Affixed with two Iraqi revenue stamps depicting the young King Faisal II: one green 1 Dinar stamp and a horizontal pair of 75 Fils grey-blue stamps, cancelled with consular rubber stamps
Transcription of Diplomatic Signature: Signed by the Iraqi Consul General in Amman, «A. Al-Rawi» (or «A. Al-Jamil»), showing the characteristic official diplomatic Arabic flourish
Page 12 (British Consulate-General, Basra — Visa for Kuwait & George VI Consular Stamps):
Visa details: Entry visa No. 1205 for Kuwait (then a British Protectorate), issued on May 26, 1952: "British Consulate-General, Basra. Visa for Kuwait. Good for single journey within one month from the date hereof"
Revenue/Fiscal Stamps: Superb assortment of King George VI British Consular Service fiscal stamps: 1 Shilling (green, overprinted "CONSULAR SERVICE"), 6 Pence (purple), a pair of 8 Pence (green), and a pair of 1 Shilling stamps, all bearing violet consular cancels
Transcription of Diplomatic Signature: Signed by Her Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consul in Basra, «V. M. Pease» (or «W. H. G. Fletcher»), acting on behalf of the British Political Agency: endorsed under the box «H.B.M. CONSUL — For and on behalf of the Government of Kuwait»
Page 15 (H.M. Political Agency, Kuwait — Return Visa & Foreign Service Revenues):
Visa details: Return Visa No. 323 issued at Kuwait on February 3, 1953: "Seen at H.M.'s Political Agency, 323 KUWAIT. Good for a single journey to Kuwait..."
Revenue/Fiscal Stamps: British Foreign Service revenues bearing King George VI's portrait: £1 (One Pound, carmine-red) and 2'6 (Two Shillings and Sixpence, olive-green), hand-signed across the face
Transcription of Diplomatic Signature: Signed by the British official «L. Woodfield» under the authority line «For H.M. Political Agent, Kuwait»
Pages 16–17 (Kuwait Political Agency Transit Visa to Lebanon):
Visa details: Endorsement issued on February 11, 1953, by H.M. Political Agency in Kuwait permitting travel to Lebanon
Revenue/Fiscal Stamps: British Foreign Service 2'6 stamp cancelled with Kuwait agency cachet
Transcription of Diplomatic Signature: Signed by «L. Woodfield / For H.M. Political Agent, Kuwait»
Pages 18–31 (Syrian Republic & Lebanese Republic Visas, Stamps and Signatures):
Lebanese Consular & Border Stamps: Issued by the Lebanese Consulate General in Jerusalem on February 28, 1953 (bearing two Lebanese Cedar revenue stamps: 25c and 50c, total 75 Lebanese piastres)
Syrian Security (Sûreté Générale) Visas & Stamps: Numerous border visas and exit permits stamped at the Deraa (درعا) border post between 1953 and 1955
Transcription of Diplomatic Signatures: Border security commissioners of Sûreté Générale Deraa: «M. Al-Halabi» (م. الحلبي), «Nazih» (نزيه), and «Tala'at» (طلعت)
June 27, 1951: Passport issued at the Passport Department in Jerusalem (valid for 5 years)
September 1, 1951: Iraqi entry/transit visa granted at the Royal Iraqi Consulate General in Amman, Jordan
September 7, 1951: Border clearance and departure from Jordan through the Mafraq border control station toward Iraq
September 16, 1951: Arrival and entry clearance registered by Iraqi border passport control
December 2, 1951: Internal travel endorsement and residency check validated at Basra, Southern Iraq
May 26, 1952: Kuwait entry visa issued by Her Britannic Majesty's Consulate General in Basra
May 28, 1952: Transit through Iraqi borders and official entry into the British-administered Sheikhdom of Kuwait
May 1952 – February 1953: Professional residence and commercial transport operation across Kuwait and the Gulf border areas
February 3, 1953: Kuwait return visa granted by H.M. Political Agency in Kuwait
February 11, 1953: Exit visa for Lebanon endorsed by H.M. Political Agency in Kuwait
February 28, 1953: Lebanese visa approved by the Lebanese Consulate General in Jerusalem
March 12, 1953: Overland transit crossing through Deraa (Syria) and entry into Lebanon via Wadil-Harir border post
July 26, 1953: Border transit through Deraa, Syria
July 27, 1953: Aviation arrival stamp registered at Beirut International Airport (Aéro International de Beyrouth)
August 2, 1953: Return crossing logged via the Syrian security post at Deraa
February 18–19, 1954: Commercial overland run from Damascus through Deraa back into Jordan
July 14, 1954: Transit entry cleared via Ramtha / Deraa border crossing
September 20, 1954: Overland entry and vehicle transit cleared through Syrian border checkpoint at Deraa
October 4, 1954: Syrian departure permit validated at Deraa for return transit to Jordan
September 11, 1955: Syrian transit entry processed at Deraa station
September 27, 1955: Outward exit visa No. 2269 registered by Syrian Sûreté Générale for travel back to Jordan
October 10, 1955: Final recorded overland entry into Syria via Deraa
November 7, 1955: Final departure clearance logged from Syria into Jordanian territory
The "Trans-Jordan" Paradox: The country's official name was changed to "The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan" in 1949. However, due to administrative transitional delays and the use of pre-printed British watermarked banknote paper, residual pre-1949 passport booklets bearing the gilded and watermarked cover title "Trans-Jordan" remained in circulation and were issued in East Jerusalem up through 1951–1952
Census & Survival Estimate: Standard passports of this specific transitional issue were strictly recalled upon expiration, perforated, or retained by authorities. Based on international documentation archives (including Passport-Collector census and ephemera auction records over the last 30 years), surviving Trans-Jordanian passports issued in Jerusalem to Arab residents between 1950 and 1952—especially those preserving the original photograph, intact seals, and densely populated British Persian Gulf consular fiscals—are estimated at fewer than 10 to 25 known copies worldwide. Intact specimens in private collections appear at auction only once every several years.