Passport (number 9763) was issued on or about June 14, 1952 in the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya by Governor and Commander-In-Chief, Philip Euen Mitchell.
English and French language are used in and throughout the document.
Front and back covers of Colony and Protectorate of Kenya Passport. Front cover contains the issue date, passport number and name of the bearer, Mr. Khushalbhai Purshotam Mistry.
The inside of the front cover of the Passport reads:
I, Philip Euen Mitchell, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, upon whom His Majesty has been pleased to confer the Military Cross, Governor and Commander-In-Chief of the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, request and require in the Name of His Majesty all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hinderance and to afford the bearer such assistance and protection as may be necessary.
(signed: P. E. Mitchell)
Governor
The first page (righthand side), or page one (1) indicates that this passport contains 32 pages. Affixed are two postage stamps (5 shillings and 10 shillings) from Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika.
Name of bearer is listed as Mr. Khushalbhai Purshotam Mistry. National status is ink-stamped as BRITISH SUBJECT: CITIZEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND COLONIES.
Page two (2) – DESCRIPTION
Profession: Carpenter. Place and date of birth: Navsari, Surat, India – 1896.
Residence: Kenya Colony.
Height: 5 ft. 5 in. Colour of eyes: Black. Colour of hair: White.
Children: (blank)
Page three (3) contains an affixed photograph of the bearer. There’s also an area to affix a photo of the bearer’s wife (which is blank)
Page four (4) – COUNTRIES FOR WHICH THE PASSPORT IS VALID
Countries are ink-stamped as India, Pakistan, Kenya Colony, Uganda, Tanganyika Territory & Zanzibar.
The validity of this passport expires: 13th June, 1957
Issued at: Nairobi
Date: 14 JUN 1952
Page five (5) – RENEWALS
The validity of this passport is hereby renewed until the 13th June 1962
Contains passport stamps (ink-stamps) from India
Pages six (6) and seven (7) are blank.
Pages eight (8) and nine (9) are blank.
Pages ten (10) and eleven (11) are blank.
Pages twelve (12) and thirteen (13) are blank.
Pages fourteen (14) and fifteen (15) are blank.
Pages sixteen (16) and seventeen (17) are blank.
Pages eighteen (18) and nineteen (19) are blank.
Pages twenty (20) and twenty-one (21) are blank.
Pages twenty-two (22) and twenty-three (23) are blank.
Pages twenty-four (24) and twenty-five (25) are blank.
Pages twenty-six (26) and twenty-seven (27) are blank.
Pages twenty-eight (28) and twenty-nine (29) are blank.
Page thirty (30) – VISAS
Contains was appears to be a Visa ink-stamp:
Kenya Colony
The Immigration (Control) Regulations, 1948
RE-ENTRY
Valid until 19 June 1954
(signed)
Principal Immigration Officer
Date 20-6-52
Page thirty-one (31) – VISAS
Contains the following ink-stamp:
Bearer previously travelled on Passport No. A27335 issued at Nairobi on 12-4-39 (or 37?)
Now cancelled and withdrawn/renewed.
(Signed (looks like T.E.B Anthony or T.E.R. Anthony))
Branch Passport Control Officer, Nairobi, Colony and Protectorate of Kenya
Page thirty-two (32) – VISAS
Contains was appears to be a Visa ink-stamp:
No. R. 2909
Colony and Protectorate of Kenya
The Immigration (Control) Regulations, 1948
Certificate of Permanent Residence
Holder Permanently resident in the Colony
Valid for 10 years from date of issue
Holder a resident/child of resident in the Colony at commencement of the Ordinance
Date 2-9-52
(signed (what’s the name, Anawa? or Angawa? or some other name?))
Principle Immigration Officer
Delete irrelevant words
Delete if wholly inapplicable
Page thirty-three (33) – Notes
NOTES
1. British passports are issued and renewed by the competent authorities in the United Kingdom and Colonies and by His Majesty’s diplomatic and Consular Officers abroad. Applications should be made on the authorised form obtainable from those authorities in the country in which the applicant is. Passports should not be sent from one country to another by post.
2. They are available for five years in the first instance, unless otherwise stated, and may be renewed from time to time for further consecutive periods of one to five years from the date of expiry, provided the total period of validity of ten years from the original date is not exceeded. The fee for each year of renewal is Shs. 2/-. They are not available beyond ten years from the original date of issue. If at any time the passport contains no further space for visas, a new passport must be obtained.
3. They are only available for travel to the countries named on page 4, but maybe be endorsed for additional countries (fee Shs. 2/-). The possession of a passport so endorsed does not exempt the holder from compliance with any immigration regulations in force in the territories named, or from the necessity of obtaining a visa where required. Passports endorsed as valid for the British Commonwealth are also available for traveling to territory under British protection or trusteeship, not, however, including the Aden Protectorate for which a special endorsement is required.
4. A passport including particulars of the holder’s wife is not available for the wife’s use when she is travelling alone.
5. Children who have reached the age of sixteen years require separate passports.
REGISTRATION AT HIS MAJESTY’S CONSULATES ABROAD
It is most important that persons naturalised in the United Kingdom and Colonies resident abroad should register annually at a British Consulate, otherwise they may render themselves liable in circumstances to deprivation of citizenship.
British subjects, citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies who are resident abroad should at the earliest opportunity register their names and addresses at the nearest British Consulate. Failure to do so may in a period of emergency result in difficulty or delay in according them the assistance and protection to which they are entitled. Changes of address or departure from the country should also be notified to the Consulate.
DUAL NATIONALITY
Persons born abroad of British fathers or born in the United Kingdom or Colonies of foreign parents, women married to aliens, and naturalised persons may posses a foreign nationality in addition to British nationality.
When in the country of their second nationality such persons cannot avail themselves of the protections of His Majesty’s representatives against the authorities of the foreign country, and are not exempt, by reason of possessing British nationality, from any obligation (such as military service) to which they may be liable under the foreign law.
CAUTION
This passport remains the property of the Government by which it is issued and may be withdrawn if the holder ceases to be entitled to the protection of His Majesty’s Government.
It is a valuable document and should not be altered in any way or allowed to pass into the possession of an unauthorised person. If lost or destroyed, the fact and circumstances should be immediately reported to the Passport Office, London, or the nearest British Consulate, Colonial authority or High Commission and to the local police. New passports can only be issued in such cases after exhaustive enquiries.
Front cover of Colony and Protectorate of Kenya British Passport.
Back cover of Colony and Protectorate of Kenya British Passport.
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Good job of digitizing a historical document. Aside from Obama’s father (Sr.) that’s the only other passport from the Protectorate of Kenya I’ve seen to date.