Official passport, República de Cuba — Pasaporte Oficial

Object/Artifact

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Archive of Cuban Socialism

Name/Title

Official passport, República de Cuba — "Pasaporte Oficial"

Entry/Object ID

2025.14.2

Description

Front cover of a Cuban official passport booklet. Red cover stock (textured leatherette/coated board), foil-blocked in gold: the upper legend "REPÚBLICA DE CUBA"; the centered national coat of arms of Cuba (palm-bearing shield, key between headlands beneath a rising sun, Phrygian-capped staff above, oak branch and laurel wreath); and below, in capitals, "PASAPORTE OFICIAL." Interior pages (bio-data, photograph, validity, visas) not imaged; interior bearer data recorded internally only and redacted from this record.

Collection

Vuelo Espacial Conjunto Cubano-Soviético, Daysi García López collection

Acquisition

Accession

2025.14

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

MINREX

Date made

9/25/1979 - 6/1980

Time Period

1970s, 1980s

Place

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Notes

Maker/Issuer: República de Cuba (official passports issued by the state / Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MINREX). Bearer affiliated with the Departamento de Orientación Revolucionaria (DOR), Central Committee of the PCC, as a designer. Date: Issued 25 September 1979; valid until June 1980.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Cover blocking — "REPÚBLICA DE CUBA," national coat of arms, "PASAPORTE OFICIAL." Interior bearer data withheld. Internal data retained: issue date 25 Sept 1979; expiry June 1980; geographic validity limited to European countries; bearer role designer at the DOR.

Materials

Material Notes

Materials: Coated/textured cover stock over a bound paper booklet; gold foil stamping. Technique: Foil-stamped (blocked) cover; stitched/bound booklet.

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Daysi García López

Notes

owner

Related Places

Place

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Notes

issuance

Related Events

Event

Vuelo Espacial Conjunto Cubano-Soviético

Research Notes

Notes

A Cuban pasaporte oficial (official passport — a category distinct from the diplomatic passport, and conventionally red rather than blue), issued 25 September 1979 to a bearer who was a designer at the DOR, the PCC Central Committee's ideological/propaganda department. Two documentary features are notable: a short validity (to June 1980) and an explicit geographic restriction limiting travel to European countries — reflecting the controlled, purpose-specific character of official travel authorizations in this period. The object forms a pair with the bearer's 1982 diplomatic passport (same individual), together documenting official Party-apparatus travel across 1979–1982.

Created By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Create Date

August 22, 2025

Updated By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Update Date

June 18, 2026