Lot 2220

1961 (April 15), waterpipe explosion, cover damaged en route from Hamburg to Israel, with stamp(s) washed off in transit, bearing red two-line Hebrew handstamp reading "Damaged on way to Israel," attributed to a waterpipe explosion in the ship’s hold during transport, condition as expected for such disaster mail, a fine and desirable cover, with disaster/crash mail to Israel being quite uncommon.

A second, more detailed version of this cachet is recorded in violet, reading "This postal item was damaged while transported to Israel because of an explosion of water pipe in the ship’s hold."