1961 (April 15), waterpipe explosion, cover damaged en route from
Hamburg to Israel, with stamp(s) washed off in transit, bearing
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."
