Description
Postwar WWII illegal Jewish immigration mail service: April 1946 era postmarked commercial cover sent by a Displaced Person on board the "Dov Hoz" illegal immigrant ship & posted at LA SPEZIA Italy, addressed to MESHEK YAGUR; the franks & a portion of front are torn away - the cover would have been franked 15 Lira; backstamped with ship's bilingual circular handstamp "Repatriation Ship Fede - Dov Hos" & 30 April 1946 arrival. Slit open at top & right; vertical fold center. The ship was stopped by British at the locale in the widely publicized "La Spezia Affair" of 4 April - 19 May
