Shomron
The 30 pruta stamp shows the Shomron of the Zim Israel Navigation Co. Ltd., built by Kieler Howaldtswerke A/G at Kiel in 1955 as part of the D.M. 3,450,000,000 Israeli-German Reparations Agreement reached in 1952. Twelve ships were ordered under the agreement in 1954 for delivery within three years. The Shomron, taking her name from the ancient town near Nablus, is a motorship of 5,430 gross tons with three sisters, the Dagan, Tappuz and Yehuda, each carrying 12 passengers in the trans-Atlantic trade during the summer months. In winter these ships were employed in the citrus fruit trade to Europe including the United Kingdom.
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