Taxed Mail - Foreign Israel mail

The 50 mils 1st series Israeli postage dues stamp as part of 60m tax charged to allegedly short paid 15 Sept 1949 postmarked air mail cover sent from BRAKPAN South Africa to TEL AVIV & franked 6d, tied by local machine cancel.The cover was sent unsealed as evidenced by the offset imprint of the machine cancel on the back below the backflap + the full gum of the flap: the cover was likely an undecl...

1949 incoming taxed Soviet mail: 26 Oct 1949 postmarked commercial cover on bookshop stationary with mimeographed address from MOSCOW to TEL AVIV posted unfranked; taxed & paid at the origin, tied by red TAXE PERÇUE (tax collected) machine cancel & next day MOSCOU-4 dispatch; slit open at top. Unusual....

Couriered mail from IRAN - taxed: Jan 1950 era commercial cover on imprinted stationary all in Farsi, from TEHRAN to female addressee in TEL AVIV, couriered to Israel & deposited unfranked into a post box; probably due to the unknown and apparent Arab language the cover was transferred to the censor in Tel Aviv (Tav 1029) which opened and resealed the cover at back, whereupon the translated addres...

1950 UPU stamp issue taxed FDC: 26 March 1950 postmarked illustrated 1st Day Cover pre-franked 120pr using 40pr & 80pr (Ba #27/28) and tied by 1st day HAIFA cancellation; left unused by owner & prepared for mailing a month later, franked 140pr on back & postmarked 26 Apr 1950 from HAIFA (return addressed Nahariya) to SANTIAGO Chile, using mix of 80pr (Ba #28) + 40pr 1950 Independence (Ba #30) on 3...

1950 2nd postage dues on incoming French mail: 12 June 1950 postmarked airmail cover sent from AIX LES BAINS France (return addressed Belgium) to HAIFA, short paid at 41f & taxed by the French post office with manuscript marking 0.09 gold Francs (9 gold centimes); tied on front by numbered circular French censor mark.In Israel the tax was converted to local Prutot at the period exchange rate of 1:...

Taxed incoming British airmail - currency exchange rate changes: 16 March 1953 postmarked air mail cover sent from LEICESTER to HAIFA, franked 6d but taxed 30 gold centimes (twice the deficient postage) by the Foreign Section of the London general post office, indicated by the denominated hexigonal T taxe mark: as per the period exchange rate of 5g ctms = 1d, the short payment was 3d (taxed as twi...

1956 taxed air mail to Austria: 11 Jan 1956 postmarked airmail cover sent from BINYAMINA to Israeli Consulate in VIENNA & franked 1.20L instead of 1.50L at the FA-5/6 period rate to Europe (1.20L was the rate only for Cyprus), paid using vertical pair 60ag 1955 Tribes series stamps (Ba #123) tied by a single strike of the BINYAMINA-2 postmark; subsequently manuscript marked for tax at a rate of 10...

1960 incoming Algerian taxed mail / early Israeli Lira tax franking: 20 Jan 1960 postmarked airmail cover from ORAN to JERUSALEM franked at 100 Francs using French postage stamps (as was possible in Algeria between 1958-1962) - but the cover was underfranked at 100Fr: this short payment was probably noticed during transit in France as cover was stamped by a French triangular tax cachet & manuscrip...

Double re-directed + uprated mail during Pruta-Lira currency redenomination: 20 Jan 1960 postmarked airmail cover sent from TEL AVIV to addressee at Poste Restante address in ZURICH Switzerland, franked 250 Prutot per the new 1 January 1960 FA-10 postage rate period 0.25 Lira rate for airmail to Europe (100 Pruta = 10 Agorot = 0.10 Lira), using 1957 issue 9th Independence Day single (Ba #142) - al...

Provisional definitives taxed incoming South African mail: 3 Sept 1960 postmarked surface mail commercial cover on imprinted bank postal stationary, sent from CAPE TOWN to HAIFA, meter franked at 4d but apparently short paid (possibly intended to be printed matter but not endorsed such or posted unsealed) & marked locally for tax using large 14 gold centimes denominated taxe mark handstamp.As of 6...

Sorting office processed taxed incoming Italian mail: March 1961 era postmarked express airmail cover sent from ROME to addressees at Dan Hotel in TEL AVIV & franked 180L - evidentally short paid as taxed in Italy 18 gold centimes for twice the deficiency (in gold ctms).As of 6 Jan. 1960 Israel's currency was redenominated from fractional 1/1000 Prutot per Lira to 1/100 Agorot per Lira: here, the ...

1961 incoming Swedish taxed mail + rare postmark: 8 June 1961 postmarked airmail cover sent from BORAS Sweden to TEL AVIV, short paid at 12 Ore & taxed locally 5 gold centimes by the Swedish post office for double the deficiency.As of 6 Jan. 1960 Israel's currency was redenominated from fractional 1/1000 Prutot per Lira to 1/100 Agorot per Lira: here, the Israeli post office converted the gold cen...

Postage dues taxed incoming Irish mail: 11 Aug 1961 postmarked [surface mailed] Federman family correspondence cover sent from BAILE ATHA CLIATH (DUBLIN) to Federman addressees at Dan Hotel in TEL AVIV & franked 3p - evidentally short paid as taxed in Ireland 25 gold centimes for twice the deficiency (in gold ctms) using denominated T taxe mark.As of 6 Jan. 1960 Israel's currency was redenominated...

1962 incoming US taxed mail: 15 Apr 1962 postmarked air mailed endorsed cover sent from BROOKLYN to guests at Dan Hotel in TEL AVIV & franked 8c using 2x booklet stamps - but found to be under-paid & marked for tax by the US post office in NEW YORK, charging the cover 18 gold centimes for twice the deficient postage; the cover was further sanctioned by being sent by surface mail & so marked "Not i...

COLLECT ON DELIVERY postal service requested by sender to ensure air mail service (highlighted) on short paid 31 Oct 1963 postmarked airmail cover sent from GRENOBLE France to HAIFA - endorsed "C.O.D" at base; underfranked at 1Fr & marked for tax by the French post office which tied the cover with a French triangular T taxe mark + charged 0.12 gold Francs = 12 gold centimes.Machine backstamped 3 N...

Israeli postage dues error on incoming German mail: 15 Sept 1964 postmarked picture postcard (Hamburg), sent unfranked from HAMBURG to guests at Dan Hotel in TEL AVIV & marked by the German post office for tax using a gold centimes Taxe mark - but leaving the amount to charge unfilled. In Israel the post office identified the address as belonging to the hotel & noted it in Hebrew below the origina...

1964 incoming Togolese taxed mail: 22 Sept 1964 postmarked airmail endorsed commercial cover from BLITTA, TOGO to Philatelic Society in TEL AVIV short paid at 25F & marked for tax locally using German-type boxed T taxe mark (the country used to be a German colony) + charged 0.08 gold Francs = 8 gold centimes. As per the subsequent backstamped 10 Nov. TEL AVIV-27 Israeli transit arrival the cover h...

1964 incoming Canadian taxed mail - with 2x taxe marks: 25 Sept 1964 postmarked surface mailed [printed matter] commercial cover on imprinted business postal stationary, sent from company in BELOEIL to Weizmann Institute in REHOVOT & meter franked 5c - but found to be under-paid & marked for tax by the Canadian post office, charging the cover 8 gold centimes for twice the deficient postage - using...

1966 very early taxe fraction era incoming French taxed mail: 4 Feb 1966 postmarked airmail commercial cover on imprinted business postal stationary, sent from PARIS to guest at Dan Hotel in TEL AVIV & franked 0.90Fr tied by exhibition illustrated machine cancel - but short paid & marked for tax by the French post office (in manuscript) using the new taxe fraction method instituted as of 1 Jan 196...

1966 refused taxed mail to Britain: 15 Feb 1966 postmarked EL-AL picture postcard of Dan Hotel TEL AVIV, sent from TEL AVIV to LONDON & mailed unfranked: though postmarked on the empty field by the TEL AVIV-16 post office postmark, the postcard was not marked locally for tax and evidentally still dispatched by air as evidenced by the subsequent backstamped 22 Feb. LONDON arrival.Here the postcard ...

1966 early taxe fraction era incoming French taxed mail: 11 March 1966 postmarked local PARIS window commercial cover on imprinted business postal stationary & meter franked 30c; backstamped next day arrival - but as addressee apparently left, the address was revised to "Poste Restante" in TEL AVIV (the mail would be held for the addressee at the post office for him to pick up), and forwarded to I...

Unusual taxe mark on incoming French mail: 31 July 1967 postmarked airmail commercial cover on imprinted business postal stationary, sent from PARIS to the Dan Hotel in TEL AVIV & franked 60c - but short paid & marked for tax with unusual large handstamp, using the taxe fraction method instituted as of 1 Jan 1966 by the Universal Postal Union's (UPU) Vienna convention, of the sending postal admini...

1967 incoming French re-routed postage due mail - cancelled: 14 Dec 1967 postmarked local PARIS commercial cover to Jewish Agency employee & franked 1Fr; the addressee evidentally was transferred to Israel, and the local Agency office updated the address, resubmitting it for onward transmission to TEL AVIV - in the style of the double-addressed 1948 "Avenue de Wagram" postal service mail to Israel...

1968 incoming Norwegian taxed mail: 27 June 1968 postmarked airmail cover sent with Israeli & Norwegian airmail etiquettes by the Israeli sender, from BERGEN to hospital in TEL AVIV & franked 90 ore - but short paid & marked for tax by the Norwegian post office using the taxe fraction method instituted as of 1 Jan 1966 by the Universal Postal Union's (UPU) Vienna convention, of the sending postal ...