Description
1967 domestic 'top of the pile' taxed franking: 25 June 1967 postmarked printed matter window cover on imprinted business postal stationary, sent from TEL AVIV & business meter franked 12ag at the DO-12 period domestic printed matter postage rate; the address was subsequently determined to be unknown (instructional handstamp + manuscript notation on front) & as the envelope is imprinted at base "return postage guaranteed", this letter and all others to same addressee were returned together with the total tax calculated and applied to the cover placed at the top of the pile - here, charged 60 Agorot, the 12ag return fee (same as the sending fee) for 5 letters and paid on 26 June using 2x 1965/67 Town Emblem franks, tied by a single strike of the TEL AVIV-7 (head post office) postmark. Unsealed per printed matter regulations, with staple holes at the top from the postage dues handling. Estimated value $75+
