Israeli Domestic Taxed Mail 1948-1959

Stampless couriered cover from HAIFA to JERUSALEM where entered into the civilian postal system & unusually not taxed (or even marked as being unfranked); tied by near full strike of JERUSALEM 4 Main Post Office postmark (Nacht-289/5) with large datelines, dated 6 JULY 1948 (3rd day of use), unusually with Latin date over the Hebrew; torn open at left & vertically folded as typical of period couri...

Very late use of interim Jerusalem locals stamps: 15 Sept. 1948 postmarked local JERUSALEM double weight cover addressed to Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook (the son of Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak HaCohen Kook), franked 15 mils for 10m base letter + 6m extra weight, using 5m and 10m single stamps of the 1st locals series (Ba #101-102) & tied by single strike of JERUSALEM-1 trilingual postmark of the public counter...

1948 1st postage rate period domestic taxed mail: Aug. 1948 period local GIVATAYIM cover deposited unfranked into a pillar box, so not postmarked on dispatch; subsequently taxed twice the deficiency (2x 10m letter rate) & marked by Mandate "To Pay" box cachet; tax paid using vertical pair 1st postage dues series 10m Ba #PD3 franks tied by full strike of 12-8-1948 local postmark; few vertical folds...

1948 2nd postage rate period taxed 'official' mail: 6-12-1948 local JERUSALEM commercial cover hand-marked "In the service of the State" and posted unfranked into a pillar box and tied by JERUSALEM-1 (sorting office) postmark but this not accepted as address not identified as an official address and no official return address given; taxed twice the period letter rate of 15Pr, and paid using 1st po...

1949 domestic 2nd postage rate period taxed mail: 11-9-1949 commercial cover from NATHANYA to the municipality of PETACH TIKVA municipality mailed unfranked and taxed 30 Prutot (double the period 15 Pr letter rate) marked by Israeli black boxed cachet and paid using 20pr & 10pr Ba #PD3/4 franks (with side gutters) tied by 3 strikes of 16-9-1949 PETACH TIKVA main post office postmark; backflap torn...

Almost taxed mail to Government departments - Income Tax Office: 29 OCT 1950 local HAIFA cover to Income Tax department franked 10pr instead of the DO-2 postage period letter rate of 15pr & using an invalid 1948 revenue label (Ba-REV.3): the postal clerk circled the franking, presumably to call attention to it before taxing the cover for insufficient postage - but noticing that it was addressed to...

1952 bizarre DO-3a rate period mis-franked, taxed demonetized cover: 29-6-1952 [domestic-use only] "Igeret" stationary letter-sheet from RAMAT GAN to a doctor in JERUSALEM originally franked 31pr per period 30Pr inland letter rate, using with mixture of 2x Mandate 3m pictorals + 20-9-1949 cancelled 5m Doar Ivri + 5pr 1949 2nd Coinage Ba22 + 3x 5pr 1950 3rd Coinage Ba42; this partially rejected at ...

1957 revenues-franked domestic mail: 23-5-1957 local TEL AVIV business stationary commercial cover from tour operator to hotel, franked 50pr using 1952 series revenue label (Ba-REV.25) apparently both accepted - against regulations - for postage, and for printed matter rate (cover unsealed as per printed-matter regulations); otherwise the cover should have been taxed twice the full DO-7 period let...

1959 domestic taxed cover: 28-7-1959 commercial cover from KIRYAT ONO to TEL AVIV underfranked at 100pr rather than the DO-8 period letter rate of 120pr - and using illegitimate JNF/KKL 100pr Eilat stamp (Roch 1513); this marked by post office and taxed twice the deficiency (240pr); opened at back, peripheral tear to back-flap....