Israeli Domestic Taxed Mail 1960-1979

1961 "private" return fee cover + taxed: 28-12-1961 local JERUSALEM printed matter cover, tied by instructional marking handstamp, franked 0.07L at the DO-10 period printed-matter rate using 1960 New Year Ba198 frank, and marked by handwritten request to return if undelivered for fee (bottom-right on front); addressee indeed not found (manuscript comment by the postman: "Left, Thank G-d, please re...

1962 domestic taxed cover: 6-8-1962 local TEL AVIV cover franked 0.07L using single Zodiac frank (Ba207), perhaps hoping to pass it off at just ended DO-10 period printed matter rate, but here marked by post office as "letter" (red manuscript) and taxed twice the deficiency for DO-11 period letter rate (10 Ag); opened roughly at back, complete....

1963 return fee cover: 2-4-1963 commercial printed matter stationary cover from JERUSALEM to TEL AVIV franked 8Ag at the DO-11 period printed matter rate using single Zodiac frank (Ba208); address unknown, and as cover marked "return postage guaranteed", marked by 2-lined bilingual Inconnu/Retour boxed cachet (address obliterated by base of cachet) & manuscript (on back) and charged the printed ma...

1963 DO-11 postage rate period domestic re-rerouted taxed mail - unpaid: 5 May 1963 postmarked (date error - Hebrew date is for 7 May) local JERUSALEM American Jewish Committee stationary commercial cover franked at 8 Ag per printed matter rate using tabbed 1962 New Year stamp (Ba #246) but returned as addressee left; however original return address no longer valid, and updated hotel address incor...

1961 revenues-franked domestic mail: 15 MAY 1965 commercial cover from travel agency in JERUSALEM to hotel in TEL AVIV, franked 10ag instead of the DO-11 postage period rate of 12ag, using an invalid 1961 series revenue stamp - this accepted at the JERUSALEM Post Office which applied machine slogan cancellation to the franking and the underpaid rate; opened at back. Unusual accepted double-fault. ...

1966 DO-12 period domestic taxed mail: 24 April 1966 postmarked local TEL AVIV printed matter cover, short-paid with 0.10L franking for the new DO-12 postage period rate of 0.12L (the postage rates rose on 13 March) & taxed 0.04L for twice the deficiency; paid on 27 April using pair 0.02L 1st Town Emblems stamps Ba #329 & backstamped next day TEL AVIV-87 (Nordau Street branch office) postmark. The...

1966 DO-12 period domestic taxed mail: 29 May 1966 postmarked commercial cover sent from NETANYA to TEL AVIV, short-paid with 0.12L franking for the new DO-12 postage period domestic letter rate of 0.15L (the postage rates rose on 13 March from 0.12L to 0.15L) & taxed 0.06L for twice the deficiency, marked by scarce taxe mark; paid on 31 May using 0.06L 1st Town Emblems Ba #331 stamp tied by TEL A...

1966 DO-12 postage rate period domestic taxed mail + postmark errors: 29-5-1966 commercial cover from ASHQELON (return addressed Kibbutz Gat) to TEL AVIV franked at the old DO-11 letter rate of 12 Ag (invalid as of 14 Jan 1966) using 1961 Zodiac Ba210 & tied by strike of local machine cancel (whose Hebrew year is misspelled Tav-Shin-Vav-Vav-Kaf); taxed twice the deficiency (6 Ag), marked by scarce...

1967 domestic postage due mail: 30 April 1967 postmarked cover sent from TEL AVIV to HAIFA, posted unfranked & tied by local machine cancel; subsequently marked for tax & charged twice the deficiency (30 agorot) of the 15ag domestic letter rate, paid on 4 May at HAIFA-8 (Haifa port branch post office) using a 1966 Israel Museum stamp (Ba #355); slit open at top....

1968 domestic postage due mail: 5 Dec 1968 postmarked commercial cover sent locally in TEL AVIV from travel agency to reservation office at Dan Hotel, posted unfranked & tied by local machine cancel; subsequently marked for tax & charged twice the deficiency (30 agorot) of the 15ag domestic letter rate, paid on 6 Dec. at TEL AVIV-87 (Tel Nordau branch post office) using a 1968 Jubilee Jewish Scout...

1969 domestic postage due mail: 13 April 1969 postmarked local TEL AVIV cover to addressee at Dan Hotel, posted unfranked & tied by single strike of TEL AVIV-233 post office postmark on the field; subsequently marked for tax & charged twice the deficiency (30 agorot) of the 15ag domestic letter rate, paid on 14 April at TEL AVIV-87 (Tel Nordau branch post office) using a 1969 Ports stamp (Ba #419)...

1969 domestic postage due mail: 24 June 1969 postmarked commercial cover on pre-addressed imprinted business postal stationary of the Managing Director of the Dan Hotel corporation, posted unfranked & tied in the field by the TEL AVIV-332(?) postmark; subsequently marked for tax & charged twice the deficiency (30 agorot) of the 15ag domestic letter rate, paid on 26 June at TEL AVIV-87 (Tel Nordau ...

1969 domestic double taxed cover: 17 Aug 1969 postmarked local TEL AVIV cover on imprinted Dan Hotel TEL AVIV (air mail) stationary, sent presumably from a hotel guest to a local address - but sent unfranked, likely through a letter box & tied on the field by a TEL AVIV-234 postmark + likely marked for tax by the manuscript "T" at the top right; the addressee was subsequently not reached &...

1970 domestic taxed cover: 24-11-1970 commercial cover from REHOVOT to TEL AVIV franked 0.15L using tabbed 1970 Levy Eshkol (Ba449) towards the start of the 1 Nov. new DO-13 rate period, and as now 0.03L short, and beyond the 2 week grace period, taxed twice the deficiency (as unsealed, if this was sent at the period's correct printed matter rate, the cover wasn't so identified, and therefore taxe...