Israeli Domestic Taxed Mail 1960-1979

1961 "private" return fee cover + taxed: 28 Dec 1961 postmarked 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-...

1962 domestic taxed cover: 6 Aug 1962 postmarked 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matter rate using tabbed 1962 New Year stamp (Ba #246) but returned as addressee left; however original return address no longer valid, and updated hotel address incor...

Revenues-franked domestic mail: 15 May 1965 postmarked 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-f...

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 postage rate period domestic taxed mail + postmark errors: 29 May 1966 postmarked commercial cover sent 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; taxed twice the deficiency (6 Ag) & marked by scarce 3-line "Penalty to Pay" boxed cache...

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 & front m...

1970 domestic taxed cover: 24 Nov 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 tax...

1962 taxed 'top of the pile' taxed-franking cover + extra postage calculation: July 1962 postmarked printed matter commercial cover sent from TEL AVIV branch of Idud Ltd., mailed unfranked but accepted for dispatch, however returned to sender as address unknown (cachet on front); as envelope is printed at base "return payment guaranteed", this letter and all others to same addressee were returned ...

1964 untaxed 'top of the pile' taxed-franking cover: 15 OCT 1964 printed matter commercial cover from TEL AVIV branch of Idud Ltd. mailed unfranked and postmarked as such by post office(!), but returned to sender as address unknown (cachet on front); as envelope is printed at base "return payment guaranteed", this letter and all others to same addressee returned together with total tax calculated ...