Israeli Overseas Taxed Mail 1948-1959

1948 couriered mail from Britain - taxed postage dues in Israel: unpostmarked cover addressed to a Doctor in TEL AVIV "Israel" with fragmentary return address in "ENGLAND", carried by a person by sea or air and deposited into a letter box unfranked; subsequently taxed on 20 June 1948 by the TEL AVIV head post office - but charged only for the deficient 10 mils inland letter postage, a concessionar...

Short-paid incoming airmail returned for additional postage: 3 Nov 1952 postmarked air mail cover sent from CHICAGO to HAIFA & franked 15 cents, tied by local machine slogan cancel; the cover was underpaid 10c for the base 25c air mail postage rate and was tied by an instructional marking requesting the prepayment of the additional postage by the sender, without taxing the cover postage dues (twic...

International Postage Dues rarity - Pence basis tax calculation: 21 July 1949 postmarked surface mail printed matter cover on imprinted bank postal stationary, sent from Barclays Bank in CAPETOWN South Africa to the bank's branch in HAIFA; franked 1½ pence & tied by single strike of the local postmark. The cover is not endorsed as "printed matter" (although it was sent unsealed per printed ma...

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 ERAN - taxed: Jan 1950 era commercial cover on imprinted stationary all in Farsi, from TE HRAN 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 addre...

1951 Brazil-USA re-addressed airmail to Israel & taxed: 3 March 1951 postmarked airmail cover (on ex Paraguyan Embassy postal stationary) from RIO DE JANEIRO to NEW YORK, meter franked Cr$7.60 at double rate to the US - evidentally the cover was prepared before hand, because the address was subsequently amended to REHOVOT Israel and then submitted for dispatch; the Brazilian post office noticed th...

Scarce postage dues origin - Cyprus: 27 Oct 1951 postmarked air mailed real photograph postcard (Cyprus Museum display) sent from KYRENIA to JERUSALEM & franked 2 piastres; evidently mailed short-paid & taxed locally for twice the deficient postage using "T" taxe mark and manuscript 5 gold centimes; in Israel this was converted into local Prutot currency at the period exchange rate of 1.2pr per 1g...

Taxed incoming French airmail - currency exchange rate changes: 2 June 1953 postmarked air mail cover sent from MARSEILLE to JERUSALEM, franked 45Fr but taxed 8.6 gold centimes (twice the deficient postage). Between Feb. 1952 and April 1953 the Israeli currency underwent gradual devaluation such that its official exchange rate with the UPU's gold centimes changed from 1 pruta = 1gctm in 1951 to ro...

1955 under paid Israeli postcard to Germany taxed minimum postage dues fee: 1 May 1955 postmarked air mail real photograph postcard (National Institutions building complex) sent from JERUSALEM to West BERLIN, Germany & franked 70 prutot for the 75pr postage rate; the short-payment went unnoticed by the Israeli postal service but was caught by the German postal service which taxed the postcard with...

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...

1956 taxed incoming French air mail: 8 Feb 1956 postmarked airmailed cover on imprinted hotel postal stationary, sent from PARIS to French Consul General in JERUSALEM & franked 40Fr - but found to be short paid & marked for tax by the French post office using T taxe mark charging the cover 17 gold centimes for twice the deficient postage; machine backstamped 12 Feb transit-arrival; in Israel the p...

1956 taxed incoming French air mail: 23 Feb 1956 postmarked airmailed cover on imprinted hotel postal stationary, sent from PARIS to French Consul General in JERUSALEM & franked 40Fr - but found to be short paid & marked for tax by the French post office using T taxe mark charging the cover 17 gold centimes for twice the deficient postage; illustrated machine slogan backstamped 26 Feb transit-arri...

1957 taxed incoming French air mail: 7 Jan 1957 postmarked airmailed cover sent from PARIS to French Consul-General in JERUSALEM & franked 30F, tied by machine cancel; evidentally the letter was short-paid & marked for tax by the French postal service using a manuscript notation for 17 gold centimes.Machine slogan backstamped 13 Jan transit-arrival and locally re-routed to the Consul's post office...

1957 taxed incoming French postcard: 18 July 1957 postmarked airmailed picture postcard (Morzine), sent from small locale of MORZINE to TEL AVIV & franked 20F, tied by machine slogan cancel; evidentally the postcard was short-paid (there was a postage rate revision on 1 July which the sender may have missed) & marked for tax by the French postal service using a triangular T taxe mark.Pen manuscrip...

Scarce postage dues origin - Denmark: 26 July 1959 postmarked air mailed real photograph postcard (Little Mermaid statue) sent from COPENHAGEN to JERUSALEM & franked 30 ore; evidently mailed short-paid but this was not noticed in Denmark, rather by the Israeli postal service which taxed the postcard for twice the deficient postage, yielding a postage dues charge of 30 prutot, levied & paid on 31 J...