Israeli Taxed & Postage Due Mail

Rare tabbed 1992 Anemone stamp with phosphor line at center (Ba #ND10-SB.25eph2) affixed to 3 July 1996 issued Haifa postmaster pre-addressed senders taxation postage dues notice, as a postage dues payment; the card informs the sender that a postal item to which this card was attached was under paid in postage, and that the sender needs to add additional postage of 1.05 Shekels on the front of tha...

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...

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...

Interim stamps as postage dues: undated interim period local TEL AVIV cover, franked 10m per period inland letter postage rate - but using 2x invalid JNF 5 mils Map labels (not counterstamped with 'DOAR', to make them valid interim postage stamps); the invalid franks were here cancelled by 2x strikes of the local postmark against regulations, but the cover was still sanctioned for postage dues, an...

Interim franks as postage due on a postcard: 11 MAY 1948 manuscript dated postal card from HERZLIYA-TEL AVIV to TEL AVIV franked 10m for period 7m postcard rate using invalid JNF Zionist Congress Jubilee label (not overprinted with 'DOAR'), so not cancelled & postcard marked by tax boxed cachet - erroniously charged for twice the deficiency per letter rate (20m - almost 3x the postcard rate; the c...

1948 Minhelet Ha'am stamps used as provisional postage dues - local TEL AVIV cover mailed unfranked, likely entered as such into a letter box & subsequently handled by the Head Post Office: the receiving clerk stamped the cover likely with a 5 May frozen dated Mandate single circle postmark (as observed used by the HPO in the interim period) and later processed by the HPO's department which charge...

1948 1st Postage dues taxed mail between 2 postal authorities + delayed: interim era local TEL AVIV cover franked 10m using invalid JNF stamp (not over-stamped "Doar" for use as valid interim period postage), likely deposited into a letter box as not postmarked; subsequently handled by the head post office who tied it with a 5 MAY 1948 single circle Mandate postmark - likely 'frozen dated' for the...

1948 Haifa 'T' obliterated provisional postage dues: stampless undated local HAIFA cover likely entered unpaid into a letter box; subsequently taxed postage dues (twice the deficiency - here 2x 10 mils base domestic letter postage rate) when the letter box was emptied, here 28 May 1948 at the head post office. The cover was stamped once on the field by the HPO's postmark then tied by the Mandate e...

1948 Haifa 'T' provisional postage dues: 3 mils Doar Ivri franked (10x11 perf, Ba #1d) local HAIFA cover, as sealed not eligible to be accepted as printed matter mail and so underfranked 7 mils for the inland letter postage rate. Likely entered short paid into a letter box, some time from 16 May 1948 onwards once the Doar Ivri stamps entered use - as observed with other similar Haifian covers - an...

Late use of DOAR IVRI stamps as Postage Dues: interim era local HAIFA cover franked 10 mils for inland letter postage rate using interim "Immigrant Ship" stamp (Ba #23); likely entered unpostmarked into a letter box & processed some time later by the Head Post Office, which handled letter box mails - this phenomenon is the subject of an article written by the cataloguer.By the time the cover was p...

Late use of interim franking - untaxed: 30 MAY 1948 postmarked commercial cover on HaMeshek HaChaklai business stationary, from TEL AVIV to RAMOT HASHAVIM, franked 10m per period domestic letter rate but using a now invalid demonetized Weizmann interim frank (Ba #12) 9 days after its last valid date for use (21 May) - and accepted by the post office (possibly TLV-2, unclear on postmark), which can...

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...

Taxed (Egyptian) postal boycott mail of Israel: 1961 era surface mailed picture postcard of Almendares River from LOS PINOS - HAVANA Kuba to KIBBUTZ LEHAVOT HAVIVA, franked 3c & tied by single strike of double-ringed (dateless?) local postmark; this was [mis-]routed via EGYPT where seized and censored (by K-Type 7 censor handstamp numbered #75) & marked by Egyptian "PAS DE SERVICE" K-Type-II instr...

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 Dec 1948 postmarked 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 ...

1949 domestic 2nd postage rate period taxed mail: 11 Sept 1949 postmarked 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 Sept 1949 PETACH TIKVA main post office postma...

Almost taxed mail to Government departments - Income Tax Office: 29 Oct 1950 postmarked 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 a...

1952 bizarre DO-3a postage rate period mis-franked, taxed demonetized cover: 29 June 1952 postmarked "Igeret" stationary letter-sheet sent from RAMAT GAN to a doctor in JERUSALEM, originally franked 31pr per period 30Pr inland letter rate, using a mixture of 2x Mandate 3m pictorals + used 20 Sept 1949 cancelled 5m Doar Ivri stamp + 5pr 1949 2nd Coinage Ba #22 + 3x 5pr 1950 3rd Coinage Ba #42 stamp...

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

1957 domestic postal card postage dues: 17 Dec 1957 postmarked 30pr imprinted franked 1953 series domestic-use postal card (Ba #PC.7), sent from PETACH TIKVA to JERUSALEM - but by this date underfranked 20pr for the 50pr postage rate & taxed twice the deficiency (taxe mark for 40pr); machine backstamped next day JERUSALEM transit; levied and paid on the 19th at JERUSALEM-2 (head post office) 40pr ...

Return-fee taxation as a base rate: 9 April 1959 postmarked printed matter commercial cover on imprinted postal stationary of the Bayit Vagan neighborhood council, sent locally in JERUSALEM to an address in the Zichron Achim neighborhood & franked 120 Pruta for double weight (2x 60pr per 50g) printed matter postage; the addressee evidentally left & this was noted in Hebrew in pen manuscript on the...

1959 domestic taxed cover: 28 July 1959 postmarked 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....

1959 domestic postal card postage dues: 13 Oct 1959 postmarked 50pr imprinted franked 1957 series domestic-use postal card (Ba #PC.10), sent from MAGDIEL to JERUSALEM - but by this date underfranked 10pr for the 60pr postage rate & taxed twice the deficiency (taxe mark for 20pr); backstamped next day JERUSALEM-18 transit; levied and paid the same day using 2x 10pr stamps of the 3rd postage dues se...

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-...