Late postage dues frank era incoming Dutch taxed mail: 14 Sept 1979 postmarked cover sent from VENLO Netherlands to TEL AVIV, endorsed "by air mail" & franked 55c, tied by machine cancel; the Dutch post office subsequently manuscript marked the cover for postage due, calculated as a fraction with the deficiency alone (not doubled - as done since 1 Jan. 1976) written on the top, and the country's base letter surface postage rate written in the denominator - here as 45/75.

In Israel this ratio was multiplied by the country's period worldwide surface letter rate of 7 Lira to which was then added a short-paid mail 'handling fee' of 4 Lira, which yielded a total postage due tax of 8.20L (820 agorot) which was paid on 30 Sept at TEL AVIV-87 (Tel Nordau branch post office) using 7L 1979 Rotary Ba #745 + 1.20L 1975 Occupational Safety Ba #605 stamps tied by 3 strikes of the postmark. Opened at top, flap missing (but does not detract from cover). Here a late era example of postage dues mail still being charged & paid with stamps rather than cash.


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