1962 domestic 'top of the pile' taxed franking: Nov 1962 era postmarked printed matter window cover on imprinted business postal stationary, sent from TEL AVIV & franked by machine prepayment 8ag at the DO-11 period domestic printed matter postage rate (at base, obscured by stamps); the cover could not be delivered as the addressee left without leaving a forwarding address (2x instructional handstamps on front) & as the envelope is imprinted at base "return postage guaranteed", this letter and all others to same addressee were returned together with the total tax calculated and applied to the cover placed at the top of the pile - here, charged 360 Agorot, the 8ag return fee (same as the sending fee) for 45 letters and paid on 7 Nov using 3x 1L + 0.50L + 0.10L 1961 Zodiac stamps (Ba #209/215/216), tied by 3x strikes of the TEL AVIV-15 (head post office) postmark. Unsealed per printed matter regulations. Estimated value $130+


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