Theodore Jones - Page 3

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               The petitions were received and filed with this Court on               
          Tuesday, July 8, 1997, 104 days after the mailing of the notices            
          of deficiency.  The petitions were signed by petitioners' counsel           
          (Mr. Green) and were dated June 24, 1997.  The petitions were               
          mailed to the Court, together in a properly addressed envelope              
          bearing a private postage-meter postmark date of June 24, 1997.             
          No check in payment of the filing fees was included.2                       
               Above the address label, the envelope bears two rubber-                
          stamped notations, apparently placed there by someone with the              
          United States Postal Service (Postal Service), that read:                   
          "Return to Sender  Undeliverable as addressed  No forwarding                
          order on file".  Both stamps have been crossed out in red ink and           
          scratched over in black ink.  Below the address label, the                  
          envelope bears the handwritten notation:  "Good Address", in                
          black ink.  The return address on the envelope was that of Mr.              
          Green's office.                                                             
               The envelope containing the petitions was mailed from the              
          Longpoint Post Office in Houston, Texas.  The last pickup time              
          for mail deposited at the Longpoint Post Office located at 1702             
          Hillendahl Blvd., Houston, Texas, 77055, on June 24, 1997, was              
          5:30 p.m..                                                                  
               The parties agree that the normal delivery time for a                  
          properly addressed envelope sent from Houston, Texas, to                    

          2    Payment of the fees was received by the Court on July 18,              
          1997.                                                                       




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