Packet of 500 Different Collectable Worldwide Stamps

I liked that some of the stamps were ones I hadn’t seen before. They were nice to add to my collections. They lived up their name as being ‘collectables’. Some of them were very fragile looking. I didn’t want to touch them much for fear of having them disintegrate while holding them. Some also appeared as if they were from the 1940’s or earlier. The colors were eye catching and different from US stamps . I did have some dislikes, though: Some of the more interesting ones had post marks right on the center of the stamp, blocking out the face of the person portrayed on that stamp. Another thing that got under my skin was the fact some of the stamps were the same ones, meaning between 3-6 of the stamps were the same amount,, and the same picture.It was almost as if the seller didn’t have enough stamps to make 500 in a pack so they just added some of the same ones to make sure there were 500. Overall, I would say these stamps are good for people starting out a stamp collection, and for someone like myself who likes to collect stamps, it was nice to see a few different ones I don’t have in my collections. A shout out to the seller for a job well done!

I bought from a seller (fulfilled by Amazon) and this was a fabulous bunch with some super tiny and old stamps and a few large cool relatively new ones (see pics). I’m not sure if there’s 500–it looks close to that mark. I’ll update if it’s not! I found a really cool stamp from a former commonwealth country prior to independence. A few had corners chopped off (see pic) but that’s okay—there’s maybe 2-3 of those total. There’s a whole bunch of US, GB, Germany, Hungary, France, Canada and Australia ones. Within a few hours I have found stamps from Monaco, Italy, India, Lesotho, Jamaica, South Africa, UAE, Maldives, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Equatorial Guinea, Israel, Denmark, Nigeria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Japan, Panama, Poland, Bermuda, Finland etc. I even got one from Democratic Federal Yugoslavia which prompted me to look up its history!

This is an excellent collection - better than expected. All different, mostly large, colorful pictorals, and no duplicates. Very wide selection of nations. Often "bulk" collections of 100s of stamps will contain multiple duplicates and damaged stamps, etc, these actually appear to be hand sorted and selected to insure premium quality. Also delivery was faster than Amazon projection. I received my order in 7 days, shipped from Germany and delivered to California.

Terrible stamps

Had a minor issue on the previous shipment. It was handled very quickly and efficiently. Very nice selection of stamps, top notch!

I got 465 stamps -- not 500. But the stamps were in good condition, both cancelled and un-cancelled. Good variety in size and color. Overall, happy but I wish I received what they advertised.

Although 187 were duplicates. But that's still 558 different stamps, more than advertised. Most of the stamps were in good condition. There were a few mint stamps. The vast majority were from Europe, with Germany being very dominant, at least 50 stamps were from there. But still a good value, giving hours of pleasure separating and placing the stamps in an album.

Do you like stamps from the Netherlands, "Nederland"? How about dozens and dozens of stamps from the Netherlands? Then add another two dozen more from the Netherlands, and most of them duplicates. I will say this: Netherlands completists might be pleased with my set. This assembly of 500 international stamps comes from about 50 different countries (a low-average mix for 500 international stamps), but well over 50% are European and well over 50% of those are from the Netherlands and Germany and Austria. So... Many... Duplicates. There are some interesting inclusions in the 500-stamp set, but I can't help but feel the seller should have brushed in a few more from different glassine envelopes. Maybe my set was anomalous... but I now have three glassine envelopes of my own filled with duplicate Netherland stamps. Several (15-30) stamps in the set are torn or bent or stuck, too, though that's somewhat expected for the price and quantity. Many still have hinges attached and many, many more have hinge-history. Most are in somewhat acceptable condition. Overall, I have had many better experiences with other international sets.