I guess this is my weekend for philatelic rants. Been working on lots received in the mail this week and with 11 lots opened and reviewed, I have 2 lots I can add to my collection. Lots came from
ebay and a major auction house. I plan to write up my experiences with stamps bought "sight unseen" that arrive with problems. I'll include images where possible and name names of the sellers. If nothing else, I'm putting my money where my mouth is.
I bought a lot with this description on
ebay:
Iran 1964 11th definitive set MNH
Set arrived complete, however the stamps did NOT match the images in the ad. Additionally, here are photos of the face and gum of the high value in the set. Speaks for itself- large area of mount glaze and not the same stamp in the ad. If the seller looked at the gum to see it was MNH, he/she didn't see the disturbed gum? C'mon.
Image of high value in the
ebay lot:

Here is an image of the high value in hand- compare centering and perfs to the lot image above:

Here is an image of the gum side of the high value:
