Received Some Stamps In The Mail.

I ordered two Ukrainian stamps from Hipstamp. The seller was in Israel, which made me slightly regret the purchase, just because of geographic distance. I'm in the US.

The stamps were mail on May 6, 2020. They arrived last Saturday. 3 months for mail to make it from Israel to the Philadelphia suburbs.

At least they got here.

I'll post pictures when I have time.

I also JUST received an order from Israel to US that was purchased on May 5th, so yes, it is really taking over 3 months!!!! Europe is 6-8 weeks from my experience recently. Why??? These seem to arrive in U.S. and get held somewhere for a month or more.....

I wonder if foreign mail needs to sit I'm quarantine before they're allowed to sort it.

Have had the same experience with orders from Israel; no idea why but seems to be the case more often than not.

Even before the pandemic?

I've been running into the same problem with a set I ordered from Spain. The stamps left Spain on June 18th and they still haven't arrived at my U.S. address

Geez, I feel lucky - I bought a cheap set from France and it only took 30 days to get here! I attribute it to the COVID thing - not sure if it is quarantining, or other postal services are being bogged down by various protocols, or if it is the USPS. International mail, whatever the exact reason, is very slow right now.

ETA: I am still waiting for a cheap-o set from South Africa. It has been in the mail for about 3 months now. It was $3, so no great loss. I ASSUMED a couple months ago that it was lost. This thread now gives me hope that it is still on its way.

I bought 12 covers from Canada March 29th, they arrived August 3rd in Illinois! The package looked great!

At this point; I have concetrated my buying from western europe only.

My semi-annual shipment statement of St. Pierre et Miquelon from LaPoste, the french Post Office was billed on June 23, postmarked on the 24 and it was obviously sorted on June 27 as indicated by flourescent bar/date line on back of cover. Finally received it on August 3rd.

Today, August 12, 2020, I finally received the package of stamps themselves. Mailed on June 23 and received in Canada on August 10th as evidenced by EMS sticker. Between customs and what is happening everywhere I am glad to have finally received them. Mike

As illustrated.

It's good to hear experiences of others. I too have encountered very long shipping times, usually from the US (I'm in Australia). It is, however, quite random and unpredictable. Orders from different suppliers from the same US state and posted on the same day have been delivered up to 2 months apart. I'm still waiting on a couple of shipments from late April.

I ordered two lots from the same supplier 12 days apart. Both were posted within a couple of days of winning. I received both lots on the same day. I guess they came over on the same flight.

Francophilex, I see its your first post. Welcome to the forum and enjoy.

You mention air shipping. I understood that some mail was going overseas in sea cans on container ships, especially when there were few flights moving.