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Postcrossing connects random people all around the world... through postcards!
Meet João Machado — master of color, form, and some of Portugal’s most striking stamp designs. Don't miss the cheeky giveaway at the end of the post for a chance to win one of his famous cork stamps! 😍
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A Unique Chromatic Code: Master Designer João Machado’s Journey from Sculpture to Stamps
Discover João Machado — the celebrated artist whose bold vision transformed Portuguese stamp design. From hand-drawn beginnings to a remarkable cork stamp, dive into his inspirations in our interview ...
https://www.postcrossing.com/blog/2025/10/25/a-unique-chromatic-code-master-designer-joao-machado-s-journey-from-sculpture-to-stamps
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This giveaway closes tomorrow — don't miss your chance to grab one of these super special stamps that celebrate peace! 🕊️
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A special dove, on World Peace Day
On World Peace Day, discover a beautiful new embroidered Dove of Peace stamp — and join our giveaway to win one!
https://www.postcrossing.com/blog/2025/09/21/a-special-dove-on-world-peace-day
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World's Oldest Ham
about 1 month ago
Happy World Postcard Day! Join us at 12:30 p.m. for a postcard history lecture, and afterwards, address a postcard in the museum's gift shop to celebrate the postcardiest day of the year!
#WorldPostcardDay
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Happy
#worldpostcardday
, everyone! 🥳 May your pens flow smoothly and your mailboxes overflow!
www.postcrossing.com/blog/2025/10...
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The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society
about 1 month ago
It’s
#WorldPostcardDay
! A HUGE thank you to everyone who sent postcards for our
#PostcardDrop2025
(and to eldest for helping me display them). A staggering 521 postcards from 31 countries! Just AMAZING! Send a friend a postcard today! 🥳💌🎉
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Jonas
about 1 month ago
It's
#WorldPostcardDay
! Hurray! Later I will sit in such a train of
#ÖBB
between Munich and Vienna and draw my 10 adresses and write 10 special jubilee-meetingcards for Saturday Happy Postcrossing everyone, everywhere! 🤗
#postcards
#postcrossing
#mailart
#briefmarken
#postkarten
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Is everyone ready for
#WorldPostcardDay
? 😍 If you're in Germany, Portugal, UK or the USA, there are special postmarks that you can use on your postcards! More info on the World Postcard Day events page:
worldpostcardday.com/events
about 1 month ago
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bobaa.frog
about 1 month ago
Super hyped for my to-send pile for Postcrossing today.
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Join us in marking World Peace Day with something beautiful: an embroidered peace-themed stamp, made by a group of postal services from around the world. And we have a few to give away!
www.postcrossing.com/blog/2025/09...
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A special dove, on World Peace Day
On World Peace Day, discover a beautiful new embroidered Dove of Peace stamp — and join our giveaway to win one!
https://www.postcrossing.com/blog/2025/09/21/a-special-dove-on-world-peace-day
about 2 months ago
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Feeding the local postbox with some fun Richard Scarry postcards — we're big fans! What are you mailing this
#postboxsaturday
?
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
✍🏼
#Postcrossing
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Jonas
about 2 months ago
It's
#PostboxSaturday
, and I have to share the Post Office of
#StGallen
at Switzerland- would be my nemesis, a library and a Post Office in the same building...oh dear!
#stamps
#briefmarken
#switzerland
#library
#mailart
#postcrossing
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Is there anything as heartwarming and magical as helping a kid write their first postcards? We don't think so! 🥰
2 months ago
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Looking for ideas to celebrate
#WorldPostcardDay
with your community? We've got you covered!
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World Postcard Day: ideas for libraries and elderly centers!
This World Postcard Day, let’s bring postcards to libraries, little free libraries, and even elderly centers! A simple basket of postcards can spark joy and connection everywhere.
https://www.postcrossing.com/blog/2025/09/08/world-postcard-day-ideas-for-libraries-and-elderly-centers
2 months ago
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Mella
2 months ago
I had a really rubbish day yesterday but when I opened my mailbox I found 2 more
@postcrossing.com
postcard! From the US and all the way from Japan! This is why I started
#postcrossing
again after a long break. It makes you happy to receive a surprise postcard from somewhere far away.
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The PTS & Stampex
2 months ago
Check out this fab postcard postcrossers will be signing and sending at the Postcrossing Meetup taking place on Saturday 25th October at Stampex! Postcard designed by Postcrosser, Anthony ❤️ See
postcrossing.com
Meetup page for details and to stay up to date with plans for the day.
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CuTE
2 months ago
📮Today our U.S. postmark expert on
#Postcrossing
posted in the forum the new postmark he created for October 1st World Postcard Day. So this afternoon I will be busy addressing postcards to send first to Texas for this special cancellation. 🙂
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Time is running out to vote on the best Europa stamp of 2025! This year's theme is archeology and there are lots of nice entries in the contest. Which one is your favorite?
europastamps.eu/europa2025
#philately
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Contest
vote for:
https://europastamps.eu/europa2025
2 months ago
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Karen
3 months ago
On today’s post via
#PostCrossing
#stamps
#postcards
#Dracula
, and yes this postcard is from Romania 😍😍😍
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Always wanted to check out the Postcrossing forum, but didn't know where to start? Clarisse wrote a post to help newbies explore one of her favorite corners of the forum, and invite everyone to spread some joy!
#postcrossing
#postcards
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Spreading the Joy of Postcards – Within the Postcrossing Community
The Postcrossing Forum can feel like a maze at first, but it’s full of fun and friendly spaces waiting to be explored. In this new blog series, postcrossers introduce their favorite corners of the for...
https://www.postcrossing.com/blog/2025/08/26/spreading-the-joy-of-postcards-within-the-postcrossing-community
3 months ago
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MissHalcyon
3 months ago
So, I dabble in Postcrossing sometimes. The idea is that you send postcards to people around the world. I have in my profile that I LOVE mushrooms. Well a Russian Postcrosser was kind enough to send me a FULL sheet of mushroom stamps-- and some other stamps too! How cool are these?!
#philately
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A little
#PostboxSaturday
from Sweden! Bright yellow postboxes (and even a rainbow one! 🏳️🌈) and cheerful Swedish-themed postcards on their way to unsuspecting mailboxes! 😍
#postcrossing
#postcards
3 months ago
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Postcard number 83 million was sent from China some weeks ago and arrived this morning to its destination in Germany! 🎉🎉🎉 Woohoo!
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Postcrossing postcard CN-4084219 from China
Postcard CN-4084219 traveled 7,779 km (4,834 miles) in 26 days (from China to Germany)
https://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/CN-4084219
3 months ago
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Molly 🌷
3 months ago
sending one of my cutest cards today
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Always wanted a postcard from Antarctica? The
@antarcticheritage.bsky.social
has you covered! 🐧
shop.ukaht.org/products/pos...
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Postcard from Antarctica 2025
Hurry! The last date for orders for the next delivery to Antarctica is Friday 22 August 2025. Our beloved Penguin Post Office at Port Lockroy, on a football pitch-sized island on the Antarctic Peninsu...
https://shop.ukaht.org/products/postcards-from-antarctica/
3 months ago
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The Little Mail Carriers were on a Pacific adventure! 🌏 They passed through a few countries on their way to New Caledonia 🇳🇨, where they explored post offices, spotted unique stamps & made postcard magic along the way!
www.postcrossing.com/blog/2025/08...
3 months ago
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Some stamps just make you hungry... like this delicious collection that the community has been curating over the years on the forum! 😋 Feel free to add your favorite food-themed specimens!
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Food on stamps!
I saw these Dutch bitterballen stamps on Twitter the other today and thought they were neat: Are there any stamps featuring food in your country? Do share!
https://community.postcrossing.com/t/food-on-stamps/132
3 months ago
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The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society
3 months ago
Loving how August has become an unofficial postcard fest! More have arrived for
#PostcardDrop2025
, Rebecca Leek at Suffolk Sound Radio has started
#PostcardTuesday
, The Postal Museum has joined forces with
@postcrossing.com
, and fingers crossed BBC Breakfast have a postcard feature next Tuesday! 🥳💌📺
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Raghav Arora
3 months ago
On a gloomy day, posts from
@postcrossing.com
bring a smile on my face
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If taking nice pictures of postboxes, stamps and postcards is right up your alley, piXPost is the app for you! 😍
#philately
#postcards
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piXPost: an app for postal adventurers!
Love snapping photos of stamps and postcards in front of the real places they show? Check out piXPost, a fun new app that lets you pin your postal pics on a global map and explore others’ too!
https://www.postcrossing.com/blog/2025/08/07/pixpost-an-app-for-postal-adventurers
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In August, we're talking sweets! Which ones are your favorites? What do you reach out for when you're craving a treat? 🍬
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August Writing Prompt: Favourite Candy/Treat
Each month, we post a writing prompt to help inspire you if you aren't sure what to write on your postcards! This month we're asking about your favourite sweet treats: what's your favourite candy?
https://www.postcrossing.com/blog/2025/08/01/august-writing-prompt-favourite-candy-treat
3 months ago
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The moment you've all been waiting for has arrived: here's this year's
#WorldPostcardDay
postcard + theme! 🎊 Enjoy!
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World Postcard Day 2025 theme + postcard!
The 2025 World Postcard Day card is here—and its “Wish You Were Here” theme perfectly captures that moment when a view makes you think of someone far away. Come check it out!
https://www.postcrossing.com/blog/2025/07/26/world-postcard-day-2025-theme-postcard
4 months ago
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Come discover the inspiration (and the cool dented edge! 😍) of PostNL's new Postcrossing-themed stamp sheet in this interview with its designer!
#postcrossing
#postcards
#philately
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Designing the Dutch 20‑Year Postcrossing Stamp: an interview with Sandra Smulders
Dutch designer Sandra Smulders tells us how a flash of zigzag arrows became the vibrant red‑white‑blue stamp sheet celebrating Postcrossing’s 20th birthday. Come peek behind the curtain to spot the hi...
https://www.postcrossing.com/blog/2025/07/20/designing-the-dutch-20-year-postcrossing-stamp-an-interview-with-sandra-smulders
4 months ago
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Trevor (aka Angelthepup22) spotted this postbox right next to the cathedral in Köln — where they also have cool cathedral-shaped postcards! 😍
#postboxsaturday
4 months ago
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Cozy Laty
4 months ago
When the day seems to be filled with just troublesome stuff, but your mailbox was filled with these lovely incoming postcards via
#postcrossing
🥹
#postcardlover
#happymail
#postcrosser
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Ilene Goldman
4 months ago
Happy 20th birthday,
@postcrossing.com
! Here are some of the almost 700 postcards I’ve received since joining Postcrossing 5 years ago (with a couple of BraverMountain cards snuck in there.)
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It's our birthdaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! 🎉🎂🥳🎈 Twenty years of filling up the world's mailboxes with happy mail!
#postcards
#postcrossing
#postcrossing20
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20 years of Postcrossing, a Postcard Lounge and a new stamp from the Netherlands!
It’s our birthday! 🥳 Come celebrate 20 years of postcards, connections, and this lovely community that keeps the magic going.
https://www.postcrossing.com/blog/2025/07/14/20-years-of-postcrossing-a-postcard-lounge-and-a-new-stamp-from-the-netherlands
4 months ago
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Avery Trufelman
4 months ago
Chris Ware postage stamps are coming July 23rd
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Your special mission this week is to take a selfie with 20 postcards and post it on the anniversary gallery! 📸 We want to see happy faces from all over the world celebrating this special milestone! 🗺️ 👉
www.postcrossing.com/20years/gall...
#postcrossing
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Postcrossing's 20th anniversary
Postcrossing's celebrates its 20th anniversary and you are invited to the party!
https://www.postcrossing.com/20years/gallery
4 months ago
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A barbershop quartet of postboxes for
#postboxsaturday
? YES, PLEASE! 😍 These lovely specimens can be found delighting visitors at the Post Museum in Stockholm! 🇸🇪
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4 months ago
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Lover of Postcards!
4 months ago
📝 Today’s mail brought more than bills—it brought a little piece of the world in postcard form. 💌 Whoever said print was dead, clearly never got one of these! Beautiful
#Trulli
dry stone hut from
#Alberobello
in
#Italy
#postcrossing
#snailmail
#Stamps
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naohana
4 months ago
I received a great postcard at Postcrossing - it's a great way to get a new postcard! Star Trek Next Generation is my favourite series of all time!
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The postcard that started Postcrossing is back — with a special anniversary twist! ✨
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The postcard that started it all is back!
We're re-issuing the very first Postcrossing postcard for the 20th anniversary, with a fun bonus sheet of decorative cinderella stamps. Grab your special anniversary bundle while they last!
https://www.postcrossing.com/blog/2025/07/03/the-postcard-that-started-it-all-is-back
4 months ago
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Ilene Goldman
5 months ago
Nothing like coming home to a stack of
@postcrossing.com
postcards!
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👑 Momizu
5 months ago
This postcard travels to Japan 🇯🇵 I'm always excited to send cards to other countries than the common ones.
#postcrossing
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Doris
5 months ago
#postcrossing
#sentpostcard
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Amber ✨️
5 months ago
Someone on
@postcrossing.com
sent me a postcard from my favourite arthouse film and I'm simply over the moon. 💌
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This year’s EUROPA stamps highlight archaeological discoveries across Europe — and voting is now open to pick your favorite! Which stamp gets your vote this year?
www.postcrossing.com/blog/2025/06...
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EUROPA's archeological discoveries
The 2025 EUROPA stamp competition is here, and this year’s theme is all about archaeological discoveries. Travel back in time through Europe’s history and vote for your favorite design!
https://www.postcrossing.com/blog/2025/06/23/europa-s-archeological-discoveries
5 months ago
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Awwww... 🥰 So many of you have submitted your photos of 20 postcards to the anniversary gallery already! Keep them coming — let's celebrate this milestone together!
www.postcrossing.com/20years/gall...
#postcrossing20
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Postcrossing's 20th anniversary - Gallery
Postcrossing is celebrating its 20th anniversary by showing the many happy mailboxes around the world
https://www.postcrossing.com/20years/gallery
5 months ago
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