What is Postcrossing?

It's a project that allows anyone to receive postcards (real ones, not electronic) from random places in the world. Learn more.

How does it work?

  1. Request an address and a Postcard ID
  2. Mail the postcard to that address
  3. Receive a postcard from another postcrosser!
  4. Register the Postcard ID you have received
  5. Go to number 1 to receive more postcards!


What is happening now?


Postcrossing Blog

New Postcrossing stamps... from Finland!

We're thrilled to announce that Posti, the Finnish Postal Services, will publish not one or two... but four different Postcrossing stamps this year! :)

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Postcrossing Stats

408,929 members
215 countries
219 postcards/hour
17,354,518 postcards received
470,076 postcards traveling
90,254,873,361 km traveled
2,252,149 laps around the world


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User testimonials

“There's nothing quite like getting home after a long day at work and seeing a new postcard on your doorstep and not knowing who or where it's come from. It opens my eyes to places that I'd probably never even have known about had it not been for postcrossing!”

Rachel, United Kingdom
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Recent Postcards

CN-935837 Russian dish with recipe at the back (in Russian :-) BE-208247 TW-893464

CN-935837

UA-593256

BE-208247

TW-893464

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