“send a postcard and receive a postcard back from a random person somewhere in the world!”

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!

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Postcrossing Blog

10,000,000 registered postcards!

You did it: 10,000,000 registered postcards! Wow, that is... a lot of postcards! :)

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Postcrossing Stats

284,319 members
202 countries
269 postcards/hour
10,006,486 postcards received
341,943 postcards traveling
53,759,740,405 km traveled
1,341,478 laps around the world


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User testimonials

“It gives you the opportunity to get to know something about different people around the world. And it's a win-win situation, because you get to make others happy, and they make you happy, too! Just because of postcards, it's simple and nice! :-)”

Ilse, Netherlands
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