“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

Postcrossing Spotlight: klemko from Slovenia

Klemen was the lucky user that registered the Postcrossing postcard no. 3.000.000. He is 22 y.o, lives in Vipava in lovely Slovenia and he collects stamps. Postcards help him learn about other countries and people of different cultures.

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Postcrossing Stats

142,979 members
208 countries
318 postcards/hour
3,351,351 postcards received
123,289 postcards traveling
18,362,665,659 kms traveled
458,207 laps around the world


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User testimonials

“I'm a postcard nut, I love the backs of them as much as the fronts, the little slivers of personality that arrive in my letter box, from the card they chose to the note they write, reminds me that we're all unique and makes the big world seem a little bit smaller.”

Frogglin, Australia
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Recent Postcards

DE-463199
DE-463199 		FI-692991
FI-692991 		NL-246697
NL-246697 		TH-31150
TH-31150

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