“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

Hearts in unity with postcards

At Postcrossing HQ we are always looking for ways to do good through postcards. Today we are happy to share with you a simple but very powerful way to ignite big smiles.

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Postcrossing Stats

166,178 members
211 countries
138 postcards/hour
3,913,808 postcards received
148,978 postcards traveling
21,398,058,253 km traveled
533,950 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

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