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One, two, three! 3 million postcrossing postcards!

When the Postcrossing project was launched 4 years ago, no one would guess that it could ever reach one million postcards. But it did, and, we have just reached 3 times that! What a milestone! Three million postcards! Three million connections! Three million smiles! We couldn't be prouder of being part of this project.

3 million

And, this couldn't be reached without every single member of Postcrossing, so a big thank you to you all for making it happen!

But, we know many of you are anxiously waiting to know who were the lucky members that exchanged this special postcard. So without further delays:

3 million

The postcard 3 million travelled from arjakos in Finland, to klemko in Slovenia! Congratulations to both for being part of such an important milestone in Postcrossing!

And, finally, congratulations Sara-Gandalf (from Slovenia!) - you are the lucky winner of our contest by being the first to guess correctly the countries involved on this unique postcard.

International Girl Aerogrammes The winner of the contest, the sender and receiver of the postcard 3 million will receive aerogrammes packs kindly offered by the folks behind Int'l Girl Aerogrammes. If you aren't one of the the lucky ones, be sure to check their website - their aerogrammes are designed with love, come in different languages and are printed in recyclable paper. Each aerogramme is a little piece of art that takes your message directly to those you love. Can you tell how much we love them?

Shall we start the countdown to the postcard 4 million? :)



Posted by on 24 Sep, 2009
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93 comments so far

soilian, Finland
Congratulations arjakos and klemko! :D
Posted by soilian on 24 Sep, 2009


MissMaple, Netherlands
Congratulations to the three winners :D:D:D:D
Posted by MissMaple on 24 Sep, 2009


dst121gr, Greece
Congratulations :)
Posted by dst121gr on 24 Sep, 2009


Muttley, Ireland
Congratulations! Had lot of fun while waiting for it!!
Posted by Muttley on 24 Sep, 2009


szirmaik, Poland
Wow!!! Congratulations to EVERY SINGLE POSTCROSSER, but especially to arjakos and klemko! :)
Posted by szirmaik on 24 Sep, 2009


kugusch, Germany
woooohooo!
It's been a fun two hours in the forum watching the countdown, waiting and refreshing the count, chatting, and trying to register the 3Millionth card ourselves.

Congrats to the sender and receiver, and of course the correct guess!!!!!!!!!!!! Enjoy your "fame" and aerograms!
Posted by kugusch on 24 Sep, 2009


kugusch, Germany
woooohooo!
It's been a fun two hours in the forum watching the countdown, waiting and refreshing the count, chatting, and trying to register the 3Millionth card ourselves.

Congrats to the sender and receiver, and of course the correct guess!!!!!!!!!!!! Enjoy your "fame" and aerograms!
Posted by kugusch on 24 Sep, 2009


kugusch, Germany
woooohooo!
It's been a fun two hours in the forum watching the countdown, waiting and refreshing the count, chatting, and trying to register the 3Millionth card ourselves.

Congrats to the sender and receiver, and of course the correct guess!!!!!!!!!!!! Enjoy your "fame" and aerograms!
Posted by kugusch on 24 Sep, 2009


geminiscp, Portugal
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Next million, here we go!!!!
Posted by geminiscp on 24 Sep, 2009


Tjitske, Netherlands
Congratulations to all postcrossers! What a wonderful milestone!
Posted by Tjitske on 24 Sep, 2009


scrutiny, Hong Kong
Fantastic! Congrats to all of us, because we all made it happen. Here's to the next million, and millions after that!
Posted by scrutiny on 24 Sep, 2009


Marjoleintg, Netherlands
congratulations to all :)
it was fun to wait for it!
Posted by Marjoleintg on 24 Sep, 2009


Jetske, Netherlands
Congratulations! :)
Posted by Jetske on 24 Sep, 2009


abbi, United Kingdom
So wonderful! Congratulations everyone, and so many thanks to everyone Postcrossing for being such fun!
Posted by abbi on 24 Sep, 2009


rainmelonpie, Puerto Rico
At Postcrossing, everyone is a winner! :D
Posted by rainmelonpie on 24 Sep, 2009


dandilion, Netherlands
WOW!!!

Right now when its was most important to register and send cards my internet was off :-(

Posted by dandilion on 24 Sep, 2009


gabis, Germany
Congratulations to the lucky winners!
Posted by gabis on 24 Sep, 2009


Sara-Gandalf, Sweden
Yay! We are famous :) Well...mostly lucky :P

Yes, 4 million, here we come!!
Posted by Sara-Gandalf on 24 Sep, 2009


MarianneJH, Netherlands
Congratulations to the winners!!
What an exiting day this has been..was great to follow all the posts in the forum. Had a great time, though nervewrecking...;)
Posted by MarianneJH on 24 Sep, 2009


butterblume, Germany
Congratulations from Germany :-)
Posted by butterblume on 24 Sep, 2009


krhocevar, United States of America
Let's all give ourselves a pat on the back for bringing some real joy into the world. Congrats, everyone! :)
Posted by krhocevar on 24 Sep, 2009


sparklingsights, Canada
Very cool! Congrats guys!
I love Postcrossing. :)
Posted by sparklingsights on 24 Sep, 2009


Nordbaer, Germany
Congratulations to the team who made three million smiles possible!
Posted by Nordbaer on 24 Sep, 2009


kela79, Finland
So wonderful!!!We made it again!!:))Congratulations to everyone!!!:)
Posted by kela79 on 24 Sep, 2009


Synnin2, Russia
Wow congrats the winners!!! Fanatstic, it was fun :D
Now, starting the countdown to 4 millions? :D
Posted by Synnin2 on 24 Sep, 2009


yote, Finland
Congratulations klemko and arjakos !!!!!!! :D :D
Posted by yote on 24 Sep, 2009


Lori45P, Canada
Congratulations to everyone, especially the winners!

But an extra special congratulations to Paulo and his team, because if it wasn't for him following through on his vision, none of us would be here celebrating!
Posted by Lori45P on 24 Sep, 2009


phisseraph, Taiwan
Congratulations to all of participators!!
Posted by phisseraph on 24 Sep, 2009


Shaneez, South Africa
Congratulations everybody:-))))
Posted by Shaneez on 24 Sep, 2009


isagv, Germany
Congratulations to the winners and there were so many names from forummembers soooooo close to win. ;)
Posted by isagv on 24 Sep, 2009


Helga_Ni, Germany
Congragulations to the winners and to all of us :o)
Let`s start with the next million . I think we`ll see us all again here in , let`s guess , 5 months :)
Posted by Helga_Ni on 24 Sep, 2009


Zoushi, Germany
Congratulations for everybody ^^
Posted by Zoushi on 24 Sep, 2009


Bluma, United States of America
Congratulations to every one of us for making it happen and a special congrats to arjakos and klemko! On to 4 Million!
Posted by Bluma on 24 Sep, 2009


Eismond, Germany
Oh no! I registered the 3.000.002 postcard. U_U

Congrats to the lucky ones!
Posted by Eismond on 24 Sep, 2009


suzeroo, Canada
Wonderful...Wonderful...Wonderful!!!
Posted by suzeroo on 24 Sep, 2009


dollart, Finland
congratulations for every one, unbelievable. Paulo, how long did it take to reach for the first, second and now third million, are we picking up the pace?
Posted by dollart on 24 Sep, 2009


honeybee, Austria
Congratulations! This is the best contest in the world. Let's start the next million!
Posted by honeybee on 24 Sep, 2009


don101, Germany
Glückwunsch an die Gewinner !!! Congratulations....!!!!
Posted by don101 on 24 Sep, 2009


pepsimaja, Germany
Congratulation to the winners and let´s have a lot of fun anymore!
Posted by pepsimaja on 24 Sep, 2009


rkneo11, India
Congratulations...
Posted by rkneo11 on 24 Sep, 2009


Maya83, Germany
Congratulations to the winners and all postcrossers! Furthermore a lot of fun with postcrossing!
Lovely greetings from Germany to all members!
Posted by Maya83 on 24 Sep, 2009


JEM, United States of America
what a great gift . It's nice to learn about these wonderful websites through postcrossing.
Posted by JEM on 24 Sep, 2009


glaesmann, Germany
Congrats to the winners!
Posted by glaesmann on 24 Sep, 2009


ecnc2009, United States of America
well we missed the last countdown under 1000, we went on a small outing to the apple orchard, but it has been fun the past few days watching the countdown....:)
so congratulations on the WINNERS!!! and Happy Postcrossing to All:)
Posted by ecnc2009 on 24 Sep, 2009


lynxgirl09, United States of America
CONGRATULATIONS to the Winners....and Happy Postcrossing to All:) This is so much fun:)
Posted by lynxgirl09 on 24 Sep, 2009


Lori45P, Canada
I just did some quick calculations and, if we keep the current pace we have going, we should reach 4 million approximately the 2nd last week of December. But the pace is gaining speed rather than staying static, is that right Paulo?
Posted by Lori45P on 24 Sep, 2009


ninocas, Portugal
Congratulations!!!
Posted by ninocas on 24 Sep, 2009


klemko, Slovenia
Thanks to everybody also from my side!!
Best wishes!

Klemen
Posted by klemko on 24 Sep, 2009


9teen87, United States of America
Congratulations to Postcrossing, and to all the winners! 3 million! who would have thought it possible for people to write actual notes on a card and mail it. - No texting skills needed!
Posted by 9teen87 on 24 Sep, 2009


nurse-fiction, Ukraine
Hell yeah! It's amazing!
Posted by nurse-fiction on 24 Sep, 2009


HM, Netherlands
Fabulous, gr8! Excelent and postcrossing is the winner! conG to arjakos in Finland for sending and to klemko in Slovenia for registering as exactly number 3,000,000!
Brilliant!
At what time exactly it took place???
Tomorrow we are ready for Up to the 4!
Celebrate today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by HM on 24 Sep, 2009


andre46397, Germany
Congratulations to the three winners
Posted by andre46397 on 24 Sep, 2009


nowaglas, United States of America
Congrats! That's sooooooooo amazing!!!!!!!!!
Posted by nowaglas on 24 Sep, 2009


Mama_Bear, United States of America
Wow wow! Congratulations to the winners! It really was fun to watch, hoping and praying to be the one! Great job all Postcrossers sharing the love and friendship over 3 million times now!!
Posted by Mama_Bear on 24 Sep, 2009


Mama_Bear, United States of America
Wow wow! Congratulations to the winners! It really was fun to watch, hoping and praying to be the one! Great job all Postcrossers sharing the love and friendship over 3 million times now!!
Posted by Mama_Bear on 24 Sep, 2009


icitaiwan, Netherlands
Congratulations...3 million postcards, how would that looks like when you put them all together.

I had so much fun yesterday on the PC forum during the countdown and I did make it to the "screen shot" , but didn't win :). So many people where trying to register their cards at the same time...amazing!!
Posted by icitaiwan on 24 Sep, 2009


misterteapot1, Australia
*Congratulations!* to arjakos FI, klemko SL and Sara-Gandalf SL for being part of this wonderful event by sending/receiving/guessing (the sending/receiving country) of the 3 millionth postcard registered on postcrossing!

And *S*P*E*C*I*A*L* Congratulations to Paulo, Ana, and the team of volunteers, who all kept the faith from DAY 1.

Remarkable achievement, simply remarkable...
Posted by misterteapot1 on 24 Sep, 2009


Mundoo, Australia
Congratulations to arjakos and klemko for 3 million worth of fun. So much fun counting down and being part of the fun on the forum. I am glad I am part of this project.
Posted by Mundoo on 24 Sep, 2009


paulo, Germany
Thank you everyone! :)

@dollart: You can see the dates of 1st and 2nd million on our history page: http://postcrossing.com/about/history

@Lori45P: It's hard to say when exactly the 4th million will be. But yes, it is speeding up. So I would expect the 4th million to be in less than 7 months! :)
Posted by paulo on 24 Sep, 2009


jp33, Brazil
Oh my god!!I posted Usa to Taiwan, well the postcard number: 2.999.998 :(

I hope to win, the next countdown :)
Posted by jp33 on 25 Sep, 2009


Crizle, Australia
Wonderful! Cograts and thanks to all for 3 million smiles.
Posted by Crizle on 25 Sep, 2009


capricornrising, United States of America
Congratulations!

Can't wait for the next million! ;)
Posted by capricornrising on 25 Sep, 2009


innocencelost, Australia
Is anyone else wondering how big a pile 3 million postcards would make? Congratulations everyone.
Posted by innocencelost on 25 Sep, 2009


kazinhabueno, Brazil
Good news!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!
:)
Posted by kazinhabueno on 25 Sep, 2009


averuca, Brazil
Congratulations to the winners!!!
Posted by averuca on 25 Sep, 2009


Aulikki, Finland
Wonderful.....Extremely wonderful....Congratulations to all of us....I am very happy to be a part of this :).
It would be great to see a picture of Paulo holding 3 million postcards in his hands LOL (without him none of these postcards would have been sent).Together towards to 4 million.....10 million.......1 billion.....?
Posted by Aulikki on 25 Sep, 2009


glenasena, Australia
Congratulations :-) Happy Postcrossing to everyone
Posted by glenasena on 25 Sep, 2009


AllSerene, United Kingdom
Congratulations to everyone and many thanks to Paulo - and to everyone else who works with him to make Postcrossing such fun!
Posted by AllSerene on 25 Sep, 2009


zendo111176, Malaysia
Congratulations!!!
Posted by zendo111176 on 25 Sep, 2009


FemkeDorien, Netherlands
Congratulations now I'm wondering how this postcard looks like...
Posted by FemkeDorien on 25 Sep, 2009


paulazet, Poland
Congrats! :)
We did it! ;D
Posted by paulazet on 25 Sep, 2009


Luxi, Luxembourg
Amazing! And we are all part of it ;-)
Congratulations to the winners!!!
Posted by Luxi on 25 Sep, 2009


arjakos, Finland
Hello everybody!
It´s amazing!! Many thanks to everyone who has sent the message to me...I nearly cried when I read those messages! Yesterday was my lucky day with Klemen and OF COURSE with all postcrossers!!
Best wishes, Arja
Posted by arjakos on 25 Sep, 2009


Fedow, Italy
Congratulation to everyone who sent a postcard, it's a great target!
Posted by Fedow on 25 Sep, 2009


rnbastos, Brazil
wooohooooo! congrats everyone who made postcrossing get to that number (and, sure, specially to the one who send the 3-millionth card. heheh)

this is very cool... when I joined the site, it was "almost" getting to 2 mil... that was fast! :)
Posted by rnbastos on 25 Sep, 2009


Lori45P, Canada
For anyone interested, a stack of 3 million postcards would (based on an average size of 4"x6"), and covering an area on the ground of 2 feet x 1-1/4 feet would reach approximately 977 feet into the air, which is the same height as the Sutro Tower in San Francisco (www.sutrotower.org)

: - )
Posted by Lori45P on 25 Sep, 2009


JuneBug31, Canada
CONGRATULATIONS to the WINNERS and everyone involved with Postcrossing! Wow, 3 ''MILLION'' postcards! That is staggering and amazing...another 'wonder of our great world and the people in it'!!

Congratulatory hugs to everyone from Canada!! ~~
Posted by JuneBug31 on 25 Sep, 2009


JuneBug31, Canada
CONGRATULATIONS to the WINNERS and everyone involved with Postcrossing! Wow, 3 ''MILLION'' postcards! That is staggering and amazing...another 'wonder of our great world and the people in it'!!

Congratulatory hugs to everyone from Canada!! ~~
Posted by JuneBug31 on 25 Sep, 2009


isagv, Germany
@FemkeDorien: Here you can see it: http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/FI-637138
Posted by isagv on 25 Sep, 2009


ammy, Singapore
Since we're getting more and more members daily, provided the older members continue to Postcross, the growth rate should be exponential! =D
Thanks to everyone, especially Paulo, for creating this wonderful project!
Posted by ammy on 26 Sep, 2009


mettyfauziah, Indonesia
To think that the count from 2 million to 3 million postcards is achieved within 1 year, it's amazing, isn't it? I think we should raise the bar from 3 million to 6 million this time and see how fast it will take to get to the number :)

Way to go, Postcrossing!
Posted by mettyfauziah on 26 Sep, 2009


solarts66, United States of America
Way to go! I put in my 12 cents in. I sent out my 12 postcards before the 3 million postcards goal. That is sure a lot of postcards!
I wander what the statistics was from where and the number of people who sent out the most postcards?
That would be interesting to find out.
Cheers!
Posted by solarts66 on 26 Sep, 2009


mamamanon, Netherlands
Hip Hip Huray! To the winners ánd all of us, Postcrossers! Let's hope that this project wil become bigger and bigger and make us all realise that the world and his people are so wonderfull..
Posted by mamamanon on 26 Sep, 2009


mor_lefay, Greece
Congrats!!! :))
Posted by mor_lefay on 26 Sep, 2009


fredriech, France
YEAH §§! postcrossing rox all over the world ! Toujours aussi puissants !
Posted by fredriech on 26 Sep, 2009


rhamdan, Belgium
congratulations...ready for countdown to 4 millions...
Posted by rhamdan on 26 Sep, 2009


ejune, China
It must be brilliant to have so many smiles in hand. Congratulations. :)
Posted by ejune on 27 Sep, 2009


BubbleGum, Slovenia
Wow! Slovenian postcrossers played such a huge role in this, I'm so proud! hehe :)
Congrats to us all!
Posted by BubbleGum on 5 Oct, 2009


bradpete, Philippines
Congratulation! Happy Postcrossing!
Posted by bradpete on 16 Oct, 2009


princessxiaoen, China
So lucky!!~
Congratulations!!!~
Posted by princessxiaoen on 20 Nov, 2009


CSLiao, Taiwan
恭喜!!! Congratulation!!!
Posted by CSLiao on 23 Nov, 2009


NowhereMan, Belarus
It's COOL!

Posted by NowhereMan on 23 Nov, 2009


Markku11, Finland
Congratulations to you!
Posted by Markku11 on 30 Nov, 2009



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