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Postcrossing Spotlight: bcsikar from Serbia

Karoly is an Hungarian living in Serbia and is admittedly addicted to collecting. He is 59 and during his life he started collections of a lot of different items, but he admits that postcards are his favorite.

How did you come across Postcrossing? What got you hooked?

I was just surfing the Internet and I found Postcrossing. It seemed to be very interesting and I gave it a try - I immediately got hooked!

Do you have any other interesting hobbies?

Oh yes, a lot! I like nature walking, fishing, cycling, reading, visit museums, photography and, of course, collecting - and I collect everything! Some of the things I collect are: postcards, stamps, paper money, coins, beer/wine labels, books, pins, etc. My wife isn't very happy about me collecting all this.

Show us your mailbox, your mailman/mailwoman, your postoffice or the place where you post or keep your postcards!

On the photo below you can be see my mailbox in the background - that's where I receive all my postcards. And in front is my daughter (she married last 10th of october!) and my granddaughter.

bcsikar mailbox

And below you can see part of my postcard collection - I have now about 10000 postcards.

bcsikar collection 2

bcsikar collection 1
Show and tell us about your favorite received postcard to date, and what makes it special.

They are all so beautiful! I love that they don't bring just everyday pictures but rather uncommon sights - special ways of seeing the world! Here are some of my favourites:

bcsikar favourite postcard 1

bcsikar favourite postcard 2

bcsikar favourite postcard 3

Posted by on 1 Dec, 2010
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17 comments so far

Jodie05, Australia
Wow!! Amazing collection of cards! And I love the classic simplicity of the three favourites.
Posted by Jodie05 on 1 Dec, 2010


9teen87, United States of America
And I thought I had a large collection! Yours is amazing!
Your daughter and granddaughter are beautiful :D
Posted by 9teen87 on 1 Dec, 2010


lucymonty, United Kingdom
Nice to meet you Karoly! That is an enormous postcard collection!! I love the Giant Sequoia card :-D
Posted by lucymonty on 1 Dec, 2010


lilmonster, Montenegro
Great to read story about someone from neighbouring country! I enjoyed reading it!
Pozdrav iz Crne Gore!
Posted by lilmonster on 1 Dec, 2010


BraveJ, Serbia
It's so great to read about a postcrosser from Serbia on the blog! :)
Pozdrav iz Beograda!
Posted by BraveJ on 1 Dec, 2010


isagv, Germany
Nice interview. :) I like the Giant Sequoia card, got also one this week but yours is more beautiful. :)
Posted by isagv on 1 Dec, 2010


dollart, Finland
Love to see postcrosser that also has so many postcards that is reguers organising :) Lovely pictures.
Posted by dollart on 2 Dec, 2010


sep123321, China
ooooooh,myyyyyy goddddddddddd, 10000 postcards!!!!
Posted by sep123321 on 2 Dec, 2010


Sabina37, Bosnia and Herzegovina
I hope your wife didn't place a limit for you in number of postcards you can collect :) I am on 4000 now, but I go on... Good luck.
Pozdrav iz Bosne i Hercegovine
Posted by Sabina37 on 2 Dec, 2010


FloridaGirl, United States of America
You've got a lot of cards, that's great! Your daughter and granddaughter make a lovely picture. I enjoyed reading about you.
Posted by FloridaGirl on 2 Dec, 2010


Mama-Bear, United States of America
Great profile and pics! Your daughter and granddaughter are beautiful. Awesome collection, Karoly! :o)
Posted by Mama-Bear on 2 Dec, 2010


Dena, Australia
What a great collection!! Your family is lovely. Congratulations to your daughter on her marriage. All the best. Dena"
Posted by Dena on 4 Dec, 2010


wwwera, Israel
Well, I think you MUST upload your cards' collection to Internet so we can enjoy it too :)
Posted by wwwera on 4 Dec, 2010


Maddygirl2369, United States of America
Great collection! You are a very interesting person :)
Posted by Maddygirl2369 on 4 Dec, 2010


Sarch, United States of America
I realy enjoyed "getting to know you" through the blog. Seeing the pic of your mailbox were fun.
Posted by Sarch on 8 Dec, 2010


NJW, United Kingdom
Thanks for sharing your story with us! Great collection(s)!
Posted by NJW on 8 Dec, 2010


kazinhabueno, Brazil
Ohhhh!!! This is a very cool interview!!! Karoly is a lovely person and a generous postcrosser :D
My friend, your collection is awesome! And your family... always beautiful :D
Hugs!
Posted by kazinhabueno on 16 Dec, 2010



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