helent

About Helen...

Hi folks,

I've collected postcards all my life. It started because my dad travelled a lot for work and would always send us cards. Since he mostly went to the same place (Geneva), I have a lot of duplicate cards from there.

I remember taking part in low-tech postcard swaps as a kid - chain letter-style - and loved it then; now that I've found postcrossing, am definitely obsessed!

I have a bunch of requests/likes below, but I am not fussy at all, I just like getting postcards! As long as you like a card, I probably will too.

There is only a couple of things I really don't like. Receiving greeting cards (folded cards with a picture on the front and blank inside, sent in an envelope), instead of postcards. Christmas-themed postcards are fine, but please, no greeting cards!

And postcards sent in envelopes, blank. To me, a postcard isn't a postcard until it's been written on, stamped and sent. If you don't know what to write, tell me why you picked the card.

I don't mind free or ad cards, as long as they are interesting, or meet my wish list. I like free cards for causes.

My postcard wishes:

* Historical photos.
* Historic figures and events.
* Remarkable women (suffragettes especially)
* Royal figures (past and present).
* Portraits of composers - Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, etc.
* Cultural days and events - Dia de los Muertos, etc.
* National or traditional costumes.
* Old-fashioned "Greetings From..." cards.
* Kitschy tourist sites (the Big Banana, etc.).
* Jackalopes and similar kitschy cards.
* Pin-ups/Vargas girls/pulpy pictures.
* McSweeney's 'Greeting from the Ocean's Sweaty Place' cards.
* Buildings and architecture (especially details).
* Staircases.
* The Old West.
* Foxes and wolves.
* Big cats (especially tigers) and non-cutesy domestic cats.
* Goats.
* Jetoy Choo Choo cats
* Paintings or photography.
* Photojournalism.
* Anything book related (I love the Penguin, Puffin and Ladybird cards).
* Things textile-related - traditional textiles, quilts, etc.
* Photos of libraries.
* Historic photos - street scenes, old portraits.
* Beautiful landscape shots.
* Postcards taken to promote something really dull, like a motel or a town hall with no aesthetic merits.

Cheers, H