On 14th July 2005, the Postcrossing project started its first steps in spreading smiles through postcards. It was a small project done for the love of sending and receiving postcards from all over the world, and the hope was that there would be more people sharing the same love and interest for snail mail.
Fast forward 5 years and this same project is now responsible for over 4.5 million postcards connecting about 200 countries. It binds together people from different cultures of all ages and genders, with different political and even religious beliefs. Few other hobbies can claim to have achieved the same results, and we are quite proud of this!
Throughout these years, Postcrossing has gone through several milestones, thanks to the work of a team of volunteers as well as the precious support of its members who helped it reach what it is now.
Postcrossing is sending out a bold message to the world today: postcards are not something from the past. In fact, we feel like we are starting a postcard revolution and proving that no technology will ever replace the intimacy of a handwritten postcard. :)
Thank you everyone who made this possible. Let’s make the next 5 years even greater!
Please join me wishing,
…aaaaaaand because a birthday is not complete without presents, we have a big contest to announce! :)
We would like you to take a picture of yourself posting some postcards at your local postbox. Why not go do that now, we’ll wait here for a bit… Done? Now mail the photo to this email address, and don’t forget to add your username, so we can know who you are! That was easy, right? We’re hoping to make a big slideshow of smiling postcrossers around the world!
By July 31st we’ll randomly choose 5 people, who will each receive a pack of 60 postcards from MOO. :)
Many of you already know MOO, but if you don’t you should really check them out – they help you to make batches of professional glossy postcards, with a set of your own pictures or using some of their cool ready-made designs. If you’re a postcrosser who has never tried MOO before, you’ll be happy to know that they are offering all new customers 10% off 20 or 60 packs of postcards with the voucher code POSTBIRTHDAY5! (valid for one order only until the end of July, excludes delivery).
115 comments so far
HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY POSTCROSSING
You have bought the world into my home and broadened my horizons. I eagerly look forward to checking my post box each day to see what smiles and far-flung places are in it for me to enjoy.
Thank you Paulo for your idea and making it work.
Thank you Ana for your support.
Happy Birthday Postcrossing!!!!
I am so glad you were "born" five years ago and I hope to celebrate many more years together.
Congrats to Postcrossing. Even though it is still only the 13th of July here in Canada, I do offer my heartfelt congratulations. I have only been a member 1587 days but they have been just great days . I only wish I had found Postcrossing earlier. I look forward to my 5th anniversary in Postcrossing next March 9th and many more for everyone else. Long Live Postcrossing
La mulți ani! (Happy Birthday!)
Happy Birthday to all active participants in PC.I am so glad to have found you. May this next year be lucky prosperous and filled with love for all of us.
Happy birthday, Postcrossing! I can't go a day without checking on my cards, thanks for giving me such a fun hobby!
Happy Birthday Postcrossing.
Thanks for beeing there, it's a wonderful idea and makes me often happy by opening the letterbox. Wish you much more years and happy members.
Happy Birthday Postcrossing! 生日快樂。
I'm very glad to be here to celebrate the second birthday with you. I hope I'll be here more and more years.
Happy Birthday Postcrossing!
Thank you to all who make this possible ;-))
And to many many more amazing years!!
Greetz to all
Luxi
congratulations on reaching the 5th anniversary. I also have a birthday this month, and in September I will have been a postcrossing member for 5 years, as well. cheers to another 5 years!
TAM
I'm here for just few months, this does not avoid me to share the feelings of you all, guys!
Have a very Happy Birthday, Postcrossing!
:)
Happy Birthday Postcrossing! I am forever amazed by the joy that a bit of cardstock and printing can bring. Thank you for making my mailbox a celebration!
Thank You, Paulo and Ana (and team). I have friends around the world because of you all. Many happy returns of the day!
Parabéns! Happy Birthday Postcrossing! Thank you Paulo and Ana for this great opportunity to see the world through postcards and make new friends. Postcroosing is uniting the world as one country. Best wishes from my family of postcrossers: csofiatorpes,lordz1978, princessbi.
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday Postcrossing! Thank you for this amazing experience!
Feliz Aniversário! Que alegria que o postcrossing tem trazido para tantas pessoas nestes 5 anos. Parabéns.
Happy Birthday! How much joy postcrossing has brought to so many people in these 5 years. Congratulations.
Happy 5th Birthday Postcrossing!!! and Congratulations to Paulo, Ana and the rest of the team for bringing Paulo's idea to life and making it so successful! Every postcard that arrives in my mailbox is a treasure to me. It's heartwarming to think that each of member sees and feels the reward of taking a few moments out of their busy day to wish well to a complete stranger. Postcrossing provides the warmth and reassurance that there are a lot of wonderful, caring and loving people in the world who think the same way and believe that everyone is equal and is deserving of love, respect and dignity regardless of their religion, culture, financial or physical differences. I can't think of another hobby that could inspire more happiness and emotion to such a broad spectrum of the world than Postcrossing. I feel priviledged to be part of such a wonderful group and look forward to many, many more years ahead. :-)
Yay Postcrossing! Congratulations on your 5th birthday! You're going to need a really big cake and lots of ice-cream for all the well-wishers:)I know, we'll celebrate by going out for ice-cream cones on your big day here. Best wishes from us in the Bahamas!
Happy Birthday Postcrossing! You are one of my greatest discoveries in life and coz of you, the first thing I do each morning is not making a cup of coffee anymore, but checking my mailbox! I really wish I had discovered postcrossing much earlier, but as with many other things in life, it is better late than never :)
I'm thankful not only coz of the great postcards I have received due to this project, but also coz of the great wonderful people I got to meet from so many different spots from this Planet Earth.
I wish you many many many more birthdays to come and candles to blow :)
Thanks to everyone who has made postcrossing possible!
สุขสันต์วันเกิด Postcrossing!
Big smile + hug + love + support for you.
thanks for a great experiance to bring to us all.
Happy Postcrossing :)
Congratulations!. Gracias por hacer mi vida mas feliz con este sitio porque sin duda es mi alivio cuando estoy triste o tengo problemas. Amo este sitio. Gracias y que Dios los bendiga
Herzlichen Gückwunsch zum Geburtstag (Happy Birthday). Thank you for having this wonderful postcrossing idea. I could not imagine my life without postcrossing any more. Many wonderful years may follow. All the best you, Paulo, and to your team.
Congratulations! I have made wonderful penfriends through Postcrossing and I have found so much joy through receiving and sending postcards. Here's to many brilliant years! Best wishes to the PC team xxx
Happy Birthday Postcrossing! Special thanks to Paulo, Ana and the team.
And a big thank you to all who send cards. Postcards rock!
Happy Birthday! 生日快乐！Selamat Hari Jadi! ;)
Amazing 5 Years!
Brought smiles to million of people around the world:)
Well Done Paulo, Ana and the team!
5 Years of Postcrossing?! 5 Years of bringing people together through postcards! Happy Birthday to my best friend Postcrossing :-)
A very happy 5th birthday to my dear POSTCROSSING.....I would not survive without you!
Heartiest Congratulations to Paulo and the team for this remarkable achievement....and I hope that we will celebrate many more anniversaries in the future.
Vse najboljše! Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday! Postcrossing!! \(^0^)/
Happy Birthday postcrossing and thank you Paulo and the team for making my mailbox happy. I have learn so much of different cultures around the world and met so many lovely people trought this wonderful project. May it last forever :)
Happy Birthday to Postcrossing!!!!!!!!
Happy birthday!:)
Happy Birthday Postcrossing!!!
Paoulo, Ana and supporters, a big thank you!
Gefeliciteerd en nog vele jaren.
Happy 5th Aniversery:)♥
Alles Gute zum Geburtstag (Happy Birthday)!!!!! Thanks to you I got the best pen pal ever! Keep going!
A Big Happy Birthday :D Thank you so much for EVERYTHING!
Happy birthday Postcrossing! Many thanks and congratulations to Paulo, Ana and all the team of supporters. It's amazing the amount of happiness you've helped to spread around the world in the past few years.
Happy Birthday postcrossing! and thank you for bringing so much joy to my life! Felicidades, saludos desde Costa Rica! Muchos exitos!
Buon compleanno! Happy birthday and thank you =)
Yeah! Happy birthday Postcrossing! We love you & appreciate how you've enriched our lives. Keep up the fantastic work & have a wonderful day. Lots of love, Liesel, Meghan & Nicole
Happy Birthday!
and a HUGE "THANK YOU!!!!"
Happy Birthday Postcossing!
Postcrossers love you! :)
Happy birthday! Thanks to the staff and to all members who makes this possible !!!!
happy birthday, dear POSTCROSSING! thank u for everything!
All the best, Postcrossing!
Stay alive and kicking!
Thanks Paulo, Ana and team for brighten up the days for so many people!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, POSTCROSSING!
Thank you for the good idea!
Happy Birthday to Postcrossing!!! I hope postcrossing grows to be more popular and keeps on bringing nonstop happiness to everyone around the world so we can always celebrate postcrossing birthdays!
About the contest, eh, won't be able to participate since my camera has been dead for a quite a long time now :(
HAPPY BIRTHDAY POSTCROSSING!
I`m so glad I found out about you! Thank you for so many beautiful postcards! THANK YOU!!!
wow, already!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we love you!!!!!!!!!!
i'm gonna submit my pic for sure :D
Happy Birthday!!!!!
สุขสันต์วันเกิด!!!!!
Joyeux Anniversaire!!!!!
Postcrossing ^^
Happy 5th birthday Postcrossing! :)
Congratulations Paulo and Ana!
Happy birthday to postcrossing!! I wish 5 more come!:)
A very Happy Birthday to Postcrossing!
Congratulations to Paulo, Ana and The Team!
Here's looking forward to the next five years!!!
Congratulations to the Postcrossing team!
Keep up the good work!:)
Happy #5!
A wonderful project to celebrate! ^o^
Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum 5. Geburtstag! Happy Birthday! And a big thank you to everyone who is involved! Postcrossing is so much fun, I'm looking forward to the next 5 years :)
Gelukkige verjaardag vanuit België!!!
HIPPERDEPIEP HOERAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
Happy Birthday Postcrossing!!! And many more years to come! Thanks a million to everybody who this possible!
VIVA POSTCROSSING!
happy birthday.....postcrossing. Selamat hari lahir....
Happy Birthday to you! I wish I would have found you when you were first born ! ! ! :-)
Gratuleren så mye med dagen. Happy Birtday.
Thanks Postcrossing team and all the postcrosser who makes this unique thing happend.
Van harte gefeliciteerd met jullie 5 jarig bestaan! Congratulations with your 5 year existing!
Thank you for making it possible we can send and receive cards to people all over the world! I'm so happy with postcrossing! I would love to write more, but that costs a lot. That's why I love postcrossing. Keep up the good work! I will stay a user for many, many years more!
Greetings, Mariska
and to all other users: Happy postcrossing and congratulations to you too!
Happy Birthday Postcrossing. Up to the next 5 years and off course many more.
Happy Birthday!!! :D
To say it with Ipuenktchens words: Postcrossing builded! (Postcrossing bilded-> Postcrossing educates!)
I learned a lot here and I JUST LOVE IT!!!!
С Днем Рождения!!! Happy postcrossing!
Happy Birthday!!! I love being part of this community and wish I'd found it sooner ☺ ☺ ☺
Here's to the next 5 years! ♥ ♥ ♥
Happy Birthday and thank you to all those who make possible this nice meeting between people, for every moment of surprise and joy you generate.
Happy Birthday, Postcrossing!!
Wow, when you started this did you think it would be this big in only 5 years? Congratulations on your achievement! Way to go on a fantastic idea and a great team to keep it smooth.
April
BUON COMPLEANNO POSTCROSSING!!!!!!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!
Congratulations Paulo!!! Without your drive and enthusiasm this site may never have got started and brought so many people together through the hobby of sending and receiving postcards. It's always a pleasure to receive a card from a stranger that has been sent to you from anywhere on this wonderful planet.
Happy Birthday to everyone in the Postcrossing Team, and many thanks from the thousands of us who use it every day.
Happy Birthday, Postcrossing! Thank you SOOO MUCH for enriching my life every day. "My" personal 5th Postcrossing birthday will be on the 17th of August. That day, 5 years ago, really changed my life totally for the better. That is not something I would say lightly, but I am really passionate about this wonderful invention. :-)
I hope that, in my next life, I shall find out about Postcrossing as soon as I can read and write, I hope I'll be able to afford cards and stamps always and will have a great choice of both where I'll live then. ;-)
Also, I hope, that by then there will be a "hall of fame" of Postcrossers of "years ago" and will be so intrigued to read about the pioneers Paulo and Ana and their "followers" from the "early days"!
And I'll be really sorry I could not have been there then, but I will have been there then! Great!!! :-)))
Happy Birthday Postcrossing!! :D ¡Felicidades!
Happy Birthday Postcrossing!!
In Portuguese: " Parabéns Postcrossing e Paulo"
HAPPY BIRTHDAY POSTCROSSING!
Dear Paulo & Postcrossing team
Thanks for the idea of having created this spectacular HOBBY!
I am fairly sure that your idea will be recorded as one of the best that appeared on the Internet! The future will speak for itself ...
See you on the 6th Anniversary!
All the best for the future &... HAPPY POSTCROSSING!
Happy birthday Postcrossing!!! I love you sooooo much! Parabéns!!!!!
happy birthday to Postcrossing!
生日快樂!
Happy birthday and many thanks for all the happiness and nice experiences you brought us !!
Happy 5th Birthday and thank you and your team for the wonderful work you do to make this such a fun-tastic project!
Happy birthday Postcrossing!
May you live to be (at least) 120 years old :)
Greetings from Israel!
Happy happy happy Birthday Postcrossing!!! Thank you so much for reviving the humble postcard. My Grandmother sparked my love for postcards when she started sending them to me from her holiday trips when I was 5 years old and I have been collecting them ever since. It was such a delight to find a whole community of fellow-postcard-aholics after years of solo collecting. Thank you to you all!! See you for the 10th!
Magnificently EXCITING! But today, when I posted postcards to one postcrosser from Finland, the postoffice was very busy and I was shy asking someone to take me a photo, so I took Post Office staff a photo instead showing the postcards that I purchased in our locality. Hooray! I'll try again!
Cheers to Postcrossing on its 5th Anniversary!
G'day from down under.
happy birthday postcrossing :)
五周岁生日快乐~
Hope it will grow as a child.
And attract more and more people from all over the world to join this large family~
Happy birthday !
Van Harte Gefeliciteerd!!! Happy 5th Birthday! That many years will follow :-)
Happy happy birthday!
Happy birthday... and thanks to Paulo and Ana for all the fun :-)
Happy Belated Birthday Postcrossing :) *hugs
Thank you Paulo and team for giving me my wonderful pen-pals (Natsuka, Duen, Naoko, Manami, Tomomi, Hitomi, Joanne, and all others I am temporarily forgetting *blush) and helping me learn so much about other cultures (Its like a free college class! Yippie).
I wish you all the success in the world with your project and hope its around for many more years to come! Thank you again for being a bright spot in my life :)
happy birthday Postcrossing! i'm a big fan!
Happy Birthday!!
FYI I couldn't get the code to work but that's ok :)
Happy Birthday to you!!! ;)
Happy Birthday!! Thanks to all team! Postcrossing is a great idea! :)
Happy Happy Birthday! Where can I see the photo wall? Can't wait! Love you all,
Emilie
Happy Birthday postcrossing!!!!!
Greetz
Marta & Mihau!!
I tried the email account for a pic but it did not work. :( I don't use outlook. Is there another chance to mail a picture?
Happy belated birthday Postcrossing! Although I just got to know you a few months ago, I am glad to be able to celebrate your birthday from this year onwards... "Gambateh Postcrossing!"
Happy Bitrhday!!! :) 生日快樂!! Happy Postcrossing!!
Postcrossing.com helped reveive the economy of the world via postcards, stamps and postal service.Much can be learnt via postcrossing.The admin here must allow private swaps as a precondition to be on this site.I send and receive a lot of mail.There is much joy.details to kiron_my@yahoo.com.
Cheers
Kiron Manuel
Happy Birthday to you!
Congratulation! :)) Happy birthday postcrossing! :))
Happy Birthday
I love postcrossing!!!!
Happy birthday postcrossing!!!:-)
I really love Postcrossing. It was, is and will be the best idea. I LOVE IT!!!
(-:Happy postcrossing:-)
Happy Birthday! Postcrossing!!!
So happy to know lots of friends from here, thanks for postcrossing!
Staci
Happy Birthday, Joyeux Anniversaire...
I wish a long life to Postcrossing ... Bravo for this beautiful idea Paulo :o)
祝postcrossing五周岁生日快乐！
Happy Birthday Postcrossing!
Thanks this nice idea website:D
Love so much!!~
Happy Birthday Postcrossing!I love you.
Thank you so much for creating this!!!!!!!
July 14th is my birthday too：）
It's a little big baby :D
5 years, limang taon, limang banua.
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