Yes, you read that right! On October 14th, PostNL will launch a real stamp, featuring Postcrossing! How awesome is that?
For us, it’s a huge honour that the project was deemed worthy of being featured in a stamp, and we’re very grateful to PostNL (the Dutch postal service) for making this dream come true. We’d also like to thank postcrosser Raymond68 – the Postcrossing stamp exists because of his efforts and persistence.
The stamp was designed by Garech and Declan Stone, and features all kinds of traditional postcards strewn about, as if scattered on your doormat. Here is what the stamp sheet looks like:

Neat, right? There are several different stamps, both for Europe and the rest of the world, featuring the traditional postcard motives.
The first stamps will be delivered to Paulo on October 15th, during the Postex event in Apeldoorn. Postex is an annual event for philatelic collectors, featuring celebrating associations, youth philately, traders from home and abroad, foreign postal administration(s), Day of the Stamp, exhibitions and much more.
If you’re in the area, come and say hi! There will be plenty of stamps for sale, and we’ll have a small presentation about Postcrossing around 10:30am.
We’ll be back on the weekend with more information about the stamp, and also to give away a few sheets! :)
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Thanks to Raymond68. Well done!!!
Will be ordering them as soon as I can :)
Congratulations Paolo and the postcrossing team, you really deserve it
http://forum.postcrossing.com/viewthread.php?tid=60801
Oh, and I think I should contact with a nice Dutch member who can get one of those stamps for me..! :)
If anyone can offer then it will be great for me :)
I'm looking forward to more news during the stamp presentation to Paulo, Ana and Raymond68!^w^)/
I wish the US had such cool stamps like this :(
http://forum.postcrossing.com/viewthread.php?tid=60794
I will send the cards out on friday the 14th :D
In this case I will use it on my next postcard!!
Congratulations!!!
Posted by ReginaC on 12 Oct 2011
Posted by ReginaC on 12 Oct 2011
Congratulations.
I'm proud to be part of something being featured in a stamp.
:)
Visited also some shops yesterday, but nothing :( Perhaps today, but sure tomorrow :D :D !!!
thanks Raymond68 and design team...Great Job!!!
And I hope PC gets more and more well-known and attracts more and more interesting guys!
Best wishes!
Keep an eye on the mailbox, it is coming your way.
The Germans on the forum already think about how we can ask Deutsche Post to do the same???
http://forum.postcrossing.com/viewthread.php?tid=60918
Way to go! ....and Congratulations!
I also love collecting stamps a lot,and really want to collect a sheet of the postcrossing stamps~so is it possible to arrange a private swap for you?Maybe I can swap them with stamps & banknotes from North. Korea!!!
Thank you!
Hope one day we'll get some postcrossing stamps in France too :)
I'll try to get some.....and maybe you are the one who's getting it through postcrossing.
Regards and happy Postcrossings.
Priscilla aka Vijfertje
see the above link you can order them online.
Thank you Raymond68
http://forum.postcrossing.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=10
I hope I some day could get one on a card. ♥
Belgium is more expensive than NL btw. There it's 61cts, 93cts and 110cts. The difference with NL is, these are prices for mail up to 50 grams whereas in NL it's up to 20 grams. For us postcrossers its cheaper sending from NL!
HOW CAN WE BUY THOSE STAMPS? I'M REALLY INTERESTED !!!
CONGRATULATION!!!!!!
Will send them out this weekend. Who will be the lucky person to recieve the first one ?
Wunderful stamps!
If you don't live in NL, you can buy them here: http://collectclub.postnl.nl/pages/detail/s1/10220000001247-2-21010000000080.aspx
The website is in Dutch, though.
Hi Diana, first I want to thank you for the beautiful lighthouse :))) I really like it, but now... many thanks for the postcrossing stamp, I read about it, and this morning again I have thinking: with the chance I have in my live, I surely never get one of these stamps. You make my day ;-)
They are very nice, and you could be very proud!
with a nice stamp on it.
The next cards i send, will have a postcrossing stamp.
You can order the stamps on: www.collectclub.nl
keep it up!
And you have to put 2 stamps on the postcard. As some Postcrossers have had cards with these type of stamps on their cards from me.
So when your lucky... you get one of me :-)
I still have a couple of 'standard' stamps though... Maybe I can make some private swaps with people for the postcrossing stamps until I run out of the old stamps :P
If you are not lucky I can send a sheet of Postcrossing stamps anyway...just as a gift from a HAPPY POSTCROSSER to another..
Edujohan from the Netherlands
i‘m soooo lucky to receive one from NL~O(∩_∩)O here’s the stamp picture:
http://weibo.com/1286073351/xwdijAxIy
Het zijn mooie postzegels
Wow,I received a card with the postcrossing stamp.It's really a special card!!
This is the link: http://www.postnl.nl/voorthuis/postzegelverkiezing/
You only have to enter your emailadress and vote for the stamp. Then you get a confrmation mail in which you have to active your vote.
I I will talk with Ukrainian postal officials soon and will inspire them to create Ukrainian PostCrossing stamp as well))
I received a "postcrossing.com" stamp from Har (Henriette) = NL 886.099 in a amazing orchid card...
great idea!!
i'm happy i have one =)
I sent some 20 of these stamps now and marked all cards with an arrow pointing to the stamp with 'special Postcrossing stamp', but most receivers don't seem to notice or at least they don't mention it after receiving the card. :-s
So: If you receive a card with this stamp and you're happy, let us, senders, know!
Luckily I got a piece of it.
wou vandaag weer een velletje postcrossing postzegels kopen. Maar ze mogen momenteel niet meer verkocht worden. Gelukkig kreeg ik nog een velletje mee.
Luckily I got a piece of it.
wou vandaag weer een velletje postcrossing postzegels kopen. Maar ze mogen momenteel niet meer verkocht worden. Gelukkig kreeg ik nog een velletje mee.
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