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World Post Day!

October 9th is World Post Day!

On this date, the world celebrates the hard work and social contributions of all the postal services… so don’t forget to thank your mail carrier for the wonderful job they do! :)

Across the world, post offices are celebrating this special day in many different ways! To help you celebrate with them, we’ve done a little research and compiled all the information we could find in this page:

Check it out to see if your own postal service is doing something special – you might be surprised! If you know of any other activities taking place on this date that we’ve missed, just leave a comment below.

But that’s not all! This year we also wanted to do something special, and so we’ve invited our advertisers to join the celebrations! Many of them accepted the challenge, and created special offers for postcrossers! So if your stock of postcards is running a little low, now would be the perfect time to re-stock… enjoy!

Here they are:

BuyMeCard – 10% discount for all postcards and stickers

Promocode 02ZWIYOF3NUO . Website is in Russian only.

Cardcetera – 15% discount + 4 random customers will get a free pack of cards

Promocode pcmailday2013.

Heidin Korttipaja – 15% discount

Promocode POSTI. Website in Finnish, ships to Finland.

Kaartfanaat – 20% discount on orders above €25

Promocode WPD2013. Website is in English, Dutch and German.

Mark Stempel – 20% discount on all postcards

Promocode WorldPostDay. Website in Russian only.

Minor Postcards – 20% discount, minimum order €10

Promocode wpd13. Website in English and Finnish.

MOO.com – 15% discount on all postcards

No need for promocode – just use the link above.

Natuurlijkefoto.nl – 15% discount

Promocode worldpostday. Website is in English, Dutch and German. Ships to Europe only.

Nederlandse ansichtkaarten – 15% discount on all postcards and postcard sets

Promocode WPD2013. Website in Dutch, ships only to the Netherlands.

Paper Postcards – 15% discount

Promocode WPD2013. Website in Russian only

PostCardPress – 20% discount

No need for promocode – just use the link above. Website in Russian and English.

PostcardShop – 15% discount

Promocode Postcrossing

PostcardWorld.eu – 20% discount + a free extra postcard

Promocode PARTY

Postzegelerop – 20% discount + Vintage Dutch postcardset free

Promocode Post. Website is in Dutch only.

The Postcard Store – 20% discount

Promocode PCSWP20. Ships worldwide, but check details here.

Zazzle – 65% discount on all postcards

Promocode POSTCROSSING.

All these offers will be valid through the end of October 9th (on the westmost timezone). Pretty fantastic, right? Happy World Post Day everyone! :)

31 comments so far

kelpie, Russia

Happy World Post to all postcrossers! (:

In Novosibirsk, Russia there will be a special cancellation for this Day at Central Post Office from tomorrow till October, 13th.

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ned44440, Ireland

Yes indeed, the Postmen and women of the world are busy people, carrying all our wonderful postcards from my home to yours and from yours to mine. Today I posted 10 postcards and received 13 - long may it continue.
Wouldn't it be great to receive a postcard with the special datestamp from Russia mentioned in the first message of this post?

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Dorthe, Denmark

I don´t think there are any celebrations here in Denmark. Yesterday the last post office in my region closed. Now all we have is a small "shop" inside a supermarket.

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Joy63, Australia

Happy World Post Day from Australia! My husband has been a postman for 41 years!

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DearFish, China

Oh,I was thought I can send more cards today.It seenms i am wrong

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devarajak, India

A HAPPY WORLD POSTAL DAY . I AM WORKING AS POSTMASTER AT SIRUGUPPA BELLARY DIST KARNATAKA STATE INDIA IN POSTAL DEPARTMENT AND VERY HAPPY TO CONGRATUATIONS ALL MY COLOUGES IN THOSE WHO ARE WORKING OUR GREAT DEPARTMENT AND THANK YOU ALL

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Vesnyana, Uzbekistan

My congratulation!
May I send in this great day more postcards that allowed system?

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zurasayang77, Malaysia

Happy World Post Day from Malaysia :D Malaysia Post Office have Postcard ~ Special Issue World Postal Day 2013
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.423432384435190.1073741842.279581452153618&type=1

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Kamorin, Japan

Happy World Post Day from Japam ! As far as I checked it seems there are no special events in Japan, but I appreciate postmen/post office staffs every day !

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sshirley, China

l don not get the ppstcard for free,the poatoffice near our school dosen't have the poatcard~T_T~

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rosenbusch, Germany

Happy World Post Day!!!

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topcloud, Kenya

Happy World Post Day from Kenya, Africa!

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xieyh1999, China

October 9th!!! Happy World Post Day!!!
Thanks for all post men!

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sumnd, China

Happy World Post Day from China :)

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philacoin, India

HAPPY WORLD POST DAY FROM INDIA /BHARAT :

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islandgirrl, Guernsey

I went to my post office to buy more stamps, and they are celebrating the day by being CLOSED! Unhappy customer!!!

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ThePOSTCARDPerfect, United States of America

Happy World Post Day!!!!

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nisnoopy3, Malaysia

Happy World Post Day from Malaysia! Hari Pos Sedunia! XD
We have not only 14 postcards from each state but also individual cancellation from each state as well! COOL!! XD
https://picasaweb.google.com/117148055394427830175/HariPosSedunia09102013?authkey=Gv1sRgCPTxo8-Nr4ra2AE&noredirect=1#

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Blogger, United States of America

Happy World Post Day! I love all the discounts you got for us Postcrossing! thank you. :D

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panda0125, China

Thank you postman

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sevvie, Finland

Happy World Post Day from Helsinki! Having been a postal worker myself, I know that while delivering mail is also a lot of fun, it can be really hard work as well. So I really appreciate the work that postal service people do. Thank you! I was also really happy to send some special cancellation cards today. :-)

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Cornfield, China

Happy World Post Day! Thank you, postmen or post women. I am grateful to all of you for mailing our cards and letters.

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nugget, United States of America

Happy World Post Day!!!

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vogatka2005, Ukraine

In my town the main post office was decorated today
balloons+ pictures
so nice
Happy World Post Day!!!

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BxlPoster, United Arab Emirates

Did anyone in Western Europe use PostCardPress from Russia yet? The postcards look tempting but delivery times are quoted as "2 to 6 weeks" (to Belgium) - that is of course very long...

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jjmedusa, United States of America

Oh no, I missed this/just saw this article now! I would have liked to have gotten in on some of those discounts. Oh well.

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Freya1001, China

Happy World Post Day from China!!! Thank you postman and women!

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Wing54, Australia

Happy World Post Day from Australia. Unfortunately Australia Post has celebrated World Post Day by hiking the cost of postage on Postcards to $1.85 (Asia Pacific) and $2.60 to rest of the world, up from $1.70 to anywhere. Will not be able to afford to send many postcards to rest of world (US, Russia, Holland, Belarus), all those wonderful Postcrossing countries.

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Eduaserie, Brazil

Lucky those who live in places with reliable postal services. Unfortunately it´s not the case here in my street in Sao Paulo ( Brazil). Postmen here are careless and lazy.They have ruined several cards sent to me by throwing them on the floor , leaving them outside the mailbox , in the rain.

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sonataca, United States of America
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