Can you believe it? Postcrossing is turning 20 years old in just under two months, on July 14! We’re not quite sure how that happened either… Time flies when you’re sending postcards! Over the years, we’ve heard from postcrossers who joined back in high school, took a break during university and early adulthood, and then found their way back to the project years later to introduce it to their own children. It’s been quite the journey, and we’re happy every single one of you is here to share it with us.
But we’ll save the emotional stuff for later — right now, it’s time to get ready to celebrate! 🎉 And what’s a celebration without friends? So your first mission is to join or organize a Postcrossing meetup around July 14 to mark this big milestone. Whether you’ve been around since the early days or just joined recently, this is a good opportunity to meet fellow postcrossers, share stories, and enjoy some quality postcard-writing time together.
Since the anniversary falls on a Monday, we know it might not be the easiest day for everyone to meet. So feel free to plan your meetup for the weekend before or after! A casual get-together at a coffee shop, a sunny picnic in the park, or even a group trip to a local museum — anything goes, as long as it brings people together in the spirit of Postcrossing. There are a few planned already, but we hope to see lots more pop up in the coming weeks!
To help make these meetups feel extra special (and a bit more connected), we’ve created a special postcard template just for the occasion. You can download it from the 20 Years page and customize it with a photo — for bonus points, we suggest using a picture of a local postbox, if possible! Then just update the details with your meetup location, date, and image credit information, and you’re ready to go. With many meetups around the world using the same design template, we’ll have a shared visual celebration: one postcard, many places!
We hope you’ll join in the fun, wherever you are. Let’s make this a anniversary to remember, filled with laughter, postcards, and lots of new connections! And stay tuned for more anniversary activities coming soon… 😊
79 comments so far
That’s exciting! 😍
I´m so happy and proud being part of such a wonderful project!
Thank you so much <3 <3 <3
I wish my city had Postcrossing meetups, but since all my classmates use Postcrossing, we basically have daily gatherings anyway XD
Happy birthday, Postcrossing!
That's beautiful
Proud to be a postcrosser
Thank you so much for this wonderful announcement and much excited to receive meetup cards from different parts of the world!! Happy 20 years of postcrossing journey and it’s time to celebrate!!
Gee, it's really 20 years????
Just got myself a used car and needed new number plates. It says:
PC 2012... as I joined postcrossing in 2012. 😊
Congratulations to Postcrossing and to everyone that makes this project work on a daily basis! I am proud to be a Postcrosser since 2010! My life has been enriched by Postcrossing and I love it! Enjoy the celebrations, everyone! :)
Returned home twenty-fours after the Fantastic Verona meetup Thank you Giulia N. :-))) !!!Yuly meetup Rome-Vatican I will be there and you ??? Who comes ???
Ingersoll Ontario is not mentioned but has a meetup on July 12th also. Anyone from New York State, Michigan or Ontario is welcome.
Great to be part of this wonderful community! And congratulations on the Postcrossing's Anniversary!!! I will organize a meet-up, for sure
I have yet to go to a meet-up, my city never has had one the times I have checked over the past couple of years. But we're a big city-- Dallas, Texas, USA-- so if anyone else lives here or nearby and are interested in putting together a meet-up please just reply here or shoot me a private message. Thanks! :)
I cant attend this time but if there will be a 30th celebration i will do!! Postcrossing forever!
Wow! Cool! I'm waiting! 😍
Besides my family, POSTCROSSING is one of the best experiences of my life.
I've met many really good friends. You, Anna and Paulo, are among them. We've met a few times, and it's always a great experience to know you, the founders.
Of course, I'll be there for the two days of the big meeting in Berlin. I'll be helping with the setup and teardown. This will be a highlight of my 15th year of Postcrossing.
That's amazing. I wish I had found Postcrossing sooner but am enjoying it alot in this season. Congratulations on 20 years.
20 years! Time flies! Congratulations to us allí! ;)
Was planning to try to do this since December but I just can't squeeze out the time to organize it. I hope someone will have one near me
Congratulations! And the anniversary logo looks great!! 🤗
So good that Postcrossing turns 20 and shows its anniversary with a cute ^_^ new batch logo. For me as someone with some hampering in getting into conversation (not being "mainstream" if mainstream is what everyday routine calls itself), Postcrossing has been opening doors. After my return to it since 2024 I enjoy it even more than the years before. Keep it up! Sending regards from Schwarzach region, Germany.
Herzlichen Glückwunsch. Ich bin erst seit ein paar Tagen dabei, hoffe aber, die nächsten 20 Jahre hier zu verbringen.
wow ! 20 years . I am a part of it since 2016 . does anyone meets in Prague ? we live in Germany , but will be there on 15.07-20.07 .
Happy 20 years Postcrossing! The best I will be able to do is to send a postcard out on July 14,I'm scheduled for a medical procedure that day. Happy Postcrossing!
Happy anniversary
Wonderful! Happy anniversary dear Postcrossing :) Thank you for providing this cool template!
It's a pity that the template wasn't drawn earlier, we would have printed our postcards with it.
Such a cute logo! Congratulations for 20 years. I've been a Postcrosser for more than half my life now, lol. Thank you for being such a trusted part of my life.
Congratulations!
Gefeliciteerd! Congratulation!
Wow - that is great news! And I am so proud that I am one of the organizers of the event in Berlin! Hip Hip Hooray! :D
Details here: https://community.postcrossing.com/t/the-first-international-postcard-convention-20-years-postcrossing-birthday-celebration-meeting-in-berlin-2-days-12-13-july-2025/787760
Absolutely proud of be part of this great comunity
This is fantastic, what an exciting anniversary and a million thanks to Ana and Paulo for having had this brilliant idea and running Postcrossing with so much love and dedication! (Feeling inspired to set up a meeting as well now...)
20 years! Congratulations to all! I've only been around for a few years on here...but hope to be around for many more.
I blinked and Postcrossing is turning 20! Wow, and what a great idea to support similat festivity around the globe. Congrats to who came up with the concept!
Happy Birthday Postcrossing! :)
Thank you im inspired now!
This is so exciting! Thank you for the postcard template!
Great occassion to celebrate 20 years of Postcrossing!
I love this, hopefully there is a meet up near me, if not I'm feeling inspired to organise one
Dear Postcrossing community,
Congratulations on your 20th anniversary! What a wonderful milestone for a project that has brought so many people together through the joy of postcards.
I’d also like to congratulate all of us the senders, the receivers, the writers, and collectors. Every postcard is a small story, a moment of connection, and a bit of happiness shared across the world.
Although the official celebration is on July 14th, I’ll be marking this special occasion a day earlier, on July 13th, by organizing a Postcrossing meetup in Utrecht, The Netherlands. I’m really looking forward to celebrating this joyful milestone together with fellow Postcrossers!
Greetings,
Ilse
Congratulations to all of us postcrossers!!
Congratulations to Postcrossing, in every language!
Wow, 20 years!? I had no idea!! I joined in 2019 and it has completely changed my life. Thank you so much to Paolo, Ana, and all Postcrossers!
Happy anniversary! Love postcrossing so much. Thank you 😊
thanks so much for the card design !
can't hardly wait for our local meet up...
Wow, 20 years! Time flies! Congratulations and wishing you more and more years and best of luck !
So much fun 📮
A very happy 20th, I wish I'd know when it started as really enjoy this hobby, despite the postal costs... lol
That’s so exciting! I consider hosting a meetup too ☺️❤️
Happy anniversary!❥(^_-)
Happy anniversary! Too bad I didn't find this site earlier HAHAHA
Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary...One of many reasons to promote and celebrate Postcrossing! Cheers!!!
The play on the Postcrossing logo is spot on and so clever!!! Kudos!
Maybe we can have a internet meetup? (( although I'm during summer holiday in that day.
I would love to organize an event in Banja Luka.
Online event is also a great idea!
I can't attend the birthday-meetups because it so happens, that my relationship with my husband is exactly one day older than postcrossing and naturally we will be celebrating that anniversary first 😁
But I wish everybody loads of fun at the celebrating-20-years-postcrossing-meetups. And any other meetups really for that matter! Postcrossing is awesome, it brings people together ❤️❤️❤️
People of México, where are you... i'm looking for my people, there will be some meeting in México???
good!
Happy Anniversary and cheers :)
How exciting! And thank you for the postcard template. That means we can have fun both writing AND creating. Postcrossing is fantastic!
Great，exciting
It’s so awesome !!
Congratulations for 20th anniversary !!
I am very amazed that this community exists 20 years - first time I heard about it last year!
Happy Birthday! Thanks for spreading love and joy :)
We will have a meetup on the stamp exhibition SKALAFILA 2025 with presale of the stamps on Sunday 15th of June:
https://community.postcrossing.com/t/postcrossing-meeting-15-june-2025-presale-stamps-skalafila-2025/1090310/2
Bpost will be present on 14th of June (10 am to 3 pm).
And to think it all started with just one lighthouse. . .Postcrossing has survived through so many events within our personal lives and around the world during these past 20 years. Here is wishing continued Peace, Love and Joy for the days ahead.
It is really great to witness the Postcrossing's 20th birthday!!!! Happy postcrossing!!! :)
Gratulations with your 20th Birthday. Its make my day!
I am planning to host a meetup in Delhi , India . Happy Postcrossing
Happy Anniversary, and Congratulations!!!
I appreciate your dedication to Postcrossing! Love, work, patience, laughter, communication, enthusiasm, perseverance through unexpected circumstances, growth, passion, sweat and tears over the years. Although I did originally join in 2005, I truly returned to it in 2019. I’m glad to be here, and I’m grateful you all are here!
Happy anniversary to the wonderful postcrosser community! I thank the organizers and all the people who bring joy and goodness to this world in this way.
Happy 20th anniversary. I have just joined this game for three months. I hope to make more interesting friends~
Happy postcrossing everyone.
I still love to send and receive postcards with or without envelop.
Stamps are expensive thats why I send only 2 cards every month.
Better than stop. I stay.
Happy 20th anniversary..!!!!
Nederland/Netherlands will issue a sheet of 6 same "Postcrossing 20 years" stamps on June 10 next, the stamp programme says.
I will use these in the month of July next.
My congratulations!
Hiep Hiep Hoera!!! Congrads!
This is great ! I have being active since last 14 years with postcrossing and send postcards from India and Uganda. Coincidentally my joining date was 13th July and birthday on 17th july so its always 3 major events in the week of july.
13th - my postcrossing anniversary
14th - Postcrossing project anniversay
17th - my birth anniversary !
Congratulations to Postcrossing. Since I’m just one postcard old here 😃 wanted to check, is there a meet up in Chennai, Tamilnadu ? Would love to attend.
Very Happy Anniversary Postcrossing!!!
And the best part is New Zealand Post is DROPPING the postal rate of a postcard from $3.30 to $2.90 from 1 July, 2025, to anywhere in the world.
(I e-mailed them to find out 1 July postal increases).
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