The balloons are slowly deflating now, and we’ve swept the confetti off the floor… but what a party World Postcard Day was! 🥰 Every year, we think things can’t possibly go any better, and every year the community proves us wrong. Now that the postcards sent on October 1st are starting to make their way around the globe, it’s time for a little recap of all the fun and magic.
The forum topic was buzzing with excitement from the very first time zone to the last. As midnight rolled across the world, celebrations began popping up like a beautiful stadium wave — from Asia to the Americas, one after another! Postcrossers shared photos, stories, and stacks of postcards ready to fly off to new destinations. The energy was infectious, and it even spilled over onto social media, where #WorldPostcardDay was full of smiling faces, mailboxes, and beautiful cards.
Over in the Postcard Lounge, things were just as lively: 410 of you joined us throughout the day to write postcards with some company! At one point, over 40 people were online simultaneously, quietly writing postcards together. We saw participants from Chile to New Zealand, and a few even recognized familiar names of people they’d once exchanged postcards with. It turned into a wonderfully long, cozy session of shared scribbling and postcard showing. A big thank you to everyone who volunteered to help host it — we’ll definitely have to do it again!
Meanwhile, 163 meetups took place all over the world, bringing postcard friends together in real life. Many meetups also happened via Geocaching, and a handful of libraries joined as well!
The official World Postcard Day design was everywhere, printed by postcrossers individually or in huge group orders. What a joy to see it travel! And we also saw many other postcards celebrating the day, including these beautiful handmade postcards that kara_ann's mom, Kris, sewed just for the occasion!
Also 2025 was the year in which we broke all records: over 117,000 postcards were sent on October 1st across all time zones! 😱 It’s a bit mind-boggling and, for us who have to manage the system — and a bit worrying too, as Postcrossing wasn’t built for such huge peaks of activity as there’s a limited amount of addresses that can be select at any given time. We’ll need to brainstorm some solutions for next year, which will (sadly) likely include lowering the limits on the day… but for now, we’re just amazed and grateful for everyone’s enthusiasm.
And speaking of gratitude, today is World Post Day — which marks the anniversary of the founding of the Universal Postal Union back in 1874. This year’s theme, “#PostForPeople: Local Service. Global Reach.”, celebrates postal services as a vital public service rooted in communities and driven by people. From rural villages to bustling cities, the postal infrastructure everywhere keeps us connected — often serving as a bridge to the wider world, and sometimes even to the digital one. We’re proud that postcards are a small but meaningful part of that mission, helping build connections that go beyond borders and bring a bit of happiness into the world. So here’s to postal workers everywhere (and to all of you!) for keeping this beautiful network alive, one postcard at a time!
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I really enjoyed the Postcard Lounge very much again - I had a strefful day at work and the quiet community feeling was just perfect to unwind. I sent out my own design through swaps, RAS and official cards 86 times! Many thanks for making the party happen again!
Thank you for hosting a wonderful event. There was so much excitement behind it. Is there a timeline for the badges to be updated? The lounge looked like a lot of fun - I will be joining in next year for sure. Thank you again for all your hard work - it is truly appreciated.
Thank you to the entire team for all your hard work!!!
Wishing you all a wonderful autumn...
Thank you for the Postcard Lounge and for all, and Happy World Post Day to all the workers in the Postal System!
Kommunikation, sprechen, reden, Gedangenaustausch,ist unter anden, ein bedeutender sozialer Aspekt und Postcrossing ist ein toller Förderer in Schriftform.
Ich habe mit 1 gesendeten Postkarten nach Amerika + 1 Postkarte nach Asien einen kleinen Beitrag dazu geleistet.
HK
It was a joy to participate & I sincerely appreciate all you do to make it possible! 😊❤️🇺🇸
Thank you for all your hard work, on WPD, and everyday! Very thankful for this wonderful group! 🤗
Proud achievement dear friends @ postcrossing - if the struggle to keep things going on such a peak moment becomes more than a healthy system challenge, may i recommend quality above quantity - as postcrossing is too valuable to all of us.
Not all records are there to be broken all the time.
Thank you for the contribution and the work of the entire team. I really enjoyed sending postcards again on World Postcard Day.🤗
Thanks for all your hard work! Next year I need to check out the Postcard Lounge. 😊
It was a great day! I always look forward to it and I'm so privileged to be able to participate
Hi postcrossers, I joined postcrossing in in July 2012, created my own postcrossing card and 2025 is my 6th year i a range that I participated the WPCD
What a success! Thanks for all the hard work behind the scenes, to all those who manage the system. I was having a stressful day at work, and was able to put the youtube feed of The Postcard Lounge up on the big screen TV for myself and my coworkers to enjoy. I loved being a part of a worldwide effort like this. See y'all next year!
Thank you for all your hard work in bringing us all together
WPD is my favorite event of the year and I'm so glad we have this thing to look forward too each year. Btw, one of my Oct 1st postcard was already received and registered,so my badge is now on it's 6th year.
Awesome!
Thank you for organising a great WPD!
Today I got my badge for WPD. I loved writing cards on the first of October. Looking forward to next year. Thanks for organising.
Thank You for all the work „behind the Screen“ - it was a great WPD and the Lounge experience had a big impact on that! Please repeat that again!
I find it funny, that the recap about World Postcard Day was posted on World Post Day.
Thanks! Time to start planning my 2026 World Postcard Day meet-up.
I won't mind having a smaller limit set as it means more Postcrossers can participate in World Postcard Day!
Thank you for everything you do to keep this community as fun and as enjoyable as it is. You are wonderful!
I was happy when a Chinese boy noticed my little daughter and waved at her at the post card lounge. I hope that children will grow up to be considerate of others.
Congratulations and thank you for a wonderful summary of the day.
Thank you everyone. I hope that Canada Post soon got to work, they're still on strike!!!!! ......So Sorry, if I pulled out your address.....you have to wait a bit longer. Canada Post took a little bit the pleasure away on World Post Card Day. But Hiep Hiep Hoera, for everyone.
Congratulations to entire Postcrossing Team for the great arrangements you made on 1oct 2025.
I could print 25 cards of the design you published for WPD 2025 and share with my buddy Postcrossers
9oct: Happy World Post Day
Thank you Postcrossingteam!
Thanks for all the hard work that went into making WPD special! And it’s ok if the limit for addresses is decreased next year - we’re all just grateful to participate in this wonderful community :)
Wow!! Over 100,000 postcards! Isn't that amazing.....
A huge, amazed thank you for the amazing work of the postcrosso=ing team! What an organisation!
Indeed, every year this community gets more and more joy. Thanks to the Postcrossing team! What comes next?
Congratulations. I love reading how this exists, happens, and is lived with joy in so many parts of the world. I find it incredible. Thank you for sharing these experiences.
Congratulations, everyone! :)
I can't wait to earn the 6th star! :)
so awesome. I got to send out 5 cards and loved doing that in the lounge. so many people were sharing their cards and writings and people even recognized the cards I showed in the livestream when I posted them on the forum. love to see me also in the grod of the lounge in this blog. thanks for making all of this possible. I enjou each card I receive but also get to send!!
It was wonderful to participate on my sixth World Postcard Day event. This year I was traveling in Japan on October 1st so I went to a post office in Tokyo to get postage stamps, got JP Postcrossing ID numbers and my first card has been received! What an amazing system Postcrossing is to have it work so smoothly on World Postcard Day! Congratulations and thank you for creating this fun event!
I am very happy that I could participate in World Postcard Day! I sent 4 postcards and am still waiting for them to arrive. I look forward to getting the special badge! :)
No matter how many cards I can send on future World Postcard Days, but I especially loved postcard writing lounge. ❤️
Thank you for the many ways you guys make WPD special for us!!!!!!!
Thanks for the opportunity to be with others in Postcard Lounge. I excited to be a part of this awesome community!
Thanks for your all Postcrossing team- amazing work!
Wow, 117.000 sent postcards, that's awesome. 🥳 If the amount of addresses per person has to be lowered next year, it would be OK for me. The important thing is that everyone is able to participate! Thank you, dear Postcrossing team, for your efforts to make this happen. ❤️
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117,000 postcards!! WOW! This was my first WPD and it was great to participate. Thanks for all you guys do on the backend to make this possible.
Congratulations on another successful WPD! For me, the holiday season begins on WPD :D
I would like to thank the admins and all postcrossers who made the Postcard Lounge so amazing! It was so great event for me to see you and write postcards with you. Thank you very-very much! Can't wait next World Postcard Day and a new meeting!
The lounge was so neat! I loved being a part of this! Thank you so much!
Thanks to Angelthepup22 for hosting a meet-up in Atlanta, Georgia for WPD as well as the FIrst Day Issue of the wonderful President Carter postage stamp. Thanks also to the Postcrossing Team, this was my first WPD mailing.
Thank you to the whole team for all the hard work to make this happen! This was my first year, as I’m quite new to the postcard game, and I loved it! So much fun and such a great community! I’m already looking forward for next year!
Oh, I haven't known the Lounge so far.
Sounds great. Next time I try to participate 🎉
Thank you for a fantastic day! Well, it was almost two days, given the whole time zone thing. Two days of fun and friendship. 🥰
I sent a stamped, addressed postcard in an envelope early enough for an October first postal cancellation to the College Station group. They have not processed the card. They have not put it into the mail. It still has not arrived at it's destination. I don't know who to complain to. I want my addressee to receive their postcard --EVEN if it doesn't have an October 1 cancellation!!!
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