Postcrossing Blog

And now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for… the anniversary video!

This year, we received over 400 photos from all corners of the world, and we are in awe of all your smiles and amazing postcards!
Each time we watch this video, we’re reminded of how truly global the project is, and of the power that simple things have to brighten up our days.

Ladies and gentlemen, here’s the video you made!

Thank you all, you’re awesome!

We apologize if your photo is missing – a few photos were too small to be featured, but don’t worry, your name was still entered in the lottery.

So, without further ado, the 3 lucky winners (chosen by Paulo’s random number generator) are:

SjuElen, who won The World’s Smallest Post Service kit, and DinisMiguel and klyava’s son, who both won a set of Playmobil Little Mail Carriers. Congratulations!

Didn’t make it this time? Don’t worry – we have a few more contests lined up for the Summer! :)

Happy Postcrossing!

Six years ago I turned the switch on to open Postcrossing to everyone, without realizing how popular it would become, let alone how many different people it would touch and connect.

Today, with the mark of 8 million postcards already in sight and over 200 thousand members from all over the world, I realize that I might – almost accidentally -, have started a postcard revolution!

As the founder of Postcrossing, I often get thanked for starting this project. However, I often feel the roles are reversed and that I should be the one thanking all the members instead. Without every Postcrosser, this project would not be what it is today. While I’m very proud to have started it all, you are the ones truly responsible for its growth and success. For being such an awesome community, here’s my honest: thank you!

And, to celebrate this very special day, I’ve prepared a special surprise for you all: during today, all members can send 6 extra postcards – that’s on top of your current limit! This applies to all existing accounts (not new ones) and it’s valid until 23h59 of July 14th (UTC+1), so hurry up!

We also want to thank all of you who sent us photos on our request: we have received more than we could have wished for and we’ve been striking smile after smile after seeing you all. Ana is already working on a video (no easy task with so many photos!) and we’ll post it here once it’s ready, together with the winners of the lottery.

So now, without further ado, please join me and the little mail carriers in wishing,

Remember around this time last year, we asked you to send us a photo of you mailing your postcards, and then did a neat little video?

Well, we loved it so much we want to do it again this year! We love seeing your smiley faces!

So, for Postcrossing’s sixth birthday, we would like you to send us a photo of yourself, holding 6 postcards, like Paulo is doing below:

Mail it to birthday@postcrossing.com until July 13th. After that we’ll mix them all together and make a neat slideshow with all your smiles and postcards! :)

And of course there will be prizes! We’ll do a lottery with one kit of the World’s smallest post service and two sets of Playmobil Little Mail Carriers. Awesome, right? Go go go!

So, we’ve just spent a few hours putting all of your submitted photos for the birthday contest together in a little video and we have to confess that we are currently feeling a bit teary-eyed… The two-hundred and seventy smiles that we have received from all over the world that have swept us off our feet.

Just look for yourself:

Thank you all, you’re the best! Paulo and I are currently wishing we could make a biiiiiig roadtrip around the world to hug each and every one of you! :)

Paulo’s little random number generator selected the following winners for this contest: Miza, arlene037, Mayalost, Patflash and Angerona. Congratulations, we’ll be in touch to deliver the code for your new pack of 60 MOO postcards!

No luck this time? Don’t worry – we have a new contest coming soon!

PS – Do you subscribe MOO's newsletter? They featured Postcrossing on their newest issue, and offered everybody 15% discount on postcards using the coupon 9MW4J4, until August 15th. Now’s your chance to make some neat postcards :)

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).