dustin15

Hello Stranger,
my name is Dustin and I come from Germany. In 2011 my grandma gave me a small album with some old stamps. I really liked to look at them and soon I wanted to enlarge my "collection". Shortly after, in January 2012, I began to collect more seriously and thanks to an article in the postfrisch magazine of the Deutsche Post I found out about Postcrossing the same year. I joined in June 2012, but have always been more active on the Forum. Since August 2023 I work as math and history teacher. It was a long way to get there, which kept me really busy all the time. Things I like to do beside Postcrossing and my work are spending time with my family, watching movies and series, visiting museums, playing Pokemon (but not Go) or Zelda and reading (classic) science fiction, fantasy and specialised history literature.

Collecting postcards is such a great way to see the World. That is why I especially like to get cards that are specific to your country, region or city and not any generic ones that could be bought all over the World. Local view cards are always welcome, but anything that shows me something about your place is great. But please really only send me a card about YOUR country. I hate cards that are not sent from country of origin. Also I prefer them written and stamped and in normal size (10x15cm), but that is not so important.

***If you are from Japan I would love if you could send me a card with Pokemon stamps. Maybe even a Pokemon card? I love them! Also my recent postal dream would be to get a card from Ghibli Park with their special postmark or a card with The Boy and the Heron.***

If you do not have a view card here are some more inspirations for postcards:
- Museums (buildings and exhibits)
- Giant Pandas in Zoos
- European Heritage Label Sites, UNESCO World Heritage
- Eurovision Song Contest, World's Fairs
- Train Stations
- Futuristic Architecture, Science Fiction
- My Favourites
- Star Wars (only the new canon!), Pokemon, Studio Ghibli, Moomins

As a stamp collector there are always some stamps I am looking for. Maybe you can use one of these on your card? :)
- My main collecting theme for stamps is Childhood Heroes (cartoon, comics, fairy tales, children's books, ...)
- Missing Year of the Tiger (2022) stamps: Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, USA
- Missing Year of the Rabbit (2023) stamps: Australia, Singapore
- Missing Year of the Dragon (2024): Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, USA
- Canada: Donald Sutherland (2023)
- Japan: Evangelion (2007)
- Portugal: Classics of Horror (2023)
- USA: Peanuts (2022)

I have four blogs about postcards (link above), my stamp collection, history and Childhood Heroes on Stamps and philatelic accounts on Instagram (@dustin15_collections) and Twitter (@dustin15collect). On my postcard blog you can also find a longer wishlist and my collection. Currently however I do not have much time and they are all badly kept updated.

Thanks for reading my long profile and Happy Postcrossing!