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I am proud of Postcrossing :)
Some of you have been asking Postcrossing to block postcrossers in Russia and Belarus, as a way to protest the war. We understand the feeling of helplessness and the will to do something. But the same way we believe people of all ages, genders, religions or other beliefs have a place in Postcrossing, we don’t think people’s nationality or what their governments are doing should be used as a reason for excluding them from the project. Postcrossing is about regular people, and not their governments, politicians or generals. If you feel strongly that you do not want to send postcards to postcrossers in a certain country, we respect that — but in that case, please don’t request any addresses on the website for now.

https://www.postcrossing.com/blog/2022/03/09/the-war-in-ukraine

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What about you - can you boast something rare too?
countries from which I got only one postcard - during my 10 years on postcrossing:
AX-3614
AM-6799
CY-2363
ET-1101
IL-14424
KG-463
XA-222
MK-2179
PA-332
PR-2815
TT-5888
TN-3154
TV-274
There also was a card from Iran sent via Germany but Paulo removed it from the system because the Iranian user was afraid to show any relation to Israel, even such a small one. Also I got 2 postcards from Iceland and 2 from Guernsey which are pretty rare countries too. And 3 from Macao and Kazakhstan :)

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Scan cards quickly
To all those who are too lazy to scan their cards (because it's a long and annoying process) - here is an app that can help you. It's called Google PhotoScan, and it transforms a paper picture into an image on your phone in seconds. I understand that it deals with subjects such as reflections, angles, perspective, and so on. Both Android and iPhone are supported. Here is a link to the Android version. Very much recommended!

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and again
second try at dutch postcrossing stamps... available end march

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just to share



;) bought in our local "tropical museum" .. or "museum for tropical affairs" .. or.. whatever
nice detail: the museum shop is located behind the ticket check...
so basically one only can buy their special cards (and other stuff) after paying the entrance fee...
even for dutch ways that's quite unusual

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National Postcard


A great idea for the postcard contents, spotted on Facebook.
I just might steal it, with the obvious localisations of course...

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fantasy map card...
ok...
when i found the card i was all.. owwww details...
and people love 'map' cards. . so..
bought it.
(not thinking anything funny that a manga/comicbook store sold map-cards.. it's amsterdam.. anything can and will happen here)

this morning i thought of the card.. wanted to write it..
and checked if the street where i live was on it.
when i found out the ' map' was mirrorerd... or so i thought at first...
the canals are supposed to be on the left side of central station.. but in mirrorerd or tillted way .. that would make sense only if the names were right.

check it out.. and feel free to google a real amsterdam map next to it..



;) special genre?

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Freedom at last
As part of the Passover holiday (in the spirit of freedom and liberty), I made the following resolution: I will not write more than one postcard per day. In recent months, as the simultaneous traveling cards quota has risen steadily, I found myself sitting with stacks of postcards to send. Too expensive, too time consuming, and the quality goes down. If anyone else here feels like me, enslaved to this hobby, give it a thought. Are you the owner of your eligible quota, or does it own you?

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cards for Tatiana!
Dear postcrossers!


My best friend Tatiana will have two holiday in one day in January 25: birthday and day of Tatiana's name! She will be 24 years old. I want to congratulate her with many postcards! I ask you to helm me to make her a memorable birthday! She have never been a postcrosser, but always interested in my mailbox joys. So shewill be really glad with this gift!

A little bit about her:
- loves cycling,
- works as an ecologist - improves our planet)))
- adores her dog - bulldog,
- loves fitness,
- loves to travel.

I can send you a nice postcard from St. Petersburg! Or what you want:)

Here is the birthday girl)



Thank you for attention! I hope for your help!

Nadya

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duplicates, duplicates, duplicates
my most frequent ones



actually each one I received about 6-7 times, but at present have 4-5.
And yours?

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ehm.. help please?
i think this card Hilarious...

but no clue what it sais



(the inlay has a second sentence. and a guys closing in on the girl when you open the card...)

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say it in stamps
I had heared about it .. but now my parents found me some old cards actually .. explaining it.



so.. apperently the way your stamp was placed.. had, or could have.. meaning.

Any one knew this about their own region?

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guess this sentiment i 'have to share

http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/AT-196963

;) greetings from Amsterdam as well.

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expiration quotation
When people ask.. i point out 2-4% of what i sent out will get lost.

today i started counting..
at the moment 51 cards are on my list as "expired" , meaning, travelling about a year.
since may last year, so about the same period, 1207 of my cards registered.
i know.. not exact science.. but indeed.. slightly over 4%


juicy side note.
that card i sent out exactly a year ago, was sent to someone who's been not online for 4 months.
(the one to Germany's nr 1 postcrosser expired as well.. so activaty is not allways the key factor)

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strange places...
Ok, i know we shouldn t make fun of it...
(and i try not to, registering the cards)
But.. well
i allready knew about 'Pispala' in Finland ( meaning pissing pole in dutch, or at least, resembling closely)
I just registered http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/BY-1255720
.. comming from Dokshitsy

just had to share...

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Cheap cards on AliExpress



You get all this goodness for $6.75 including shipment. Good value for money, imho.

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Time to move on, guys ..

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Postcrossing explosion
I have been getting many many official Postcrossing cards lately. Currently the card balance is 23 (!) in favor of the Received. This has never happened before. Anyone else sees this happening? Are there tons of new users, with nobody to send cards to?

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for those who have difficulties.....
a 'how to'



;) first one is on it's way to the UK
hope to inspire people

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