Postcrossing

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Postcrossing
Postcrossing Project Logo.png
Type of site
Project website
Available inEnglish
OwnerPostcrossing Lda
Created byPaulo Magalhães
URL postcrossing.com
RegistrationYes
LaunchedJuly 14, 2005;19 years ago (2005-07-14) [1]

Postcrossing is an online project for people to exchange postcards with other project members globally. The project's tag line is "send a postcard and receive a postcard back from a random person somewhere in the world!" [2] The name Postcrossing is a union of the words postcard and crossing, and its origin "is loosely based on the Bookcrossing site". [3]

Contents

Members can get details of other randomly selected members to send a postcard to, then receive cards from other random members. Official exchanges between the two members occur only once, but unofficial ongoing swaps between members are possible. As of June 2025, Postcrossing had almost 805,000 members in 209 countries and territories, [4] and over 82 million registered postcards had been exchanged. [5]

How it works

To be eligible to receive a postcard, a member must first send one. When a member requests to send a postcard they are given the address of another member and a unique postcard ID (e.g. US-787). They send a postcard to that address with the postcard ID displayed. Costs of postcards and postage fees are the responsibility of the user sending the card. When the recipient registers that postcard ID, the sender becomes eligible to receive postcards. [6] Each member can write profile text visible to the sender which can contain personal information and postcard preferences. The Postcrossing system allows two members to exchange postcards only once. By default, members will exchange postcards with countries other than their own but they can decide to exchange postcards with other users in their own country. Users can express a preference not to send to repeated countries but it does not guarantee that there will be no repetitions.

Initially each member can have up to five postcards traveling at a time. Once five cards are in transit they need to wait for a card to be registered as received before they can request another address. The limit increases as users build experience exchanging cards, up to a maximum limit of 100. [7] A small proportion of postcards do not get registered as received because they get lost en route, have an unreadable ID, or are received by members who are no longer active. The system attempts to adjust for these issues to reduce the difference between the number of sent and received postcards of each member.[ citation needed ]

Members

Membership is free and anyone with an address can create an account. The greatest numbers of members, known as postcrossers, are in Russia, Taiwan, and the United States. [8] Globally, most postcrossers reside in North America, Europe, and East Asia. As of June 2025, about 42 % of the combined total of postcards were sent from Germany, the United States, and Russia. [5]

Countries with most users [8] a
RankCountryUsers
1.Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 113,504
2.Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 111,799
3.Flag of the United States.svg  United States of America 76,394
4.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 70,699
5.Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 64,659
6.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 35,313
7.Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 31,203
8.Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 29,763
9.Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 24,202
10.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 21,597
11.Flag of France.svg  France 18,336
12.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 18,198
13.Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 15,913
14.Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 12,818
15.Flag of India.svg  India 11,404
    
Countries with most sent postcards [8]
RankCountrySent postcards
1.Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14,658,286
2.Flag of the United States.svg  United States of America 10,645,139
3.Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 9,208,635
4.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5,639,380
5.Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4,574,889
6.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3,386,761
7.Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 3,222,067
8.Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 2,977,419
9.Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2,113,586
10.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2,029,619
11.Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1,778,568
12.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1,723,451
13.Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1,691,366
14.Flag of France.svg  France 1,643,651
15.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1,472,870

^a Table last updated June 17, 2025

History

Postcrossing was created by Paulo Magalhães. It was initially a hobby based on his enjoyment of receiving postcards: [9] "The element of surprise of receiving postcards from different places in the world (many of which you would probably never have heard of) can turn your mailbox into a box of surprises–and who wouldn't like that?" [10] He started the website on July 14, 2005, hosted at his home on an old computer in a clothes closet. The project rapidly grew internationally, initially via word-of-mouth then promoted by media attention.

The millionth Postcrossing postcard was received on April 11, 2008. [11] [12] The project's popularity continued to accelerate, reaching two million in February 2009. [13] The five millionth postcard was received in August 2010, [14] shortly after the project's fifth anniversary, [15] and the 10 millionth postcard was registered in January 2012. [16] As of 2025, approximately one million postcards are registered every two or three months, passing the milestone of 80 million postcards received on January 7, 2025. [17]

Postcards exchanged per month Postcrossing Stats (July 2005-May 2025).png
Postcards exchanged per month

Postcard Milestones

MillionDateTime (UTC)FromToPostcard
1 [11] [12] April 11, 20083:03 pmFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Flag of Romania.svg  Romania TR-8482
2 [13] February 26, 20096:34 amFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DE-292437
3 [18] September 24, 20094:09 pmFlag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia FI-637138
4 [19] March 28, 201010:14 amFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands CZ-48446
5 [14] August 24, 20107:14 pmFlag of Italy.svg  Italy Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand IT-98823
6 [20] December 30, 201012:03 pmFlag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Germany.svg  Germany ES-97547
7 [21] April 19, 20116:59 pmFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands CN-357628
8 [22] August 2, 201111:28 amFlag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Japan.svg  Japan FI-1149781
9 [23] [24] November 3, 20115:13 amFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of Russia.svg  Russia CN-450151
10 [16] January 27, 20124:56 pmFlag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Germany.svg  Germany JP-232027
11 [25] [26] April 3, 20128:04 pmFlag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland US-1615550
12 [27] June 12, 20126:28 pmFlag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands US-1710034
13 [28] August 22, 20125:08 amFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Flag of Russia.svg  Russia HK-45392
14 [29] [30] October 25, 20128:52 pmFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg  Honduras NL-1464473
15 [31] December 31, 20121:46 pmFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DE-1800737
16 [32] [33] March 4, 20137:21 amFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Flag of Russia.svg  Russia UA-487482
17 [34] May 1, 201312:20 amFlag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia RU-1658153
18 [35] July 3, 20136:57 amFlag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan FI-1791281
19 [36] September 2, 20139:56 amFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Flag of Germany.svg  Germany UA-737378
20 [37] October 29, 20135:49 amFlag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan US-2449004
21 [38] December 23, 201310:54 pmFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of Italy.svg  Italy NL-2232945
22 [39] February 17, 20143:03 pmFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of Poland.svg  Poland NL-2339217
23 [20] [40] April 10, 201410:47 amFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia DE-3043747
24 [41] June 8, 201412:40 pmFlag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Flag of Japan.svg  Japan LV-150063
25 [42] August 10, 201411:02 amFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of Germany.svg  Germany NL-2612179
26 [43] [44] October 10, 20143:36 amFlag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong US-3009516
27 [45] December 7, 20142:05 amFlag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan JP-612910
28 [46] February 5, 20157:13 pmFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of Germany.svg  Germany NL-2863567
29 [47] [48] April 2, 20154:04 pmFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. NL-2930266
30 [49] June 2, 201512:27 amFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal DE-4221494
31 [50] August 5, 201511:39 amFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines NL-3078076
32 [51] October 6, 20156:40 pmFlag of Romania.svg  Romania Flag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. RO-109708
33 [52] December 5, 201511:37 amFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of Japan.svg  Japan NL-3242698
34 [53] February 4, 20167:41 pmFlag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Germany.svg  Germany FI-2619857
35 [54] March 31, 201611:49 pmFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Flag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. HK-407034
36 [55] May 31, 20166:34 pmFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. CN-1943122
37 [56] August 2, 20167:08 pmFlag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. RU-4866496
38 [57] October 4, 20164:09 pmFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. NL-3579375
39 [58] December 7, 20167:56 amFlag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan Flag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. TW-2105862
40 [59] February 13, 20176:39 amFlag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan Flag of France.svg  France TW-2118751
41 [60] April 17, 201710:46 amFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia Flag of Japan.svg  Japan CZ-1159412
42 [61] June 28, 20176:15 pmFlag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. Flag of Germany.svg  Germany US-4715663
43 [62] September 2, 20172:23 pmFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of Germany.svg  Germany CN-2281671
44 [63] [64] November 7, 201710:46 pmFlag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica RU-6019041
45 [65] [66] January 16, 20186:26 pmFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia AU-590448
46 [67] [68] March 20, 20186:00 pmFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Russia.svg  Russia DE-6951547
47 [69] [70] May 28, 20188:03 amFlag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan US-5301280
48 [71] [72] August 7, 20183:47 amFlag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand US-5456394
49 [73] October 16, 20181:32 amFlag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. RU-6804601
50 [74] December 27, 20187:13 pmFlag of Israel.svg  Israel Flag of Russia.svg  Russia IL-60207
51 [75] March 4, 201910:56 amFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Flag of France.svg  France SI-174914
52 [76] May 13, 20195:47 amFlag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Russia.svg  Russia RU-7247664
53 [77] July 25, 20195:25 amFlag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden US-6129158
54 [78] October 7, 20195:27 pmFlag of France.svg  France Flag of Russia.svg  Russia FR-1208264
55 [79] December 18, 20194:56 pmFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium DE-8811634
56 [80] February 28, 202011:49 amFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of Russia.svg  Russia NL-4570321
57 [81] June 5, 20207:15 pmFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Russia.svg  Russia DE-9251821
58 [82] August 28, 20209:17 amFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia Flag of Germany.svg  Germany CZ-1723155
59 [83] November 10, 20208:51 pmFlag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan Flag of Germany.svg  Germany TW-3064528
60 [84] January 24, 202110:17 amFlag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia BY-2711325
61 [85] April 1, 202112:57 amFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China NL-4843833
62 [86] [87] June 8, 202112:01 amFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. CN-3120100
63 [88] August 18, 202107:12 amFlag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan US-7750150
64 [89] October 26, 20211:07 pmFlag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Germany.svg  Germany FI-4039073
65 [90] January 4, 20228:39 pmFlag of France.svg  France Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary FR-1467922
66 [91] March 9, 20227:44 pmFlag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands FI-4130313
67 [92] May 25, 20221:11 pmFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus CN-3322046
68 [93] August 10, 20226:13 pmFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Flag of Germany.svg  Germany SK-278899
69 [94] October 22, 20227:18 pmFlag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. Flag of Germany.svg  Germany US-8785398
70 [95] January 4, 202311:36 pmFlag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. Flag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. US-9001590
71 [96] March 14, 202312:32 pmFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Russia.svg  Russia DE-12712886
72 [97] May 28, 20231:36 pmFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom DE-13026949
73 [98] August 12, 20237:35 pmFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DE-13280232
74 [99] October 25, 20237:35 pmFlag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. Flag of Germany.svg  Germany US-9786292
75 [100] January 8, 20243:13 pmFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Russia.svg  Russia DE-13658011
76 [101] March 18, 20248:32 pmFlag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom US-10179025
77 [102] June 6, 20248:58 amFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland DE-14252655
78 [103] August 16, 202412:46 pmFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia-Herzegovina DE-14335070
79 [104] October 27, 20248:52 pmFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Germany.svg  Germany AU-960950
80 [17] January 7, 20252:32 amFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of Germany.svg  Germany NL-5891077
81 [105] March 18, 20255:50 pmFlag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. Flag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. US-11216678
82 [106] June 3, 20252:20 amFlag of the United States.svg  U.S.A. Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina US-11400700

Postcrossing-themed stamps

The first Postcrossing-themed stamp was released by PostNL in 2011. Since then more than a dozen countries' postal services have followed suit and some released multiple Postcrossing-themed stamps. [107] [108] [109] The majority of the stamps have been launched in partnership with the Postcrossing community but some "unofficial" stamps displayed the Postcrossing trademark without approval of the Postcrossing organization.

List of official Postcrossing stamps

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Stamp of Russia 2015 No 1911 Postcrossing.jpg
Postcrossing stamp from Ukraine (1).jpg
Jan 2017 - Belarus Postcrossing Stamp.jpg
Feb 2017 - Romania Postcrossing Stamp.png
July 2017 - Indonesia Postcrossing Stamps.png
Feb 2018 - Hungary Postcrossing Stamp.jpg
June 2018 - Moldova Postcrossing Stamp.jpg
July 2021 Belarus Postcrossing Stamp.jpg
Some Postcrossing stamps; from left to right, up to down:
1. January 2, 2014 Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Belposhta released their own Postcrossing-themed stamp in Belarus; the stamp was designed by Inga Turlo and features the words "Happy Postcrossing" in both English and Belarusian; [108] [110] the English text is displayed using many colors and designs; 2.Flag of Russia.svg  Russia The Russian Post issued a stamp designed by Olga Shushlebina; the stamp shows the words "Я ❤ посткроссинг" (Russian: "I ❤ Postcrossing") and schematic pictures of world sights. [108] [111] 3.Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4.Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Belposhta launched their second Postcrossing-themed stamps in Belarus. The stamp was designed by Marina Vitkovskaya and features the words "Happy Postcrossing" in both English and Belarusian. [112] [108] 5.Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 6.Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Indonesia Post presented three new Postcrossing-themed stamps on Postcrossing's 12th anniversary. [113] 7.Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8.Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova the Post of Moldova created their first postcrossing-themed stamp featuring postcards zooming around the globe [114] 9.Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Yauheniya Biadonik designed Belarus' third Postcrossing-themed stamp [115]

Stamps officially backed by the Postcrossing community are posted on the Postcrossing blog: [107]

World Postcard Day (October 1st)

On October 1, 2019, Postcrossing organised global events to celebrate the postcard's 150th anniversary. Events included postcard exhibitions, special cancellations marks, postcard writing workshops and seminars, commemorative postcards and special stamp issues. [116] Postcrossing organised an exhibition at the Universal Postal Union's (UPU) headquarters in Bern, with postcards from across the world sharing messages about the importance of postcards. [117]

Following the success of these events, in 2020, Postcrossing launched World Postcard Day. [118] Commemorative postcards and special cancellation marks were issued to mark the day. [119] A commemorative postcard for the event was chosen in a competition for design and art students. Special events included online postcard exhibitions, postcard writing workshops and online meetings. [119] A lesson plan was created in eight languages to help teacher introduce postcards to young children in schools. Further events have been held annually since 2020. [120]

See also

References

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  17. 1 2 meiadeleite (2025-01-07). "Hurray! 80 Million Postcards! 🎉🎉🎉". Postcrossing.com. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
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  19. Ana (meiadeleite) (March 28, 2010). "4 000 000 postcards!! :D". Postcrossing. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  20. 1 2 Magalhães, Paolo (January 28, 2021). "Postcrossing Milestones". Postcrossing. Retrieved February 3, 2025. Today I had some time to dig this up and, if I didn't made any mistake, this is the full list:
  21. Khasab (April 19, 2011). "7,000,000 postcards". Postcrossing Official Forum. Archived from the original on May 2, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  22. Postcrossing (August 3, 2011). "Postcard FI-1149781 (Finland)". Facebook. Retrieved February 3, 2025. Not many people noticed, but yesterday we crossed the 8 million postcards milestone! 🙂
  23. "9,000,000 postcards". Postcrossing. November 3, 2011. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  24. Postcrossing (November 3, 2011). "Postcard Stats". Facebook. Retrieved February 3, 2025. A few hours ago ago we've reached 9 million postcards! Well done, all of you! 😃
  25. "11 million Postcards". Postcrossing. April 5, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  26. Postcrossing (April 4, 2012). "Postcards connecting the world". Facebook. Retrieved February 3, 2025. Did anyone notice? We hit 11 million delivered postcards! 🙂
  27. Postcrossing (June 12, 2012). "Postcard US-1710034 (U.S.A.)". Facebook. Retrieved February 3, 2025. This was the charmed postcard number 12 million:
  28. Postcrossing (August 22, 2012). "Postcard HK-45392 (Hong Kong)". Facebook. Retrieved February 3, 2025. Yay! We hit 13 million received postcards some hours ago - congratulations everyone! 🙂 Here's the lucky card:
  29. "next million... 14000000!". Postcrossing. October 25, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
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  31. Ana (meiadeleite) (December 31, 2012). "15,000,000 postcards registered!". Postcrossing. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  32. "Countdown to 16 million". Postcrossing. March 4, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  33. Postcrossing (March 4, 2013). "Status update". Facebook. Retrieved February 3, 2025. Yay! We've reached 16 million registered postcards! That's a lot of happy mailboxes around the world! Well done everyone! 🙂
  34. "Countdown to 17 million sent postcards". Postcrossing. May 1, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  35. "Let's start to 18 million". Postcrossing. July 3, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  36. Postcrossing (September 2, 2013). "Postcard UA-737378 (Ukraine)". Facebook. Retrieved February 3, 2025. We just reached 19 million postcards! The lucky postcard was from Ukraine to Germany! Happy Postcrossing everyone! 🙂
  37. Ana (meiadeleite) (October 29, 2013). "20! Million! Postcards! :D". Postcrossing. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  38. "Countdown to 21 million". Postcrossing. December 23, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  39. "Countdown to 22 million". Postcrossing. February 17, 2014. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
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  41. Postcrossing Project [@postcrossing] (10 June 2014). "Here it is, lucky postcard number 24 million, which traveled 8,084 km from Latvia to Japan in 8 days! :D" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  42. Ana (meiadeleite) (August 10, 2014). "25 million postcards!". Postcrossing. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  43. "Countdown to 26 million". Postcrossing. October 10, 2014. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  44. Postcrossing Project [@postcrossing] (10 October 2014). "We just reached 26 million postcards! Congratulations everyone! It's still #WorldPostDay in many places: what a nice way to celebrate it! :)" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  45. "Countdown to 27 million". Postcrossing. December 7, 2014. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  46. Postcrossing (February 5, 2015). "Status update". Facebook. Retrieved February 3, 2025. Hurraaaaay! We just reached 28 million exchanged postcards! Congratulations everyone! 🙂 Check out postcard number #28,000,000:
  47. "Countdown to 29 million !!!!!". Postcrossing. April 2, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  48. Postcrossing (April 3, 2015). "Status update". Facebook. Retrieved February 3, 2025. Yesterday we reached 29! MILLION! POSTCARDS! Hurray! Only 1 million left for the big 30! 🙂
  49. Ana (meiadeleite) (June 2, 2015). "30 Million Postcards!". Postcrossing. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  50. Postcrossing (August 5, 2015). "Status update". Facebook. Retrieved February 3, 2025. Another couple of months, another million postcards registered — hurray! 😃 Here's postcard number #31,000,000, sent from Netherlands to the Philippines:
  51. "Countdown to 32 million". Postcrossing. October 8, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  52. Postcrossing (December 6, 2015). "Postcard NL-3242698 (Netherlands)". Facebook. Retrieved February 3, 2025. Did you notice we reached 33 million received postcards yesterday? 🙂 Hurray! Here's the lucky Dutch card, registered in Japan! 🙂
  53. Postcrossing (February 5, 2016). "Postcard FI-2619857 (Finland)". Facebook. Retrieved February 3, 2025. We reached 34 million postcards yesterday, with this pretty card which traveled from Finland to Germany!
  54. "Countdown to 35 million received postcards". Postcrossing. April 1, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  55. Postcrossing (May 31, 2016). "Status update". Facebook. Retrieved February 3, 2025. Woohoo! We juuuust hit 36 million postcards! That's a lot of postcards! 󾌵
  56. Postcrossing (August 2, 2016). "Status update". Facebook. Retrieved February 3, 2025. Hurray! We just reached 37 million exchanged postcards!! That's a loooot of smiles all over the world 󾰀 Here's the lucky card number 37,000,000:
  57. Postcrossing (October 4, 2016). "Postcard NL-3579375". Facebook. Retrieved February 3, 2025. Woohoo! We've just reached 38 million postcards! 🎉 Postcard #38,000,000 is lovely, and traveled from the Netherlands to the USA in 10 days. 🙂
  58. Postcrossing (December 7, 2016). "Status update". Facebook. Retrieved February 3, 2025. Hurray! We reached 39 million postcards earlier today! 🎉 Congratulations everyone! Here's lucky postcard #39,000,000 which traveled from Taiwan to the USA:
  59. Ana (meiadeleite) (February 13, 2017). "40 Million Postcards!". Postcrossing. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  60. Postcrossing (April 17, 2017). "Status update". Facebook. Retrieved February 3, 2025. Woohoo! The week is off to a great start — postcard number 41 million just got registered! 🎉 Here it is:
  61. Postcrossing (June 28, 2017). "Postcard US-4715663". Facebook. Retrieved February 3, 2025. We've just reached 42 MILLION registered postcards! 🎉🎉🎉 Hurraaaaaaay! 🎉 Here's lucky postcard 42,000,000:
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