Thursday 7 February 2019

Seven years ago...


Seven years ago today I joined Postcrossing.  It has been a most enjoyable experience.  I've made new friends. 

I've had postcards from all over the world though Africa and South America have been poorly represented. 


I've sent postcards all over the world.


I've interacted with people in 64 different countries...  If you are interested in joining please go to https://www.postcrossing.com/  and see how you set about it.  It's free but you'll need to buy postcards and stamps..


  • Postcards by country

  •  CountrySentReceivedAvg travel
    (Sent)
    Avg travel
    (Received)
    1Argentina1019 days-
    2Australia181313 days12 days
    3Austria856 days11 days
    4Belarus546020 days13 days
    5Belgium15159 days8 days
    6Bosnia-Herzegovina1029 days-
    7Brazil11514 days22 days
    8Brunei1026 days-
    9Bulgaria248 days14 days
    10Canada242113 days11 days
    11China454731 days23 days
    12Croatia118 days7 days
    13Cyprus1015 days-
    14Czechia371910 days8 days
    15Denmark113 days4 days
    16Ecuador1024 days-
    17Estonia9512 days9 days
    18Finland79929 days6 days
    19France37317 days9 days
    20Germany1712438 days7 days
    21Greece309 days-
    22Hong Kong211617 days11 days
    23Hungary708 days-
    24India10413 days8 days
    25Indonesia6417 days12 days
    26Ireland2312 days4 days
    27Israel107 days-
    28Italy1378 days37 days
    29Japan352910 days9 days
    30Kazakhstan1024 days-
    31Korea (South)9313 days106 days
    32Latvia1045 days9 days
    33Lithuania171711 days6 days
    34Luxembourg03-4 days
    35Macao1015 days-
    36Macedonia01-12 days
    37Malaysia121027 days12 days
    38Mexico11170 days54 days
    39Moldova5023 days-
    40Netherlands1191186 days7 days
    41New Zealand3810 days13 days
    42Norway535 days9 days
    43Philippines5223 days29 days
    44Poland392817 days14 days
    45Portugal1567 days17 days
    46Romania3219 days20 days
    47Russia8314934 days20 days
    48Saint Pierre & Miquelon01-16 days
    49Serbia01-22 days
    50Singapore10737 days31 days
    51Slovakia848 days9 days
    52Slovenia155 days8 days
    53South Africa6169 days11 days
    54Spain181018 days20 days
    55Sweden537 days3 days
    56Switzerland10117 days6 days
    57Taiwan484820 days16 days
    58Thailand4335 days16 days
    59Tunisia1026 days-
    60Turkey9716 days22 days
    61U.S.A.11511412 days13 days
    62Ukraine393815 days13 days
    63United Arab Emirates1117 days14 days
    64United Kingdom1745 days5 days

19 comments:

  1. I see you haven't received any postcard from Morocco. Happily I sent you some! ;)

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  2. That is quite something! Congratulations!
    It is amazing that the majority of your postcrossing is with people in Germany. Do you know why that is so?

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    1. Postcrossing is particularly popular in Germany, USA, China and The Netherlands.

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    2. That is constantly changing. When I started as a postcrosser, half of the postcards I got were form Finland. Some people complained about it. I don't mind. Actually, I think that it was those postcards what led me to visit Helsinki! Now I'm receiving a lot of postcards from Russia.

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    3. Yes, Russia is increasing in my incoming and outgoing as well. I don't mind which countries they come from (though i like unusual ones occasionally). I always learn something new about places or people wherever they are from.

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  3. That's a lot of postcards (and stamps). Must be more correspondence than most people send in a lifetime.

    I hope that Mexico card went somewhere extremely rural - almost half a year to arrive!

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    1. One recent card from Germany took 106 days. The sender posted five on the same day. One arrived a few days before mine and the other three are still hiding in the system somewhere (or may be travelling further - I didn't ask).

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  4. 64 countries, that is amazing! I find it difficult to find postcards to buy these days, maybe I need to live in a more picturesque place! :-)

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    1. Well, it seems plenty picturesque enough to me, Kay! Some places just don't seem to hsve msny postcards for sale.

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  5. What a fun way to meet people, through exchanging postcards. You must have quite a wonderful collection by now.

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  6. Congratulations! I had to go check my own statistics... I first learned about postcrossing from you, and joined in May 2013. Today my stats say 835 in, 835 out. (Not including yours! which I just recently rearranged again, back to chronological order. Quite an impressive collection in itself...)

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    1. One of the most amusing was when your name turned up in my 'To Send' cards. I doubt such a coincidence happens often.

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    2. Yes, I remember! So funny! ... The easiest way for me to check which one it was now, was to check my Postcrossing Wall, because the total number of Postcrossing cards I've received from the UK so far is only 16. And yours was the 2nd of those - in May 2014. :D

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  7. Congrats! I've tried to find postcards from our Ashland University where I thought you said postcrossing started. I haven't had any luck but I'm not giving up. Hope you have a great week and Happy Valentines day!

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    1. Thanks YaYa. And a happy Valentine's Day to you too.

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  8. I like to send and receive postcards and thanks for the info about postcrossing, I am going to join it. I have a penpal and friend who lives in the Philippines and she sends me wonderful cards.

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