While children’s illustration since the 2000s ‘has tended to move towards simpler visuals often inspired by graphic and digital design’, Janet and Allan Ahlberg’s ‘The Jolly Postman’ is a valuable reminder of ‘the delights of staying analogue’, writes Kirsten Tambling
in the picture postage stamps are shown pasted on different parts of a post card and in different orientations. under each is a description of what it means. the texts read "i am faithful to you" "write at once" "in thoughts with you" "do you remember me" and more based on the orientation and location.
The language of stamps
https://community.postcrossing.com/t/the-language-of-stamps/147685/20
this whole thread is lovely.
A new book review on the blog! 📚 “Posted in the Past” is a love letter to postcards, mail, and the stories they carry. Here’s Nicky's review: www.postcrossing.com/blog/2026/02...
Red cylindrical postbox labeled “CORREIO 693” in a snowy street, with snow piled on top and around it, and stone steps and old building walls in the background.
A snowy #PostboxSaturday from Guarda, Portugal ❄️📮
This bright red postbox was spotted a few weeks ago by our friend Marta — looking very cosy in its winter hat!
Beige tote bag with #Postcrossing logo screenprinted on it in red, blue and white
Post office run with my @postcrossing.com tote bag 🏤
Do you usually notice the postmarks on your postcards? Rebecca (aka zincirli) from Toronto collects pictorial cancels—tiny works of art from post offices. Meet her in our latest Spotlight! www.postcrossing.com/blog/2026/02...
#postcrossing
Happy Mail Carrier Appreciation Day! 📮
Posties make Postcrossing possible, one delivery at a time... so today’s a perfect day to leave a postcard or a quick note of thanks for yours.
www.postcrossing.com/blog/2026/01...
Mail art call! 🎉 Celebrate Keelung’s 400th anniversary by sending a postcard blessing by Apr 30 and it’ll be displayed at YM Oceanic Culture & Art Museum (Jul–Dec 2026).
Details: www.postcrossing.com/blog/2026/01...
Wow! I have sent 4000 postcards via #Postcrossing! 4000 different people from all over the world got mail. Such an overwhelming moment...and I have to write them some new ones today, 5000 should come soon! 😉
#postcards #mailart #stamps #briefmarken #Philately
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@d-b-z.bsky.social
Frank hops between countries back and forth to send interesting postcards from these curious enclaves! 🇧🇪 🇳🇱 #postcrossing
Hand holding up two postcards. One with a soft watercolour realistic cat amongst flowers. The other Nijntje (or Miffy) with clogs, a Dutch flag and a windmill in the background
Recently started Postcrossing again. Did it loads during my study while living alone, but I miss receiving letters ans postcards. No one sends anything anymore so hope this will make it fun again!
These cards will go to China and South-Korea.
#postcrossing
Incoming #Postcrossing from Japan today
Are you a young artist who loves postcards? PostEurop is running a postcard contest for 18–25 year olds to celebrate the 70 years of its #EUROPAstamps program! The theme is "Unity in Europe" and winners get €500 + their design printed on postcards! 😍
#postcards #philately
Art Nouveau(?)-style painting on a window of a Deventer, Netherlands, postcard and stationary store with the word Postcrossing on top.
Old red wall postbox in Deventer, Netherlands, with two openings, one for letters and one for prints.
Today I visited a store in the lovely Dutch city of Deventer dedicated to postcards for the very first time. A must-see for postcard and stationary lovers! #postcrossing #snailmail #deventer
Instead of focusing on newly bought things, this forum topic instead encourages postcrossers to go through what they already have. Come brag about your empty postcard boxes and empty rolls of washi tape!
A pack of postcards and cinderella stamps peeks out of a manilla envelope.
A sheet of cinderella stamps featuring P20 imagery.
Some lighthouse-themed postcards, a pen and 2 P20 cinderella stamps.
20 years of happy mail, packed into one bundle! 🎉
Our 20th-anniversary set comes with fancy reproductions of PT-1 (the first postcard ever sent through Postcrossing!) and cheeky Cinderella stamps to dress them up.
Grab a set and keep the celebrations going in this year!
👉 shop.postcrossing.com
We love postcard boxes! They're cheap and offer you a variety of interesting postcards to send! 🥳
On today’s post via #PostCrossing #stamps
Can you point the islands of Wallis and Futuna on a map? 🗺️Come discover them with our intrepid Little Mail Carriers!
In that case, we think you'll enjoy our latest blog post! www.postcrossing.com/blog/2025/11... :)
Meet João Machado — master of color, form, and some of Portugal’s most striking stamp designs. Don't miss the cheeky giveaway at the end of the post for a chance to win one of his famous cork stamps! 😍
The cuteness!!! 😱😍
This giveaway closes tomorrow — don't miss your chance to grab one of these super special stamps that celebrate peace! 🕊️
Happy World Postcard Day!
Join us at 12:30 p.m. for a postcard history lecture, and afterwards, address a postcard in the museum's gift shop to celebrate the postcardiest day of the year! #WorldPostcardDay
A hand holds several postcards in front of a bright red postbox. The postcards feature the official 2025 World Postcard Day design, showing an illustration of a woman outdoors, looking up as postcards float through a green landscape with trees and hills.
Happy #worldpostcardday, everyone! 🥳 May your pens flow smoothly and your mailboxes overflow!
www.postcrossing.com/blog/2025/10...
It’s #WorldPostcardDay! A HUGE thank you to everyone who sent postcards for our #PostcardDrop2025 (and to eldest for helping me display them). A staggering 521 postcards from 31 countries! Just AMAZING! Send a friend a postcard today! 🥳💌🎉
It's #WorldPostcardDay! Hurray!
Later I will sit in such a train of #ÖBB between Munich and Vienna and draw my 10 adresses and write 10 special jubilee-meetingcards for Saturday
Happy Postcrossing everyone, everywhere! 🤗
#postcards #postcrossing #mailart #briefmarken #postkarten
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Is everyone ready for #WorldPostcardDay? 😍 If you're in Germany, Portugal, UK or the USA, there are special postmarks that you can use on your postcards! More info on the World Postcard Day events page: worldpostcardday.com/events
Super hyped for my to-send pile for Postcrossing today.
