What is Postcrossing?

It's a project that allows you to send postcards and receive postcards back from random people around the world. That's real postcards, not electronic! Learn more.

How does it work?

  1. Request an address and a Postcard ID
  2. Mail a postcard to that address
  3. Receive a postcard from another postcrosser!
  4. Register the Postcard ID you have received
  5. Go to number 1 to receive more postcards!

Our happy members

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“Postcrossing brings back memory of my childhood before email and mobile phone. I used to have penpals from different countries. Nothing can beat receiving mail/postcard in your mailbox. The anticipation is part of the fun which email can never match.”

Adriana, New Zealand
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What is happening now?

Postcrossing in numbers

  • icon807,327 members
  • icon208 countries
  • icon76,817,941 postcards received
  • icon364 received in the last hour
  • icon386,990 postcards traveling
  • icon242,119,659,203 miles traveled
  • icon9,723,115 laps around the world