World Postcard Day is only one week away, so it’s time to check your postcards, stamps, Px slots… and ravioli. Here’s a quick checklist to make sure you’re ready for October 1st!

Ever wondered what you could do with all those beautiful washi tapes in your drawer? Ksenia shows us how to turn them into stunning handmade postcards, one colorful layer at a time!

World Postcard Day is less than a month away, so we’ve gathered the most common questions about badges, postcards, limits, events and the Postcard Lounge in one handy place.

Each month, we offer a writing prompt in case you can't think of anything to write on your postcards, and this month we want to hear about the things you're looking forward to for this month!

The Little Mail Carriers’ Pacific adventure continues in French Polynesia, with post office visits, special postmarks, clear lagoon waters and an unexpected two-day travel delay. Come along as they ma...

For a change of pace, today Nicky's reviewing a short PC game they played featuring a cat working to deliver post! The game is suitable for kids, but Nicky was pretty charmed as well.

Postcrossing turns 21 today, and we’re celebrating with the return of the Postcard Lounge. Come write postcards with us!

It’s Earth Day, which means it’s time for our annual update on the tiny forest that Postcrossers help grow in central Portugal! 🌲

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The UPU is running a letter-writing competition for 9-15 year olds (inclusive)! We're delighted to highlight this event, which is a partnership with WHO and UNESCO and has the theme of why human conne...

HURRAAAAAAAAAY!!! USPS is issuing shiny new Postcrossing stamps — and they’re rare triangles you can place right on a postcard corner for an extra-cool look. They launch on May 26 at the Boston 2026 W...

Postcard ES-888468 traveled 9,578 km (5,951 miles) in 22 days (from Spain to U.S.A.)

The iconic Aran jumper is being celebrated by An Post with the launch of a new stamp collection.

Forty years after it was first published, Janet and Allan Ahlberg’s classic picture book delivers as much joy and humour as ever, writes Kirsten Tambling

Check out Nicky's review of Helen Baggott's Posted in the Past, a book which looks at old postcards and tries to trace who wrote and received them!

Rebecca (zincirli) got interested in pictorial cancellation marks, which piqued our interest! Here we invite her to tell us a bit about them and show us some of her favourites, and share her Postcross...

Keelung is turning 400 — and the YM Oceanic Culture & Art Museum is inviting Postcrossers worldwide to join a special mail art exhibition. Send a postcard with your wishes and be part of the…

Do you love an epistolary novel? Letters can tell us so much about a person, after all: Virgina Evans' The Correspondent gives us a beautiful character study that Nicky found riveting.

Travel mode usually means sending postcards from one new country… but what if you could hop back and forth between two with just a few steps? In the quirky border town of Baarle, Frank managed to do e...

Know a young artist who loves postcards — or are you one yourself? PostEurop is celebrating 70 years of EUROPA stamps with a “Unity in Europe” postcard design competition for 18–25 year olds, where th...

In this thread…. …… lots of people talked about wanting to use up items that they had already bought. I feel the same way! There is a thread about what people bought for Postcrossing. So I thou...

Fresh postcard boxes have landed: from watercolor shores and mushroom meadows to Marimekko pops and Miffy charm... Dive in for a quick browse (and plenty of temptation) plus links to even more sets th...

The Little Mail Carriers have landed somewhere very special: Wallis and Futuna! Come along as they discover flower garlands, crater lakes, and a wonderfully busy little post office at the heart of isl...

Discover João Machado — the celebrated artist whose bold vision transformed Portuguese stamp design. From hand-drawn beginnings to a remarkable cork stamp, dive into his inspirations in our interview ...

On World Peace Day, discover a beautiful new embroidered Dove of Peace stamp — and join our giveaway to win one!