Experience with postcrossing
On April 14th, a postcard arrived from California, USA. The postcard shows a picture of Little Sur Beach – Big Sur California. The Big Sur is a 100 km (62 mi) stretch of coastline between San Simeon in the south and Carmel-by-the-Sea in the north. According to the postcard, the photo was taken by Michael… Read more Big Sur California postcard with a hologram art of magic stamp from U.S.A. no. 86
On April 10th, a postcard arrived from Los Angeles, USA. The postcard is a reprint from the period between 1930 and 1940. I associate the design and graphics a little with the world of comics. I am always happy to receive unusual postcard designs. She wrote that she has two cats and was in Germany… Read more Postcard from Los Angeles U.S.A. no. 84
On March 31st, I received a postcard from the USA. It shows a pun. She wrote that she is from Northern California and loves bad puns. The stamp is exceptional. A dinosaur, more precisely a T-Rex, is shown as a hologram. My first stamp that has a hologram. The postcard traveled 9,374 kilometers (5,824 miles)… Read more Postcard with dinosaur T-Rex Hologram stamp from U.S.A. no. 77
On March 9th I received a postcard from Chigaco USA through postcrossing. The postcard shows a teddy bear and a text field with an anecdote about Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt, a former president of the USA. He didn’t write much on the postcard that came in an envelope. The stamp is a standard U.S. postal service… Read more Postcard from U.S.A. through postcrossing no 67
On February 17th a postcard came from Kentucky USA. It is a postcard from the Red River Gorge in the local rental of accommodation, sale of climbing accessories and outdoor clothing. Red River Gorge is a canyon system also known as a rock climbing area, its waterfalls and natural sandstone bridges. He doesn’t write much,… Read more Postcard from Red River Gorge of Kentucky U.S.A. no 59
On January 30th, 2021 a postcard came from the USA. The postcard came from the city of Chicago.The motif of the postcard shows the silhouette of the city of Chicago and the Buckingham Fountain in the foreground. It’s a kind of drawing that has been laid over a photograph.On the text side of the postcard… Read more Postcard Chicago with Buckingham Fountain from U.S.A. no 49
The next postcard from the U.S.A. arrived on January 29, 2021. The postcard came from Saint Louis.On the picture side is a gravestone with an American flag. The photo was taken by photographer Jad Ryherd. She didn’t write very much. At the time she wrote the postcard, it was 33 degrees Fahrenheit and snow in… Read more Postcard of a gravestone from USA Saint Louis no 47
The 40th postcard arrived on January 19, 2021. It came from the U.S.A..It is a postcard that reminds us of the COVID-19 year 2020. The title is very aptly “Year of the mask”. The postcard shows the year 2020 in red with the mouth and nose protection at the bottom.I think there is no better… Read more A COVID-19 postcard from the U.S.A. no 40
On January 7th I received another postcard from the USA. More precisely from New Mexico.There are even 2 postcards in total that were in one envelope. A postcard shows the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge un San Antonio.Rare animals and plants threatened with extinction live there.The other postcard shows Pueblo Bonito in the Chaco… Read more Postcard from U.S.A. New Mexico no 33
The next postcard came from the USA at the beginning of December. This time from Texas. It is a very colorful postcard and shows the animal Armadillo.It took the postcard just nine days to cover 8,706 kilometers (5,409 miles).