Today a short detour into the realm of statistics.The short good news: Poscrossing grows and grows. 🙂 The Postcrossing portal has a wonderful overview of the postcards received (here the link: Postcards statistics).I took the last two months, October and November, and compared it to 2019, the pre-pandemic year (is more realistic).In October the number… Read more Postcrossing grows – Number of postcards October and November 2021
Category: Various postcards postmarks
Various posts on the topic of postcrossing
Postcard of the month July 2021 is Kizhi Pogost from Russia
The postcard of the month July 2021 came from Russia. It is the postcard that shows Kizhi Pogost, the world heritage site. (postcard no 124 Russia) Here, too, it is an extraordinary motif and very informative. Facts about the building and its location on the map.I have to admit, however, that the decision on the… Read more Postcard of the month July 2021 is Kizhi Pogost from Russia
Woman in red coat in rain is Postcard of month June 2021
The postcard for June 2021 came from Russia and shows an impression of a painting by Emerico Toth.It’s a woman in a red coat, sitting in the rain with an umbrella.Even then, when I held the postcard in my hand, I knew that it could become the monthly postcard.Emerico Toth is a Hungarian abstract painter.It… Read more Woman in red coat in rain is Postcard of month June 2021
Postcard of the month May 2021 from Luxembourg
The decision has been made. The postcard of the month May 2021 became the postcard from Luxembourg.There were 13 postcards to choose from in May. The mountaineering postcard and the wine postcard were also shortlisted.In the end, the choice of pictures for the picture postcard from Luxembourg made the difference. A very nice compilation that… Read more Postcard of the month May 2021 from Luxembourg
Postcrossing grew by 8.9% in postcards received in April compared to 2019
Postcrossing grew by 8.9% in postcards received in April compared to 2019. In April 2021, 453814 received postcards were registered at postcrossing.com. That is an increase of 37,081 postcards or a plus of 8.9% compared to 2019. (source: www.postcrossing.com). The year 2020 is difficult to compare due to the pandemic. Back in April 2020, the… Read more Postcrossing grew by 8.9% in postcards received in April compared to 2019
Postcrossing increase in the number of postcards received in March 2021
The current statistics from www.postcrossing.com show for March 2021, 480,837 postcards received. Compared to the pre-pandemic year 2019, it is an increase of approx. 5.1% (457,532 in March 2019). Compared to the COVID-19 year 2020, an increase of 25.3%. The hobby is becoming more and more popular. A great development. Happy postcrossing!
Lover valentine’s day postmark from the village of Lover in the UK
The village of Lover in England had a great idea. The name of the village gave people the idea to design postcards and, above all, a postmark for Valentine’s Day.Lover’s postmark became famous and featured by many media outlets such as the BBC.The village offers everyone the service to send a postcard with the famous… Read more Lover valentine’s day postmark from the village of Lover in the UK