Experience with postcrossing
Postcards sent from China
On May 21, 2022, a postcard arrived from China.The postcard shows a small lighthouse.She didn’t write much other than wishing everyone a happy new year. The card was on its way for 151 days, hence this wish, although it was already in May.There were 2 stamps on the postcard. A stamp with the houses in… Read more Lighthouse postcard from China no 213
On March 19, 2022, a postcard arrived from China.The postcard shows a drawing of Chinese food.She didn’t write much, only if I liked the postcard. There wasn’t much space to write on the postcard either.There were 4 large format stamps on the postcard. They were very nice stamps, I especially like the mountain range.The mountain… Read more Chinese Food postcard from China no 211
On March 4, 2022, a postcard arrived from China.The postcard shows cloud-covered mountains.I’d bet it’s a handmade photo card rather than a classic postcard.She wrote that she works in a hospital.There are 3 stamps on the postcard. A postage stamp is dedicated to the Lunar New Year in China.The value of the 3 stamps is… Read more Postcard shows cloud-covered mountains from China no 209
On September 24th, a postcard came from China.This shows the primatic crab as food.She wrote some nice lines. She is very fond of painting and breeding fish.The prismatic crab is one of her favorite foods.There are 3 wonderful Chinese postage stamps on the postcard. These have Chinese history as their motif. At least they are… Read more Postcard with postage stamps motif of Chinese history from China no 159
On May 18, a postcard came from Hefei City, China. It’s a Hefei Meet-up group postcard. According to the postcard, the meeting was on June 300, 2019 in Hefei. The postcard shows Dashu Hill in Hefei. The city of Hefei has over 7 million inhabitants. Otherwise she didn’t write much. The usual greetings. There are… Read more Hefei Meet-up postcard from China no. 107
A postcard came from China on April 27th. The postcard shows a drawing of the city of Dalian in China at an earlier time. The city of Dalian is located in the north-east of China and has a population of 6.6 million. In urban space there are 3.9 million (as of 2010). She writes that… Read more Postcard from Dalian in China no. 94
On April 9th, a postcard came from China. It’s a slightly larger postcard and shows the character HE XIANGU from the Eight Immortals Series from Chinese mythology. The postcard broke the previous record in terms of duration. 152 days passed before it was in my mailbox. She didn’t write much, but a whole lot of… Read more Postcard of He Xiangu from the eight immortals Series from China no. 81
On March 30th, a postcard came from China. The postcard was in an envelope and shows silk dryings in Wuzhen in southeast China. An extraordinary picture of the many silk fabrics. I like it. Six different stamps were on the envelope. In the envelope was a small flyer from the Chinese Post about special stamps… Read more Postcard silk dryings from China Wuzhen no 76
Another postcard arrived from China on February 10, 2021.The postcard is a comic-style drawing and was the winner of the Finepaper World Postcard Day Contest for Design and Graphic Arts in 2020. It was designed by the student Leandro Ferreira (Universidade da Beira Interior Portugal).A very nice postcard that celebrates this hobby.There are three wonderful… Read more Postcard from China -winner of Finepaper World Postcard Day Contest for Design and Graphic Arts no 54
A postcard arrived from China on January 21, 2021. The postcard shows a little vintage-style pagoda roofs.These pagoda roofs were a typical architectural feature in ancient China.There were two nice postage stamps on the postcard.The postcard covered 8,977 kilometers, that is 5,578 miles, in 18 days.