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postcards dont exist anymore
One petty complaint - generally across the world, stamp design has nosedived. Compared to old postage stamps, they have terrible typography and gaudy colours. I've generally been disappointed when buying stamps to put on postcards. Old stamps were truly works of art.
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where can you buy them? not at the post office, grocery store, nor the Hallmark near me. the cheap 19 cent postcard stamps also cannot be bought anymore.
i found the usps website has a 61 cent postcard stamp, there is one to choose from
I always found https://www.miede.de/postcards/ charming. The creator of a popular LaTeX template for thesis welcomes postcards and posts them on this website. I've sent him one myself!
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Postcards, while travelling, are one of the very few instances when I write by hand, these days. I started about 20 years ago, I most usually only write the address and a smiley — the old school analogue medium is most of the message (that I take the time to pick a postcard, which then has to travel physically to reach the distance to its target).
where can you buy them? not at the post office, grocery store, nor the Hallmark near me. the cheap 19 cent postcard stamps also cannot be bought anymore.
postcards dont exist anymore
In Postcrossing you put your address, and then you can request a random one. You put an ID, so when the recipient receives it, they register that number and you get a postcard from a random member.
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Postcards, while travelling, are one of the very few instances when I write by hand, these days. I started about 20 years ago, I most usually only write the address and a smiley — the old school analogue medium is most of the message (that I take the time to pick a postcard, which then has to travel physically to reach the distance to its target).
where can you buy them? not at the post office, grocery store, nor the Hallmark near me. the cheap 19 cent postcard stamps also cannot be bought anymore.
Those are the top-two places I see them when traveling abroad from the US.
postcards dont exist anymore
postcards dont exist anymore
I've been exchanging postcards on Postcrossing ( https://www.postcrossing.com/ ) for years, it's very fun! I've even been to Postcrossing meetups, where several members gather to sign postcards so you send them to people. In Postcrossing you put your address, and then you can request a random one. You put an ID, so when the recipient receives it, they register that number and you get a postcard from a random member.
So far I've gotten 2 from Taiwan, and 1 from Germany and Belgium.
I'm excited to find my next stash of cards to send out! It really is such a wholesome activity.
I've been sending postcards to a list of ~15 local friend and family for the last couple years. I travel a lot for work so have a lot to send. I get so few responses, only 2 people have ever replied, and one of those was some random person I met on Discord. I really wish more people would send mail. My mom will occasionally text me to say she liked the card, but she never seems to get the hint that I'd super appreciate a physical response even if it's some scribbles on notebook paper in an envelope. I teared up a little bit when I got my first postcrossing card.