Six years ago I turned the switch on to open Postcrossing to everyone, without realizing how popular it would become, let alone how many different people it would touch and connect.
Today, with the mark of 8 million postcards already in sight and over 200 thousand members from all over the world, I realize that I might – almost accidentally -, have started a postcard revolution!
As the founder of Postcrossing, I often get thanked for starting this project. However, I often feel the roles are reversed and that I should be the one thanking all the members instead. Without every Postcrosser, this project would not be what it is today. While I’m very proud to have started it all, you are the ones truly responsible for its growth and success. For being such an awesome community, here’s my honest: thank you!
And, to celebrate this very special day, I’ve prepared a special surprise for you all: during today, all members can send 6 extra postcards – that’s on top of your current limit! This applies to all existing accounts (not new ones) and it’s valid until 23h59 of July 14th (UTC+1), so hurry up!
We also want to thank all of you who sent us photos on our request: we have received more than we could have wished for and we’ve been striking smile after smile after seeing you all. Ana is already working on a video (no easy task with so many photos!) and we’ll post it here once it’s ready, together with the winners of the lottery.
So now, without further ado, please join me and the little mail carriers in wishing,
161 comments so far
Thank you for the 6 extra postcards! Happy Birthday, Postcrossing ... looking forward to growing old with you :-)
Happy Birthday To All Fellow Postcrossers, and to the wonderful friends who have made all this traveling possible, even if it is from the comfort of our own homes. I love it, and all my new friends. And, a very Happy Birthday to you Paulo, and staff, for a hobby we all love!
Thank you for the extra postcards! :) Happy Birthday!
Thank you, and Happy Birthday! ;) I love postcrossing ! ;)
Happy Birthday! I am very new here but I love it! All the best!
Happy birthday, postcrossing, you've become a dear friend!
And, of course, thanks for the extra postcards :-)
Thanks a lot for the 6 extra send postcard! Happy 6th Anniversary!!!!!
Happy Birthday, Postcrossing!!! An thanks so much for the amazing gift of 6 extra postcards!!!
Happy birthday! The little mail carriers look grate on this postcardseized photo!
Happy Birthday...can you imagine if every member were a candle on our "earth cake", what a light that would be? Postcrossing has become a beacon to so many as it is...best wishes to everyone celebrating the Sixth Birthday and many more birthdays and postcards to come. Betsy
Yay, six extra cards! What a nice present to all of us. Happy Birthday and thank you for letting people all over the world connect on a human basis rather through horrible news left to us by politicians.
Happy birthday! :D
Happy Birthday! Thank you so much for the extra cards I can send out. I've only been here a few weeks, but it has brought me so much joy. :)
A great day!!!! Let's celebrate!!!! Postcrossing is a wonderful instrument to connect people! I need to thank you, Paulo, for the real new friends I have in my life, for all these folders full os postcards I have in my office, for all the times I tried to improve my english to write to countries I never thought I'll meet a penpal (ok, my english is still bad, but I think you can understand me :D ). Happy Bday, Postcrossing! Lots lots lots and lots of new years of success and happiness! (hei! and tks for the 6 extras cards I'll post tomorrow!)
Thanks for the extra 6 pc's, awesome!! my video is on my FB under Robin Ballance, cannot get my computer to upload to where it is suppose to, so don't forget to include mine. Thanks.....Robin Ballance
Happy Birthday! Thanks a lot for 6 extra postcards!
Happy birthday and thanks for the surprise of sending 6 extra cards which I am marking as birthday celebration card on each one.
It has been an awesome 6 years. So many friendships made, so many countries seen through the humble postcard. THANK YOU Paulo and Postcrossing for making my day so much brighter when I go to my mailbox.
Happy Birthday, Postcrossing! Thank you, Paulo, for the extra 6 postcards!
I can't say it enough - happiest of birthdays! Thanks for ALL that you have given to me! :)
Wooo hooo! Happy Birthday Postcrossing and thank you for allowing me to take part in this very special project - my life has been made much richer because of it! Love, Angie
Happy Birthday Postcrossing! THANK YOU for the great birthday present to all of us. I had a lovely surprise just now when I found out I could send 6 extra cards. Have a great day everyone, especially Paulo and the Postcrossing team!
Happy Birthday! Thank you for your working :)
Happy Birthday Postcrossing! Thank you so much for the extra postcards, and thanks to everyone for making this such a wonderful place to be!
Happy Birthday Postcrossing!!!!! Thanks for the 6 extra postcards!! What a pleasant surprise!! Cheers from Mexico!!!
Happy Birthday Postcrossing :)
Thanks a lot for the 6 extra postcards~
Wonderful :)
Paulo,Postcrossing team and everyone there
I LOVE YOU ALL !!!!!!
You made me a bright day!
Sarah from Taiwan
Happy Birthday Postcrossing!!! Thanks for let us enjoy this beautiful hobbie
Thank you for the extra 6. We just mailed 6 today, but will get more out tomorrow. I've not looked forward to getting the mail so much in years.
Postcrossing is like a present to me! I love it and am hooked! Thank you for the idea and for setting it up so people can connect all over the world. I am very excited by the 6 extra people that I can send a card to. Happy 6th birthday -wishing you many more! :)
Happy birthday, Postcrossing! I've only been around for a short while, but am so pleased to be a part of this great site.
Now off to send six more cards!
Happy Birthday to Postcrossing!You offer so much happiness to me!Thank you!
Happy birthday, Postcrossing! And thank you very much!
happy 6th anniversary to postcrossing!!! i enjoyed this hobby very much!!! thank you for the additional 6 cards!
Happy birthday! Thank you for doing this web site - it's wonderful & shows that there is kindness & generosity in the world.
Many Many Happy Returns of the day...
Wishing you successful years ahead :)
Happy Birthday!!!
С Днем Варенья!!! :)
Happy Birthday!!! Very nice letter Paulo and Ana. I can't believe there are that many members after only 6 years! AMAZZZING!! All your hard work is paying off :D
Happy Birthday and thank you to give us the 6 extra card to sending to our members. สุขสันต์วันเกิดครบ 6 ขวบด้วยค่ะ/ทิพวรรณ นนทบุรี ราชอาณาจักรไทย
Happy Birthday, postcrossing. Thanks for the 6 extra cards. And last but not least thank you to all the wonderful postcrossing friends who made my days so special with all the beautiful postcards in these years.
Happy Birthday! Thanks for lunching such a wonderful project!
Happy Birthday Postcrossing and postcrossers. Thanks for keeping this project alive. You are all truly awesome. To six more happy years.
Happy Birthday! Thanks for this amazing project that brings me a lot of fun:)
Happy birthday! Great idea with the extra 6 :)
Happy Birthday! Thank you so much for the 6 extra postcards. Very much appreciated. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Postcrossing! So thank you so so much for what you have done, such an amazing project!
Happy 6th, Postcrossing! Cheers for another 6 years of growth...i am pleased with the the gift of being able to send out another 6 cards today! Awesome.
Happy 6th PostCrossing. Love PostCrossing. I'm happy to send 6 more cards. Great. Thanks.
Happy 6th Birthday PostCrossing! i cannot imagine life without YOU..! aaah i'm blessed to be a part of this amazing postcrossing family!
H BD! Best. Present. EVARRR!
Thank You for the surprise gift of 6 extra Postcards Paulo and Ana and a special Thank You for sharing the gift of Postcrosing with the whole world!
HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY POSTCROSSING!!! =)
Thank you so much! You make us so so so happy every day, hope you get that tone of positive energy we are sending to you all.
Thanks for the amazing present!! :D
Please take care!
Happy birthday postcrossing! And thanks a lot for those additional cards:)
Happy birthday!
Thank you, Paulo and Ana! But also: thank you, random members... Some of you have become very very good friends of mine, and others just make sure I receive great cards every day :-)
Have a great day, I will bake a cake for the occassion :-)
Happy Birthday! And I'm going to draw the extra 6 postcards now!
Happy Birthday!!!
Su gimimo diena!
Happy Birthday Postcrossing!! 生日快樂!
Thank you for founding this happy community!
And it makes postcard's fans having a platform to communicate!
Thank you very much!
Hyvää syntymäpäivää!! Kiitos ihanista 6 vuodesta!
Happy birthday ! Thank you for lovely 6 years!
What a nice surprise present - 6 extra cards! :D This we must celebrate! Happy birthday, Postcrossing, thank you Paolo, thank you, everybody. May you prosper for ever more!
I'm so delighted today! Thank you for having Postcrossing for all of us! :D I just request 6 new addresses and one of them to be a superb rare country! Wow! @.@
I had lots of fun joining this website and I get to know so many friends living all around the world! :D And all of them are so nice and kind to me. Thank you so much for staying with us for six whole years! This is truly one of my favourite virtual place to hang out! ^_^
Hopefully, we can see Paulo aged with white hair and beard.. LOL! XD Haha..
HURRAY!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! S DNEM ROZHDENIA!
This is for you and all of us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB5TEJfdmRs
HURRAY!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! S Dnem Rozhdenia! And this is for all of us=) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB5TEJfdmRs
Feliz aniversario Postcrossing! The extra six cards is a real treat!
Happy birthday!!! Thanks a lot for these wonderful 6 years!! Keep it up! :)
Happy Birthday and thank you so much for this great thing :) It's so nice to know that people are happy about your postcard. It's the greatest hobby I've ever had! THANKS!
Happy Birthday!
6周年おめでとうございます!(^o^)
Happy Birthday, me dear postcrossing! :)
Paulo, many thanks to you because that was you who gave birth to this wonderful project :)
Happy Birthday! Let's celebrate!
Thanks for 5 great years together :)
Happy 6th. birthday Postcrossing! 生日快乐! :D
Happy, happy birthday, Postcrossing!
Thank you, Paulo for paving the way for us to enjoy our hobby of collecting postcards and creating great friendships along the way. Let's all go out and celebrate!!
Happy 6th Birtday!! :)
Thank you for all!
Happy Birthday, Postcrossing and congratulations and thank you to Paulo!!
Happy birthday postcrossing! You've expanded the horizon of my world.Thank you to Paulo, Ana, and the rest of the support.
Hartelijk Gefeliciteerd from Holland !!
Thanks for the possibility to be a Postcrosser !!
Marina
Happy Birthday !
Happy Birthday! Thanks for the great share and I wish all the best for all members Postcrossing!
Happy Birthday! Thanks for the great share and I wish all the best for all members Postcrossing!
Happy Birthday Postcrossing!!!!!!!!!!
May all of you have a great birthday!
I'll certainly enjoy the 6 extra cards since it's my day off today :)
I feel pride to be part in this great project!
Thanks for hosting the project for all these 6 years already!!!!
I hope that there will be many years to come!
It brings me so much joy!
And I wish you all many happy postcrossings!
What a lovely day!I send my love to all. Happy,happy Birthday!
Marja
Happy Birthday! I hope that we will have lots of fun with postcrossing in the coming year!! Thank you for everything!
Awesome! Happy birthday to Postcrossing. I'm just finished up a post on my blog about Postcrossing and the anniversary. Thanks for having such a great hobby!
http://www.hoohaablog.com
Loved the surprise and have already taken full advantage of it. Thanks. Happy 6th Birthday and heres to many many more!!
Wooowww this is awesome, thank you for the extra cards, im gonna go right now to send some. Happy 6th Aniversiry and many more ahead!
Happy Birthday to us all!!!!!
Happy Birthday,Postcrossing! Thank you for extra cards!)
Happy Birthday, Postcrossing and Paulo too:P I saw Paulo too because a good friend of mine always thanks the one giving birth to her when it's her birthday:) Thank you for the extra cards!
Happy Birthday, Postcrossing!! :)
Congratulations to all of us! What did we do before postcrossing??? Thanks to all for adding value to my days and cards on my wall!
Congratulations to all of us! What did we do before postcrossing??? Thanks for adding value to my days and cards on my wall!
Happy birthday postcrossing! Little query: are the 6 extra cards really "extra" or more an "advance" on our cards i.e will we get another address if one registers tomorrow or we will have to wait until until we are down to our normal number travelling?
Happy birthday!!!
Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum sechsten Geburtstag! :-)
Happy sixth birthday!
And thank you very much for the extra cards - the postmen all over the world are going to carry heavy the next days... ;-)
Happy birthay! Thanks for 6 extra postcard!
Superb initiative to 'give' us 6 extra cards!!! Thanks a lot and HAPPYYYYYYY BIRTHDAY!!!!! I love to be a member of the Postcrossing-family!!!
Happy Birthday, Postcrossing! =)
Happy Birthday Postcrossing!
Happy Birthday, Postcrossing ! This is just great hobby, I love it, thank you :-) Thank you also for 6 extra postcard !!
It's my pleasure to be here, though just for 1+ month.
That's a great project, a great 'invention'.
Happy Birthday ! Celebration !
Happy Birthday Postcrossing!:)))))) Thanks for 6 extra cards. Postcrossing connceted the world. I love recieving postcards from everywhere. :)
相伴永远~ be with u forever！
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you. Happy birthdag dear Postcrossing, happy birthday to yoouuu.
Paolo and Ana, thank you for starting this.
Greetings, Juliët
Happy happy birthday Postcrossing! The whole thing made my life much much better. Thank you so much PC!
Happy Birthday! Love this project! ;) Thanks for the 6 extra-cards!
Happy Birthday Postcrossing!!! Many more happy days!
Happy birthday postcrossing and thank you very much, Paulo! Hope this project will go on and on.
Happy Birthday! And, thank you for the 6 extra cards today - what a nice surprise!
Happy Birthday and again, thank you for 6 years of smiles! :)
Happy birthday, dear Postcrossing!
Happy 6th birthday and congratulations, Paulo!
However, I didn't get the extra six postcards, despite being told I would when I logged in today!
Very Happy Birthday Postcrossing! Thank you so much Paulo for the great project and nice present of 6 extra cards! =)
Thank you so much all staffs for keeping this wonderful community running perfectly. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Best wishes to All Fellow Postcrossers.
What a great present for us all... +6 cards!!! Already sent them out, of course!! Happy Birthday x 6!!
Happy birthday to you; happy birthday dear Postcrossing; happy birthday to you. And Paolo'thank you for this great idea
Bravo, Paulo, Ana & Co., for the idea of Postcrossing - confetti of friendship around the world. I like postcrossing.com for random postcards and friends, and I like even more forum.postcrossing.com for non-random postcards and friends. :) I advertise postcrossing on my blog, too: http://dorincard.blogspot.com/search?q=forum.postcrossing
Parabéns! E muito obrigado! :)
Happy 6th Birthday and thank so much for the extra cards, a wonderful bonus for those who are addicted to Postcrossing.
happy birthday :-)
and thank you for the little present for us all :-)
What a lovely surprise! I already mailed all six postcards and hope they'll reach their new owners soon!
Happy birthday! :)
Happy Birthday! :)
Thank you for the extra cards and Happy Birthday!!
it's my birthday too and i'm proud! happy birthday and postcrossing to all:D
Happy Birthday!!!С днём рождения!
Postcrossing is amazing!:)
Wow, that's a great birthday treat for everyone. 6 extra postcard to be send :)
Happy Birthday to all of us. ;)
» Traveling: 24 postcards out of 23 (6 extra!)
(normal limit is 17) !?! :D
Happy Birthday, and thank you for the gift of bonus cards. They are already in the mailbox.
Happy birthday dear postcrossers and many thanks to dear Paulo!
Boah! we'll have extra cards too! WONDERFUL!:))
Van harte gefeliciteerd !!! Dikke kus vanuit Holland
Happy Birthday postcrossing hope this project gros from strength to strength, aslo i would like to say a big thanks for the 6 extra postcards
おめでとうございます！
Happy Birthday! I'm proud of being a small part of this huge & unprecedentedly happy project.
Happy Birthday, Postcrossing! :)
Happy Birthday Postcrossing! You changed my life in such a POSITIVE way! Big hugs, Isa
I wonder how many extra postcards went into the postal systems around the world today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Happy Birthday Postcrossing and thank you for the 6 extra postcards!!
Hugs and Kisses,
Krista
It's your birthday and we get the gift! Six extra postcards! And, I get a gift more often than not in my mailbox, too. I've made such wonderful friends with whom I exchange more than just postcards on an ongoing basis. It is the messages that mean the most. Postcrossing is an incredible experience, and I thank you for starting it.
Happy 6 Birthday Postcrossing!!!! :D
So great project will live forever!
Happy 6 Birthday Postcrossing! :)))))
This amazing project will live forever!
Happy Birthday Postcrossing!!!! I cannot live without you now! I'm so addicted :) I hope this project will live for a long long time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
Happy, happy Birthday Postcrossing!
Hyvää syntymäpäivää! Happy Birthday!
Su gimtadieniu, Postcrossing! ("Happy Birthday, Postcrossing" in Lithuanian)
I'm very happy to have joined to this project! I wish all the team to keep up what they've made and carry on with giving such a joy to all the people!
Happy Postcrossing!
Buon 6° compleanno = Happy 6th birthday.
GRAZIE = THANK YOU!
Happy Birthday, Postcrossing--and thank you for such a wonderful hobby! :)
Aues Gueti zum Geburtstag ou vo mir!
Happiest of Birthdays to Postcrossing (or Среќен Роденден as we would say in Macedonia) :)))
I am looking forward to many many more years of spreading happiness around the world!
Gefeliciteerd!!! Happy Birthday!!!
I'm a happy postcrossing participant for two years and hope that I enjoy it for many more years.
Veel plezier met Postcrossing = Enjoy Postcrossing.
Happy Birthday and thank you so much for enabling us to have so much fun and joy with Postcrossing! And of course thank for the extra cards, now I know what to do this evening ;) DANKESCHÖN! ♥
All of you make me smile nearly every day!Thanks a lot! Happy Birthday and let it last for many years! Making people around the globe really happy!!!
Happy Birthday Postcrossing and thanks a lot to Paulo!!!
Great idea with the 6 extra postcards! ;-)
Happy Birthday Postcrossing! :-)))
Thank you very much for the extra cards, dear Paulo, and thank you for something good happening to me every day (on which mail gets delivered!')! :-)
Because of you I have made wonderful friends with people I would otherwise not even know existed! :-)
Happy- Happy birthday, Thanks so much!
Thank you for every smile your sent postcards put on my face. Keep smiling and Postcrossing :-))
Happy anniversary!
Six extra postcards - what a lovely idea and wonderful surprise. Happy Birthday, Postcrossing!
Greetings from Berlin.
Happy 6th birthday Postcrossing! :) And thanks for such an amazing project and the extra 6 cards ;)
Happy Birthday Postcrossing! Paulo, thank you for the extra cards & happy postcrossing :-)
Congratulations to Paulo and to all of us ... !! :-D Thank you so much for the extra sends!
I am only member for a month and I think the concept is great!
I am very happy with the extra 6 addresses, it is great fun to send cards!
Happy Postcrossing,
Marcel
In answer to aberline's question above, it looks like the six "extra" cards were actually an advance. I've just had a travelling card arrive (the first in nearly a week) and got the Stop! message when I tried to send another card.
The same happened to me this morning.
I think we will only get the 'stop' message until we are back to our own current number of cards to send. The six were extra but only a one-off extra. It would have been great to be able to keep the six extra on an on-going basis 'cos I love sending cards. But anyway, it was fantastic to get an opportunity to send out extra cards and I'd love to see more of this from time to time.
Happy b-day, Postcrossing!
That is really amazing and I am looking forward to many new b-days to come!!
Happy birthday, Postcrossing.com!
This is a project that deserves a lot of years more.
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