You know how sometimes you see photos in which a postcard is put in front of the place where its picture was taken? Like this:
Sometimes the image on the postcard was taken many years ago, and now the surroundings look different and buildings have changed… but you can still kind of see where that image used to fit, like a magic window looking into the past! Lately, I’ve seen more and more of this type of images popping up on social media, featuring both postcards and stamps, with the respective hashtags #xtremedeltiology and #xtremephilately. I find them brilliant! 😍
Some #xtremephilately images, including by postcrossers richardphilatelist and katu_bu (katu_snailmail on Instagram), fans of this challenge.
Graham Beck (from Youtube channel Exploring Stamps) started using the #xtremephilately hashtag back in 2017, and described it as a way to “take stamps out of their cozy albums and showcase them in the real world for everyone to see via social media”. More recently, he has made a wonderful video about exploring Atlantic City through its postcards:
So how can you join the fun? Just pick a stamp or a postcard, and take a picture of it near a relevant place! If a building or monument is featured, it can be in the place where it stands (or used to stand), but sometimes you can also be more metaphorical about it and make an obscure connection. Then all you have to do is share it on social media, or on the forum topics for this kind of stamps and postcard pictures.
It’s a great way to learn more about our postcards and stamps, and the perfect excuse to get out there and share those special items (and the hobbies associated with them) with the world. We’d love to see the places you explore and what you learn about them!
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Fascinating concept! Love the sharing aspect of it.
Great idea for preserving sights of the past to the present and the future.
that's so cool!
Is there a topic/ section on the Forum for this.
What fun! Very neat.
I love this concept. I also like taking pictures if my sent cards in front of the location that’s shown on the card. I think it adds more connection, too. When the postcard is registered, the recepient can see what the day was like, what the weather was like and so on.
There is a facebook group for 'postcards with the actual background'.
I contributed a few on that page.
It's fun!
😁
😊 Thank you for sharing this! It really is amazing to see all the creative ideas and adventures that philatelists have when getting beautiful #xtremephilately photos. I'm looking forward to taking part in some more #xtremedeltiology, it is so much fun!
I have quite a few such pictures 😊 So fun! Thanks for sharing these hashtags, I didn’t know they existed 😀
I think I might do this with animals especially cows and sheep as they are in the fields near me.
Very cool! I have noticed a bunch of these types of images on social media lately, but I never realized there was an actual name for it. Going to have to give it a try!
Great idea! I did it also with old familypictures, so much fun.
lyndac, there is a topic on the forum for this, called "Your postcard in reality" under 'Postcards & Mail' and 'Postcard chat!'. https://community.postcrossing.com/t/your-postcard-in-reality/43926
thank you for the inspiration_ we'll go and find some postcard places!
What a great idea! I love the you tube movie...
oh to be able to visit all these places................................
Thanks for sharing #xtremedeltiology and #xtremephilately and thanks for mentioning me.
Here is my #xtremephilately map
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1pXy4_7GxJNTpXZt6kCCeksWVEYCqyzM&ll=51.939031480189165%2C-0.20787034999998788&z=6
I'm looking forward to seeing more #xtremedeltiology and #xtremephilately
Neat! I just got a card from a PC user who does this in Disneyland!
https://www.sentfromdisneyland.com/episodes/
I also have some of these on my wall
https://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/ES-721244
https://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/ES-701198
https://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/ES-696483
https://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/ES-629527
https://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/ES-603905
What a cute idea....I love the you tube video..Atlantic City must be a really nice place, thank you for sharing.
It appears I did some #xtremephilately in 2015 before I found out it was a thing!
Did this in 2012 when I found an old postcard from Korea at a yard sale and went to find the exact place on my study abroad that year.
This is great! Another use for all my postcards!
What a fascinating idea! Thanks for sharing!
Always wanted to do that! my idea is to take a picture of the stamp and a postcard with the same painting against this painting. and I'd love to make the same with a place not an art piece.
And I'm also very glad that you've used the photo of the postcard of one St. Petersburg postcrosser and a postcard shop hostess, who I happen to know!
Brilliant! What a fantastic idea! Thank you for sharing.
I am very eager to join this challenge when I visit the right places... This post inspired me, thank you!
I love to take photos like this too, it's very interesting! I even created a small community where members share their photos:) https://vk.com/postcard.location
This was my first attempt... :)
https://mailadventures.blogspot.com/2022/01/xtremephilately.html
Inspiration for traveles, besides travel mode, exploring local scens on postcards and stamps. What a cool idea!
Such a creative idea! I wish I had seen this before I returned from a tour of southern Utah with a gazillion postcards that matched the scenery! =D
cool！
Share yours here: https://community.postcrossing.com/t/show-your-maxipics-maximum-pictures/446907
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