It’s todaaaaaaaaaaay! October 1st is finally here, the day in which we celebrate these little pieces of handwritten communication that bring so much joy to the world!
Maybe you can hear the smooth scribbling sound that thousands of pens make while writing on all those postcards, and feel the excitement in the air? Us too! 😍
Quite a few people started celebrating last weekend already, with many meetings taking place over the last few days, but today is THE DAY that marks the 155th anniversary of our favorite form of communication. Our postcards are laid out on our desk, stamps to one side and pens to the other, with a warm drink in front and some stamp-shaped cookies too — we’re ready to get this party started!
We hope the collective enthusiasm of postcard lovers will be contagious, and that many people will hear about World Postcard Day today! We also wish all the postboxes in the world will be filled to the brim with nice mail — it’s a good day for a walk or a ride across town, to drop postcards in all the postboxes you can reach. How many do you think you’ll be able to feed?
When you need a little break, come join us on this forum topic or share some photos on social media with the tag #WorldPostcardDay. We’ll be highlighting these throughout the day, and keeping an eye on all the ways that World Postcard Day is being celebrated.
Have a brilliant day, filled with postcards and joy!
PS: As always, all dates in Postcrossing are shown in UTC. If you draw an address during October 1 in your own timezone, it’ll count towards the WPD badge, even if the date shown on your Traveling Postcards page is 30 September or October 2.
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My friend and I did it at midnight, and it said, "Today is World Postcard Day." However, on our sheet, we see 30 Sep 2024, even though it was the 1st of October. Can this be fixed?
Happy 🌎 Postcard Day.
Let the fun begin.
I'm happy World Postcard Day has arrived, but I'm disappointed in the 10 card limit. I ordered cards with the official design and there was a minimum order of 25 cards.
atlclaude my minimum card order was 50! So I have shared with fellow local postcrossing people and sent cards to friends and family. spread the love.
Happy Postcrossing all. Busy writting my 10 cards :)
I hope everyone has a super World Postcard Day. Postcrossing is a passionate hobby of mine since December 2014. My life has been enriched through the communication with all sorts of different people- peoples that have spicy food, peoples that know over 3 languages, peoples that live near farming areas, and peoples from all walks of life. The knowledge I have gained about people all over the world, is precious. Let the good times happen :)
I joined last year and today is my first World Postcard Day.
It will be fun！Hello world ~ ovo
Last year I sent 3 cards on WPD but only one of them arrived successfully after 3 month. I 'll send 7 this year. :P
Happy World Postcard Day! 🥳🎉
May your mailboxes wil be full of little surprises!
Happy World Postcard Day!!!~
i sent 85 cards for swap and 10 official cards to 31 countries today,
hope all of them will arrive safely..
Happy World Postcard Day!! ^_^
Happy Postcard Day! I have doubts, this is my first year participating and I asked for the maximum address a few days in advance to write and send today, won't they count as WPD cards?
Happy World Postcard Day!!
Postcrossing enrich my life, bring a lot of surprises, to explore the world, discover different people and favorite things, it's really wonderful, I wish all players a lot of fun.
Happy Postcard Day to everyone! Maybe I missed something but I still have my limit of 5 cards :( What should I do to have 5 more cards?
Very exciting!
valentine_che, new postcrossers have a limit of 5 cards, but that limit is increased as you send and receive more cards. People with a normal limit over 10 are limited to 10 for WPD.
https://www.postcrossing.com/help/how-many-postcards-can-i-send
I received email saying it is postcard day oct 1st so I chose 9 and then noted they may not be on Oct 1st because it is not midnight here in canada? I will be mailing them in the morning…will this make a difference? Will it still be official with time difference?
Have fun!
The same questions always comes up every year. Many people need much more better introduction about time difference🌏️
I also wrote 10 postcards last night from midnight to 1:30 a.m., only to find out that all 10 were sent on September 30th. That's not right. I don't have any more cards to send. Is there anything I can do about it?
Yayeeeeee! I feel like it's my birthday. Start writing! Going to work is overrated :D
I did it some minutes after midnight, and it said, "Today is World Postcard Day." BUTS is say 30 Sep 2024
can you help me !!!!
I just joined Postcrossing 3 weeks ago and it is officially 12:01 A M now. It seems that I got very lucky with my timing and I will join in World Postcard Day. I actually started early and mailed a postcard to my wife on Saturday wishing her a Happy Birthday and WPD on October 1. So far I have mailed 4 postcards around the world and have received none, but if my first postcard arrives in the mailbox tomorrow, it will really be perfect timing.
Cheers to everyone 📬📮
Happy World Postcard day! 💛
Happy World Postcard day!
Please know that the date shown follows UTC time - but you will be able to get the badge once the card is registered even if it shows 30 Sept. The badge is given when your card is registered - as long as it's 1 Oct in your timezone, the card counts.
Happy World Postcard Day! 🎉 It's wonderful to see our community celebrate the joy of postcards. Let’s fill our mailboxes with love and creativity today! Happy writing! 📮💌✨
Happy World Postcard Day!
Do you get the badge if you send cards on October 1st?
I had saved 5 for today...
Or if you register cards you received from others? So that you have to send cards in advance? I'm sad I didn't get a badge...
Happy World Postcard Day to everyone anyway! 💌
So much fun, 3 min left till I can start drawing names! 😀
Happy World Postcard Day!🌍💌📮🧡
Fortunately, a card arrived. And I don't have any traveling cards on the road. And I was able to request a new address. My first WPD!
I have received almost no postcards in the last few weeks. I go to the mailbox every day and have often been disappointed. Perhaps today's WPD will inspire many writers and my postman will have more to do in the next few weeks! In any case, my WPD postcards are on their way today...
My 1st World Postcard Day participation... Looking for lot of fun... Great...
happy
This is my 1. WPD participation.
I send you warm greetings wherever you live.
Happy World Postcard Day Everyone Enjoy The Day!
🌎 #WPD 🌎 #1October 🌎 #155th 🌎
1st Oct 20224
Omg it is my 5th Day day postcrossing
Am so exited
Happy Postcrossing
Happy WPD, everyone!!!
I met with a postcrosser friend on the 27th to get my WPD postcards from her that we ordered. We signed 162 WPD postcards!
I had spent the afternoon creating 50 WPD cards that are entirely hand stamped and inked.
Yesterday I started with some addresses drawn, today I will split my 10 slots up throughout the day.
Drew one right after midnight and 2 more since then....7 to go :)
I work today, so I will be "pistcarding" tonight after work.
Have a fun day with our hobby!!!
Just finished writing the 10 cards of today and will now bring them to the postbox! I had bought 20 official WPD cards and asked for 5 addresses yesterday and wrote 5 to swap friends in France, Italy and Belgium. I enjoyed writing and decorating them!
Happy WPD to all of you! ♥♥♥
Thanks for the reminder 😁
I only had one slot. Is anyone else having trouble? I read I should be able to send 9 cards because that is my current limit :( My local time is 12:12 PM.
Happy World Postcard Day to everyone! I just drew my addresses and I am excited to send these postcards! Have a great day everyone! :)
Happy World Postcard Day to my fellow postcrossers from all over the world <3 <3 <3
Happy World Postcard Day to everyone! 🌎
Awesome, so much fun. Happy World Postcard Day from Northern California
Happy World Postcard Day! Smile, have fun and be safe. Have a great day everyone. 🎉
Just sent my 10 out — happy Postcard Day to all!
I'm off to mail 30 World Postcard day cards! I got to send 4 through Postcrossing and 15 to folks I had sent postcards to in the past from Postcrossing. The rest went to my friends and family. I have been writing cards for a week to be ready to mail this morning! YAY! And Happy World Postcard Day to you all!!
I am so excited to participate in another WPD! I am having a couple of friends over to write some postcards after work. This is an event I enjoy sharing with others who are new to Postcrossing or sending postcards in general.
What a wonderful way to connect and share joy in our world, especially today. Happy World Postcrossing Day to everyone!
Very excited to send 3 Postcrossing cards, plus a good handful of others on their way to brighten someone's day!! Yay WPD2024!!🐌💚
Happy World Postcard Day!! I drew 9 postcards today, and I have the rest of this month to work through mailing the rest of my 50 postcards I ordered of this year's design!
Happy World Postcard Day!
I just came from the post office and took the postcards out of the mailbox! I quickly registered them! I'm so glad! Have a wonderful day everyone!
I drew my 10 addresses just after midnight as I was really excited but they're showing as September 30, will I definitely still be able to get the badge? I feel really disappointed they don't show as Oct 1 on the website and don't want to miss out!! 🥹😭
What a great day this is: rainy, recently retired and ready to write a lot of cards. Luckily, I already wrote about 15 cards yesterday and saved 10 addresses for today, not aware that that was the maximum number. Lucky me :-)
Hello dear postcrossers, have a lot of fun today getting and writing your cards.
I hope all cards will safely arrive and will be registered immediately 🤣
Happy World Postcard Day! So excited it's my 2nd WPD already ☺️
Happy World Postcard Day!!!! Sending out 6 cards today :)
Hello and I'm thrilled to be a part of this fabulous world postcard day.
I sent 4 through postcrossing, 25 to friends and family including my granddaughters. I'm preparing ravioli for dinner tonight. My husband might think I'm crazy but it's my and yours celebration today.
Have fun with whatever you decide to celebrate this special day
Namaste 🙏 Gail Bacon
Today is the day to live with all of your might, accepting each new beginning as a new joy waiting to be experienced....
Happy World Postcard Day from Austria, to all Postcard lovers❣️😃🤗🖋📮📬💕🎉
I am new to the world of postcards. Today I was lucky enough to please a stranger with my postcard. I will wait for him to receive it. Happy holiday to all and beautiful postcards))
I'm so happy! World Postcard Day!
Hello🖐🏻 hello fellow Postcrossers!📬❤
I am participating in my 3rd WPD!! Yay me!! I had 6 slots available this morning🌞 when I drew my numbers. Halfway way thru I received an email that I had a postcard register. Oh goody, I thought, Make that 7 cards. Alas 😥, the card was an expired one - 80 days old, thus not available. So, I put my 6 travelers in the postbox 📬 as I left🚗 the
house🏡 today. I came home later to find I had another registration!!! This time it freed up a slot so I've written up my 7th card. It will go to Germany tomorrow. 😀
Just got back from PO which closes in 5 minutes where I mailed last 6 postcrossing cards and had them hand stamped! In all since Labor Day I’ve mailed 37 postcards. I’m mighty happy and glad to be traveling the globe with my pen. Hope you’ve had a great travel day too. Happy World Postcard Day everyone.🤗
Gorgeous day with postcards being written and sent, many games with fellows, getting postcards from people here. Happy WPD everyone.
Today, I couldn't make it to the official Postcrossing Meetup for World Postcard Day. Instead, I had a fantastic meeting with the Beavers at my local Scout group. I introduced them to postcards, and they created their own, learned how to add stamps and addresses, watched a video about a letter's journey, played a game of "Guess how many stamps are in the jar," and enjoyed a round of postcard bingo!
Of course, I sent some official postcards on the Postcrossing website to finish the celebrations!
Happy 155th Postcard Anniversary!
Hiep Hiep Hoera! Congrads,everyone...
What's the reason for the 10 card limit on October 1?
Well I just missed it *sigh*
Why haven't I gotten a Badge for sending postcards on WPD? Does it take some time or what did I do wrong? :(
You receive the badge once one of the cards has been received and registered.
The limit exists to make sure the system has enough addresses to hand out on this very busy day for postcrossing.
Fortunately, a card arrived on Oct 1st from my friend in Germany. And I have 4 traveling cards on the road but seems none were registered on WPD 🥲
Arrggh! Totally forget about it! Was so busy here and completely distracted. Now I remember what I was supposed to write down on the Oct 1st space of my calendar to remind myself :( Oh well. Next year :)
I got a pair at 10 Pm, but it says the second. must be on utc.
Happy World Postcard Day!
My official address request is left only to 2 addresses but I signed 37 WPD Postcard to swap with fellow postcrossers in the forum. This is my first WPD and I cant wait to receive mine at the soonest! Happy World Postcard Day!
Happy World Postcard Day!
I drew my 10 addresses in the Vatican City.... 4 cards went to Germany, 2 each to Belarus and the USA and 1 each to India and Russia. Hopefully all the cards will find their way
When will my badge update?
Why don't I have access to a new address? I've sent out 7 already, and I can't apply for a new one before October 1. Hopefully, I'll be able to participate next year.
It was also our national day! Hahaha! Happy World Postcard Day!
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