Postcrossing Blog

What is it like to be a mail carrier? What are the joys and the perils of the job? Is it a “normal” 9 to 5 job? What is the career like?

We’ve wondered about these and other questions, until we found a video that answers them all! Gary Poole is a postman for the Royal Mail, and told icould.com all about his job, in this short video interview:

What do you think? Would you like to be a mail carrier?

On a different note, the winners of last week’s stamp-postcards giveaway have just been randomly picked by Paulo’s little script! They are StojakSiblings from Germany and Renessaince from Belarus. Congratulations! And a big thank you to everyone who shared their favourite stamps on the comments – we’ve discovered some real gems!

Wow! Did you see that? There were hundreds of comments on our last giveaway! You really like the Go Green postcards, don’t you? :)

So, without further waiting, the postcard packs go to Deern, super-hero and nt – congratulations!

Once again, a big thank you Brenda for sponsoring this giveaway. And for the rest of you who didn’t win anything this time, don’t be sad, there are more giveaways coming!

In other news, did you see this fun compilation of Christmas facts by MOO?

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It’s full of really interesting tidbits, like how many cards Santa Claus receives in a year, and how long it would take for him to open them all! :)

MOO would also like to remind you that you should order any Christmas postcards before December 13th, to ensure a timely delivery!

You might have seen these stamps and postcards around… they’re part of USPS’s GO GREEN program, meant to draw attention to the little things that you can do to make a difference and have a positive impact on the environment:

Out of milk? Walk or bike to the store. Repair that drippy faucet—the noise was driving you crazy, anyway. Switch to energy-efficient light bulbs. Put on a sweater instead of turning up the thermostat. Sun dry your sheets—they’ll smell wonderful!

Each postcard has a mix seeds of wildflowers, so you can plant it and watch it grow!

On this weekend’s giveaway, we’re offering 3 packs of Go Green oversized postcards, which come with matching forever stamps. You could plant them or just send them to your friends with a green message! To win a pack, leave a comment below. We’ll pick 3 random winners by midnight next Sunday, CET time.

These postcard packs were kindly offered by 9teen87. Brenda has a very neat postcard blog that you should visit!

PS – I did plant a couple of postcards, but nothing sprouted… I blame my non-existent green thumb, and I hope you have better luck!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the latest giveaway, we seem to have some serious photographers in Postcrossing!

Without further ado, the winning images picked by Dan at MOO are…

The cloak of night by lazycat66

Northeast Pacific Sea Nettles, by RJSmith

Field of contentment by pipps

Congratulations to the winners! The coupon for your pack of 20 postcards will be sent shortly! :)

In the northern hemisphere, summer is slowly but surely turning into fall. Children are off to school, the air is crisp and colder, and our faint tan is slowly fading away… What did you do this summer? And did you take some nice pictures?

For this weekend’s giveaway, we want you to share your summer memories with us. Post a link in the comments to your best summer photo, a photo you took that simultaneously embodies what the season means to you and that you think would look good on your next batch of MOO postcards!

Our photo would probably be this one, from the Bearpit Karaoke on Mauerpark, where we spent many lovely summer afternoons:

Now show us yours! :)

This giveaway is generously sponsored by MOO, suppliers of lovely printed goods. Three winners will receive a voucher for 20 postcards, to either print their photos or choose from MOO's range of ready-made postcard sets.

Comments will be open until midnight UTC September 25th. Good luck!

PS – Postcrossers in the southern hemisphere, please share your Winter photos!