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We’re fast approaching the moment that postcard number 15,000,000 will be registered – right now, there are less than 100,000 postcards to go! Many of you have already placed your bet on the contest, but for those who needed a little incentive… let us talk prizes! In fact, not just one or two prizes… we’ve got seven fantastic prizes for you!

Allow me to explain: whoever guesses the exact minute when postcard number 15 million is registered (or the closest) will win a pack of 80 postcards + 2 Stickerbooks from MOO. With MOO’s Printfinity technology, you can upload as many designs and photos as you like, and make each single postcard and sticker unique. In a word: awesome!

Then, each of the 6 next best guesses (before or after the registering time) will win a pack of 25 postcards offered by our sponsors: PostcardWorld.eu, MinorPostcards.fi and Natuurlijkefoto.nl! Each of these postcard shops contributed with 2 packs from their fantastic collections, and if you’re a winner, you’ll receive a pack from one of them.

So… what are you waiting for? Fire up your spreadsheet or ask your lucky stars… but don’t miss out on the biggest contest of the year!*

(*) Well, for us anyway! :)

Remember in January this year, when Postcrossing celebrated 10 million received postcards? It took us over 6 years to reach that achievement, but things are moving faster than ever, and in the last year alone another 5 million cards have been received! Which means that the 15 million received postcard milestone is already fast approaching, and it is time to launch the guessing contest once again!

For those who didn’t participate last time, it goes like this: every member has a chance to bet on the day and time on which the postcard number 15 million will be registered. Those who get the closest, get a prize!

All you have to do is go to the 15 million postcard page, and place your bet!

Some rules: each time slot can only be chosen by one person, so the first user to pick that slot gets to keep it. You can change it at a later stage, if you want, but only from the available time slots left. We will close the bets when there are 1,500 postcards left to postcard 15,000,000. There are some more rules, which you can see on the contest page.

We’ll announce the prizes soon – but until then, go pick a slot! It might be your lucky day! :)

You did it: 10,000,000 registered postcards! Wow, that is… a lot of postcards! :)

Thank you once again for all the postcards you send, and for your continuing support to this project!

In case you are curious (and we know you are!), lucky postcard 10 million was sent by member maru_jp in Japan, and was registered today, at 16:56 by huckabiene in Germany.

The member who got closer to the correct time was Solkadot! Congratulations, you’re the winner of our 10 million contest, and you will receive a pack of 120 postcards, from MOO!

Both the sender and the receiver of the lucky 10 millionth postcard will also receive a pack of 20 postcards and a stickerbook!

We’d like to give a big thank you to MOO, who sponsored this contest and showered our participants with gifts!

And now… on to the next million, shall we?

Today we’re announcing a different kind of contest! Some of you might have noticed we’re fast approaching the 10 million received postcards milestone. We’re quite excited about it, and to celebrate this achievement, we’re having a guessing game!

It goes like this: every member has a chance to bet on the day and time on which the postcard number 10 million will be registered. The user with the closest guess gets the prize: a coupon for 120 postcards, an awesome offer from MOO!

All you have to do is go to the 10 million postcard page, and place your bet!

Each time slot can only be chosen by one person, so the first user to pick that slot gets to keep it. You can change it at a later stage, if you want, but only from the available time slots left. We will close the bets when there are 1,500 postcards left to postcard 10,000,000. There are some more rules, which you can see on the contest page.

So what are you waiting for? Give it a go, and good luck! :)

Our prolific Finnish users have just reached the remarkable milestone of 1 million sent postcards, making Finland the first country to reach into postcards IDs with 7 digits! Hoorray!

Well done, Finnish Postcrossers! :)

Update! The postcard FI-1000000 was already registered! It was sent by MsMoney to ClubPenguin-Nicholas in the U.K.!