This is a Postcrossing meet up card where is looks like about 20 people met in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in July 2025. 

This is a great vintage card from Niagara Falls. The card is of the illuminated American fall at night during the winter. I have some of these types of cards in my "to send" pile and I did just send one to Australia. It was a photo of Banff. 

This is an advertisement card for a restaurant from Shanghai. The sender is from Shanghai and say there are many impressive buildings, but the city needs more flowers and trees. 

The sender picked up this card when he was visiting family in Maine. Moose are a common site in Maine.  Moose are the world's tallest, largest, and heaviest extant species of deer. It is the tallest, and second largest land mammal in North America (bison are first). There is evidence that moose have been hunted by human as far back as the last Ice Age. 

A nice postcard from Macau showing cannon placements in an old fort (?).  The sender is from Liwan  荔湾区 , an urban district in the city and province of Guangzhou. It is an area of 63 square kilometres and has 1 113 000 residents. On the back of the card the sender used postage stamps with Cao Yu  雷雨 (1910-1996), a Chinese dramatist. The sender says his favourite Cao Yu play is Thunderstorm. Thunderstorm was written in 1933. It tells a story of the disastrous effects of rigid traditionalism and hypocrisy on the wealthy, modern, somewhat westernized Zhou family. It centres on the Zhou family's psychological and physical destruction as a result of incest and oppression, caused by morally depraved and corrupt patriarch, Zhou Puyuan, a wealthy businessman. 

Teltow is located just outside of Berlin. It is connected to Berlin's S-Bahn network. Because of its easy access to Berlin, Teltow is a bedroom community of Berlin. 

This is a great reproduction of a tourist card probably from the 1940s or 50s. The sender is a life long resident of the east coast and is from Eatontown, a borough of Monmouth County. However he says his grandmother is from Red Deer, Alberta, about a 4.5 hour drive from where I am, and her brother was a Member of Parliament for a riding on Vancouver Island! Small world. 

 

Antrim is a town of almost 2700 people located in southern New Hampshire. It was settled in 1744. It was named for County Antrim in Northern Ireland, which was the original home of the land's owner, Phillip Riley. Antrim is a bedroom community for the larger centres of Peterborough and Hillsborough. 

I would love to tell you about the dog skeleton pictured here, but I am having trouble finding information on it.  Beaune-la-Rolande is a commune of about 2000 people. In 1870, it was the site of a battle during the Franco-Prussian War. In this battle, French impressionist painter Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) was killed. Bazille had joined Zouave regiment in August 1870. He was second in command. At the Battle of Beaune-la-Rolande, his commanding officer was killed, which necessitated Bazille to take over the unit and lead an assault on German positions. He was hit twice in the failed attack and died on the battlefield. His father travelled here to take his body back to Montpellier for burial.  Beaune-la-Rolande was also the site of a Nazi internment camp. It was a transit and deportation centre for Jews. Eighteen thousand Jews were held at Beaune-la-Rolande with most of them eventually transported to Auschwitz to be murdered.  The Polish artist Zber (1909-1942) was held ...

This card, sent from Branson, is one of those Chinese cards where you can tear off a quarter of the card along a perforation. On that quarter of the card is the same photo on the other three quarters of the card. I guess you send the three quarters to whomever you want, and keep a quarter as a souvenir for yourself. 

The German on the front of the card translates to Actually, I'm quite different, I just rarely get the chance to show it  .- Ödön von Horvath

This card shows Schloss Schwerin, or Schwerin Castle. It was completed in 1857 and is situated on an island on Lake Schwerin.  The first records of a structure on this island date back to 973 with a fort that belonged to the Polabian Slav tribe of the Obotrites. In 1160 the fort became a target of Germanic noblemen planning to expand their territory eastward under the leadership of Henry the Lion (1129-1195). The Obotries destroyed the fort but left because of Germanic military dominance. The German's recognized the island's strategic importance and began to build another fort on the island. The city of Schwerin also began to be built at this time.  In 1167, Henry the Lion gave Schwerin to his vassal Gunzelin von Hagen, and the rest of the country around the city was returned to Niklot's son, Pribislav, and that formed a hereditary ducal line that lasted until 1918.  In the 16th century, the building on the island experienced many changes under John Albert I, Duke of Meck...

This card shows an image of the Interfaith Prayer and Meditation Room at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac).  Sea-Tac is the largest airport in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located 23 kilometres south of Seattle and 29 kilometres north of Tacoma. It covers over 1000 hectares and has three parallel runways. There are 31 airlines operating at Sea-Tac, serving 91 domestic and 28 international destinations in North America, Oceania, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. 

Ovelgönne is a municipality of 5500 people in northern Germany. It's origins date back to 1514 as a fortress (Oevelgünne). In 1583, Ovelgönne was given additional fortifications. Imperial soldiers were quartered here (1628-1631) during the Thirty Years War

The sender is quite the athlete, playing volleyball, soccer, basketball, badminton, tennis, frisbee, archery, and was once a track and field athlete.  Ningbo is the home of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) East Sea Fleet. Stationed at the base are: 3rd Destroyer Zhidui 6th Destroyer Zhidui 8th Frigate Dadul 21st Fastboat Zhidul 22nd Submarine Zhidui 42nd Submarine Zhidui 2nd Combat Support Zhidui 4th Air Division 6th Air Division 1st Flying Panther Regiment Radar Brigade. 

This card comes from Sherwood Park, just outside of Edmonton, but it is from Japan. I love this type of Japanese art. 

 

This card focuses on a word indigenous to the American Midwest. In this case it is the word Ope!  It means - kind of an 'oh' plus 'oops'; used only with another word or phrase.  Eau Claire is a city of 70 000 people located at the confluence of the Eau Claire and Chippewa Rivers. Early growth was in the number and timber industries. 

The sender was traveling by train to see UNESCO sites in Slovakia and Czech Republic. On this card is Spišský Hrad (Spiš Castle). This castle is found above the town of Spišské Podhradie and the village of Žehra. It was included on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list in 1993. The area of the castle is 3.9 hectares.  Construction of Spiš Castle began in the 12th century. The oldest mention of the castle in documents dates back to 1120. It was a boundary fort placed at the northern front of the Kingdom of Hungary. After it's time as a boundary fort, it became the seat of the head of Szepes County in the Kingdom of Hungary along with the political, administrative, economic, and culture centre, too. It was owned by many kings of Hungary ending with Matthias Corvinus.  The Csáky family, who owned the castle from 1628-1945, abandoned the castle in the early 18th century. In 1780 the castle was destroyed by fire. It was partially reconstructed in the second half of the 20th century, ...

For much of Herne's existence, it was a small village. In the 19th century, villages in the Ruhr starting mining coal and producing coke and making steel, there was an influx of eastern Germans to the area.  Today Herne is a city of 160 000 people. 

The sender, seeing I was a physical education teacher, thought I would enjoy this vintage education post er that shows proper posture when sitting or standing. I do like this card. 

A great Postcrossing Meet Up card. It looks like about 7-8 people attended this meetup. The meetup was at the World Stamp Championship in Indonesia in 2022. World Stamp Championship? The Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP) is the world federation for the study of postage stamps and postal history. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland and founded in 1926. In 2004 it ran its first World Stamp Competition in Singapore.  There are 11 FIP Commissions which deal with the following subjects: Aerophilately - air mail stamps and its history Astrophilately - stamps and postmarked envelopes that deal with spaceflight Fight Against Forgeries - philatelic fakes Maximaphily - the study and creation of maximum cards Philatelic Literature - written material related to philately, primarily about postage stamps and postal history Postal History - study of postal systems and their development Postal Stationary - stationary items, such as stamped envelopes, letter sheet, postal card, letter ca...

I love the drawing on the card. This is a canal view from Wuzhen-Zhejiang Province.  Baotou  包头市 is the second largest city in Inner Mongolia. It is hoe to 2.3 million people, while the metropolitan area has 2.7 million as of 2020. It is on the north shore of the Yellow RIver (Huanghe) - the sixth longest river on Earth. Today Baotou mines and refines over half of the rare-earth minerals produced in the world. Unfortunately this has led to environmental contamination near the industrial sites. 

Cuernavaca is home to the Palacio de Cortés. It was finished in 1535 by Herman Cortés. It is one of the oldest European-style, civil constructions in the Americas, but is executed in Renaissance style. It was the residence of Cortés and his decendants for several centuries. After it became a warehouse, a jail, a military barracks, and then the State Government Palace until 1969. From 1971-73, it was restored extensively and today houses the Museo Regional Cuauhnáhuac, dedicated to the history of Morelos. There are 10 exhibit halls with maps, illustrations, photographs, works of art, and everyday items from various epochs representing the first human settlements in the state to the present day. There are murals created by Diego Rivera that reflect both state and Mexican history. 

This vintage card is probably from the 1950's or 60's. The back says "Indian Chiefs in a native setting."

The sender writes that he is a big fan of the topic of space exploration. One of his favourite astronauts is Canadian Chris Hadfield.  Chris Hadfield (b 1959) has flown on two space shuttle missions (STS-74 and STS-100) and served as the commander of the International Space Station (ISS), getting up there on Soyuz TMA-07M. He was the first Canadian to perform extravehicular activity in space. He was accepted into the Canadian astronaut program by the Canadian Space Agency. He flew on STS-74 in 1995 as a mission specialist, visiting the Russian space station Mir. He went up on STS-100 in 2001 and walked in space to help install the Canadarm2 on the ISS. He flew up to the ISS in March 2013 and became the commander as part of Expedition 35, responsible for five astronauts and run dozens of scientific experiments. He used social media to share many of the photos he took of the Earth. He was a guest on many television news and talks shows, gaining popularity by playing the ISS guitar. H...

Troisdorf is located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne and 13 kilometres north of Bonn. There are about 77 000 people who live here. It doesn't say in the article I read, but I will guess Troisdorf is a bedroom community with many of the workers travelling to Cologne or Bonn to work. 

Kokkola is located on the west coast, on the Gulf of Bothnia. It has a population of almost 50 000. Is it the capital and biggest city of Central Ostrobothnia. The chemical industry is a major employer here. There is also a cobalt plant - the only large cobalt refinery outside of China. There is a zine plant, metalworking, casting, textiles, plastics, food, and carpentry. It's port is one of the busier ports in Finland. Ore and limestone are imported, and refined products and timber are exported. 

A cute card from Taipei. I don't know if it is a cartoon, or book character. Maybe you can help me out!

This card is from Princess Mononoke , a Japanese animated historical fiction film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It tells the story of Ashitaka, a young Emishi prince who journeys west to cure his cursed arm and becomes embroiled in the conflict between the forest of the gods and a nearby town, as well as the feud between Lady Eboshi, the town's leader, and San, a human girl raised by wolves. 

This is a great card from Kenosha. It is "How to Foil a UFO Abduction." According to the instructions there are four things you must do to foil a UFO abduction: Control your thoughts - Do not think of anything violent or upsetting - the extraterrestrial biological entity (EBE) may have the ability to read your mind. Resist verbally - Firmly tell the EBE to leave you alone. Resist mentally - Picture yourself enveloped in a protective shield of white light, or in a safe place. Telepathic EBE's may get the message. Resist physically - As a last resort, go for the EBEs eyes. You will not know what its other more sensitive areas are. [notive the diagram of the EBE and where the eyes are]

A vintage travel card from Maine, probably from the 1970s. It shows the various sites a person should see when visiting Maine. The sender lives in Pandora, Texas, a community of 125 people (2000). It is at the junction of US Highway 87 and FM 1107, and is about 75 kilometres from San Antonio. 

 

On this card it translate to "Harz Narrow Gauge Railway." Harz Narrow Gauge Railways (HSB) is a railway company that operates a 1000 mm gauge network in the Harz Mountains, in central Germany. It mostly employs 1950s vintage 2-10-2 tank locomotives, hauling traditional open platform bogie carriages. It employs 249 people. 

Bissen is a small commune and town in central Luxembourg. There are about 3500 people who live ther. It is home to a steel factory, operated by ArcelorMittal, which is the second largest steel manufacturer in the world. 

The sender was attending the First Postcard Convention in Berlin, where they were also celebrating Postcrossing's 20th anniversary. It looks like about 20 people were at this particular meetup. 

A neat vintage card, probably from the 1960s of Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. Mammoth Springs is a large complex of hot springs on a hill of travertine (fresh water limestone depostied around mineral springs). It was created over thousands of years as hot water from the spring cooled and deposited calcium carbonate - over two tons flow into Mammoth each day in a solution). 

A Postcrossing meetup card from Frankfurt am Main in July of 2025. It's a 20th anniversary of Postcrossing card. It looks like about 15 people were at this meetup.

Vail Ski Resort in located near the town of Vail in Colorado. It is the third largest single mountain ski resort in the United States. It opened in 1962. Vail Ski Resort is modelled after Bavarian village styles with pedestrian streets. There are 39 ski lifts of various types - gondola, high speed six, high speed quad, fixed triple, T-bar, and platters.  I think this card must be an ad card for these guys. My first thought is they were 'finance bros." On the back, however, it reads "Christopher, Denton, Kendall, the skiing real estate brokers."

Corralejo is a town and resort located on the northern tip of Fuerteventura, one of the Canary Islands. Itt has a large ex-pat population of Spainards, Italians, Irish, Brits, Germans, and Finns.  Corralejo was mostly a fishing village for much of its history. Tourism that dominated Fuerteventura in the south in the 1960s begane arriving to the north in the 1970s. Tourism developed in the town in the 80s and 90s and reached a peak in the 2000s. 

Xiangfu Bridge  祥符桥  is a historic stone arch bridge over the Grand Canal in Xiangfu Subdistrict. It is the only Ming Dynasty stone arch bridge preserved in Hangzhou. It is 28 meters long, 3.6 meters wide, and 5 meters high.  The first mention of Xiangfu Bridge in documents was 1268, during the Southern Song Dynasty. The current bridge was rebuilt in 1543 during the reign of Jiajing Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Great card from Galveston. Galveston is a resort city and port on the Gulf Coast of Texas. It was naed after Bernardo de Gálvez, the 1st Count of Gálvez, and 18th century Spanish military and political leader. The first European settlements on Galveston Island were built around 1818 by French pirate Louis-Michel Aury to help the fledgling First Mexican Empire fight for independence fro the Spanish Empire. The Port of Galveston was established in 1825 by the Congress of Mexico following its independence. The city was the main port for the fledgling Texas Navy during the Texas Revolution of 1836, and served as the national capital of the Republic of Texas.  In 1865, General Gordon Granger arrived at Ashton Villa and announced to some of the last enslaved African Americans that slavery was no longer legal. The event is commemorated annually on June 19, the federal holiday of Juneteenth.  Today Galvestons economy is based on the Port of Galveston, finance, and tourism. Cargo ships...

This card is from a beach on the North Sea, where the sender and her family will be travelling for their three week holiday. I hope they had a good time!

The sender says she purchased this card at the Miniature Life Exhibition by miniature photographer Tatsuka Tanaka. The exhibition description reads: Tatsuka Tanaka regularly uploads and shares photographs of miniature depictions, or mitate , of scenes from normal life that he creates using diorama figurines and everyday products. These works quickly spread throughout the world via social media and bring joy to people of many different cultures and generations. In this exhibition, we will display about 120 representative photographic works, as well as 50 of these miniature scenes and objects, that have beed made in recent years. The exhibition will introduce visitors to the charm and secrets of the active, hardworking, and unique artist, Tatsuya Tanaka, who works incorporate both current affairs and lighthearted humour in line with the ongoing tradition of Tsukurimon citizen culture that began in Kimamoto during the Edo period. 

The sender is from North Carolina, but she purchased her card from Nebraska, where her son lives. This is a watercolour created by William Henry Jackson showing Buffalo Bill Cody. According the the card:  For 18 months the Pony Express carried the mail from St. Joseph, Missouri, through Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and ending in Sacramento, California. Buffalo Bill Cody made the longest non-stop ride of 322 miles over one of the most dangerous portions of the entire trail in 21 hours and 40 minutes using 21 horses. 

This image shows the Andromeda and two satellite galaxies: Messier 32 (M32), the blue dot just above Andromeda, to the left and centre; and Messier 110 (M11), the hazy blue oval below the central spiral of Andromeda. The image was taken by NASA; JPL-Caltech University of California, Los Angeles.  Andromeda is a barred spiral galaxy and is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. It is categorized at Messier 31, M31, and NGC 224. It has a diameter of 152 000 light years, and is 2.5 million light years from Earth.  Messier 32 is a dwarf "early-type" galaxy about 2 490 000 light years from the Sol Solar System. It is a satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy and was discovered by Guillaume Le Gentil in 1749. It has a radius of 330 light-years.  Messier 110 is a dwarf elliptical galaxy that is also a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy. Charles Messier first saw the object in 1773. It was also independently discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783, and her brother William He...

J oensuu was founded by Tsar Nicholas of Russia in 1848, when the Grand Duchy of Finland belonged to Russia. By the end of the 1800s, Joensuu was the largest harbour city in Finland.  Joensuu is home to the European Forest Institute, It was established in 2022 with 30 member countries, and about 130 member organizations from 40 countries working in diverse research fields.  It role is to provide policy support on forest related issues. It also facilitates and stimulates forest related networking as well as promotes the supply of unbiased and policy relevant information on forests and forestry. It advocates for forest research and for scientifically sound information as a basis for policy making on forests.