Postcard Swap

[HappyCat]

I'm go

 

I can send postcards from Auckland, New Zealand and I'm happy to recieve them from anyhwere

 

Thankyoooo

[terpsichore]

I love postcards! Put me on the list, and I'll send from my town in Massachusetts.

[cauchy81sk]

I'm swapping postcards at postcrossing.com and postcross.ru, as well as some yahoogroups. I'd be happy to join the postcard swapping also here! I'm from Slovakia.

[FredRydr]

LOL! InkyPete's vintage Quantas postcard arrived the day of the lockout.

 

Fred

[FredRydr]

I'm swapping postcards at postcrossing.com and postcross.ru, as well as some yahoogroups. I'd be happy to join the postcard swapping also here! I'm from Slovakia.

PM sent. You should send PMs to members who have posted during this year, or more.

 

Fred

[mooshi]

Hey all. I've been out of the loop lately due to school and my Search and Rescue team and I apologise. It's been one heck of a school year thus far.

 

I'm looking into exchanging postcards again. I'll be using my own photographs and each will be something that represents myself. Sometimes it will be meals (Vietnamese cuisine, mostly - I live smack dab in the middle of Little Saigon in Southern California), other times, it will be random shots that bring a smile to my face. Regardless, each and every shot will be an opportunity to learn a little about myself, my culture, or just the beautiful scenery that I find around me.

 

Please e-mail me directly at la_jennifer08@yahoo.com if interested (It's only so often that I get to check FPN, but I check my e-mail every couple of hours).

 

I hope to hear from you soon!

 

P.S. I'm still trying to figure out the best way to send 4x6 prints as postcards (instead of paying the price of a letter). Any ideas would be appreciated! Thanks.

[FredRydr]

I'm still trying to figure out the best way to send 4x6 prints as postcards (instead of paying the price of a letter). Any ideas would be appreciated! Thanks.

I see you are in the USA. Reduced international postcard rates from the USA are no longer available except to Mexico and Canada (currently 80¢). Cards sent elsewhere go "full boat" first class letter rate (currently 98¢).

 

To qualify for the reduced USA domestic postcard rate (currently 29¢), the card must fall within these parameters:

 

Postcard Dimensions

Each card (each stamped card or postcard or each half of a double stamped card or postcard) claimed at card pricing must be:

a. Rectangular.

b. Not less than 3-1/2 inches high, 5 inches long, and 0.007 inch thick.

c. Not more than 4-1/4 inches high, or more than 6 inches long, or greater than 0.016 inch thick.

Paper or Card Stock

A card must be of uniform thickness and made of unfolded and uncreased paper or cardstock of approximately the quality and weight of a stamped card (i.e., a card available from the USPS). A card must be formed either of one piece of paper or cardstock or of two pieces of paper permanently and uniformly bonded together. The stock used for a card may be of any color or surface that permits the legible printing of the address, postmark, and any required markings.

So, buy or borrow a paper cutter with dimensions on the edge, and cut your cards to the maximum or less. (I sure wish the USA would finish its 1976 move to metric, once and for all!) I've mailed as postcards photos from my little photo-ink-jet printer, and they've reached their destinations. The photo inkjet paper is as thick as the plain cards sold by the USPS.

 

Note the following in regard to sealing wax:

 

Unacceptable Attachment

A card may not bear an attachment that is:

a. Other than paper.

b. Not totally adhered to the card surface.

c. An encumbrance to postal processing.

Nonetheless, I've received cards with wax seals on them, without a postage due stamp!

 

Link

 

Fred

[vivitar83]

I'm happy to send postcards from Indianapolis, IN and would love some from all over the world in return! :-)

[fast14riot]

I would love to jump in on this. I will send from the heart of the Delta, Stockton, CA. I don't really care where they come from, could be only the next town over!

 

 

-Xander

[Mikale]

I'm still trying to figure out the best way to send 4x6 prints as postcards (instead of paying the price of a letter). Any ideas would be appreciated! Thanks.

I see you are in the USA. Reduced international postcard rates from the USA are no longer available except to Mexico and Canada (currently 80¢). Cards sent elsewhere go "full boat" first class letter rate (currently 98¢).

 

To qualify for the reduced USA domestic postcard rate (currently 29¢), the card must fall within these parameters:

 

Postcard Dimensions

Each card (each stamped card or postcard or each half of a double stamped card or postcard) claimed at card pricing must be:

a. Rectangular.

b. Not less than 3-1/2 inches high, 5 inches long, and 0.007 inch thick.

c. Not more than 4-1/4 inches high, or more than 6 inches long, or greater than 0.016 inch thick.

Paper or Card Stock

A card must be of uniform thickness and made of unfolded and uncreased paper or cardstock of approximately the quality and weight of a stamped card (i.e., a card available from the USPS). A card must be formed either of one piece of paper or cardstock or of two pieces of paper permanently and uniformly bonded together. The stock used for a card may be of any color or surface that permits the legible printing of the address, postmark, and any required markings.

So, buy or borrow a paper cutter with dimensions on the edge, and cut your cards to the maximum or less. (I sure wish the USA would finish its 1976 move to metric, once and for all!) I've mailed as postcards photos from my little photo-ink-jet printer, and they've reached their destinations. The photo inkjet paper is as thick as the plain cards sold by the USPS.

 

Note the following in regard to sealing wax:

 

Unacceptable Attachment

A card may not bear an attachment that is:

a. Other than paper.

b. Not totally adhered to the card surface.

c. An encumbrance to postal processing.

Nonetheless, I've received cards with wax seals on them, without a postage due stamp!

 

Link

 

Fred

 

 

Hi Fred, the postcard you sent me was really nice. The stamps you used, were they old but new stamps I found them really interesting.

[Mikale]

I would love to jump in on this. I will send from the heart of the Delta, Stockton, CA. I don't really care where they come from, could be only the next town over!

 

 

-Xander

 

 

Hi Xander,

I would like to add you to my Postcard Exchange list, please pm your address and I will send you a postcard from GUAM

[FredRydr]

Hi Fred, the postcard you sent me was really nice. The stamps you used, were they old but new stamps I found them really interesting.

 

Yes, they are from sheets of old unused postage stamps. My favorites are the 3-cent stamps from the 1940-50s era. Three of those and a 20-cent stamp make an old postcard look cool for domestic USA mail. You can buy them off eBay near face value or less for larger amounts. I guess stamp collectors must liquidate inventory that has little value over face. Oftentimes, the glue no longer works on the older stamps, so I keep a glue-stick handy.

 

Fred

[coyotewhisper]

I just got a vintage postcard lot with scenes from all over the USA, any interested in exchanging postcards drop me a PM.

[FredRydr]

I've been receiving some great cards. Thanks! :clap1:

 

Fred

[McFortner]

Yes, they are from sheets of old unused postage stamps. My favorites are the 3-cent stamps from the 1940-50s era. Three of those and a 20-cent stamp make an old postcard look cool for domestic USA mail. You can buy them off eBay near face value or less for larger amounts. I guess stamp collectors must liquidate inventory that has little value over face. Oftentimes, the glue no longer works on the older stamps, so I keep a glue-stick handy.

 

Fred

I've been shopping for vintage stamps and cards on ebay and locally and I blame you for it, Fred!

 

If anybody is still looking for someone to exchange cards with, I still have empty slots on my dance card. Just PM me with your address and I'll send you mine.

 

Michael

 

..."empty slots on my dance card"? I'm even talking vintage now!

Edited December 2, 2011 by McFortner

[1winer001]

I am new and want to join on this swap. I can send post card from HK and happy to receive postcard from all around the world. Please feel free to PM me :clap1:

[Judybug]

I'm mailing a card today to 1winer001.

 

Judybug

[demicolon]

With regards to US postcard mailing standards, I've been known to put a stamp on pretty much anything that's mildly postcard-like and have had it arrive safely; weirdest ones have probably been beer coasters (straight from the bar, odd shapes and beer stains and all, with a stamp in the middle and the address written in the margins around the border) and polaroids with the address written in sharpie on the back. I'm sure the mail carriers hate me (my apologies and great thanks to any post carriers reading this; I promise to keep my sidewalk shoveled and clear in the winter and well-shaded in the summer)

 

Anyway, if anyone wants to be on my "I found a strange and interesting postcard-eqsue object; I will put a stamp on it and write you a nice note" list, drop me a PM! I do send more conventional postcards sometimes, too, but I make them myself from my photographs.

[fast14riot]

Hey all, currently I am caught up on my postcard list! Always accepting requests for exchanges to help my project along. If you haven't read about it, you can check it out HERE! in this same sub-forum.

 

I don't care where you are writing from, I have received postcards from the next town over, just 15 minutes drive down the freeway! I will respond with a photo post card taken by me.

 

 

-Xander

[1winer001]

I'm mailing a card today to 1winer001.

 

Judybug

 

Thanks and I have mailed to you last Sunday.