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A new Postcrossing stamp from the USA

https://www.postcrossing.com/blog/2026/03/31/a-new-postcrossing-stamp-from-the-usa
43•Tomte•3d ago

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mitchbob•3d ago
> What is Postcrossing?

> It's a project that allows you to send postcards and receive postcards back from random people around the world.

altairprime•1h ago
> 423,755 postcards traveling

To point out why USPS took note of them, there are unofficial Postcrossing tracking IDs recording nearly half a million postcards actively in transit from sender to receiver as of when I pulled that from their website a couple minutes ago.

ajay-b•1h ago
This is wonderful!!! I have been Postcrossing for years and it's so much fun to get a postcard randomly out of the blue from someone. Regrettably the cost to send a postcard international from the USA is over $1 now, and the cost of a postcard means you might be spending around $2 per card, but it's so worth it.
masfuerte•1h ago
In the UK it's £3.60, which is nearly $5!
ajay-b•1h ago
Wowww ok, mea culpa maxima, I should not feel so bad. I would send domestically but the international cards are so much more interesting to me.
ZeWaka•18m ago
The cost varies a lot by country, yeah. It can be more expensive like the UK or cheaper like in Japan ($0.65).
ZeWaka•15m ago
Well, if you buy N of these global forever stamps, the cost will just get cheaper over time (inflation).

Since the non-postcrossing Global Forevers are circular and a bit annoying, I use 2 Forever stamps plus a 20¢ stamp (6¢ wasted - i suppose i could switch to 15¢ stamps...).

dylan604•46m ago
I wonder why the word Forever is struck out in the design. No mention about the design itself, just that it will be available and a triangle.
bosunknows•44m ago
I think it's so you can't print and try to use the image as actual postage.
ZeWaka•19m ago
That's correct, yep: https://www.stampsforever.com/resources/why-is-forever-cross...
zulux•5m ago
Post office gets grumpy if you post images that could allow for duplication:

18 U.S.C. § 501. If you post high-resolution, printable images of valid stamps, especially unused ones, and they can be reproduced, prosecutors could argue you’re facilitating counterfeiting.

healsdata•31m ago
The triangle design is pretty cool; I can't recall ever seeing one like that in the wild, but it looks like it's been a possibility since '97.
jonathanstrange•26m ago
My girlfriend loves Postcrossing, she recently discovered it and we already have cards from all over the world hanging on our fridge.
Uncle_Brumpus•20m ago
Thank you for posting this. I've somehow never heard of Postcrossing, but I've now signed up and will have a couple cards put in a mailbox this afternoon. I am so so excited to actually receive mail. I've sent close to 150 postcards over the last 12 months to various people I know IRL, and not a single person has responded in kind. The only mail I get is from a penpal in Finland I met on Lemmy (which is always a treat to receive!)

I'll just so happen to be at the world stamp expo, so I'll be sure to try and check out the postcrossing meetups, and pick up some of these stamps hot off the press!

teeray•12m ago
I just learned about Postcrossing from a small bookshop owner in Iceland! I was buying some postage to send some postcards back to family in the US. We talked about how fun the format is (and challenging! You don’t have a lot of room!).

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