2026 Postcards

Following are the postcards I have received so far in the year 2026.



CHN-309651
Hello Barbi,
I’m really really sorry for sending in envelope. That’s because I only have stamped envelope. This postcard may make you happy, two cute cards is for you.
Greetings from Shanghai & Jiaxing

2025 10 18
SHANGHAI POST MUSEUM

Chinese landscape painting
PUSAT MEL NASIONAL 08 24-12-2025 P MALAYSIA

Hello! Barbi. Warm greetings from Malaysia. I'm Zain and I work in the broadcasting industry. I love collecting stamps, jungle trekking and exploring new destinations. Have a great day and Happy New Year 2026 :-)
ZAIN
20/12/25
29°C
2026
HAPPY NEW YEAR
FROM MALAYSIA
SAN DIEGO CA 920 9 FEB 2026

USA-151502
Happy valentines day!
Love from Moo58

BarbiQ62
PO BOX 64713
Lubbock, TX 79464

(Cat sitting in windwsill gazing at the moon)
hello~ (Hello in Korean)
I'm Suyoun. (I am Suyoun in Korean)
February 17 is (Seolla) the Korean New Year. Families gather to honor ancestors and share traditional food. We wear colorful (hanbok) and wish for luck and good health. It's a warm and joyful holiday. Wishing you lots of happiness this year! 02.13.2026 0°C
KOR-40834
Cute pig in traditional Korean hanbok celebrating Seollal (Korean Lunar New Year).
WHITEHORSE YT 26 MR 2026 CANADA
USA-153064

Dear Barbi Claridge:
Hello, Greets from the Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, near Alaska, the gold rush town by the Yukon River is now prosperous and peaceful! Hope you always luck and all the best! 2026-3-8
Cute white rabbit with a bubble wand.
SO. MAINE P&DC 041 9 MAR 2026 PM 3 L
USA-153067
March 8, 2026
Hello from Maine. This state park is near my home, but is currently under a Lot of snow! Be well - Laurel
Reid State Park
SUZHOU 2026.03.11 CHINA
CHN-326416
Apr. 2025 1435 244th Meeting
Dear Barbi,
Happy 2026! Greetings from Suzhou, China. Known as the "Venice of the East." my hometown is famous for its classical gardens, ancient canals, and silk. It's a peaceful place where old traditions meet modern life. My home is full of love (and fur!) with one dog and three cats. Wishing you a wonderful year ahead. May world peace prevail everywhere.
Warmly, Feng
Air China Boeing 747-400 (registration B-2472) on final approach with landing gear extended.
Livery: Air China's classic white-and-blue scheme with the red phoenix logo on the tail.
BALTIMORE MD 212 24 MAR 2026 PM 4 L
3/23/26
(USA-154068)
HI BARBI!
I JUST SIGNED UP FOR THIS & YOU'RE MY FIRST PERSON!! AS AN OLD HIPPIE GIRL I BOUGHT THIS DECADES AGO & I FINALLY FOUND THE RIGHT PERSON TO SEND IT TO WE LIVE IN A STRANGE BUT EXCITING WORLD & I'M GLAD TO STILL BE HERE AT ALMOST 75 YEARS OLD.
Bev B.
Volkswagen microbus covered with colorful bumper stickers floating in space in front of Planet Earth.

VOLKSWAGEN MICROBUS (circa 1973 A.D.) APPROACHING PLANET EARTH IN EXPLORATION OF INTELLIGENT LIFE. ITS SCREENPRINTED MESSAGES ARE A POPULAR MEANS OF EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR PEACE, JUSTICE, SOLIDARITY, FREE- DOM, GLOBAL AWARENESS, LOCAL ACTIVISM AND RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY. THIS FORM OF COMMUNICATION IS INDIGENOUS TO NATIVES OF THE OVER-POPULATED, OVER-DEVELOPED AND OVER-POLLUTED REGIONS OF THIS SMALL PLANET.
NLD-20324

Greetings
Bea.
Colored pencils
BURLINGAME CA 94010 APR 24 2026

Postcrossing meetup card from Kim Makoi

(attending members personal rubber stamps)

Hi Barbi!

WESTPEX Meetup April 24, 2026
Two friends writing postcards together on a sunny beach while a seagull encourages them with a sign reading "GOOD DAY TO WRITE SOME POSTCARDS!"
Greetings from the Bavarian Forest!
I'm Max, and I call Regen home – a charming little town right in the heart of the Bavarian Forest, Germany. We like to say I live where others come for their holidays, and for good reason! The surrounding nature and the National Park are absolutely stunning. Just a heads-up: This message is printed because my handwriting can be a bit of a challenge for some to read. Warm regards, Max

DEU-93997
PostcardUnited
18.03.2026 / 13c
Max Hartl, Am Grubhugel 18, 94209 Regen, Germany
A landscaped garden or park with a broad lawn, flower beds, and mature trees beneath a clear blue sky.
BRIEFZENTRUM 04 24.05.26 GERMANY
23 May 2026
¤ 70°F

Hi Barbi!
Happy World Goth Day! I can't believe I'm actually at a Wave-Gotik-Treffen on World Goth Day AND that there was a Postcrossing meetup at the festival! It was just a small meetup, but still... Hope you are well! Kim Makoi
22.05.2026 Meeting Viktorianisches Picknick
WGT Clara-Zetkin-Park Leipzig
POSTCROSSING

Four participants at the Wave-Gotik-Treffen (WGT) Victorian Picnic pose together in Clara Zetkin Park, Leipzig, surrounded by other festival attendees.
TAIWAN R.O.C. 111.5.28
TWN-56131
Bardi
Claridge, Po Box 64713
Lubbock, Texas 79464
USA 10060320
Have a good day :)
Vintage illustration of a scarecrow in a vegetable garden surrounded by curious birds while a gardener works in the background.
SEATTLE WA 980 11 JUN 2016 PM 1
CHN-344709
June 1, 2016
Hi Barbi.
I am in USA for Boston 2016 World Stamp Expo as I like philately, while I'm from China. The Giant Panda is a symbol of my country. Best, Ying
GIANT PANDA
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
The giant panda is one of the rarest animals on Earth, with only about 1,600 individuals in the wild and another 190 or so in breeding centers and zoos, mostly in China. Scientists aren't sure how long giant pandas live in the wild, but they do know it is shorter than their lifespans in zoos. (Chinese scientists have reported zoo pandas as old as 35. For more information about giant pandas, visit www.nationalzoo.si.edu

Photo by Jessie Cohen, NZP.
METROPLEX MI 480 17 JUN 2026 PM 14 L
Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie (Kracow University of Economics)
POL-69894 June 2026
Good day, since you do not mind handmade cards here is one - I like making such cards and sending them to people who do not mind and there is a probability to find the town where the stamps came from. Greetings from Kraków. Jacek Stephan
This is one of my favorite postcards received of all time!!! It was handmade by Jacek with train postage stamps. love Love LOVE!!!

This postcard is a miniature tour of world railways—representing Cambodia, Somalia, Cuba (with a Japanese train), Japan, Benin, Hungary, Germany, Taiwan, and Great Britain. It's exactly the kind of handmade postcard that makes Postcrossing and PostcardUnited so special to me. I was absolutely thrilled to receive it !!!

Here's a brief description of each stamp, working left to right, top to bottom:
  1. Cambodia (1989) – Blue and white high-speed electric train traveling beneath a bright yellow sun.
  2. Somali Republic (1997) – Orange-and-cream diesel passenger train with a city skyline and mosque in the background.
  3. Cuba (2001) – Sleek white JR 700 Series Japanese Shinkansen (bullet train) on an elevated railway.
  4. Japan (Nippon, 82¥) – Front view of a maroon and cream electric commuter train.
  5. Cambodia (2000) – Blue-and-gold streamlined diesel locomotive.
  6. Benin (1997) – Bright red streamlined diesel locomotive.
  7. Hungary (1974) – Red electric locomotive commemorating the 50th anniversary of the UIC (International Union of Railways).
  8. Germany (2002) – White ICE 2 high-speed train photographed from the front while traveling at speed.
  9. Taiwan (Republic of China) – Modern white high-speed train crossing a blue steel bridge over a green valley.
  10. Great Britain (12p) – Black and yellow British Rail Inter-City 125 High Speed Train (HST).


Resources

Where to buy stamps

USPS - United States Postal Service is the place to buy stamps. If you order them from their website they will mail them direct to your mailbox (no charge for shipping!). You can pay by credit card or PayPal. Alternatively you can just go to the post office, wait in line and purchase stamps there.

Where to buy postcards

Amazon is a good source, in addition to your local stationary stores, card shops, museums and hotels.
Travel stops like Love's usually have a postcard rack with local themes. Sometimes you can find them in drugstores, they still have a few at my local CVS. (The last time I went looking in my local Walgreens and Walmart, they had stopped selling postcards).
Etsy and Ebay are some other online places to get mixed lots of new and vintage postcards.


Postcard Swapping Sites (free to use) and Letter Writing Clubs (pay to join)

Postcrossing is the original postcard swapping site, with loads of resources and a very active forum. As soon as you request to Send a Postcard, you will receive a random member address and a Postcard ID. You are then expected to snail-mail a postcard to that member. When the recipient receives your postcard and registers it, your address will go in the pool and you will receive a postcard from another random member. Initially, you can have up to 5 postcards traveling simultaneously. As time goes on, the number of postcards that you can send and receive will increase.


Postcard United is my favorite postcard swapping site, this one starts you out with up to up to 7 postcards traveling simultaneously. This site is a bit more rudimentary than postcrossing, and it does not have a forum or any active support, so it's better if you are already an experienced postcard swapper. However, because your card limit increases exponentially, you will receive many more postcards from Postcard United members. For example, since 2021 I've sent 74 postcards and received 101 postcards, and I can have up to 30 travelling simultaneously. (Compare to Postcrossing, since 2021 I've sent 38, Received 37 and am only allowed to have 9 travelling simultaneously).


The Letter Exchange is a subscription-based service (about $23 per year). They will send you a lovely printed and staple-bound booklet that lets you find snail-mail pen pals through listings posted by people like you. The booklets are interesting reading by themselves, even if you don't decide to participate. The listings are mostly for letter writing but there is a section for people interested in Postcard swaps. Bonus: There are people who want to exchange letters written in Fountain Pens here! The booklets are sent to you 3 times a year, with an Autumn, Winter and Summer edition, each is about 30 pages long. They are jam-packed with letter-writing history, interesting articles, nostalgic images and illustrations and much, much more.


Letter Writing and Postal Related Sites

WriteALetter.org A lovely and interesting blog by a retired postal carrier.


The Letter Writers Alliance is an archive with free downloads, recorded events, and blog posts (it was previously an active member-based organization dedicated to keeping letter writing alive).


Postal News - Daily news digest from the postal world!


Send Me a Postcard!
If you include your mailing address on the card I will send you one in return.

Barbara Ann Claridge
PO Box 64713
Lubbock, TX 79464
USA

I will be happy with ANY postcard you send me, but if you want ideas, here are some things I love:

  • #1 Any postcard (not in envelope) with lots of different stamps, stickers, doodles and your handwriting! Please write the date! If you want you can add the time, temperature and where you are writing from! (kitchen table, coffee shop, bed...)
  • Greetings from, single view or multi view
  • Airplanes, Airports, Locomotive, Train Stations, Railway and Bicycles!
  • Post offices, mailboxes, mail carriers, stamps, philately or post related
  • Zoo, Aquarium, Theme park, Brewery, Winery, tourist attractions
  • Maps, Charts, Blueprints, schematics, circuit diagrams, etc
  • Books, bookstores, libraries, authors, any bibliophile related
  • Female power, pagan, druid, earthen, elvin, wiccan
  • House cats, raccoon, possum, dog, wolf, fox, coyote
  • Animals: any common to your land
  • Technology, Machines, Inventions, Robots, AI, Geek, Programming, Computers, Linux, Phones
  • SciFi, Spaceship, Alien, UFO, Extraterrestrial
  • Optical Illusion, Lenticular, 3D, holographic
  • Steampunk, Cyberpunk or just plain punk
  • Cryptids: Kraken, Loch Ness, Cthulhu, Chupacabra, Yeti, Sasquatch, etc
  • Mashups: Centaur, Mermaid, Jackalope, etc
  • Recipes, restaurants, menus, foods, farmer, farming, gardening
  • Handmade: Anything you can print/stamp/draw/paint on! Cut a 4x6" postcard shape from your favorite products cardboard box!
  • Or print your photo/or pic you like on cardstock, mail it to me!

    GO SNAIL MAIL! _@/ _@/


BarbiQ62
PO Box 64713
Lubbock, Texas 79464
United States of America


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