Welcome to my updated catalogue of Postcrossing-themed stamps, issued between 2011 and the present 2022. This covers mainly those stamps officially released by postal administrations around the world. There are also a number of personalized stamps on this topic, some official but most privately created as well as a large variety of pictorial cancellations and … Continue reading Postcrossing Topical Catalogue 2011-2022
Postcrossing
New Postcrossing Stamps 2022
Updated 7 September to include the Estonian Postcrossing stamp as announced on the Postcrossing Blog. Within the next month, Estonia, Luxembourg and Germany will each release single stamps marking the Postcrossing project, established in July 2005. I joined in late June 2006 and wrote a little about my early experience on my Postcards to Phuket … Continue reading New Postcrossing Stamps 2022
Philatelic Pursuits: January 2015
January was yet another philatelic-filled month and I added quite a few stamps to my various collections. Most were obtained online and I made two trips to the Phuket Philatelic Museum to buy new Thai stamps. I received a flurry of postcards at the start of the month but, alas, no further Christmas cards. I … Continue reading Philatelic Pursuits: January 2015
Phuket Postcard Options
I’ve been writing about my incoming postcards on the “Please, Mr. Postman!” blog for more than a month now but I haven’t mentioned anything about those I’ve been using for outgoing mail from my home here in Phuket, Thailand. Until fairly recently, the card options around Phuket Town have been fairly limited. Most shops carry … Continue reading Phuket Postcard Options
Philatelic Pursuits: December 2014
This past month has (probably) been my most philatelic of the past decade, possibly the past two decades. The reason for my uncertainty is that any records of my pre-Thailand life are long gone and my memory isn’t that keen either. While living in New Mexico, I did attend a few first day of issue … Continue reading Philatelic Pursuits: December 2014
Postcrossing: Off To Holland
With the arrival of a postcard I sent to Lappeenranta, Finland (travelled 8,183km in seventeen days), I requested one more address. My latest Postcrossing card will journey 9,519km to Amersfoort in the Netherlands. I picked out a nice view of Thai food for Tessa’s card. This is the 41st “official” card I’ve sent. I recently … Continue reading Postcrossing: Off To Holland
Favorite Postcard Blogs
With my newly-revived interest in Postcrossing, I’ve been checking out a few blogs written by other members. There are a few standout favorites and they have inspired me to start my own postcard-only blog (more on that soon). Most of these detail the cards sent to the bloggers and many offer card exchanges. I’m quite … Continue reading Favorite Postcard Blogs
More Outgoing Postcards
I just sent three more Postcrossing cards so that I have my maximum currently-allowed seven postcards travelling. Sent Card #23 will be sent to Riga, Latvia (8,321km); #24 to Saint Petersburg, Russia (8,038km); and #25 goes to Wiener Neustadt (8,773km), a small town about 50km outside of Vienna, Austria. Two of the cards are being … Continue reading More Outgoing Postcards
Postcrossing: Outgoing Cards
I just finished writing four postcards to fellow Postcrossing users. Amazingly enough, these are my first cards of 2014! My last batch – mailed on 12 December 2013 – broke records for slowness with one card to Russia taking 56 days to reach it’s destination. These are the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st postcards I’ve … Continue reading Postcrossing: Outgoing Cards
Philatelic Pursuits: November 2014
I always find myself working on my stamp collections more during the last part of the year than at any other time. 2014 has continued that trend. I don’t know if it’s because I look forward to seeing new Christmas stamps (one of my thematic collecting interests) or if it’s because I always feel relieved … Continue reading Philatelic Pursuits: November 2014
Mark Joseph Jochim 