Hi BrianFraser. I am also a ‘box ticker’ and have all the US states, gathered over time. I almost have all Canadian provinces and territories (Nunavut is a hard one). I’m only missing Labrador. I know it’s officially Newfoundland & Labrador but I’d like postcard from Labrador City one day. I may have to travel there myself to get one it seems! LOL (that’s not likely). I’m now working on the traditional counties of UK & Ireland. It’s a collection born out of ‘fun’ not investment.
Yup. At some point I started sorting my US postcards by states, and noticed I had at least one card from every state. From there, it took just a couple of direct swaps and I had 50. 51 if you count in Puerto Rico. but I don’t - because the sender of that card is rather independence-minded
I don’t have all of them, but I have quite a few. I was just organizing my postcards by country the other day so I’ll have to sort it out by state and see exactly how many I have. Even living in the U.S. my entire life, I’ve only traveled to 15ish states so I love receiving cards from U.S. states. I’m actually participating in a U.S. only Round Robin on the forum which is a lot of fun and nice to not have to spend so much in postage (though I definitely love the international aspect of the official Postcrossing cards).
I recently searched through my postcards from the USA and discovered I have cards from 32 different states (plus Washington DC, which I think is a separate territory).
I set up a display folder for a selection of my cards, with individual state flag stickers denoting the origin. I plan to do the same for the Canadian provinces and the Australian states. Then perhaps look at other countries (Bundesländer in Germany for example).
My received cards are stored in boxes alphabetically by country, and I have the Germany and USA cards separated by bundesland/state. I also have them separated this way in my flickr page. I have a lot of Russia cards, too, and I am planning to organize those next. As time allows I will work on other countries.
Just an FYI: Washington, DC, isn’t a state; it’s a district. DC stands for District of Columbia. Its creation comes directly from the US Constitution, which provides that the district, “not exceeding 10 Miles square,” would “become the Seat of the Government of the United States.”
I like those state postcards from LouPaper…I got some from Arizona to send…but I wanna collect all 50 states LouPaper postcards. The artist that creates them is British. Some people were asking her if she can make postcards of Puerto Rico since PR is part of America too
Hello! I want to collect postcards from every US state, if anyone is willing to trade any of these states for Barcelona/Spain, please let me know!
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
I have some state cards of smaller, more difficult states like Delaware, Rhode Island, etc. but am concerned that many people want them only sent from those places, or don’t bother!
and I’m in no hurry, the process is a lot of fun!
