Articles featuring postcards (but not Postcrossing)

Sometimes I stumble on (or get forwarded) articles that are about postcards, but not about Postcrossing necessarily… I still wanted to share these with you all, but there wasn’t a place to collect them. So this topic is for that. :slight_smile:

Postcrosser @bjhowden let me know about this article, featuring a writer and journalist who sends postcards to his godchildren:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-15/postcards-are-still-the-best-souvenirs-you-can-give-when-traveling

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Such a great article, thanks for sharing!

This was EXCELLENT!!!
And it’s a great idea for friends and relatives who may not want to get as involved as something like Postcrossing.

This is a surprise, I actually know Mark we are members of inventors of :canada:. It really is a small world….he now resides in the us

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What a wonderful story :heart_eyes: Thank you so much for sharing!

I love this. I may copy this idea to write letters to my son via postcards using my travel memories.

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I’ve done the same with my 2 godchildren while they were at school. I may not have travelled as often as the writer, but living in Europe I used the cards also for education, writing them in the languages they were learning in school, i.e. German, French and English.
I think it sparked something, at least I still receive the odd card from them.

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I’ve actually done this both with my godchild and my own godmother, who was a globetrotter herself and inspired me to see the world! :slight_smile:

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CNN article: Postcards from across Africa show the continent free of colonial-era stereotypes
8 December 2022

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Interesting! Thank you for sharing.

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Sounds like a much needed project - images have such a powerful impact on people & there still is a lot of a colonized view of Africa countries in Canada & other countries.

Here’s hoping someone prints & sells these new images as postcards!

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@Knerq I saw that article too…

Sharing another article about postcards!

I feel like Mr. Brown might have the perfect postcard for every postcrosser out there… And just look at all those filing cabinets! :heart_eyes:

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Wow, what a massive postcard collection he has.
Reading till the end, learnt that I am a deltiologist! :grin:

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Interesting read)

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Thanks for sharing!

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I just love seeing this - thank you for sharing. How awesome!

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Thank you for sharing this interesting story! I wonder if he’s a postcrosser :blush:

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A great read. Thank you for sharing

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